Because Fauria being an idiot jock and using a racist fake accent about his agent is somehow worse than the entire town of media constantly harping about the godfather of his son? I’m just curious how we grade these things, when it comes to what should piss TB off?
Yes. Fauria's racist rant is 10 fucktillion times worse than criticising Guerrero's "medical" practices or asking Brady what changed to have him back on the plane.
You answered your own question. "Contractually obligated." But as one learns early in law school, a party to a contract has two options - perform or breach. As someone upthread said, I don't think anyone really acted "wrong" on the radio yesterday. I didn't see anything particularly nasty about the questions in light of recent developments, but I understand Brady's reaction to avoid the subject altogether. Refusing to give oxygen to a fire is a sound strategy. I liked BB's answer better, though.
Apparently having the audacity to question Brady politely about a subject that Brady doesn't want to discuss because his business partner is a scumbag and he wants to sell concussion water.
It appears Tom Brady disagrees, but maybe that's why he isn't on OMF. Make sure to let him know what he should be offended by though and to what degree.
His contract is with WEEI, not with K&C. He could just as easily go do Dale and Keefe. I don't see anything particularly wrong in asking either, but I'm also working off the assumption some kind of conversation has occurred to the likes of "just don't fucking ask me about AG, I'm not talking about him, ok?" So even if he said "pretty please", ask it once and read the reception. Beyond that, you're trolling, no matter how politely you poke. So I have no issue with him hanging up. If you honestly think that wasn't a targeted result to garner attention for K&C, I'm not sure what to tell you, we just aren't going to agree on this. But, I'm also of the mind that whatever he makes from it, he'd gladly shake some pocket change out and be done with it, so I'm not sure breach of contract is really much of a weight on his shoulders.
You're right, whether a guy flew on the plane or not is definitely on par with Trump and Russia. Good analogy. I'm sure Minihane was doing solid investigative reporting there. Very important stuff.
I'm not sure he has that choice. It isn't a contract between Brady and WEEI, it's a contract between the Patriots and WEEI (the "Patriots Monday" package). Part of the obligation in that package is the head coach and the starting quarterback appear on the drive time shows. Brady's choices are K&C or OMF. I imagine switching to another show means rearranging not only his own schedule but Belichick's as well.
How is this muckraking exactly? In November, the Patriots had a policy in place where it seemed that Guerrero wasn't allowed anywhere near the field or the team (despite having an office in Gillette). Whether or not this was a media dustup, it was a big deal. Now, Guerrero is allowed to travel with the team, completely reversing what was put into place 10 months ago. All Minihane was asking is what happened.
We agree more than you think.
Dale and Keefe are 10-2. There’s no 10 hr difference to consider. ‘Bill’s available at 9-10. Tom’s available 11-12’. And I’m curious as to the details of how the contract is worded, because I’m pretty sure that when he was suspended, they rotated though other players who weren’t Jimmy G or Brissett.
It’s not fanboyism it’s not giving a shit about dumb drama that doesn’t impact what happens between the lines. I don’t care. Nor should you. I consider it muckraking because a few weeks ago, we had him walk away from reporters asking on it. That’s the only reason KM and his lackey asked repeatedly (I don’t really weigh his tone of voice or how aggressive he might have been). Have you ever before known of who is on the team plane? Does it matter? Again, ask once. Sure. When he clearly isn’t going to talk about it, don’t keep prying and then go straight to twitter to whine. This is reporters (and I wouldn’t even call KM that) repeatedly banging their head against the wall to drive clicks. This is ‘we’re on to Cincinnati’.
My floor for Minihane is lower than yours I guess. He had like a week of being human with the suicide scare but I can’t imagine he’s changed much. They literally take the dumbest callers they can so they can yell at them, before I gave up on it the show was primarily politics and not even sports and he has perhaps one of the biggest egos around. I don’t find him lacking the nerve to go after anyone, Brady included; I don’t doubt for a second he’s not scared of going after Brady. But reasonable minds can differ on that.
Drive time is the key here. 10-2 is not drive time. That show is usually the one that gets a rotating schedule of guests. The prime time shows get the headline guests.
The key for me is face-to-face. (Or voice to voice). Minihane does go after everyone. But as you say, they're usually the dumb-ass callers and others who can't or won't bother to respond. Classic bully. But when the target is in front of him (figuratively)? And the on-air call is important to the station? Minihane's balls probably shrink like George Costanza's in the Hamptons.
Well yes, but keep in mind he did consider stepping in front of a train a few weeks ago. He is an asshole but he is also an asshole who seems to have serious mental health issues.
Perhaps its because he treats everyone who works there like shit. "Ready to do the show" might not be the same thing as "ready to come back to work."
Occam's Razor. Nobody likes you. They don't want you to die, but they don't want to work with you.
I lost it at ‘You are fired!’
Oh, look at the big shot over here who claims he doesn’t know Gerry Callahan.
You may recall them as the Dennis and Callahan morning show from the halcyon days of WEEI. Aka the show that I don’t think ever beat Stern once BCN shifted his syndication to mornings.
Here is the link. Start at 36:30 of the first hour pod and it lasts about 5 minutes.
Chad Finn can pipe in and correct me but to my knowledge management pays for ratings they get daily that even break it down per segment. So they already knows that’s the case.
@kirkmin 