Rethinking Barstool?
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That's not really true, he had "real" jobs in NYC for a while when he was posting here.
I'm super disappointed that Berry kissed Portnoy's ass on this, the new Sean Berry would disgust the old Sean Berry. Berry is a very smart guy and when he wasn't trying to antagonize he would make very good points. I enjoyed his posts for the most part.
Also, Portnoy pulled this same "You need to post more" shit with Carrabis and Carrabis got the hell out of there and landed on his feet to even greater success, so not all of Portnoy's motivational tactics bear fruit.
Carrabis's contract was up and he held out for what he felt he was worth which ended up in him leaving. I have zero doubt his first preference would have been to remain at BS.
My contact with Barstool is occasionally seeing Tweets, some that are funny, but… I often almost forget Barstool has a website or does anything besides, well, cover itself. Like, the Barstool content I see is as often as not Barstool related content.
That’s just entirely too post-modern, even for me. That said, something like that could be a great TikTok schtick for an aspiring young comedian: A channel where he plays a reporter who only covers that same reporter, i.e. himself.
And that actually help SeanBerry get to Barstool. Carrabis was on Minihane's podcast every Friday. After he left Kirk started having SB on every Friday and that is how he was noticed and got on Barstool Idol and was eventually hired.
He seems to have found his spine. Or its all made up to drive clicks.
View: https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1699477407084790181?s=20
I think it’s real, at least on SB’s end - maybe our hero realized he shouldn’t eat shit on this and/or people got in his ear about it.
My entire BS knowledge is from that one clip, but it really just seems like they're trying to recreate the Howard Stern show, just with much less interesting people.
He thought the tweet was careless and shitty, huh? We all make mistakes, like douche-trolling about the RI Station Fire while the bodies were still smoking. I mean, I'm no stranger to dark humor, but that's stuck with me for over 20 years. Fuck that.
This is staged. Well, I mean beyond the obvious. It’s not scripted, per se. But the scene is laid out and there are roles, etc. and they know ahead of time what sort of content this is gonna be.
And I don’t begrudge SeanBerry any of that; he’s literally doing his job. I’m not a Barstool guy myself, but to the extent that his character in this particular theater is standing up to Portnoy about what he perceives to be bullshit, well, that strikes me as a better character role than many of the other ones they develop. But he’s definitely playing a character here.
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Their email this morning had links to 5 stories. Two of which were about office drama.
And also, SB needs to not skip leg day.
He failed at that.Their email this morning had links to 5 stories. Two of which were about office drama.
And also, SB needs to not skip leg day.
Wait, is that real? Stephen Hawking had bulkier legs than that.Their email this morning had links to 5 stories. Two of which were about office drama.
And also, SB needs to not skip leg day.
Also, great to see that the community is still rallying around Dragon.
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw4L_DAOgeB/
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw4L_DAOgeB/
Via some quick Google searching, it looks like a particularly bad angle, but SB definitely could hit the squat rack for a few sets.
Continuing my comprehensive investigation (slow day here at Gazelle HQ), here is the YouTube link. You can be the judge, but the 7:45 mark is a pretty tough look.
https://www.youtube.com/live/FrVafpvOU_M?si=8FktCQ64AMO7vLcc
I got into Barstool in college about 12-13 years ago. They had funny bloggers and at the time were 100% Boston sports focused, so it was a perfect diversion.
Portnoy loves content and clicks. Not sure if anyone is on Tik Tok, but the Mean Girls Pod get an insane amount of impressions and shares. This is mostly because short clips get posted and other users criticize and make fun of what the 2 girls are saying. They have masterfully toyed with the algorithm to ensure maximum visibility.
I don't think Dave understands how social media algorithms work, he just knows they drive eyes to the barstool brand. He will always defer to defending shows and employees that get the most amount of interactions and views.
Take PFTCommenter for example. He and Big Cat have an incredibly popular podcast. From what I have read, PFT and Portnoy have a strictly employer/employee relationship. Does not sound like they like each other, but Portnoy understands that people love the content and Pardon My Take is a wagon.
I get the sense that Portnoy will always err on the side of clicks and views regardless of his personal feelings
Portnoy loves content and clicks. Not sure if anyone is on Tik Tok, but the Mean Girls Pod get an insane amount of impressions and shares. This is mostly because short clips get posted and other users criticize and make fun of what the 2 girls are saying. They have masterfully toyed with the algorithm to ensure maximum visibility.
I don't think Dave understands how social media algorithms work, he just knows they drive eyes to the barstool brand. He will always defer to defending shows and employees that get the most amount of interactions and views.
Take PFTCommenter for example. He and Big Cat have an incredibly popular podcast. From what I have read, PFT and Portnoy have a strictly employer/employee relationship. Does not sound like they like each other, but Portnoy understands that people love the content and Pardon My Take is a wagon.
I get the sense that Portnoy will always err on the side of clicks and views regardless of his personal feelings
I think it’s fair to say that both PFT and Big Cat supersede Dave on the hierarchy of Barstool importance.
I think either of them could walk away from Barstool either together or independently and sign a deal with someone like Fan Duel or Spotify and be 100% fine.
On the other hand, losing PMT would be catastrophic for Barstool. Portnoy might be a lot of things, but he isn’t dumb when it comes to business, which is probably why he doesn’t say a peep about PFT.
I read, or maybe heard, a few years ago that Portnoy kept Big Cat and PFT on different contract terms for this exact reason.
OK.......First off, he was never a minor league mascot. He was the manager for the mascot - Monkeyboy - and he was as in on the joke as he could be, he just enjoyed the whole environment, the joy that Monkeyboy brought to the crowd. And yes, he had to stand in a few times, but he was not the full-time mascot. The rest of his employment was in sales, he was a sales guy and he didn't love it. He has had some bad luck with a few things in life, and he owns his role in that stuff. Chris doesn't deserve this bullshit from Portnoy. I hope that is this is all the usual Barstool "manufactured drama" for clicks. It seems likely, but if Chris is really getting stressed then this is bad.
Holding a grudge against someone over a thread from 20 years ago seems a bit odd to me. We were kids back then. At least I was.
I think it’s pretty obvious….creat fake office drama and call out stupid shit from other people, but you can’t say a word bad about Portnoy
I’m gonna guess that a 20-something year old knew that making fun of people who burned to death was pretty shitty.
A friend of mine died in that fire. He was 28. So I have no tolerance for the “we were kids” excuse.
Did you see that there was a Monkeyboy comeback earlier this summer?
I don't really read Barstool to be honest. It's pathetically stupid. If I wanted to hear about the drama between "Johnny Smokes" and "Big Alabama" I would politely ask you to murder me in my basement.
It wasn't on Barstool, and I feel the same way about them as you do. Chris linked to the Monkeyboy annoucement from his Twitter.
Oh man. I need to check that out. His Monkeyboy writings were - in my opinion - unbelievable.