OT - ESPN Layoffs

[spudzj6]

Running list found here:

http://deadspin.com/a-running-list-of-espn-layoffs-1794664091

Among those that "affect" the media for college basketball - Eamonn Brennan

 

[tcf15]

Dana O'Neil too.

Biggest ones so far appear to be Brett McMurphy and Ed Werder.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Buccigross was rumored initially to be let go, but since denied. Very well could be he's let go when his contract ends this summer. That'd be the first Sportscenter anchor on the list.

 

[HooperScooper]

Additionally, The Hollywood Reporter reports that Karl Ravech, Ryen Russillo, and Hannah Storm will see their roles “significantly reduced.”

Figured Ravech was one of the untouchables. I wonder if "reduced role" means "reduced salary" also.

 

[tcf15]

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Capitalism. Go figure.

 

[Dove]

There used to be a game show where contestants competed for a job at ESPN. The show ended with Stump the Stump or something.

Did any winner become somebody?

 

[Matt (Chicago)]

There used to be a game show where contestants competed for a job at ESPN. The show ended with Stump the Stump or something.

Did any winner become somebody?

I believe the guy who won the first season is now on big ten network.

 

[spudzj6]

ESPN’s “Dream Job” 12 years later: where are they now?

this shows everyone from the first season - biggest name is probably "Fitzy" the Pats fan, unless you tune into the big ten network often. I don't believe anyone from the show currently works at ESPN.

 

[walkrightier]

as someone who lives in the Bristol area this makes me Sad (not that any of the on air talent actually spent a second longer then they had to in town)

 

[LStudfellow]

Seriously? If I read one more fawning tweet/response on Dana O'Neil about how "respected" she is as a reporter I am going to scream. And yes, I get that of course some of her colleagues are going to say that... BUT

Every time she expresses a thought about UConn men's basketball or football over the last 7+ years she belittles and demeans us at every turn. It takes a lot of proof for me to state someone has an agenda or is biased against us. Significantly more than some others on this board. But she definitely has shown an axe to grind against us on multiple occasions... and if her negative "hot takes" had been focused on Syracuse instead of us she would have been let go years ago by her Syracuse-grad bosses there.

I have never been impressed by her "reporting" skills, and I have turned the channel more than once when she was talking. OVER-RATED

With all that having been said, I do feel sorry for her and anyone who lost their job today at ESPN. Every one of them losing their job is doing so because the company heads WAY overbid on the latest NBA contract (as they have other contracts) and it is killing their bottom line. And of course many of those guys get to keep their jobs. It sucks to lose your job through no fault of your own.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Seriously? If I read one more fawning tweet/response on Dana O'Neil about how "respected" she is as a reporter I am going to scream. And yes, I get that of course some of her colleagues are going to say that... BUT

Every time she expresses a thought about UConn men's basketball or football over the last 7+ years she belittles and demeans us at every turn. It takes a lot of proof for me to state someone has an agenda or is biased against us. Significantly more than some others on this board. But she definitely has shown an axe to grind against us on multiple occasions... and if her negative "hot takes" had been focused on Syracuse instead of us she would have been let go years ago by her Syracuse-grad bosses there.

I have never been impressed by her "reporting" skills, and I have turned the channel more than once when she was talking. OVER-RATED

With all that having been said, I do feel sorry for her and anyone who lost their job today at ESPN. Every one of them losing their job is doing so because the company heads WAY overbid on the latest NBA contract (as they have other contracts) and it is killing their bottom line. And of course many of those guys get to keep their jobs. It sucks to lose your job through no fault of your own.

Number 1, I doubt she belittled UConn EVERY time. And number 2, not everything is about UConn, so just because she maybe didn't speak glowingly about us doesn't make her a bad reporter.

 

[2Husky]

I can't say I'll miss Eammon, he struck me as a dumb guy that desperately wanted to fit in and did that by parroting everyone else, except stupider.

And Dana definitely deserved to be canned after she said coach K was the moral center of college basketball or something like that. She was all in on the rehabilitate K and his band of dirty players

 

[Vowelguy]

There used to be a game show where contestants competed for a job at ESPN. The show ended with Stump the Stump or something.

Did any winner become somebody?

Mike Hall. Worked at ESPN for a while then moved to BTN.

 

[CL82]

And number 2, not everything is about UConn, so just because she maybe didn't speak glowingly about us doesn't make her a bad reporter.

It's like you don't know us at all.

 

[Jerry1714]

Danny Kanell

✔@dannykanell


Poured my heart and soul into ESPN for last 8 years. Moved my wife and 3 kids to CT to go "all in" 5 years ago. Bummed it ended in 3 minutes

 

[Devland]

What amazes me is the subscriber fee that ESPN charges. In an article I read it stated that the average rate that they charge per subscriber is around $7.00/month per subscriber (it varies slightly because it is negotiated with the individual systems). This is just for ESPN. ESPN2 is around $0.90/month. The other sports networks, CBS sports, NBC sports and FS1 are all around $1.00/month. So these other networks have to have 7X's the viewers just to match the subscribers fee revenue that ESPN has?

 

[intlzncster]

Number 1, I doubt she belittled UConn EVERY time. And number 2, not everything is about UConn, so just because she maybe didn't speak glowingly about us doesn't make her a bad reporter.

Eh, her opinion pieces noticeably trend waaaay negative and purposefully nonobjective and incomplete vis a vis uconn. And this comes from a guy who's media neutral.

 

[Fishy]

O'Neil never impressed me.

ESPN is falling off a cliff. They're losing six-figure subscriptions a month and ratings are tumbling.

Which is, of course, perfect timing for UConn. The conference realignment money fire hose is now off and the American will walk into a buzz saw the next time the contract is negotiated.

 

[King Husky]

Danny Kanell

✔@dannykanell


Poured my heart and soul into ESPN for last 8 years. Moved my wife and 3 kids to CT to go "all in" 5 years ago. Bummed it ended in 3 minutes

Wow. Both Kanell and Russillo?

 

[JSM1970]

This was weird. He was tremendous and funny on the radio with Rusillo.

But they keep Golic and his idiot kid? Nuts

Danny Kanell

✔@dannykanell


Poured my heart and soul into ESPN for last 8 years. Moved my wife and 3 kids to CT to go "all in" 5 years ago. Bummed it ended in 3 minutes

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

This was weird. He was tremendous and funny on the radio with Rusillo.

Of course you're a Danny Kanell fan. We found the one.

 

[Robertelamin]

Congrats to Steve A Smith and Max Kellerman of First Take on their new time slot from 8AM to 7PM!

I am bummed about Russillo and Kanell.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

If they had actually let Bucci go that woulda made me angry, love his coverage of the NHL

 

[TopDogs]

a whole bunch of people lost their jobs today because ESPN can't seem to get it together, and we've got posters talking about whether they said "glowing" things about UConn or whether they "deserve" it? Tough room. It absolutely sucks to get laid off.