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.