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JSM1970 said:
You have to be kidding, he and Rusillo were awesome and hugely popular with Millenials which is supposedly a coveted demographic
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Because of Russilo. Nobody likes a troll.
 
JSM1970 said:
You have to be kidding, he and Rusillo were awesome and hugely popular with Millenials which is supposedly a coveted demographic
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As a millenial, I can say I was never a fan of Rusillo and Kanell. However, it sucks for them and everybody else that got laid off. It appears ESPN may be in over its head with the NFL, NBA, and CFB Playoff contracts...
 
As content providers, there is not a single person at ESPN that I will miss. As people and providers of families, I feel no better or worse than I do for the countless of Americans that go through this on a daily basis. Losing a job sucks for anyone, people at ESPN included. But to make this out to be some sort of sad day for sports journalism is self - indulgent. Its real life and has been happening to Americans for years. It finally caught up to a business model that got away with overcharging people for decades. I don't feel sorry for ESPN one bit. They made this bed, now sleep in it.
 
Trent Dilfer was awful and annoying

That is a good one to go
 
Sucks to be laid off, but i could do without all of these people. Im more interested in the opinions of this board.
 
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Was never a fan of Brennan or O'Neal. If it's true Russilo is having his role reduced that's nuts. Was never a huge Danny Kanell fan but I kind of liked him for some reason.

They also got rid of all of their hockey guys.
 
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Jay Crawford - first reported news of SC Anchor getting hit or is there more out there?
 
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huskymedic said:
Len Elmore‏ @LenElmore 18m 18 minutes ago
Gee, I feel like I am now part of an exclusive club. #ESPNLayoff. For 21 yrs. I tried to represent the best in college hoops. Adios Bristol!
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Len. Randomly met him at a bar in Manhattan about 10 years ago. Had a casual conversation for well over an hour. Great commentator....even greater person. :(
 
djct1999 said:
As content providers, there is not a single person at ESPN that I will miss. As people and providers of families, I feel no better or worse than I do for the countless of Americans that go through this on a daily basis. Losing a job sucks for anyone, people at ESPN included. But to make this out to be some sort of sad day for sports journalism is self - indulgent. Its real life and has been happening to Americans for years. It finally caught up to a business model that got away with overcharging people for decades. I don't feel sorry for ESPN one bit. They made this bed, now sleep in it.
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FartMan69 said:
They went away from what made them great. Severed their roots and now are overrun by actors yelling at each other for the sole purpose of getting hottakes trending from the mouthbreathers who actually take them seriously.
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These two combined sum my feelings up nicely.
 
Fishy said:
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.
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Only hope is that if ESPN's decline ends the TV windfall that supported the mega conference structure, then there may be some incentive to reshuffle.

[Sigh, that sounds lame to me, even as I type it.]
 
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CL82 said:
Only hope is that if ESPN's decline ends the TV windfall that supported the mega conference structure, then there may be some incentive to reshuffle.

[Sigh, that sounds lame to me, even as I type it.]
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Honestly, the whole nonsense bubble that has built up around college sports is going to pop.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Honestly, the whole nonsense bubble that has built up around college sports is going to pop.
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Yeah, so best case scenario is we get in a situation with more natural opponents and (driveable games) but even if that happens we'll still have missed the gravy train of cash that the P5 currently receives.
 
Damn, just seen that Ethan Sherwood Strauss got the axe, he's done a very good job reporting on the Warriors the past few years during their rise.
 
Only guy I'd truly be devastated about would be Mike reiss, Patriots beat writer. One of the best in the business.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
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.
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I should have separated my two reasons better for you Andre.

With that having been said, I have never thought she was a good reporter, or interesting or knowledgeable enough to keep my attention... and that was how I felt well before I was paying attention to her consistent bias against us, I did not think she was a good reporter. Do a quick search on past threads on this and the football forums... there are multiple threads that call Dana out for her biased articles - not isolated to one by any means. And I am by far not the first person to point it out.

Here are multiple examples of stories she wrote and a tweet just a few weeks ago. that show her blatant lack of thoroughness or understanding on a story involving us. She decides what her opinion is and her investigation ends... even if she shows an obvious ignorance of the entire situation:

1. Reaction to her biased story (conveniently leaving out the retroactive part of the ban, as so many others who lined up against us but left out key aspects of the case because it weakened her argurment) denegrating us during our appeal of our APR ban - Dana O'Neil read Pat Forde's column and thought to herself 'I can do worse than that'

2. This thread relates to her over-the-top belittling of our move of the football program to FBS and subsequent participation in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. I'm sorry, but a legitimately good reporter does not say snarky, immature things like "Then there's UConn. The Huskies built a football stadium on the side of I-84, won enough games to get to the Fiesta Bowl in 2010 and then attracted approximately 11 people to Arizona for the game." What's Dana O'Neil's problem?

3. Her Twitter comparison of this year's National Championship game and ours from 6 years ago. I realize our game against Butler was very ragged (particularly in the first half) but she picks that championship game out? There are more than a few others to choose from, but she randomly picks our game.


This was just a quick, initial search... I can come up with more if you like.
 
I've heard a number of anchors went to management and offered to accept reduced salaries.
 
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