The back-and-forth between Brandon Tierney and Gregg Giannotti took another sharp turn Tuesday. Tierney delivered his most pointed critique yet during the latest episode of his BT Unleashed program.
Responding to another on-air jab from Giannotti on WFAN, Tierney questioned Giannotti’s credibility as a sports talk host. He argued that his co-host’s appeal is rooted more in personality than substance. He also suggested that listeners don’t tune in for his thoughts on major New York teams.
“I don’t know anybody that actually tunes in to Gregg [Giannotti] to hear about the Yankees or the Mets or the Jets or the Giants,” Tierney said. “I don’t know anybody that actually respects Gregg’s sports acumen. I’m not sure that Gregg likes sports anymore, if he ever did. Gregg uses WFAN. What is his arsenal?”
Tierney went further. He asserted that Giannotti has drifted from core expectations of his role, given WFAN’s prominence in the sports media landscape. He described the morning host as someone who has not evolved with the demands of delivering consistent, opinion-driven content in a competitive market.
“You’re a host on the biggest sports station in the world, and you can’t even talk sports,” Tierney said. “Do you think that anybody gives a f**k what you think about sports? Nobody does, nobody has, and nobody ever will.”
The criticism did not stop there. Tierney labeled Giannotti “thin-skinned,” accusing him of freely taking shots at colleagues while struggling to handle similar criticism directed his way. He described that as a defining characteristic of Giannotti’s on-air persona and broader approach to the medium.
“The shots that he’s taking at me, they are coming from somebody who is the most thin-skinned person in the business,” Tierney says. “When anybody takes a shot at Gregg [Giannotti], now it’s the end of the earth. Gregg’s never had an issue taking jabs at everybody, and I mean everybody at the station. That’s his game. That’s his meal ticket.”
At the same time, Tierney indicated a willingness to move on from the public dispute. Though he paired that sentiment with a clear warning that he will continue to respond if Giannotti keeps the exchange alive.
“I’m prepared to move on, and if you react to this tomorrow, then I’ll react. I’ll just keep going. I really will, I’ll keep going,” he said.
Perhaps most notably, Tierney challenged Giannotti’s long-term viability without longtime partner Boomer Esiason. He questioned how Giannotti would perform in a solo setting and whether his current success is tied in part to that established pairing, a dynamic that has helped define WFAN’s morning programming for years.
“Let’s see what happens when Boomer retires,” Tierney said. “Let’s see how you float on your own.”
Earlier this morning, Giannotti took another shot at Tierney on WFAN. He claimed his text messages were full of Tierney’s former producers celebrating his Monday rant which began this back and forth.
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Interesting how Boomer & Jerry’s body language seem like they don’t want any part of this bs and are waiting for him to move on.