Tag: Danny O'Neil

Twitter became where you went to break news and gather information. It’s where you built an audience and answered questions. And while it became an inescapable part of the job, I’ve increasingly come to struggle with the business rationale for doing so.

ESPN is obviously testing something, and it’s worth poking around at why the network wouldn’t follow the schedule it has used for the last 16 years, scheduling kickoffs at 7 and then 10 on their primary channel.

Everyone is way too sensitive to what are totally understandable and even innocuous barbs from an irreverent personality.

There’s more to a media career than just grabbing the audience’s attention, though. You have to hold onto it day after day, year after year...

"He’s like a housebroken pet that knows which treats are for him, which food is to be left alone and knows that above all else he better not make a mess in the living room."

"Is your point that Danny Ainge might be following the same blueprint in Utah that he executed in Boston? Because that’s a really good point. And instead of letting everyone twist themselves dizzy try to get there, why don’t you, I don’t know, say what you mean in the fewest words possible. That’s kind of the whole idea of effective communication."

...if you feel yourself getting uncomfortable over the fact that you were wrong, stop to realize that’s your pride talking. Your ego. And if people call you out for being wrong, it’s actually a good sign.

It can be tough to get famous people to address criticism they are facing. The famous usually have advisors, and those advisors do things like explain to famous people how best to avoid addressing criticism they may be facing.

Danny O'Neil is rooting for JJ Redick in his new media role and has some advice to help him "flush" out some old media takes.

The goal of a good interview is to elicit honest answers and emotion. Preparing questions for an interview using trigger words is walking a fine line.