"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."
"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."
"My hope is Dan [Le Batard] and I will meet up or we'll speak on the phone and we'll try to hash this out. But if we continue to have the same god damn conversation that he and I have been having now for almost a year. I'm telling you, I'm getting pretty close to giving up."
"Imagine how hard it must be for me to protect the relationship with him, and keeping his name on the show in service of wanting him back so the audience can have what it wants. Because I want it to."
"When Scott Boris wants to talk to you about salary caps and salary floors and labor. He doesn't know the first thing about it, and what he's saying makes no sense inside the room where deals happen."
"There was one soft toss to the President. What would you do about this? He started rambling about how the Gamecocks are good and the NFL kickoff rule. It was just bad."
"I miss the daily routine of the show. I feel like I’m letting down the audience, DraftKings, and Meadowlark Media. At the end of the day, the world I’m in now with my daughter is the opposite of routine."
"One of sports media’s great partnerships did not end with a bang. It faded into uncertainty. Until someone finally tells the full story, that uncertainty is all the audience has left"
"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."
"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."