They shouldn't be mad at Mike,they should be mad at themselves for not being able to fill his shoes.I never liked Mike as a person.However,I enjoy listening to him talk about sports....If I was Mike.My first show back.I would diss Boomer,Carlin,and all the rest of those cry babies.
Mike Francesa the Gawd
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Yeah Okay buddy
https://nypost.com/2018/04/25/michael-kay-chance-to-put-black-mark-on-francesas-legacy/
https://nypost.com/2018/04/25/michael-kay-chance-to-put-black-mark-on-francesas-legacy/
Michael Kay: Chance to put 'black mark' on Francesa's legacy
ESPN New York’s 98.7 FM Michael Kay thinks that his longtime sports talk show nemesis Mike Francesa might regret his comeback.
In Kay’s mind, Francesa potentially could put a black mark on his legacy if Kay and his teammates ever climb past Francesa in the ratings. Kay’s show never beat Francesa’s.
“Bring it on,” Kay told The Post. “Let’s go. Let’s do it. Let’s see who wins now. If he wins, he wins. If he loses, it really does affect his legacy. He has never lost before with Dog [Chris Russo.] He has never lost to anybody [in sports]. I wonder if he is going to regret it if he comes back and loses.”
The competition is expected to begin again soon, as Francesa could be on the air as early as next week from 3-6:30 p.m., going head-to-head with Kay. Kay, with partners Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg, squeaked by Kay’s replacements, Chris Carlin, Maggie Gray and Bart Scott, in the winter ratings book. CMB is expected to be moved to the 1-3 p.m. slot to make way for Francesa, but CMB’s hours are not fully set yet.
Francesa, 64, went over the heads of executives at WFAN and asked the president of the station’s parent company, David Field, for his job back, accepting a significant pay cut from the around $3 million he previously made, according to sources. The move may have been made, even if CMB had won, because Entercom is taking advantage of Francesa’s rating prowess at a discounted price. Francesa could have remained on many occasions at his former salary, if he had decided earlier to back out of his “retirement.”
The “Kay Show” beat CMB in the winter book, but it was bittersweet for Kay because it was not Francesa, and he personally likes the CMB trio. He is not as close with Francesa.
“If we can beat him, I don’t think it affects his legacy, but it puts a black mark on it,” Kay said.
Kay previously took Francesa’s YES simulcast from him, which has improved his show’s reach, though, in terms of the radio ratings, he thinks Francesa still has the count in his favor.
“One of the thing he hangs his hat [on] is that he never loses,” Kay said. “And those sycophants who follow him, they lap it up, hook, line and sinker even though he lost in his last book. He lost to Lite-FM. He has lost before.
“He has just never lost to another sports station, but, at ESPN, people don’t want to hear the truth, there are a lot of obstacles that you have to overcome. First off, we are competing against a legacy station. We are competing against two signals that are allowed to combine both of their ratings to get their ratings — 660 and 101.9. And because we are a hybrid of local and national, I’ve always had a national show lead into us. Although the [Stephen A. Smith] show is good, New York is more of a local sort of radio market when it comes to sports, and we battle a lot of the odds. In truth, I think we have done phenomenally. Would we like to win? Of course, we would.
“It is not just the pennant standings in baseball they will be following, but radio ratings, which is kind of odd, but it is exciting. It has become a thing the last year or so.”
Kay thinks it was wrong what Entercom executives did to CMB, demoting the program after just one ratings book.
“You essentially hire three people to do a job, you gave them four months to do it,” Kay said. “You had one guy [Carlin] leave a really good job he had in Philadelphia. You pull the plug on them after one book when they are getting their feet on the ground. It is unconscionable what they did to those people.”
Michael Kay is a fukkin Hack..
Every question he asks when he interviews someone else is a loaded question..
What a clown he is
Every question he asks when he interviews someone else is a loaded question..
What a clown he is
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Joe and Evan talked about that and Joe was like “I wouldn’t have taken the time slot and there no amount of money that woulda changed my mind because I like my time slot.” Evan agreed.yup
the ONLY move Chernoff could’ve made
if there wasn't a big time replacement for Mike ; had to be moving joe & evan to Mike’s mid day slot and have whomever fill the 10 - 1 slot
and if worst came to worst - Mike coming back (joe & evan would problaly have zero problems going back to the 10 - 1 slot ; cause both of them hold Mike as the person that got them into the position they’re in now... no hard feelings)
bad move by Chernoff
Mike's coming back for less pay. fukked up how they are doing Carlin. That's the biz
Boomer had a good line on that this morning, he said Mike hired an agent to get the same job for pennies on the dollar, and pay a commission to do it
That has to be a bit humbling for Mike, he thought he was more marketable than he was. Tuesday will be a fascinating day. I can't wait
Stinky Diver
attitude as bad as his odor
Boomer had a good line on that this morning, he said Mike hired an agent to get the same job for pennies on the dollar, and pay a commission to do it
That has to be a bit humbling for Mike, he thought he was more marketable than he was. Tuesday will be a fascinating day. I can't wait
Yea it does sound stupid when you really think about it. Hes an egomaniac that wouldn't be caught doing something Dog did first and instead goes back to wfan as the heel.
You can't make this shyt up
I agree that whoever came on after Mike wold probably fail but Chernoff had a year and a half to come up with a replacement for Mike and that’s who he chose?
I mean I think he was part of the brain trust that hired David Lee Roth so it’s not surprising but you would think a bigger more established name or group would have taken the job
I mean I think he was part of the brain trust that hired David Lee Roth so it’s not surprising but you would think a bigger more established name or group would have taken the job
Yea it does sound stupid when you really think about it. Hes an egomaniac that wouldn't be caught doing something Dog did first and instead goes back to wfan as the heel.
You can't make this shyt up
Unless Mike's working from home, there's no way to spin this as a W for him.
- He went on the open market and got greeted with crickets
- He basically got his replacements demoted and is viewed as a villian
- He took back essentially his exact same job he retired from less than 6 months ago at a reduced rate after saying for the past year 'No more WFAN'
He better have some huge perks to save some face
Boomer had a good line on that this morning, he said Mike hired an agent to get the same job for pennies on the dollar, and pay a commission to do it
That has to be a bit humbling for Mike, he thought he was more marketable than he was. Tuesday will be a fascinating day. I can't wait
That’s why I’m shocked he came back with his ego
If he started his own podcast network or just did his own podcast it wouldn’t look nearly as bad.
I guess he really wanted to come back. The two baseball teams being good probably played a part
What leverage does he have
Chernoff knows he wants to work, no one else wants to deal with his ass and he won't do a podcast. I'm sure they'll pay him fairly but it's not like he's got a lot of negotiation power anymore
Hiring caa just to get his old job back for less money
I have a feeling they got him some other small ass gig maybe doing tv or some sh1t once a week
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
The Giants and Jets are picking 2 and 3 in the draft and both might be QB’s and he couldn’t say shyt about it. That had to eat at his soul. Odell with the coke in the room and he couldn’t destroy him on air. He couldn’t talk Yankees or Mets til he got on with Mad Dog. That all happened in 4 months. He had withdrawals
Hiring caa just to get his old job back for less money
I have a feeling they got him some other small ass gig maybe doing tv or some sh1t once a week
On some real shyt, if he negotiated to work from home that'd be worth a pay cut. I know at my job I'd take a 5% paycut to WFH permanently