Dick Ebersol Out at NBC

Now that Ebersol's NBC career is plausibly dead, we are grateful.

 

I don't know, I guess it's possible that two co-workers at two different gigs in two different states who knew Ebersol in two different worlds conspired to make shit up to cloud my viewpoint of Dick Ebersol, so that I could disappoint a coffee machine salesman on a site for sports journalists in 2011. I guess that makes sense.

Again, you're a big shot who knows a lot of important people. Why don't you ask around about Dick Ebersol, and report back here. But wait, didn't I ask you to do that on Girardi? And that hasn't happened. Because I was right, and the only person on a site for sports journalists defending Girardi is the one who sells coffee machines.

There are plenty of good guys, but why would I list them here? So you could mock me some more? Maybe one of my good guys doesn't drink coffee, which would prove that he's a bad guy.

Again. I don't go to coffeeguys.com and look for ways to insult you and what you do/used to do. I would expect likewise from you, but I guess that was too much to ask.

 

I just want to piss on this guy's career one more time on this thread. What a horrible, horrible job he did with the Olympics, and a whole host of other NBC sports products.

 

C'mon, don't be so sensitive. I'm not trying to criticize you personally, and I have no issues with you.

I have no idea who you are or what you do, but from your board persona, I'd say you're a good guy.

My only point is that it's a little unfair to label anybody a "bad guy" or a "really bad guy" based on one or two anecdotes.

Maybe Ebersol & Girardi are the two worst guys on the planet. (And maybe Larry Kudlow is number three.)

Without more evidence, I'll choose to remain agnostic on the matter or to rely on my own experiences with various individuals.

 

Oh, and I hate what he did to Olympic coverage as much as the next guy. And Mushnick's right, the XFL was a disgrace.

 

But no XFL, then no "He Hate Me"

 

It's part of beej's charm to go all over the top about someone, as if that person had boffed his wife. Perfectly harmless.

 

I get that. I think it's sort of funny. So, I don't understand why he gets pissed off at me if I point that out.

 

The irony is that his mentor - Roone Arledge appealed to the sports fan.

Too bad that Joe Posnankski did not delve into that with him in his interview.

 

Because SportsJournalists.com is about airing grievances and blowing off steam about the assholes with whom we deal, yet you act like I'm the only one who has ever bad-mouthed a guy with whom I had a bad experience. You don't go after anyone else. You condescendingly dismiss my experiences as too small a sample size or irrelevant (code for "you're a small-timer who doesn't matter"), yet when further evidence is provided, you go strangely silent. Did you read the Mushnick piece on Ebersol linked above? I suppose you think he's being silly or oversensitive or inconsequential too.

I've interacted with plenty of jerks. I only rant about a very small percentage. Which is a good thing, b/c otherwise you'd get nothing done running around here and mocking me for my bruised feelings.