Without 4 hof he’s not a top 3 coach. His winning percentage is probably equal or worse than McMillan when you take out those 4 Lebron years. And no I don’t think McMillan is a top 3 coach
Sure, take out the 4 straight trips to the finals and he’s a middle of the road coach. Unless this is a strawman argument then we’ll need go take out McMillan’s 4 best years too. How do they compare then?
It takes talent to get HoF players to buy in and play at the top of their game. Look how many coaches Lebron has left in his wake. The only one who got the most out of him was Spo. If it wasn't for Draymond going full moron in game 4, he doesn't win under Lue either. Take all the HoF players Pop has had, how is his record?
Dan speaking on matters like that is what made the show great to me. Now all we get is billy and chris saying unfunny forced bs, a "how about that" from Stu, and executive mike shutting down dan at every turn. Man I miss the afternoon version of this show.
Dan was talking about it when it came to the Ft. Wayne trip. For as much as ESPN said they would let the show do what it wants, they shut them down all the time.
I’m not going to derail this thread with a back n forth. Spo isn’t a top 3 coach in the nba. Daktich was 100% spot on with that
The rest of the show seems fine with kneeling to espn and the money that comes with it(I understand taking the money). But that dilutes the show to being and takes away the appeal for me. Less shipping container and more Dan discussing what he finds interesting.
the more shipping container is more Dan wanting to work less while making the same money. That was an inevitability regardless of whether the show went national or not. oh, it's derailed. Name better coaches.
I really don't think so. Everytime he ventured into a topic that might be political or race related he gets stopped. So he just hands the show off too unfunny people.
oh you are right there. I thought you were talking about him handing off the local hour to the shipping container. Also, No Dan at the start of the show today. Cue the rumors of a suspension.
I was gonna say I think espn has verbiage in his contract about calling the network out and getting overly political
Really liked Dan's message, but god the video production was terrible. "here's a dude sitting on a stool while Dan speaks some real shit, enjoy."
Considering him and mike both arrived at the same time, I would guess they were on the phone with corporate.
I think the climate, both at his employer and nationally are quite different. Respect for taking a stand and backing up the stance, but I think we’re about to see what he’s worth to Disney. I’m ok with it either way. If he gets fired, 790 will have him in the drive home by COB.
He's made enough money and its all clearly starting to drain on him anyway. If he gets fired, he rides off into the sunset imo.
Yea, I think dan genuinely enjoys giving people opportunities. His brother and his dad both do stuff with espn cuz of him. The podcast network now gives opportunities to the shopping container and his other friends at espn. Dan was on HQ yesterday (at least that’s what they said during the radio show, I didn’t actually watch it). I don’t think dan will be done with radio anytime soon.
Everyone on their podcast network except the shipping container has had podcast opportunities before(some multiple) and they have all failed.
The local hour has some great stuff. I always enjoy Samson, though it seems like his recent interviews have been getting shorter and shorter.