Sean Salisbury and ESPN part ways
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After 12 years NFL football analyst Sean Salisbury is out at ESPN. No official reason was given (my guess is it was over money).
Chris Carter was hired to replace him.
I always liked Sean on ESPN and his opinioned style, wishy washy he was not.
Chris Carter was hired to replace him.
I always liked Sean on ESPN and his opinioned style, wishy washy he was not.
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Erik
<< <i>After 12 years NFL football analyst Sean Salisbury is out at ESPN. No official reason was given (my guess is it was over money).
Chris Carter was hired to replace him.
I always liked Sean on ESPN and his opinioned style, wishy washy he was not. >>
I never really liked Salisbury. I don't really like Carter, either, but what can you do. Here's an interesting article on Salisbury from Profootballtalk.com:
ESPN PUTS THE STAKE IN SALISBURY
As you likely already know, Sean Salisbury is out at ESPN. (I was out of pocket when the e-mail from ESPN announcing the departure came through the line.)
The move was, in our view, long overdue. Per USA Today, Salisbury's contract had expired. He likely sealed his fate with that disgraceful on-air dissing of John Clayton last month, during which Salisbury called Clayton the "Cryptkeeper."
As regular visitors to this site know, we don't care much for Salisbury. He's loud, he's a jerk, and far too often he speaks in sweeping absolutes. Also, he reportedly was suspended for showing cell-phone photos of his penis to colleagues at the network. Frankly, we're surprised he lasted there as long as he did.
True to form, Salisbury is crowing about his departure.
"I have grown as much as I can at ESPN and decided to expand my horizons," Salisbury said in a statement. "I have created a brand and it's time to expand into other opportunities in TV, radio, Internet, publishing, movies and public speaking, among others. My resume speaks for itself as a football analyst, and I believe I can talk all sports with the best of them."
Hey, Sean -- a periodic cameo in an Adam Sandler flick doesn't make you an actor. A web site that looks like crap and that rarely was updated before it went off line won't turn you into an Internet mogul.
Publishing? Please. (Unless, of course, you've got a proposal for "Cell Phone Porn for Dummies.")
Sean Salisbury needed ESPN far more than ESPN needed him, and unless he plans to handle weekend sports at the UPN affiliate in Tallahassee, his broadcasting career is officially over.
Steve
PS..."the Great Gazoo" refers to John Clayton
<< <i>So who's gonna put the Great Gazoo in his place every week now!
Steve
I've always felt he looks like a high school science teacher.
PS..."the Great Gazoo" refers to John Clayton
<< <i>so Erin Andrews isn't going anywhere, that is what really matters >>
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<< <i>so Erin Andrews isn't going anywhere, that is what really matters >>
Woo baby!!!!! Talk about eye candy.....
nonetheless.......wow!
What was this thread's original subject?
Steve
You can have her.........I'll keep this one
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<< <i>so Erin Andrews isn't going anywhere, that is what really matters >>
Can we make a thread devoted just to Erin?
<< <i>I heard a columnist on AM 1500 in the Twin Cities mention Sean was having some problems with the ladies at ESPN. Sort of Harold Reynolds like problems if you know what I mean. >>
Yep, I know that Harold Reynolds story. Not good for Sean if he was doing the same things.
In any event, he was horrible.
He always tried to coe across as the "expert" and yet he was not very good when he played - but he always threw that out, "when I was playing ...."
When he was playing he was holding a notebook - that was a classic John Clayton line