ESPN Cleaning House

[mgoblue]

http://deadspin.com/a-running-list-o...ffs-1794664091

Not sure if there's a post elsewhere (kind of a topic that doesn't fit in one spot).

50-100 of ESPN talent getting let go in a big downsizing....

Jayson Stark, Trent Dilfer, Danny Kanell, Ed Werder, lots of talent going away...crazy!

[Majingir]

Among those cuts, they also ended their already non existent NHL coverage.

Don't get ESPN here so I don't know many names there, but ones I do know are Lebrun,Stark,Bowden

[aukevin]

I was pretty shocked to see Stark on that list. I bet there are a lot of guys sitting at their desk today hoping their phones don't ring. Hopefully Tim Kurkjian makes it through.

[TheMatrix31]

Tim Kurkjian is the name I wanted to see on here the most. He needs to go to MLB Network and not languish on a network that doesn't give a **** about the sport he covers.

Today goes a long way in my ultimate goal of seeing ESPN wiped off the map. More please.

[aukevin]

Yeah I 100% think MLB Network is the better place for baseball news and if either of those guys end up there it would be great. But if they don't go there, I will miss them. ESPN isn't my place for MLB, but it definitely is for college football, so it was good to see Stark and Kurkjian when those sports overlap.

[dickey1331]

Well ESPN is learning what years of ****ty programming does. They will blame it on cord cutters while they ignore the actual problem.


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[SPTO]

This was a bloodletting long in the making however, as severe as it looks it's still not enough. ESPN needs to do an on-air version of what major corporations do with their employees. The ESPN family of networks needs a restructuring in a major way that would involved closing up some of their networks and consolidating to create a smaller but more robust network with a sharper eye towards basic reporting, less TMZ style crap and more of what made the network popular in the first place.

I'm actually surprised that idiots like Stephen A. Smith haven't been given their walking papers. The "debate shows" should be the first casualty of the restructuring of programming. (I'd keep PTI though)

[mgoblue]

Quote: Originally Posted by SPTO

This was a bloodletting long in the making however, as severe as it looks it's still not enough. ESPN needs to do an on-air version of what major corporations do with their employees. The ESPN family of networks needs a restructuring in a major way that would involved closing up some of their networks and consolidating to create a smaller but more robust network with a sharper eye towards basic reporting, less TMZ style crap and more of what made the network popular in the first place. I'm actually surprised that idiots like Stephen A. Smith haven't been given their walking papers. The "debate shows" should be the first casualty of the restructuring of programming. (I'd keep PTI though)

Stephen A Smith gets ratings though...he's annoying (I agree), but not surprised to see him stay....