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“From the second a team’s season comes to an end until the end of the three day event, teams are playing an extended game of poker. There’s deceit meant to get an opponent to act. There’s bluffing to throw other teams off the scent of your true intentions. The media is just another useful idiot in the scheme.”
“I’m a big believer that you focus on yourself. I don’t play chess with other other radio stations.”
“Sometimes we are going to lose really talented guys like Ben, Skin, and now Josh to another format or another field. That sucks, but this is a tough world. Everyone has to do what is right for them.”
“It is imperative we understand what is changing around us and examine how and why successful brands are embracing the strategies that they do.”
“The show on Monday after Lamelo’s injury was announced was a somber one.”
“There isn’t any company that I can imagine working for that would just say, “Sure, you can blow up one of the most successful music stations in our company because we want to go all in on spoken word.”
“I asked two GMs in very different markets in very different parts of the country what they are looking for when they are reviewing candidates for a program director opening.”
“Let’s say you are a Virginia or Texas Tech fan and CBS has decided to replace Jim Nantz with the voice of one of those old Speak n’ Spells calling the game. Would that really have kept you from watching the 2019 NCAA Tournament Final? If the answer is yes, you don’t really love your team as much as you think you do.”
“Demetri Ravanos reviews the biggest stories in sports media this week with Jay Mariotti and Tyler McComas.”
“I think the audience is smart enough to understand we have lives, families and most know we ain’t staying up studying the Mountain West.”
