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OT: Syracuse radio show host fired for being too critical

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Personally I think that while the CEO of the company is free to do what he/she wants, this is pathetic. I don’t subscribe to the notion that journalists and radio shows need to be sunshine pumpers. I find that insulting to one’s intelligence. However I know there are a lot of fans that feel differently.
 
I agree. I don't believe the media serve to be cheerleaders for the program, especially when the program has performed terribly.
 
Care to extrapolate? You aren’t being billed by the word. He was fired by the CEO who is 70+ year old man that is good friends with Jim Boeheim.
I’ve been known to leave a long post or two, three….

I was speaking off the cuff and in general. Maybe slightly out of context but not really. This guy was cancelled (fired) in the most literal sense. He lost his job and his voice stifled for speaking negatively or against the grain about SU and Boeheim. There are “many” who believed he was good at his job and was being “truthful” in his opinions/takes.

I understand Boeheim has some part ownership or investments in the media group as well.

No matter how you cut it, it’s a bad look.
 
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All of this reminds me of when Coffee and Howie ran this board. Constant sunshine pumping during the Kragthorpe years. Of course, their publication was included in season ticket packages, so they were connected to UofL's hip.

Can't decide what is more pathetic, constantly criticizing the team you are paid to follow, or 🙈🙉🙊. There's got to be middle ground.
 
crucial point of the article, it seems Axe jsut wouldn't let up and considering none of us listened to him we cannot judge why he was fired. maybe he jsut said negative stuff non stop abpout the school who was paying him. you can be critical btu at the same time when you work for the hoemtown school you need to always say positive thigns too. the article seems to say Axe turns worse over the last six months and didn't let up. if you the school paying him why would you want someone constantly trashing you?

"When we haven’t had a particularly good football, lacrosse or basketball season, everyone around here knows it. We don’t need to have our faces ground into it every day.” all on this baord who trask Kp take note, thuis is why you suck, we knew it was going to be a bad year but some of you are non stop and it's fffing tired and makes you worse for the program. no one wants to here you crap anymore.

same thing with the people trashing KP here no stop, it was a bad season but yall's just keep saying fire KP fire KP, yalls would be fired too. the negativeity on this board towards kp is the exact same thing. maybe Axe turned into an a-hole like the negative posters here and no one at SU wanted to hear that crap anymore. freedom of speech does nto mean freedom from consequences or freedom to keep your job. just like no one here wants to hear your crap about KP anymore and he's already proving everyone of you wrong with recruiting so SHUT THE F$ck up and maybe you won't get fired too, lol
 
“you can be critical btu at the same time when you work for the hoemtown school you need to always say positive thigns too. the article seems to say Axe turns worse over the last six months and didn't let up. if you the school paying him why would you want someone constantly trashing you?”

He wasn’t an employee of the school. And did SU get better later in the season? I don’t think they did.
 
crucial point of the article, it seems Axe jsut wouldn't let up and considering none of us listened to him we cannot judge why he was fired. maybe he jsut said negative stuff non stop abpout the school who was paying him. you can be critical btu at the same time when you work for the hoemtown school you need to always say positive thigns too. the article seems to say Axe turns worse over the last six months and didn't let up. if you the school paying him why would you want someone constantly trashing you?

"When we haven’t had a particularly good football, lacrosse or basketball season, everyone around here knows it. We don’t need to have our faces ground into it every day.” all on this baord who trask Kp take note, thuis is why you suck, we knew it was going to be a bad year but some of you are non stop and it's fffing tired and makes you worse for the program. no one wants to here you crap anymore.

same thing with the people trashing KP here no stop, it was a bad season but yall's just keep saying fire KP fire KP, yalls would be fired too. the negativeity on this board towards kp is the exact same thing. maybe Axe turned into an a-hole like the negative posters here and no one at SU wanted to hear that crap anymore. freedom of speech does nto mean freedom from consequences or freedom to keep your job. just like no one here wants to hear your crap about KP anymore and he's already proving everyone of you wrong with recruiting so SHUT THE F$ck up and maybe you won't get fired too, lol
glassmanJ is cool with 4 wins.

Noted.
 
I posted on a similar thread behind the paywall, this stuff cuts both ways. Haters esp. those with their own radio platforms don't get to practice their trade under the cover of "free speech" with no consequences.

As someone who always likes to speak his mind, no one recognizes that better than me. All I ask for is equitable treatment. It's also better IMO to clearly distinguish between fact and opinion when you speak/post.

You're free to say what you want, and you're also subject to whatever consequences the rest of the world wants to impose on you. People forget that last part.

Nothing to see here...
 
Some radio hosts in Louisville shouldn’t be fired because they are cheerleaders or too critical, they should be fired because they are just bad in general. Deener along with his lackies and both Valvanos come to mind.
 
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