"Sporting News was a place that was hemorrhaging money from the moment I got there until the moment I left. "

Interesting...

The radio network or the onetime "Sports Bible" as Coppock used to refer to the Sporting News?

Obviously the radio network, since we know Spiegel worked there and not the magazine. Oh, and it says so in the interview.

But yeah, I really don't think Spiegel is a bad guy or a bad host. Maybe just misunderstood. I think he seems like a decent guy. I know I'm like one of the last Spiegel supporters on the board.

I’m such a lucky man, to get to sing and make music at such a high level

Dude, you're in a goddamn cover band.

Obviously the radio network, since we know Spiegel worked there and not the magazine. Oh, and it says so in the interview.

But yeah, I really don't think Spiegel is a bad guy or a bad host. Maybe just misunderstood. I think he seems like a decent guy. I know I'm like one of the last Spiegel supporters on the board.

He's not a terrible host, but he comes off as total dickhead.

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Whoever commented on his lack of self awareness (Kirkwood?) was spot on.

Yup. He's very good at radio, has pretty interesting thoughts and watches damn near every game. But not a likeable guy.

Obviously the radio network, since we know Spiegel worked there and not the magazine. Oh, and it says so in the interview.

But yeah, I really don't think Spiegel is a bad guy or a bad host. Maybe just misunderstood. I think he seems like a decent guy. I know I'm like one of the last Spiegel supporters on the board.

I like Matt for the record. I was just piling on today.

I don't think Spiegal comes off as a dick. I think he is just entitled in a Harry kind of way. He makes up for it by being far more talented than Harry.

Probably better than having him pile on you though.

...says the guy who admittedly almost never actually hears his show, and makes no real attempt to listen to it.

But yeah, I really don't think Spiegel is a bad guy or a bad host. Maybe just misunderstood. I think he seems like a decent guy. I know I'm like one of the last Spiegel supporters on the board.

I listen to the show pretty much daily, and I would agree with that assessment. He does come across as a guy who has a tremendous sense of entitlement. He can also be a douchebag at times. I'm guessing that, and his incredible over sensitivity stems from somewhere within. He strikes me as a guy who has a great life, but also has some underlying issues of inferiority.

He's basically an Assholish version of Silvy without the interview skills.

However, it also results in everything in his life being a drama. He didn't get criticism...IT WAS OMNIPRESENT CRITICISM. He doesn't cover other people's music for fun...HE CREATES ELEGANT TRIBUTES.

Tennis club kid?

Speegs parents had money?

That fits

Yes, didn't you know his family were the inspiration for the novel Infinite Jest?

I do agree with what you said earlier. He isn't bad at radio. He's just unlikeable. Like Larry in a way. Holmes can do a radio show. But who could possibly want to sit down and have a conversation with him? Now, that I ponder the notion, there aren't many people on the Score I would like to sit down with. Boers for sure. Maybe Les. Mac possibly but he's really lost his fastball since pairing with Meatpants. The old HFC Mac or the MJH Mac of 2001-04 for sure.

I don't think Spiegal comes off as a dick. I think he is just entitled in a Harry kind of way. He makes up for it by being far more talented than Harry. However, it also results in everything in his life being a drama. He didn't get criticism...IT WAS OMNIPRESENT CRITICISM. He doesn't cover other people's music for fun...HE CREATES ELEGANT TRIBUTES. The tennis club kid comes through on some of the things he takes for granted in his life.