First of all I feel terrible for Daryls family and friends.
I was never a fan of his work but he seemed like a good guy.

The second I heard he passed I thought about the weird interview Mac did with him.
I would love to hear it again to confirm my memory.
I couldn't do it justice by describing it but it was way out of line and Daryl handled it great.

I give Mac credit for somewhat admitting to his mistake today.
I'm guessing he's matured since the day Harry Caray died.................

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

I remember that interview as well and was curious what if anything Mac
would say about him after his death. Hope he was kind.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Mac was pretty hard on him, and Daryl handled it with absolute class. Mac acknowledged this today. I don't hold it against Mac. Truth be told, I thought he was pretty bad at his job. I certainly never hoped or expected him to pass so young. I'm pretty secure in saying Mac didn't either.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

This interview had to do with NBC pregame coverage of the Winter Classic and it not being in HD I believe.

I thought it had to do with Mac & Bernsy when they were on opposite stations commenting on the Bears/Colts' debut a couple years ago on NBC5's "Sports Sunday", when the show was stretched out into a 45-minute postgame after NBC's "Sunday Night Football"...

You cant worry about someone dying at age 38 unexpectedly when interviewing someone

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

If I recall, Mac was ripping Hawk for being....what he was....hyper-peppy, ex-jock, not-very-bright sounding. Within a couple of days, Hawk called in to the show. As other said, he handled it pretty well (and to is credit, Mac didn't back down from his stance). I don't think Mac's opinion changed of him (mine didn't), but I certainly respected that Hawk had the balls to call in and challenge Mac on what he said.

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Hawks' work was awful. The guy may have been a nice guy and I feel sorry for the wife and childen he leaves behind, but his death doesn't make the quality of his work while alive any better.

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Go Cubs!!!!

I never understood the Daryl Hawks professional hate. He didn't seem like a phony guy, read sports news for 3 minutes without falling over and seemed like he embraced the community by doing things off camera. Sad loss.

Completely agree.

Mac didn't like him, and that probably influenced a lot of people's opinions.

Come on, Tad Queasy. My opinion of Hawks influenced others' opinions of him? This "fraternity" is a lot of things, but not being able to reach own's own opinion independently is not among them.

You need to stay for the Game 1 chat tonight. It would be a thing.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

still haven't heard a word on his death. i suspect he pushed himself too hard...maybe he had an undiagnosed heart condition and it got him.