I am a bit disappointed. Was looking forward to the confrontation. Mac spect 4 hours calling Hendry a pussy yesterday. Where was the payoff today!?

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sissy...
called him a sissy all day yesterday.

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Sure. a sissy. I heard between the words man. Hey, it WAS after 4:20.

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Yeah Mac, if you're reading this, you had a lil Pappy in you today. Cue the Dean Martin music.....

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What did you guys expect Mac to say? Did you really think he would just call him a sissy in the middle of the interview? Thats a bit goofy...

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No. I didn't expect him to call him a sissy in the interview. But, he was jumping all over the guy yesterday and today he's fine as paint with him. I would have liked to see him jab a little. We keep hearing them talk abot how Levine softballs them, 'specially Harry complaining about that. Here was their chance. And, all three of them blew it.

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That's an odd phrase.

Mac was too busy cleaning his pipes into a Dunkin Donuts coffee cup.

He ripped Harry for suggesting there was a plausible excuse for his not calling.

I'm going to start incorporating that into my daily conversations.

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Mac and Boers are birds of a feather. They're both tough talkers until their targets are at the other end of the phone line. I'm beginning to believe Pappy's version of the Strahan incident...

It occured to me while driving home Wednesday night. I overracted to Hendry's absence. He usually is a man of his word. I regretted it. You can call me a pussy for backing down if you want... I'll live with it. After agreeing to come on to start the show with us today, I didn't feel the need to belabor the point. We got our interview.

As for whatever North said about Strahan, I didn't know his story was different from mine as I didn't hear him that week in Miami. Do I think I can kick Strahan's ass? No. Not likely. Would I run away? Double no. I always have preferred "willingness to engage" over "quiver with fear." My biggest fear is being ignored, not being punched. Thanks for not ignoring me today.

In the radio account proffered by North and Huebner, both of the aforementioned figures stood tall and pushed back against Strahan's bullying while you left the area. While they acknowledged that you had a radio show to do, they also implied that the show provided a convenient excuse for you to dodge accountability for what you said to Strahan. Strahan was looking for the guy who made the wiseass remark about his marriage, I think it was, but in their view you left the Midgets of the Morning to fight it out with Strahan. As they tell it, they briefly verbally battled with Strahan before smoothing things over with him and individually telling him that "If it were I who had said that, I would've let you know." They repeated this last statement several times, emphasizing that it was this remark that set Strahan off and that you weren't around to back up your remarks. They were clearly calling you out....

As for your propensity to avoid confrontational interviews, I will say that this is one thing you can actually learn from North--hostile exchanges make for uncomfortably gripping radio. While your show seems to revolve around the alternately angry and playful tension between the hosts, you lose a lot of that dynamism in your interviews, which are often conducted in too "straight" a manner. I don't see the need for the tonal shift, which makes your show less interesting and distinct than it frequently is when you, Jurko and Harry are conversing among yourselves.

Let's drop this. If North protected Mac from Strahan, so be it. I don't think it relflects poorly on Mac that he whimped out. There a lot of guys whose balls shrink at times of confrontation. Mac's got the #1 show in the market so he's an easy target. I met him once at a remote and I really don't believe he's the wus he's been painted out to be.

I'm sure Mac just would have thrown his infamous single-leg takedown on Strahan and that would have been the end of that. After getting the best of NFL offensive linemen for the better part of the last 15 years, I'm sure Mac would get Strahan on the ground in no time.

Maybe Daisy Dan McNeil would be more appropriate than Dangerous Dan McNeil.

I'll pass on viewing any marketing of Daisy Dan shorts.

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I don't know if that is completely fair. Dan had both the Ryan Leaf and Eric Kramer interviews that are legendary for their confrontational tone.

Oh he got all of that one.

Can you find any examples in the current millenium to support your case?

Mac was very direct and "confrontational" with the guy he interviewed on the topic of "spoiling" TV show plots on the radio. He went so far as to call the guest a sissy.

the Hendry interview was confrontational to an extent...

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Yeah I was just about to say that Mac did give Hendry a bit of the red ass when he asked about Soriano batting 5th.

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I think Mac should end every interview by pistol-whipping a guy. That's what I call confrontational. Plus, the guy would be on edge for the whole interview waiting for it.

It could be his thing - like Rome's "Rack Me."

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Thoughtful observations acknowledged. The show does kind of shift in tone when some jocko or leaders of the jockos belly up to the bar. I'm going to give that more thought. Thanks for the free focus group. Really, that was helpful.

I understand how delicious the awkward tension can be when guest and host aren't connecting or getting mad at each other... I'll take those chances when they arrive naturally. Not an over-the-top fan, however, of disrespecting a guest if he's respectful to the show/audience. I'm good with the direct, tough questions without being a dick approach. Should a guest - any guest - get mad at the line of questioning and write us off forever, I couldn't care less. I wouldn't like it if a guy like Paxson wouldn't want to come back, but I really don't feel there are any gotta-have-him all the time guests out there.

Hearing the predictable, seasonal, paid and unpaid guests all the shows at both stations roll out year after year, I'm not a big fan of the sports interview in general. More than ever, I prefer hosts and callers and e-mailers jabbing at each other. It's more fun. There needs to be more joy in the stupid business of talk radio.

As Marv Levy says....you can disagree without being disagreeable.

Hendry was really defensive from the start of that interview. He's a lame duck GM that gave it one last shot and it turns out his moves suck. The guy is in a situation where he just constantly gets bashed until he is fired and then, like Dusty Baker, when the cubs lose he'll still get blamed for the next 5 years.

I don't feel sorry for Hendry as his bank account has grown greatly while GM of the Cubs but I also can't blame MJH for not attacking him directly. They did ask tough questions and got BS answers about not talking about personnel decisions.

It's not good radio to get into an argument with the GM of a major league team and then have him hang up. I know a lot of Cubs fans want him tarred and feathered but this wasn't the right time.

I think we've all been pissed off while something was happening, but when talking about it the next day we take a softer stance.

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I hate the interviews that are predictable. A guy like Jim Hendry is not going to "rock the boat". Interviews should be left for loose canyons like Ozzie or straight shooters like Skiles.

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Let's face it. He knew he was called out for 4 hours the day before as a sissy. What would your attitude be like coming into an interview like that?

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With the exception of Hendry, all of our local GMs are a decent interview (Paxson, Angelo, Kenny).

Point taken, Mac... I agree that most (zimmer voice) "PLAYERS" do not make for engaging talk radio. Problem is, look at how many listeners call to ask for the return of Aaron Rowand.

I prefer interviews with owners. If you ask a question out of the paramaters you'll kiss off any hope of biting from the apple again.