In other interviews, Salisbury has made successful attempts to embarass himself with guests, but yesterday's Buehrle interview was his ultimate success. Sean graced us with the following sports talk gems in this single interview...

1. He constantly asked Mark if he could help him out with his fantasy football team and kept bringing the subject back to that instead of baseball. Even asked him on a man-date to discuss it.

2. He found a way to make mention of his "role" in The Benchwarmers (for the 5000th time) and friendship to Adam Sandler to try and big time Buehrle. He kept asking Mark if he had seen the movie and what he thought of it. Mark was polite and replied that it was "pretty good". Sean then used this line of discussion as a great transition to complete the unholy trifecta of......

3. Asked Mark Buehrle "Am I Hot". I kid you not, he asked a starting pitcher for the world champion Sox if he though he was hot on radio. Buehrle was very uncomfortable but Sean kept at it apparently thinking he was funny and making friends with the Sox pitcher.

The whole time Rosenbloom was trying to make sarcastic comments to Sean like "enough with the dating attempts lets get to baseball" but Sean pushed on with his self felating, homoerotic agenda. Rosenbloom finally gave up, got in one baseball question to end the interview and Buehrle hung up as quickly as possible.

No wonder Mac had such praise for Sean Salisbury before the show came on. I have now seen the light. You're right, Mac this is making for some great Chicago Sports radio in mid days. Why in the world would I want to hear baseball opinions from the All Star starting pitcher of the local world champs? I'd much rather hear if he thinks Sean Salisbury is good looking, or feel comfort that Sean can help this multi millionaire with his fantasy football pics. Dolgin has it right, "Good times"...

Are you calling Dan McNeil out on his corporate bullshit?

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Hawkeye:

I am addressing this to you directly, because I was not listening to this interview.

Are you absolutely, 100% certain that he posed the following question to Mark Buehrle: "Am I hot?"

If so, this man should not be permitted to conduct interviews on AM 1000. Who wants to hear that? I doubt very much that homosexuals are the target demographic for this station. Boy, that had to be cringe-inducing radio.

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this is the worst fucking show ever.
i've been driving around to different job sites during the morning and between north and these two, i feel like encasing my head in concrete to keep the blood from pouring out of my ears.

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I can not believe that Hawkeye. That would have to be the worst its maybe ever been on that show? Maybe except for the 7 other sexual harrassment comments and feel to it. Wait for football my ass. Someone made a comment that Sean will only be worse once football comes which was a great point. All I got to say is, wouldn't you guys like to have Silvy and Carmen back where they belong?

And let me just say this. The next book will show their true colors. That last book wasn't all them in that slot.

Now Ryan, just because you and I were right about this, it doesn't mean you need to rub it in...

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or out...

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Nice Doug.

Yes and to clarify, the quote was either "Am I Hot" or "Do You Think I'm Hot". Not that there's a difference but he definately asked Mark Buehrle if he thought he was hot at the end of the Benchwarmers movie discussion. Sad.

So now between 9 and noon we get this. During segments, Salisbury is offering random people fantasy football advice (yet not giving out any to his listeners for some reason) and then when they go to break we get to hear commercials for us to pay random scumbags for their fantasy advice. Great programming there...

That's a great point that I hadn't thought of - he keeps whoring himself out to all these athletes/interviewers so that you don't learn anything in the so-called interviews, but hasn't said anything about it elsewhere to help out the listener. Now, I don't like any more than 3 minutes devoted to Fantasy anything (and I play more Fantasy sports than I care to count, but it is just not interesting radio), but if you are going to talk it at least there is a direction to the show. It sounds like this entire show is to inflate Salisbury's overblown ego.

I didn't think that someone who technically played professional sports - since all he really did was carry a clipboard - to be the biggest jock-sniffer I've ever heard.

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Exactly, MU. Sean also opened the show today by telling us how great his life currently is. During this pointless diatribe he mentioned going to Hooters and droned on about how Adam Sandler asked him to be in his new movie and how good of pals they are. Give it up Sean you are not cool no matter how hard you try.

Since we are all on a Sean rant again, can I just ask, Does this guylive in Chicago yet and doing shows from ESPN1000?

I'm not sure but I assume he is only here a couple days a week max. Especially with Rosey being out this long. Doesn't he do those shows from ESPN on the east coast a few days a week? If so I can't see him flying all the way back to Chicago to talk on his shitfest show. I'll be right back. I have to go talk to "Savemore Cash" so I can buy a car.

If you listened to Salisbury and with all the talk between of ESPN total Red Sox vs Yankees, aren't you glad a so called Chicago radio host said about his baseball talk, don't ask me about the Cubs, but the Red Sox game I'll give you thoughts becasuse I watched that whole game. This guy was a good listen, now he's a joke and I'll say it again what is he really going to say during football season that will impress people especially when they have no listnes.

Hawkeye - It's a fairly rare day when Salisbury is in Chicago to do his show. I'll even contend that steps have been taken by others at AM1000 to make it *seem* like Sean is in studio.

Goddamn...these recent posts make me sick. Hard to believe this show is still reaching new lows.

On the E, couldn't agree more. I wasn't even paying attention to this show's section until this new thread started and yea, the situation at this timeslot makes me sick again. And when I have listened on and off, they never really tell you where Sean is, but definitely try to hint he is in town when you know he isn't. I think that's really shitty of the station and I am goin to call them out on it if we ever have another critics at extra large.

i wouldn't be surprised at all if they're trying to hide his location.
Mac once let it slip that the 2nd hour of Marriotti's shows were taped b/c of t.v. commitments...
as a sports radio junkie, that really pissed me off.

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Let me pile on a bit ..After just listening to these two guys "YELL'at me and each other for about 10 minutes , I ve switched to Kiss FM ..

Remember boy's, this was a Spaceball hire and one of the reasons he left was probably having to listen to this trainwreck he put together..

Getting to Mac being the corporate guy, I could not agree more..He has thrown both these guys under the bus on a few occasions but Mac is the biggest 'Wind Sock' at ESPN ..If the wind is blowing in his direction things are good and if not , walk the other way ..I think if you asked him now if this was a good hire , he would give you a different answer.

I just don't understand how Space went into the mindset of hiring these two guys with Rosy being gone for a month covering poker and Shawn being in Bristol coving the NFL and out of Chicago every other day ..I feel you need to have both guys in studio together to make things work but in this case I don't think it really matters..

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I never really saw Mac as a windsock for ESPN1000. I think you guys are bagging on him a little too much. He is one of the only hosts on the air, as far as I know, that actually refers to other stations and their talent. I never heard WSCR talk about Rooney and Farmer when they didn't have rights to the radio broadcasts - they pretended like the only way to catch a baseball game was via Hawk and DJ. No one would dare, ever, mention another host on another station, which Mac has no problem doing.

Maybe Mac legitimately thought it was a good hire and that Sean would be good on the radio. The guy's not hiring the talent, he's just evaluating it. Clearly, he was way, way off on this one, but it may well have been just his opinion of things and not him just grandstanding for the station.

I've actually started listening to avid Chicago-basher Colin Cowherd every other day or so to calm my nerves down from listening to S&R.

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I'm with Lawboy - I don't think Mac supported him because he was a corporate schill, if I remember correctly Mac kept saying that he thought it would be a good show. As things have progressed, Mac has taken more and more shots at the problems with the show that we've all said before, and it sounds like he's not a fan.

As far as the city he is in, you can tell when he is broadcasting from Bristol or Dallas by the sound quality of the broadcast - there are distinctive sound differences (after listening to sports radio for this long, you know when a guest is in studio or not). I can't really articulate why it is that I want my hosts to be here, but I do - it matters to me. And I definitely don't appreciate being treated like I'm too stupid to know if Sean is in town or not, when there are obvious verbal cues to it too ("I don't have the answers in front of me" for the Babe Bracket - no shit! You haven't been in town in three weeks!).

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That pisses me off so much. My God I hate that show, haha. Thanks God Mully has been pretty strong these days.

Actually, for whatever reason I've been enjoying Colin Cowherd - especially with football season coming, which is his first sport, its a good time to give it a listen.

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I agree.

And what I like about Cowherd is that he sometimes takes ridiculous stances on things but even when he does, he always, always entertains the opposing argument. Sometimes he dismisses it simply by saying, "No, you're wrong." Which is fine with me, as long as he gives the other opinion some air time.

Definitely worth a listen.

Now, though, it's time to listen to my White Sox actually win a game against the Royals. They need more day games so I don't have to listen to Sports Talk all day.

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I like Mac and his show but he's not above being taken to the woodshed ..

Here is my point with him and how ESPN is run ..Mac is a ticking time-bomb at times and he has every right to walk around with a chip on his shoulder because he has built a pretty strong following..He was brought in to build a program in where other shows can be built around his success and he has done that..But he was not hired to make opinions on how others should run their shows or program the stations talent..

When you throw teammates under the bus like S&C , Dan Patrick, Shawn & Rosy and tell everyone how great you are and it should be run the way he thinks..That opens the door to be taken to the woodshed..

This comes from a man who has been suspended more times than Steve Howe.. The focus should always be on his show not the other shows at the station..

Move over Slappy, we have a new Mac apoligist..

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I don't think he's trying to dictate how the station should be run, but instead expressing his opinion; rather than pretending every show on the station is perfect as is, he has expressed his discontent with other shows. He's allowed to have an opinion, he is generally voicing how most listeners (if you take these boards as a sample size of that) feel about shows, like going without Dan Patrick and being aggravated that Salisbury isn't in town for his show. Its his forum, and he is in a unique position of comfort because he knows he will always have a job, at WMVP or elsewhere, and I like the fact that he voices many of the same problems we feel - Lord knows the Iceman Jim Pastor isn't listening to us; putting it out on the airwaves for all to hear, where management can't ignore it, forces them to address it one way or the other. In fairness, he also critiques his own show the same way - things like Who Do You Love, any antics of the three of them that isn't conducive to helping the show all routinely get their shots from McNeil.

Now, would you rather it be this way, or run like the Score, where they act they are the only station on the radio, that they are all infallible, and wouldn't dare suggest change on-air?

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Mac NEEDS TO take a close listen to the 9-noon shitfest, especially for the following reason. ESPN1000 was nothing before Mac came on board. Call me a kiss ass, apologist, or whatever but it's true. Mac took the station from nothing to continually beating the Score and MJH being #1 overall with M 25-54. This station is essentially his baby now and he's the only one with the clout and balls enough to do something about it IMO.

Therefore he should care what other shows are doing to give this station a bad name. You think if guests like Buehrle keep getting asked things like "am I hot" and "wanna come over and I'll give you fantasy advice" they will continue coming on the station? It gives a poor image of the station as a whole and Mac has a responsibility. He obviously works his ass off for his show and I'm sure for the station as well and this needs to be addressed. This isn't Mariotti being controversial and hating on the Sox on air (which I personally hated), this is way worse in my opinion. Plus add in the fact that none of this garbage has anything to do with sports and there's constant childish fighting/bickering between S and R with ZERO chemistry. I'm posting this in the next Ask Mac. I really want an answer on this.

[quote]Now, would you rather it be this way, or run like the Score, where they act they are the only station on the radio[quote]

IMO, MJH's mentions of the Score are only because Mac can't get over his hositilty regarding his departure.

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Guarantee the only answer we get is be patient and wait until football season. I wonder if a memo from the uppers in Bristol told ESPN1000 this is how to answer any negativity on their baby Salisbury. I think Adam Delivitt is a bright guy, but I've from a what couple of you that you've told him thats is an unbearable, unlistenable show and that's the response you've gotten. I understand he has to stand behind his programming, but like Hawkeye said, doesn't there have to be a line drawn where they have to do something for the simple fact of integrity of the station? As stated before guests are treated just flat out oddly (example listed here), women are treated like the last piece of meat in a homeless shelter, Sean makes love to himself on-air, the technique of arguing is so bad that any decent thought Seanactually may have gets completely lost, and Sean treats listeners like shit unless they start off saying "love the show" or "welcome to chicago" (which how can you welcome someone to Chicago when they are in Bristol or Dallas?).