Pittsburgh Sports Media Thread

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:34 am

First time I connected the dots between hearing Zeise on the radio and feeling compelled to drive your call full speed into a concrete barrier

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:03 pm

Is Cook really leaving? Steigerwald never left after retiring lol

Postby **NAN** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:16 pm

I think I'm one of the few people that actually liked Cook, especially when they paired him up with Starkey. He seemed to have mellowed. Sure he was still a cranky old man, but I liked him.

Postby **dodint** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:20 pm

Likes Cook and enjoys working in the office. Woof, not a good look.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:36 pm

At the risk of damaging my reputation, I'm gonna agree with NAN on this one. Cook was miserable to listen to when paired with Vinny, but Cook and Joe was fine and he definitely became less miserable as the years went on. Maybe it was just due to the onset of social media nonsense reporting and reactionary takes, but even when he had a terrible opinion he came off more level headed than the PM Team.

Postby **Joegap** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:37 pm

He's a dolt. Fitzgerald 4 Heisman

Postby **MR25** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:50 pm

**** Ron Cook

Not to mention the "Trade Malkin because Staal is a guy you win Cups with" article in 2012 (despite Malkin winning the Conn Smythe lol).

Crotchety old ****.

Postby **pens9192** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:01 pm

I think Cookie is retiring to Florida, sounds like he's done done. I'm sure though he'll have a weekly call in or something

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:10 pm

Hopefully this also means we can retire the annual "why I turned in another blank BBHOF ballot" article.

Postby **mamaemeritus** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:01 pm

I loathe Cook. All the man does is say something, and then immediately repeat it but slower. It drives me insane.

It

drives me

insane.

Postby **pens9192** » Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:59 pm

I think the only missing is a Vinnie send off

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:42 pm

Another writer out at DK, some guy named Alex Stumpf. DK has gone through so many people, he's hiring people I've never heard of before.

Now the Pirates beat writer for MLB.com. Solid upward move for him.

Postby **NAN** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:48 pm

I love DK yelling at Dubas on his site saying he is sitting around doing nothing, needs to make it young, etc, etc like Dubas doesn't know that already. He doesn't have a ton of immediate options though. And you can tell he's poopy pants because Dubas talked to someone in Toronto before he did Pittsburgh.

This is his new thing to focus on instead of crime in the city.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:38 pm

Typical DK, sitting around waiting for the news to come to him.

Postby **Morkle** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:39 am

I feel like DK and his group have kind of slid down the ranks here the past few months. With no real notable reporters, I couldn't tell you who works or who writes for his site, and I'm almost negative interested in reading what DK has to say.

Postby **pens9192** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:07 pm

Was in the car last night around 8PM and happened to turn on Da Fan and they were playing (as the voice over called it) "Best of the Fan"

Replaying segments from their shows from I'm not sure when. I heard Pomp and Starkey and then Poni and Mullsy. What happened to Pittsburgh Dad Jr. being on the night show? Is Zeise done there too?

Postby **NAN** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:48 pm

Who's been filling in for Madden last Friday and yesterday? I thought he was terrible and he kept throwing out really hot takes and saying "Mark would be proud of me".

Postby **Morkle** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:01 pm

He’s boring, his voice is boring.

Postby **pens9192** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:41 pm

Didn't listen but the only other fill in guy I've heard that isn't Benz is Mark's producer Tom I believe. The old "shirtless Tom" from Crowley's old ESPN radio show

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:56 am

He’s boring, his voice is boring.

Madden made up with DK?

Postby **NAN** » Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:50 am

DK flipping out that Jake will likely be traded. Has been saying for months that Jake will NOT be traded per his sources, and now reality is hitting.

Has been harping in his articles that Dubas is an idiot who signed a bunch of 30 somethings to contracts when the Pens need to get younger, but then wants to sign a 30 year old Jake to a long term contract.

He said there are other ways to get younger, and basically lists out that we need to trade all of our bad players for all other teams good prospects.

Also called Jagr a manchild in his article (which he is), but that's rich coming from probably the biggest manchild out there.

You can tell he hates Dubas, most likely because Dubas/Fenway won't feed him info like previous ownership/GMs did.

Postby **Morkle** » Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:14 am

lol DK sucks. After I unfollowed him on Twitter during his incessant defense of downtown Pittsburgh, he's basically vanished from everywhere for me.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:03 am

DK is a meaningless pissant who thinks he's Walter Cronkite.

Postby **genoscoif** » Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:29 am

What is frustrating is that DK used to be pretty good, right? I remember enjoying reading his stuff, and he was actually a decent guest on Madden and other radio/TV appearances.

I completely agree that he's basically insufferable now, but when/why did that happen? Is it just an ego thing, schtick, or am I just misremembering what he used to be like?

Postby **dodint** » Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:32 am

I never liked him from the start but it got turned to 11 when he got trying to bang that employee of his.