Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 I was going to toss this in the week's baseball thread, but thought it may warrant its own thread. Him being there 11 years means I remember the entire Harold Reynolds era. I was a big fan of his, but had soured on him a bit in recent years. Still, he was one of the more tolerable talking heads. It'll be interesting to see what brought this on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Harold Reynolds?!?? But his analysis was moderately acceptable!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Man...Skip Bayless, John Kruk, Joe Morgan, Stephen A. Smith, Steve Phillips and like a thousand other guys were right there, and HR gets the axe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 He must have done something really awful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Man...Skip Bayless, John Kruk, Joe Morgan, Stephen A. Smith, Steve Phillips and like a thousand other guys were right there, and HR gets the axe? Â ESPN wants their "experts" to be more like those... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 25, 2006 So who wants to guess the reason? I'm going with good old sexual harassment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 I'll guess he said something mean about Dovan McNabb, or he wanted more money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 I liked Harold Reynolds' commentary during the past couple of CWS and he seemed alright the few times I watch pieces of Baseball Tonight...must be steriods. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Now get rid of John Kruk, Steve Phillips, Joe Morgan, and Jeff Brantley and we might be on the right track. Â In all fairness, even though I never agreed with what he said, Harold was at least likable. Tough break, and I would assume he did something really bad to warrant this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Montresor Report post Posted July 25, 2006 So who wants to guess the reason? I'm going with good old sexual harassment. Â You're probably right. Â Intern? Makeup lady? Producer? Linda Cohn? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Nobody in their right mind would sexually harass Linda Cohn, so I'm gonna rule that one out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 25, 2006 I'd guess it was a producer, since there's probably oodles of sexual harassment going on at the lower levels that goes unreported or undisciplined. Though an intern could get him in trouble too. Hmmm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 This sucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Woody Paige felt threaten that HR was going to steal his job after the performance he had the other day on Cold Pizza. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 This sucks. Â I know. Knowing ESPN and their hiring policies, they might actually find someone worse than HR to take his spot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Well, it looks like Steve Phillips will take most of HR's spots, so ESPN has agreed to your wish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 that sucks, he at least seemed to be the least biased person on Baseball Tonight  Fire Bayless, that guy has an attitude problem and is VERY biased at times Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Bayless is exactly what ESPN wants. A crass asshole character that makes Woody Paige look intelligent with his crazy, biased rants. Â Let's stop fooling ourselves into thinking that ESPN wants people that know what they're talking about. Â ESPN has turned into wrestling, where characters are what matters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Bayless is exactly what ESPN wants. A crass asshole character that makes Woody Paige look intelligent with his crazy, biased rants. Let's stop fooling ourselves into thinking that ESPN wants people that know what they're talking about.  ESPN has turned into wrestling, where characters are what matters.  You're actually closer to reality than you might expect. Reportedly, they did some test studies with Stephen A Smith when they were considering hiring him as an analyst. The reports on him were almost unanimously negative amongst those polled. ESPN executives, after seeing the reaction, decided to go ahead and hire him because he could essentially play "heel" (I know, I hate wrestling terms but it's the best way I can describe it) on their programming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted July 25, 2006 This might as well have gone in the reasons ESPN sucks thread. Thanks a lot ESPN, fire one of your few tolerable employees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 25, 2006 If this was a real network, they'd try to hire Ozzie Smith. They're not, so that last statement was pointless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. Al Giardello 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Man...Skip Bayless, John Kruk, Joe Morgan, Stephen A. Smith, Steve Phillips and like a thousand other guys were right there, and HR gets the axe? Â Why hate on SAS? I agree he comes off as a jerk, but when it comes to NBA he is great. Â Harold Reynolds>>>>> ESPN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Nothing's been confirmed yet, but sexual harrassment seems to be the popular reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Could've been drugs. You know Harold likes the chronic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UZI Suicide 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Who cares, really. Aside from the exceptionally bad ones (Steve Phillips), all these analysts are pretty much the same and say the exact same things. The only reason I even know of Harold Renoylds on ESPN is because I've seen him on there, not because I can remember any memorable or thought provoking analysis that he's ever given. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 25, 2006 I'm always going to remember that Bobby Crosby is going to win the AL MVP in 2006. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Nothing's been confirmed yet, but sexual harrassment seems to be the popular reason. That's what they are saying on Deadspin and they've posted some annonymous e-mails from supposedly "inside sources" at ESPN.  http://www.deadspin.com/sports/top/was-thi...-axe-189733.php  I do seem to remember a while back hearing some rumor about Harold having a weakness for the ladies, especially larger ones but I don't remember where I read that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Anyone see Harold showing up on TBS in a couple years? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Maybe he could manage the Mariners. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Could've been drugs. You know Harold likes the chronic. This is the same network that employs Michael Irvin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
