Bad Boy Bill Simmons Is Back, Currently Going Off On Mike Golic
(Via – The Big Lead) Bill Simmons was a guest on The Herd yesterday. Before talking about Ray Rice and Roger Goodell, he discussed LeBron’s early season struggles in Cleveland. Mike and Mike played a snippet of the segment in which Simmons said it reminded him “a tiny bit” of when the Angels signed Albert Pujols, who was suddenly not nearly as formidable as he was in St. Louis.
“I think it’s one of the most ridiculous statements I’ve heard four games into a season in my life in any sport,” said Mike Golic. “That’s what I’ll say about Bill Simmons. So, you know, he grabbed a headline, which is something I know he loves — and that’s one of the most ridiculous lines I’ve ever heard in any sport in my life. Four games into a season. I don’t even … that’s ridiculous.”
Simmons Reaction
OH SHIT! Look out world, Bad Boy Simmons is back on the prowl. Gonna go rogue in everyone’s face. Gonna go public with some shit. Gonna make ESPN suspend him again and slap his hiney. Hide the women and children, no one is safe!
Honestly, I see it both ways here. Simmons should be pissed that another ESPN entity criticized him, that’s totally fair to assume your co-workers will have you back, I can’t disagree with him on that point. And if it was taken out of context that also is bullshit, probably more the producers fault than Golic’s but I get the anger on that. But at the same time, what exactly did Golic say that was wrong? It may not have been the full truth in this particular occasion but what he said was true overall. Simmons makes a living off grand theories and knee jerk reactions shit like this. He’s throwing this Lebron thing out there so he can be the first to say he called it, even though it’s FOUR GAMES INTO THE SEASON. He just wrote a story titled “Are Tom Brady And Peyton Manning Cheating?”. That was the headline, the actual article was obviously about the rule changes in the NFL but he knew what he was doing when he phrased it that way. And that’s the point Golic is making, this is you Bill, you say things like this all the time, it’s part of your allure to many, coming up with wild theories about sports and pop culture, relating everything back to Teen Wolf, Karate Kid, and Vegas. This is what made you who you are. You’re a non-traditional thinker and you love to throw out ideas that may have a sliver of truth, taking credit for them when they are actually realized. You’re a contrarian by nature, and Golic is saying that in this case being a contrarian this early in the season is bullshit. So when he calls you on it I don’t think you should get pissy. Yeah you should have had the chance to debate it on air, that’s completely reasonable, but come on, nothing Golic said was factually wrong here. And honestly, if you’re going to cry about ESPN every single day just quit. Clearly you think you’re being stifled. Right now you’re the “hold me back” guy in a fight. You keep saying how edgy you are and how your ideas are being censored, well fuck it, leave. People will follow you, you know that. Call their bluff if you’re so unhappy.
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Still a 50/50 chance this was all staged for ratings. Vince McMahon does live fairly close to Bristol right? Just saying.