Skip Bayless, its he really this much of a tool? (2 Viewers)

[Daywalker]

How about this crazy idea, if the score is tied after nine innings, the game ends in a tie.

Never have understood why ties are so hated in regular season play.

Because it's a horrible alternative to the drama/entertainment that breaking a tie brings.

 

[Raider Nation]

Can we get back to Skip being a tool?

Examples welcomed.

 

[mr roboto]

Short answer: YesLong answer: Yes, absolutely.

A debate between him and Stephen A. Smith would make my ears bleed.

Bump

 

[matuski]

That both teams start extras with man on second

I LIKE it!

They need to find more ways to make game shorter.

If they played 2 innings I would watch.

 

[biggamer3]

cant believe no one updated this thread to post video between Him and Cuban where he was owned

 

[17seconds]

cant believe no one updated this thread to post video between Him and Cuban where he was owned

From a few months back? We discussed that.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Stephen A. Smith is appalled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOvjuYJvOB0

 

[Raider Nation]

Stephen A. Smith is appalled:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOvjuYJvOB0

If ol' Steve could have taken a step back for a moment to analyze the situation rather than seeing this as just another opportunity to scream RACISM, he may have changed his tune. Let's look at the black candidates that he singled out by name:Mike Singletary

Keith Armstrong

Ray Horton

Lovie Smith

Mel Tucker

Want to guess what each of those five men have in common, other than their skin color?

NONE of them have an offensive background.

This league is now all about offense. Look at who got the jobs:

Chip Kelly - OFFENSIVE coach

Doug Marrone - OFFENSIVE coach

Andy Reid - OFFENSIVE coach

Bruce Arians - OFFENSIVE coach

Marc Trestman - OFFENSIVE coach

Rob Chudzinski - OFFENSIVE coach

Mike McCoy - OFFENSIVE coach

Gus Bradley - The only new hire with a defensive background

SAS sucks.

 

[Raider Nation]

Clown

 

[Tackling Dummies]

Clown

Proving that First Take w/o SAS is possible. Mo' Bayless is a gold Jerry, gold!

 

[Ghost Rider]

Clown

I am not seeing this issue with this one. Reacting to what you are seeing is a bad thing? If he thinks Bortles looks way better than he thought he would be, and says so, that is a bad thing?

And now I have to go take a shower for defending this tool.

 

[Raider Nation]

Clown

I am not seeing this issue with this one. Reacting to what you are seeing is a bad thing? If he thinks Bortles looks way better than he thought he would be, and says so, that is a bad thing?

And now I have to go take a shower for defending this tool.

I think you are reading this incorrectly. Someone else --- not Skip -- posted those two separate tweets of his. One from May; one from last night. Skip wasn't conceding that he was wrong initially about Bortles. He obviously had completely forgotten what he wrote about Bortles months earlier. Because when you're a fraud (see: Francesa, Mike), it's hard to keep track of all of your bullsh-t.

 

[Joe Summer]

Bayless may be a fraud but his tweets about Bortles aren't very good examples of it.

 

[Raider Nation]

http://sports-kings.com/skip-bayless-caught-massive-contradiction-regarding-blake-bortles/

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2164338-skip-bayless-reverses-course-on-blake-bortles-says-jaguars-qb-should-start?utm_campaign=tsiphone&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=twitter.com

 

[tom22406]

Is Manziel the new Tebow for Bayless yet?

 

[Ghost Rider]

Clown

I am not seeing this issue with this one. Reacting to what you are seeing is a bad thing? If he thinks Bortles looks way better than he thought he would be, and says so, that is a bad thing?

And now I have to go take a shower for defending this tool.

I think you are reading this incorrectly. Someone else --- not Skip -- posted those two separate tweets of his. One from May; one from last night. Skip wasn't conceding that he was wrong initially about Bortles. He obviously had completely forgotten what he wrote about Bortles months earlier. Because when you're a fraud (see: Francesa, Mike), it's hard to keep track of all of your bullsh-t.

I understand all of that. It's still not a big deal. In fact, back when I used to watch that show, the annoying thing about him (well, one of the annoying things ) was how he stuck to his initial opinion no matter what happened to demonstrate how off he was. Maybe he is getting better at that, although I doubt he'd admit it.

Bayless may be a fraud but his tweets about Bortles aren't very good examples of it.

Agreed.

 

[grateful zed]

who is the bigger tool?

skip

people who listen to skip

people who start threads about skip

people who read those threads.

people who post in those threads.

 

[17seconds]

Is Manziel the new Tebow for Bayless yet?

yep

http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2014/story/_/id/10868265/skip-bayless-johnny-manziel-nfl

I was right about Tim Tebow and I will be right on a much higher level about Johnny Manziel.

[...]

Tebow was a phenomenon. Manziel will be a perennial Pro Bowler, a Michael Vick fully capable of picking you to pieces from the pocket.

 

[Mr. Ected]

The good news is he isn't the best one in his family.

Rick Bayless, Chef

 

[Ghost Rider]

This was on ESPN's front page:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11708192/skip-bayless-dallas-cowboys-real

RN, I think he was talking to you when he said this:

"But I did manage to maintain objectivity in writing three books about America's Team -- three inside looks far too revealing for some fans."

 

[Raider Nation]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5bkgt4CUAADQfH.jpg

 

[Limp Ditka]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5bkgt4CUAADQfH.jpg

 

[fantasycurse42]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5bkgt4CUAADQfH.jpg

He really is awful.

 

[xulf]

In fairness he also picked Dallas right before the season started. I don't disagree with the majority of this thread but he should be able to change his mind, a month later than the WAS tweet, based on new information.

 

[avoiding injuries]

In fairness he also picked Dallas right before the season started. I don't disagree with the majority of this thread but he should be able to change his mind, a month later than the WAS tweet, based on new information.

And if the Redskins won, he had that tweet to reference. Assuming there weren't two others, he had a 50/50 chance of being right.

 

[The Big Guy]

In fairness he also picked Dallas right before the season started. I don't disagree with the majority of this thread but he should be able to change his mind, a month later than the WAS tweet, based on new information.

That is superior schtick there. Pick multiple teams to win a division and never be wrong.

 

[fantasycurse42]

I like the Packers, Seahawks, Patriots, & Broncos to win the Super Bowl.

 

[Short Corner]

I like the Packers, Seahawks, Patriots, & Broncos to win the Super Bowl.

OK Curley

 

[Peyton Marino]

Reminds me of Magic Johnson tweeting out 19 early season "front-runners" for the NBA MVP last month.

 

[shadyridr]

In fairness he also picked Dallas right before the season started. I don't disagree with the majority of this thread but he should be able to change his mind, a month later than the WAS tweet, based on new information.

hes allowed to change his mind but hes not allowed to crow about being right then.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Whenever I listen to Cowherd, I imagine Skip Bayless talking. They're the same guy to me.

 

[xulf]

In fairness he also picked Dallas right before the season started. I don't disagree with the majority of this thread but he should be able to change his mind, a month later than the WAS tweet, based on new information.

And if the Redskins won, he had that tweet to reference. Assuming there weren't two others, he had a 50/50 chance of being right.

In fairness he also picked Dallas right before the season started. I don't disagree with the majority of this thread but he should be able to change his mind, a month later than the WAS tweet, based on new information.

That is superior schtick there. Pick multiple teams to win a division and never be wrong.

In fairness he also picked Dallas right before the season started. I don't disagree with the majority of this thread but he should be able to change his mind, a month later than the WAS tweet, based on new information.

hes allowed to change his mind but hes not allowed to crow about being right then.

Exactly right to all of these -- guy is playing on a whole other level.

 

[Krankie]

You could have made this a poll with 1 answer and you would have been good...

 

[Jack White]

Whenever I listen to Cowherd, I imagine Skip Bayless talking. They're the same guy to me.

Is this because you don't like either of them?

Because I don't find them similar at all. Totally different shows, different personalities, different takes.

Colin is definitely better on quarterbacks: Skip loved McNabb, Vince Young, RGIII and Johnny Manziel.

 

[shadyridr]

Whenever I listen to Cowherd, I imagine Skip Bayless talking. They're the same guy to me.

Is this because you don't like either of them?

Because I don't find them similar at all. Totally different shows, different personalities, different takes.

Colin is definitely better on quarterbacks: Skip loved McNabb, Vince Young, RGIII and Johnny Manziel.

HTF can you forget his Tebow love?

 

[Jack White]

Whenever I listen to Cowherd, I imagine Skip Bayless talking. They're the same guy to me.

Is this because you don't like either of them?

Because I don't find them similar at all. Totally different shows, different personalities, different takes.

Colin is definitely better on quarterbacks: Skip loved McNabb, Vince Young, RGIII and Johnny Manziel.

HTF can you forget his Tebow love?

Ha, you're right! Has Skippy ever been right about a QB?

 

[General Malaise]

Did we discuss Skip's lies about being a HS basketball star? Because he did and, well, he never addressed it publicly. Tool.

 

[dparker713]

Whenever I listen to Cowherd, I imagine Skip Bayless talking. They're the same guy to me.

Is this because you don't like either of them?

Because I don't find them similar at all. Totally different shows, different personalities, different takes.

Colin is definitely better on quarterbacks: Skip loved McNabb, Vince Young, RGIII and Johnny Manziel.

HTF can you forget his Tebow love?

Ha, you're right! Has Skippy ever been right about a QB?

McNabb was hardly a bust.

 

[shadyridr]

Whenever I listen to Cowherd, I imagine Skip Bayless talking. They're the same guy to me.

Is this because you don't like either of them?

Because I don't find them similar at all. Totally different shows, different personalities, different takes.

Colin is definitely better on quarterbacks: Skip loved McNabb, Vince Young, RGIII and Johnny Manziel.

HTF can you forget his Tebow love?

Ha, you're right! Has Skippy ever been right about a QB?

McNabb was hardly a bust.

belongs in the Hall of the Very Good

 

[joffer]

Always assumed Bayless was 95% shtick

 

[Raider Nation]

Did we discuss Skip's lies about being a HS basketball star? Because he did and, well, he never addressed it publicly. Tool.

That's the greatest thing I've ever seen. Jalen Rose humiliating him at the end was the cherry on top.

 

[The Big Guy]

Did we discuss Skip's lies about being a HS basketball star? Because he did and, well, he never addressed it publicly. Tool.

That's the greatest thing I've ever seen. Jalen Rose humiliating him at the end was the cherry on top.

The Berman-isms in the comments are pretty good too.

Skip Playless

Skip(ped The Truth) Bayless

 

[Jack White]

Whenever I listen to Cowherd, I imagine Skip Bayless talking. They're the same guy to me.

Is this because you don't like either of them?

Because I don't find them similar at all. Totally different shows, different personalities, different takes.

Colin is definitely better on quarterbacks: Skip loved McNabb, Vince Young, RGIII and Johnny Manziel.

HTF can you forget his Tebow love?

Ha, you're right! Has Skippy ever been right about a QB?

McNabb was hardly a bust.

True, but when it was obvious to Andy Reid (as evidenced by giving him away to a division rival) and me and many others that he was shot, Skip insisted he was still a franchise QB. In fact, when the Redskins gave up on him, Skip thought he still had "three or fours years left as a top-flight QB."

 

[Jack White]

Always assumed Bayless was 95% shtick

You know, I really don't think so. I think he truly believes everything he says.

Further, he never admits when he's wrong; he'll stick to his take until the bitter end.

 

[The Big Guy]

Always assumed Bayless was 95% shtick

You know, I really don't think so. I think he truly believes everything he says.

Further, he never admits when he's wrong; he'll stick to his take until the bitter end.

I have zero doubts that he takes the dumb side of most stories so he can play the devil's advocate role and have the lively debate for the show, making him 98% shtick imo. And I get it isn't much of a show if they all just sit around a table saying how much Tebow blows and what a waste of a Draft pick he was.

 

[Jack White]

Always assumed Bayless was 95% shtick

You know, I really don't think so. I think he truly believes everything he says.

Further, he never admits when he's wrong; he'll stick to his take until the bitter end.

I have zero doubts that he takes the dumb side of most stories so he can play the devil's advocate role and have the lively debate for the show, making him 98% shtick imo. And I get it isn't much of a show if they all just sit around a table saying how much Tebow blows and what a waste of a Draft pick he was.

Agree to disagree then.

You know he has a huge ego, right? A guy with an outsize ego is not going to accept playing devil's advocate and take one for the team.

Plus, he was on Timmy in college, and before the draft.

 

[Ilov80s]

The worst part about Skip is that there are thousands of young sports journalists that look up to him.

 

[rockaction]

The worst part about Skip is that there are thousands of young sports journalists that look up to him.

You know what's weird? I wonder how much the gossipy type of journalist that resides at Deadspin and reflexively hates Skip Bayless is unaware that he paved their way for schlock and shock journalism?

 

[Ilov80s]

The worst part about Skip is that there are thousands of young sports journalists that look up to him.

You know what's weird? I wonder how much the gossipy type of journalist that resides at Deadspin and reflexively hates Skip Bayless is unaware that he paved their way for schlock and shock journalism?

Good point. For better or worse (I think worse), Skip is the most influential sports journalist of our time,

 

[tom22406]

Skip calls Johnny Football an alcoholic and a liar

http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2014/12/espns-skip-bayless-says-manziel-is-an-alcoholic/#23461101=0