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***** Official KTCK/1310 AM "The Ticket" Thread ***** (2 Viewers)

Nigel Tufnel said:
texasyankee said:
culdeus said:
texasyankee said:
I'm Sweet Greggo
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That's it. That's all they brought him in for?
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I think that was his last segment. He was on for more than that, but that was what everyone tuned in for
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Sounded like he was on the verge of tears for a second there.
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Given what he has lost, I would have been on the verge of tears as wellHe made a huge error in judgement and will regret it for the rest of his lfe

Walking into the great game I had the thought of how Greggo must be dying because he was not part of this game.

 
Nigel Tufnel said:
snowmonkey501 said:
he looks like a shell of his former self. I lived in dallas mid-late 90s. sad story but glad he seems to be overcoming the addition
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Well, he's not fat anymore, if that's what you mean.
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that and about 13 years older...damn, rhyner must be over 100 by now.
 
The Dallas Observer will be must read this week (besides the personals that is):

Local author Jim Dent penned award-winning stories while living a nefarious night life. Channel 8 sports anchor Dale Hansen has been known to have a drink between the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban has admitted to smoking pot in college. Even I was enthusiastically and embarrassingly over-served at ESPN Radio host Randy Galloway’s recent 500th show celebration.But no Metroplex media personality has lost more by coloring outside the lines than former Ticket co-host Greg Williams.I became friendly – though we’ve never been “friends” – with Greggo in the early ‘90s, when we continually bumped into one another at sporting events, him as Galloway’s gopher for WBAP 820 AM and me as a writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. We’d hang out as part of a group at Cowboys’ training camp in Austin or have a drink or two at a media party or post-game. We’d swap stories, but never phone numbers.Though I admired, and was probably a little jealous of his success later at The Ticket, I didn't initially “get” the whole Hammer thing. I mean, on any given Sunday I could head down to Joshua or Rio Vista and hear the same back-porch witticism from any number of my country-fried cousins. But whatever. Whether accident or acumen, Williams carved out a wildly successful niche in our media market.Which, of course, makes his demise all the more tragic.As an occasional guest on The Ticket and given a peek at the station’s uncanny camaraderie, I’d been considering a Dallas Observer cover story on the inner workings of The Hardline. Then came Greggo’s mysterious, abrupt disappearance last October and a major detour.Instead of writing about how it all worked so well, I was suddenly investigating how it all fell apart.After six weeks of unreturned phone calls, Williams finally called and I began writing about his situation. While sitting in Williams’ vacant chair one afternoon on The Hardline, I broached the idea of a Ticket tell-all to his longtime partner, Mike Rhyner.I finally sat down with Rhyner in early April at Snookie’s on Oak Lawn, and eventually persuaded Williams to tell his tale at a Memorial Day party at his house on Lake Granbury.Almost to a fault, they were wide open and unyieldingly honest.Rhyner talks of his utter disgust for his former sidekick; Williams details his cocaine use and the ensuing web of lies intended to hide it.What I uncovered were two men, who once forged an unprecedented radio kinship, now divided as an estranged couple beyond repair. Rhyner, who for years – like you do with best friends who double as business partners – extended Williams a line of credit past his means, is totally and equivocally done.“He admitted his problem, great,” Rhyner says. “But we had a show to do and it was best to do it without him. Everyone agreed on that. I don’t have problems with second chances, but he was given five or six or seven. He just became more interested in vacation days and money and lake houses and drugs than the job. He lost complete sight of what got him here and I couldn’t stand to be around him, much less work beside him.”Williams, who proves first pathetic, then sympathetic, is haunted more by lost friendships than the void of fame and fortune.“A lot of those guys confronted me about drugs and I emphatically denied it,” Williams says. “I lied right to their faces. But, still, this proves I’m a horrible judge of character. I would’ve lost a lot of money, because I would’ve bet against all these guys turning their back on me like this.”Whether you perceive Rhyner as an unforgiving friend who should’ve tried harder to keep his buddy from destroying himself, or you see Williams as a destructive business partner who irresponsibly #### on the company product, there’s no ignoring the brutality of the break-up.For those of you keeping score, my 6,500-word opus hits Dallas Observer racks in about 48 hours. -- Richie Whitt
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Nigel Tufnel said:
Dt said:
awesome read....i'm holding out on the other half before i conclude corby is an uber #####.
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I'm with you on that. "Other half?" Is this a two-parter or have you just not finished the article?
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seems like i heard you'd get the Rhynes version in another article...but I can't find confirmation of that. Closest being this quote and a few comments on the article reference the other side of the story...but I could be wrong.I finally sat down with Rhyner in early April at Snookie’s on Oak Lawn, and eventually persuaded Williams to tell his tale at a Memorial Day party at his house on Lake Granbury.
 
And on August 23—The Ticket's "Fight Night" at the Village Country Club—suspicions earned substance when, according to Rhyner, Davidson walked into the bathroom and found Williams kneeling over a line of blow on the toilet seat.
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Full throttle?
 
Simply amazing read. I'm rooting for Greggo, and if he ends up over at ESPN, I will listen.

I really want to see if the station can avoid discussing this article at all on the air. I would not want to be Corby right now. I think of everyone, he was painted as the biggest bad guy.

The salary talk was fascinating.

 
Bogart said:
Simply amazing read. I'm rooting for Greggo, and if he ends up over at ESPN, I will listen.I really want to see if the station can avoid discussing this article at all on the air. I would not want to be Corby right now. I think of everyone, he was painted as the biggest bad guy.The salary talk was fascinating.
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:goodposting:
 
Bogart said:
I would not want to be Corby right now. I think of everyone, he was painted as the biggest bad guy.
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Why? I think that has to do with the fact he unwisely did not get interviewed. He could have ducked any and all questions that put him in a bad light and make an attempt to paint himself as a peacemaker. It's not his fault Greggo couldn't handle the 4-ways which were much more in his wheelehouse. When it was the 4 of them there were several segments that Corby totally took off and didn't say a word. Greggo wasn't exactly tearing it up in those either. Corby ain't the yoko ono figure here Richie tried to allude to.
 
culdeus said:
Bogart said:
I would not want to be Corby right now. I think of everyone, he was painted as the biggest bad guy.
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Why? I think that has to do with the fact he unwisely did not get interviewed. He could have ducked any and all questions that put him in a bad light and make an attempt to paint himself as a peacemaker. It's not his fault Greggo couldn't handle the 4-ways which were much more in his wheelehouse. When it was the 4 of them there were several segments that Corby totally took off and didn't say a word. Greggo wasn't exactly tearing it up in those either. Corby ain't the yoko ono figure here Richie tried to allude to.
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I agree. Why didn't Corby answer questions? It just made him look bad.
 
Corby is in a no-win situation IMO. Greggo stated that they were very close. Corby is now basically working in Greggo's role next to a man that despises Greggo (Rhyner). I would bet Corby feels really bad about all of the stuff that has happened to Greggo and simply doesn't speak out b/c of fear for his own role changing.

 
BTW, been talking to a few of you aboot getting a live DFW league together and I've gotten at least moderate interest. Last year it was pretty rushed and imploded. If going to a bar some weeknight evening in earlyish august appeals for a live draft and beer let me know here or via PM.

 
culdeus said:
BTW, been talking to a few of you aboot getting a live DFW league together and I've gotten at least moderate interest. Last year it was pretty rushed and imploded. If going to a bar some weeknight evening in earlyish august appeals for a live draft and beer let me know here or via PM.
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I'm in as long as the entry fee is reasonable. I don't make Greggo money. Come to think of it, neither does he.
 
Nigel Tufnel said:
culdeus said:
Bogart said:
I would not want to be Corby right now. I think of everyone, he was painted as the biggest bad guy.
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Why? I think that has to do with the fact he unwisely did not get interviewed. He could have ducked any and all questions that put him in a bad light and make an attempt to paint himself as a peacemaker. It's not his fault Greggo couldn't handle the 4-ways which were much more in his wheelehouse. When it was the 4 of them there were several segments that Corby totally took off and didn't say a word. Greggo wasn't exactly tearing it up in those either. Corby ain't the yoko ono figure here Richie tried to allude to.
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I agree. Why didn't Corby answer questions? It just made him look bad.
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If I am Corby I give them a quote to the fact that he is really bummed about his friend, wishes things could have been different, but the station has to move on. And I do something like Craig Miller and at least send Greggo an e-mail. There is a better path he could have taken, where he could have shown some compassion, but still been Rhyner's boy.
 
Bogart said:
culdeus said:
BTW, been talking to a few of you aboot getting a live DFW league together and I've gotten at least moderate interest. Last year it was pretty rushed and imploded. If going to a bar some weeknight evening in earlyish august appeals for a live draft and beer let me know here or via PM.
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I'm in as long as the entry fee is reasonable. I don't make Greggo money. Come to think of it, neither does he.
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Yeah, mostly casual league. Mainly a ploy to get NT out in the open so Imp can shank him with a filed down toothbrush.
 
Nigel Tufnel said:
Addressing the article at 4:50 and 5:10.
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Ya, they actually spent nearly an hour on it. I thought they were as tactful as they could be in shedding further light on the matter.It's too bad they keep getting dragged back into this thing. They're trying to move on, as they should.Greggo needs to do the same.
 
Like all love/hate tales, I'm sure the truth lies somewhere in between.

Today has made for some interesting radio to say the least. I wish I could've heard the show from the get-go.

Why oh why won't 1310 archive their shows online?

 
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As soon as the article mentioned the amount of square footage he owned in Turtle Creek, I guessed the dollar amount pretty closely.

 
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