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Post by Sideshow Bob on Jan 3, 2012 17:19:06 GMT -6
deadspin.com/5872552/mavericks-play+by+play-voice-mark-followill-will-not-tolerate-your-online-criticism Mavericks Play-By-Play Voice Mark Followill Will Not Tolerate Your Online Criticism [UPDATE]
NBA X's & O's maven Sebastian Pruiti (formerly of NBA Playbook, now at Grantland) watches a lot of basketball on television—as much, I'd wager, as anyone in the country. An experienced observer of local NBA broadcasts, then, he's within his rights to offer the tame criticism of the Mavericks broadcast team of Mark Followill and (former Dallas player) Derek Harper you see above, a reaction to last night's Thunder-Mavs game rebroadcast on NBA TV.
Note that Pruiti didn't tag Followill's Twitter account or even mention him by name. (The criticism, by the way, is legit; Followill & Harper whine and complain about every foul called on the Mavs. Harper's an especially bad replacement for Brad Davis, who'd previously sat in the #2 TV seat.) Followill's response is childish and stupid, partially because he types like a txt-speaking teenager.
One of Mark Cuban's maxims is "You don't own your business, your customers do." It seems he could do a better job reminding his employees of this.
Update (5:15 p.m. ET): I talked to Mavs third man Jeff Wade, who says Followill's tweet was in response to this exchange between Wade and Pruiti: twitter.com/#!/SkinWade/status/154043407176704001. That makes Followill's tweet less strangely out-of-the-blue, as it appears to be more of a defense of Jeff Wade (it may have also been in jest, though he was certainly mistaken if he thought Pruiti or anyone else would take it that way).
Wade also wanted to make it clear that the on-air statement Pruiti is criticizing in the tweet came from him, not from Followill or Harper.
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Jan 3, 2012 17:50:54 GMT -6
The writer seems like he might need a nut-punch as well...
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Jan 3, 2012 18:15:33 GMT -6
I tweeted him that Big Dave and I have his back (you and junior are spurs fans, so I left you out).
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Post by mexicanjunior on Jan 3, 2012 18:41:13 GMT -6
I love Followill but he IS a homer during broadcasts. I don't have a problem with it though, Sean Elliott and Bill Land are homers during Spurs games also, it's par for the course. All local broadcasters should be pro whatever team they work for, viewers would hate them if they didn't give the local team's angle.
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Post by Sideshow Bob on Jan 4, 2012 8:10:52 GMT -6
I tweeted him that Big Dave and I have his back (you and junior are spurs fans, so I left you out). DANGIT! I am close personal friends with Ol' Followill. I was even at his first wedding. |
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Post by mexicanjunior on Jan 4, 2012 8:28:44 GMT -6
I tweeted him that Big Dave and I have his back (you and junior are spurs fans, so I left you out). DANGIT! I am close personal friends with Ol' Followill. I was even at his first wedding. Me and Dave key partied with Followill and Walling... |
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Jan 4, 2012 8:29:36 GMT -6
DANGIT! I am close personal friends with Ol' Followill. I was even at his first wedding. Me and Dave key partied with Followill and Walling... No, you guys were shown the door before the keys were dropped into the bowl. |
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Post by mexicanjunior on Jan 4, 2012 8:33:53 GMT -6
Me and Dave key partied with Followill and Walling... No, you guys were shown the door before the keys were dropped into the bowl. We were their when it started and CHOSE to leave...they may have let us sit outside the bedroom doors with a glass cup and listen in to Lizbuddy getting tore up. |
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Jan 4, 2012 9:56:49 GMT -6
why wouldn't you stick around?? What if all the guys popped too quick and they needed a stunt cock?
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Post by mexicanjunior on Jan 4, 2012 10:01:28 GMT -6
why wouldn't you stick around?? What if all the guys popped too quick and they needed a stunt cock? Good point...Emily Walling was VERY hot back then also. I think me and Dave were just worried we were going to have to sword fight if we ended up picking each other's key. |
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Jan 4, 2012 10:21:43 GMT -6
why wouldn't you stick around?? What if all the guys popped too quick and they needed a stunt cock? Good point...Emily Walling was VERY hot back then also. I think me and Dave were just worried we were going to have to sword fight if we ended up picking each other's key. LOL...what a great visual. |
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Post by Sideshow Bob on Jan 4, 2012 13:55:21 GMT -6
Good point...Emily Walling was VERY hot back then also. I think me and Dave were just worried we were going to have to sword fight if we ended up picking each other's key. LOL...what a great visual. *shudder* |
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