[Rocketfan]

For those of you that had Sean Salisbury in the "Who will be fired because of Cris Carter's hiring" pool.....give yourself a hand. The former NFL QB has released a statement and so has the "Leader"....


Sean Salisbury: “I want to thank ESPN for 12 great years of talking football on TV and the radio. I have grown as much as I can at ESPN and decided to expand my horizons. I have created a brand and it’s time to expand into other opportunities in TV, radio, Internet, publishing, movies and public speaking, among others. My resume speaks for itself as a football analyst, and I believe I can talk all sports with the best of them.”

ESPN’s statement: “Sean Salisbury has made many contributions to our efforts for the past 12 years. We thank him and wish him all the best.”
Twelve years is a dang long time, and it definitely doesn't seem that long in regards to Salisbury. There is no official word on who's decision this was, but the Star Tribune is reporting that ESPN decided not to renew his contract. I personally couldn't stand him as an analyst and I knew few who could. Hopefully this mean that ESPN is switching up their style over substance positioning as of late. Jaws is obviously better than Theismann and Carter is definitely an improvement over Salisbury.


http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/200 ... ed-by.html

[Rocketfan]

More Salisbury comments:

I'm a free agent," he said. "I've been liberated. I knew this was coming, but I couldn't be happier.

"I'd grown tired of being punished for not being an NFL superstar. Analysts who don't work as hard as me, don't prepare as hard as me, and don't have my resume were making more than me just because of their ability to throw or catch a football.

"Don't get me wrong, I appreciated the opportunity ESPN gave me, but they had capped my ceiling. There was only so far I could go there.

"I'd done nothing wrong, and if you hear otherwise, it's not true. I did everything that was asked of me."

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/ ... pier-espn/

[sweetnahmah1]

I love Salisbury, hope he finds somewhere to go.

[jcmanson]

My bet is NFL network

[LUconn]

He's kind of a turd. Let's hope Emmit Smith is next. He is an absolute disaster.

[bigsmooth]

i liked salisbury. i hope he gets a new gig soon.

[sweetnahmah1]

I agree, Emmitt is a disaster.

[flamesbball84]

Salisbury is an idiot

[ToTheLeft]

Salisbury is an idiot

You and I shouldn't agree. It just doesn't seem right...

[sweetnahmah1]

Merrill Hodge is a freakin idiot

[ToTheLeft]

Merrill Hodge is a freakin idiot

True as well.

"factor back".... haha. Worst.

[ALUmnus]

Has Salisbury been good at anything he's done? He was horrible. A few weeks ago he want crazy and started calling John Clayton the "Crypt-keeper" and was making fun of the way he looked. Very unprofessional and Clayton was not amused. I figured it wouldn't be long until something happened with Salisbury. The guy was so full of himself. I couldn't stand him and am happy he's gone.

[TDDance234]

Way to burn bridges, Sean.

[RagingTireFire]

"I'd grown tired of being punished for not being an NFL superstar. Analysts who don't work as hard as me, don't prepare as hard as me, and don't have my resume were making more than me just because of their ability to throw or catch a football.

It might have helped if he'd been more ath-a-letic.

["R" i "]

So Long Sean......... you sucked

[HenryGale]

"I'd grown tired of being punished for not being an NFL superstar. Analysts who don't work as hard as me, don't prepare as hard as me, and don't have my resume were making more than me just because of their ability to throw or catch a football.

It might have helped if he'd been more ath-a-letic.

Ding ding ding!

[ALUmnus]

"I'd grown tired of being punished for not being an NFL superstar. Analysts who don't work as hard as me, don't prepare as hard as me, and don't have my resume were making more than me just because of their ability to throw or catch a football.

It might have helped if he'd been more ath-a-letic.

Tommy Jackson, Merrill Hodge, Mark Schlerith. Yes, all lazy superstars and household names. What a whiner. At least he created a brand for himself. If any bad sports movies need a no-name ex-jock to play a flaming homosexual, Sean Salisbury is now available.

[Fumblerooskies]

Obviously, I am in the minority here. I found Salisbury informative and entertaining. He has a point in what he says...how else could Emmitt Smith stay on-air for so long if he were not a "name." All one has to do is go visit awfulannouncing every week to see how really bad Smith is.

[Ed Dantes]

I agree, Emmitt is a disaster.

Don't give up. Don't even give up.

[Hold My Own]

I thought the segment with Sean and John was amusing but there were times I would just cringe b/c he took it to far.



Hodge is an idiot (almost as much as Digger Phelps and his freaking highlighter and matching tie gig, seriously give it up) Hodge will say things just to get a response. This upcoming draft he'll say that a top 5 pick will be a flop in the NFL just so Sports Center can say "Which one of our analysts says that so and so will be a flop in the NFL" it happens every year...luckily he's been called out on it and he's been wrong the majority of the time

[truedrewdawg87]

Hodge and Salisbury are both Mormons. Not that really makes them both tool bags. I think they both accomplish that on their own.

[adam42381]

"I'd done nothing wrong, and if you hear otherwise, it's not true. I did everything that was asked of me."

Unless you count showing photos of your penis from your cellphone to unsuspecting females...

[kevinrmcguire]

Salisbury wasn't the worst. How he loses his gig and Merril Hodge keeps his, personally, is beyond me. Having said that though, I'm not torn up over not being able to watch Salisbury on ESPN.