Dan Patrick
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And then I did.
And then six months later, I replaced Oberman in New York as the New York Bureau reporter.
Five years later, I'm sitting next to Bob Leon Sports Center.
Maybe my mom was right.
I am lucky.
We didn't get good feedback from management.
That didn't help.
I mean, now, many, many years later, they all take credit for it.
But back then, they didn't want us to be successful.
It was weird.
And I've said this before.
A member of management said, we don't want another Berman.
And that meant...
They didn't want somebody to be successful who they couldn't control.
And I thought, why wouldn't you want somebody?
Chris Berman is the founding father of ESPN.
Yes, Bob Lee and Tom Meade, but without Chris, there's no ESPN.
And I thought, that guy has put in the time and the sweat equity.
I mean, to make this place stand out and not be all that little network thing
You know, it became more than that.