Mike Ryan

And I was always that person for other people, not just in the radio studio, but for TV people, for ESPN managers. I was always a very convenient fall guy, not without blame. In many respects, I was that person. That was just cost of doing business.

And I was always that person for other people, not just in the radio studio, but for TV people, for ESPN managers. I was always a very convenient fall guy, not without blame. In many respects, I was that person. That was just cost of doing business.

I don't think people really understood the level of stress that I was under, my unique position, how it was so tied to Dan's healthy relationship with work. And ultimately, I'm not going to change a damn thing. I wish I knew about the anger sooner. And I certainly wish that the way that I found out about how much I had hurt people during this time was presented at me in a different way.

I don't think people really understood the level of stress that I was under, my unique position, how it was so tied to Dan's healthy relationship with work. And ultimately, I'm not going to change a damn thing. I wish I knew about the anger sooner. And I certainly wish that the way that I found out about how much I had hurt people during this time was presented at me in a different way.

And we'll get to that in a future episode. But I did what I had to do to get us across that line. I know Dan has said time and time again in the last episode and this episode, the show was never going to be over. Dan had the relationship with Skipper that if he said, I can't do this anymore, he had a successful show with Dan LeBretard is highly questionable and then highly questionable.

And we'll get to that in a future episode. But I did what I had to do to get us across that line. I know Dan has said time and time again in the last episode and this episode, the show was never going to be over. Dan had the relationship with Skipper that if he said, I can't do this anymore, he had a successful show with Dan LeBretard is highly questionable and then highly questionable.

He was going to be fine. He would have found his way. You and I live with this all the time. I wasn't going to be. And I knew I had to get this show over the line by almost any means necessary. And we did. We figured it out.

He was going to be fine. He would have found his way. You and I live with this all the time. I wasn't going to be. And I knew I had to get this show over the line by almost any means necessary. And we did. We figured it out.

It did. It made me better, certainly in the long run. I am better today because of finding that solution. I am better today because Dan, whether he knows it or not, found a lot of trust in me. I look back on that time, that battle, that decision to move back into that womb because we invite Mike Schur into it a little bit later on. And he says, you guys are just in a baby's womb right now.

It did. It made me better, certainly in the long run. I am better today because of finding that solution. I am better today because Dan, whether he knows it or not, found a lot of trust in me. I look back on that time, that battle, that decision to move back into that womb because we invite Mike Schur into it a little bit later on. And he says, you guys are just in a baby's womb right now.

I look back on being able to get this show right as my biggest achievement because I genuinely don't know if there's a show today if we didn't figure that out. It was such a crucial move and it was so high stakes. It wasn't like the afternoons. We had people managing us at

I look back on being able to get this show right as my biggest achievement because I genuinely don't know if there's a show today if we didn't figure that out. It was such a crucial move and it was so high stakes. It wasn't like the afternoons. We had people managing us at

this point and a whole economy revolved around us figuring that issue out and we did and then dan i mentioned that this is when you were at your strongest i think once dan got back into that studio this is where for my money dan and stugatz are the premier pairing in sports audio There are people that you seek out their opinions. They're giving you funny day in, day out consistently.

this point and a whole economy revolved around us figuring that issue out and we did and then dan i mentioned that this is when you were at your strongest i think once dan got back into that studio this is where for my money dan and stugatz are the premier pairing in sports audio There are people that you seek out their opinions. They're giving you funny day in, day out consistently.

The timing is great. Other characters are finding the roles. The show is ultra creative. We're doing parody songs. We're doing bits. We're doing trailers. We're doing visual stuff. We're starting to have clips break out on social media. This is where the show really breaks out and it doesn't do any of that stuff if there's no show and we had to get the show continuing.

The timing is great. Other characters are finding the roles. The show is ultra creative. We're doing parody songs. We're doing bits. We're doing trailers. We're doing visual stuff. We're starting to have clips break out on social media. This is where the show really breaks out and it doesn't do any of that stuff if there's no show and we had to get the show continuing.

It's a little bit sports here and there. But when Dan says, keep them away from me, keep that away from me, you're probably listening to this right now and saying, well, it seems like all the issues that you're having are just in a personal and your literal work environment. What kind of noise does Mike need to keep away from you?

It's a little bit sports here and there. But when Dan says, keep them away from me, keep that away from me, you're probably listening to this right now and saying, well, it seems like all the issues that you're having are just in a personal and your literal work environment. What kind of noise does Mike need to keep away from you?

In the next episode, Donald Trump gets elected and Colin Kaepernick becomes the topic du jour for a solid year. It got noisy. And it gets real noisy and suits start creeping over. And that's when we started being told, stick to sports. I was fine with that. It's the holidays. People are shopping for great gifts.

In the next episode, Donald Trump gets elected and Colin Kaepernick becomes the topic du jour for a solid year. It got noisy. And it gets real noisy and suits start creeping over. And that's when we started being told, stick to sports. I was fine with that. It's the holidays. People are shopping for great gifts.