Stu Gatz
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Podcast Appearances
He was happy just doing 3-6 or 3-7 on 790 The Ticket as people were headed to a heat game. So to get him to go to ESPN was tough in the first place. Getting him to change time slots was very, very tricky because he doesn't like change and it's not something he wants.
He was happy just doing 3-6 or 3-7 on 790 The Ticket as people were headed to a heat game. So to get him to go to ESPN was tough in the first place. Getting him to change time slots was very, very tricky because he doesn't like change and it's not something he wants.
How did you change your approach to content when we move from afternoons to 10 to 1? Because you mentioned it earlier where you're more reacting to games, but you're also, you have the ability, and you were great at this, to kind of create talking points for the rest of the day on ESPN, which I loved.
How did you change your approach to content when we move from afternoons to 10 to 1? Because you mentioned it earlier where you're more reacting to games, but you're also, you have the ability, and you were great at this, to kind of create talking points for the rest of the day on ESPN, which I loved.
I remember within our first few weeks there, I said something insane on the radio, and everyone was talking about it later on SportsCenter, and I felt great. And so, I mean, how did you approach that? Because I remember talking to you about it, saying we had to change our game just a little bit.
I remember within our first few weeks there, I said something insane on the radio, and everyone was talking about it later on SportsCenter, and I felt great. And so, I mean, how did you approach that? Because I remember talking to you about it, saying we had to change our game just a little bit.
Wait, you're blaming that show for the entire month?
Wait, you're blaming that show for the entire month?
I never get used to 3.38.
I never get used to 3.38.
The intimacy of the show was stripped away.
The intimacy of the show was stripped away.
He always was protective of us selling out, or at least people viewing it as we were selling out. And I would tell Dan that I think, like, we're Miami's show. A lot of these people, they've grown up with us. They're going to be proud of us. We're landing in the most coveted piece of real estate in sports radio, period. End of discussion.
He always was protective of us selling out, or at least people viewing it as we were selling out. And I would tell Dan that I think, like, we're Miami's show. A lot of these people, they've grown up with us. They're going to be proud of us. We're landing in the most coveted piece of real estate in sports radio, period. End of discussion.
Often. Often. Yes, yes. But it came with the territory. We were asking you to do something that you really didn't want to do. Me and Mike desperately wanted to do it. We were asking you to do something on our behalves, really. You said the decision came down to Mike being able to spend time with his daughter. We were almost forcing you to do something against your will.
Often. Often. Yes, yes. But it came with the territory. We were asking you to do something that you really didn't want to do. Me and Mike desperately wanted to do it. We were asking you to do something on our behalves, really. You said the decision came down to Mike being able to spend time with his daughter. We were almost forcing you to do something against your will.
And yes, we felt it every single time.
And yes, we felt it every single time.
Yeah. People need to understand that Dan did this show for a long, long time before we went to 10 to 1 at ESPN with really no one but the audience paying attention. I was his boss at 790 The Ticket when we first started. When we went to afternoons, what did they tell us? Just do the show. Cater to Miami. Don't change a thing. And we had two big stories at the beginning.
Yeah. People need to understand that Dan did this show for a long, long time before we went to 10 to 1 at ESPN with really no one but the audience paying attention. I was his boss at 790 The Ticket when we first started. When we went to afternoons, what did they tell us? Just do the show. Cater to Miami. Don't change a thing. And we had two big stories at the beginning.