11AM - Joe rejoins Trib! Nick Farabaugh on Steelers loss, Tomlin's future; Will Aaron Rodgers be back next season
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What news did Joe Starkey announce about his career?
Nick, it's a pleasure to have you. I don't believe we've ever spoken before. You're a recent graduate of Slippery Rock. Am I right about that? No. Wasn't the first mistake I've made, Limits, and it wasn't the last.
That was really a funny moment that I love coming back to.
Yeah.
It's a good open.
You know what I enjoy is stale candy canes. Do you? No, not stale ones. There's something poetic about it, and they still taste good, I think. It's a way to hang on to Christmas. I think that's what I'm trying to say. It's a way to hang on to Christmas.
She makes this great flavored rock candy where you just kind of have it dissolve in your mouth, and I usually eat those well into June because they just stay fresh and they're still good. Fresh and good. Yeah.
So we're going to bring on Nick in a moment. I have a personal career situation that I'd like to address. And that's on the writing side of my career. The radio side hopefully still lasts for a long time. We'll see. Business is booming right now because of you and Bob. Things are going well. But on the writing side... After a decade or so at the Post-Gazette, I'm going to be joining, you could say rejoining, Trib Live. And I'm very excited about that, Limits. Your mic is off right now. I can't wait to get started, restarted. I think my first column there, which is actually probably like my 500th column there, if you include that. How long was I at the Trib? 20 years? That's where everything began to happen for me.
That's where I started to cover the Penguins in 1997 when I was a savvy young newshound. I believe will be Saturday. I think that's when it's going to be running. I hope that you'll be reading. I know so many people over at the Trib already, including Jen Bertetto, the CEO, whom I covered in softball when she was Jennifer Wolf for Leachburg Limits. I think I may have even tried to hit off her for a story once and couldn't do it. Of course, there's Gourmet the Owl. There's Benzie from the top rope at the Tomlin News Conference. There's Chris Adamski.
What were the main reasons for the Steelers' loss?
And there's my old friend, Jonathan Bamboli. who I've known since that time. He used to be the beat writer for Wilkes-Barre. I was the beat writer for the Penguins, and they used to train in Wilkes-Barre, and immediately we hit it off. Very cynical and funny man. So maybe I'll be doing some stuff with him. He's a big-time editor now, but maybe I can convince him to do some fun things. I don't know what we'll do. Maybe point-counterpoint, maybe just some ridiculous stuff on Facebook. I don't know what we're going to do. We'll see. But I'm really excited to get started there. And I hope that you read my stuff out there. over at Trib Live, and also the time at the Post-Gazette was great. Stan Wachnowski, the executive editor, Ryan Wynn, the sports editor, we did, I thought, some great work together, and I have a lot of respect for the people there.
Obviously, all the writers that you hear on the station here, the Badconian Mongoose, we could start with him, and Ray Fittipaldo, love those guys, and I can't wait to get started at Trib Live. So that's my bit of news limits. Reaction?
That's awesome, Joe. And you held it for me as well. I said, Joe, I think you're going to talk about this. And you were like, yes, I am. And then you did a 180 and talked about something else. So I'm really happy for you. I know how much you love writing and how much I love reading your columns. So that's going to be really cool to be able to see that again for the Trib. And people on the text line are also flooding in a lot of congratulations to you and a lot of people saying that they would have been very sad if you were announcing that you were leaving the station.
So it's good to hear that the writing will continue. I'm sure some would have been happy. Believe me, a lot would have been happy, too. But it sounds trivial. Like we're going to celebrate the Marconi Award that we won on Wednesday night, which is the equivalent to literally the Academy Award for radio. It's not just sports stations. It's any sports station.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What news did Joe Starkey announce about his career?
0:00–2:12
2
What were the main reasons for the Steelers' loss?
2:12–10:58
3
What are the implications of Mike Tomlin's coaching future?
10:58–25:17
4
Should the Steelers consider Aaron Rodgers for next season?
25:17–26:13
5
What factors contributed to the Steelers' offensive struggles?
26:13–27:50
6
How did the Steelers' defense perform against the Texans?
27:50–31:50
7
What are the potential next steps for Mike Tomlin and the Steelers?
31:50–40:18
Speakers
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