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Do you plan on going back to school?

I totally could see you doing play by play for a smaller school just to start out for your next job.
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I'm considering it, but not if I decide to stick with broadcast journalism. Between 5+ years of blogging, 2+ years of successful youtube videos, hosting (and producing) a TV and radio show at USC, a board operator job at LA's #1 radio station (KIIS FM) including On Air w/ Ryan Seacrest, and the SBR writing/video job, I'd say that my resume would easily land me a radio/TV gig somewhere in bumblefuck USA if I so chose to pursue it.

I'm not 100% sure if it is what I want to do anymore, though, so I'm still weighing all my options.
 
Pavy
Dave,

How did you get the nickname Dave "The Save" in hockey? And does it hurt when you get hit by a puck at 100 mph?
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Just caught on during my HS goalie days, though it was more of an ironic nickname, since I sucked.

Only time the puck ever hurt was when it hit me in the top of the kneecap. My equipment left a puck-sized chink in the armor right above my kneecaps when I butterflied, which got pegged about 3-4 times dead on. I didn't mind it though, what's hockey without a little bit of pain?
 
Quick Clarification:

I'm not a big fan of these "Disgruntled Employee Tells All" type of threads. I'd like to consider myself a person of some integrity. As you saw in my RBS sign-off thread, despite the fact that I felt immensely disrespected, I was polite and respectful in leaving the board.

The only reason I'm doing this now is because I saw a few months after I was gone that both Bill and John were engaging in publicly answering questions about my firing (with some falsities), and disrespecting me knowing full well that I hadn't done so to them publicly and that I wasn't around to defend myself.

It was bad enough to disrespect me behind closed doors. Again, for clarification's sake, I'm not upset with being fired. I'm upset with HOW I was fired. First, no warning/talks/advice/etc. Second, instead of just saying "Sorry it didn't work out, we thought it would be different, etc" it was "This is your fault you are getting fired, you didn't take initiative, you didn't make good use of your time, etc.", then why wasn't I given clearer instructions on what to do? And then the no severance + taking the $1250 back...

That wasn't enough, I need to be disrespected and have my work ethic and integrity brought into question publicly on the boards, too?
 
AMBy
I think he really was the one of everyone that surprised me the most when i met him in person. He is the epitome of online persona does not match the person in real life.
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Dave your a good guy I met you in vegas and we both agreed we should smack nina's ass. That being said, RBS had their reason's which John/Bill made apparent. It seems like it was a contract dispute where they felt you didin't live up to your contract. Either way Glad your here because now this board will become huge.


SBR will be huge and will remain huge ONLY if they decide to actually do Sports book Reivews. But that ain't were the money is.
 
Vegas Dave
Quick Clarification:

I'm not a big fan of these "Disgruntled Employee Tells All" type of threads. I'd like to consider myself a person of some integrity. As you saw in my RBS sign-off thread, despite the fact that I felt immensely disrespected, I was polite and respectful in leaving the board.

The only reason I'm doing this now is because I saw a few months after I was gone that both Bill and John were engaging in publicly answering questions about my firing (with some falsities), and disrespecting me knowing full well that I hadn't done so to them publicly and that I wasn't around to defend myself.

It was bad enough to disrespect me behind closed doors. Again, for clarification's sake, I'm not upset with being fired. I'm upset with HOW I was fired. First, no warning/talks/advice/etc. Second, instead of just saying "Sorry it didn't work out, we thought it would be different, etc" it was "This is your fault you are getting fired, you didn't take initiative, you didn't make good use of your time, etc.", then why wasn't I given clearer instructions on what to do? And then the no severance + taking the $1250 back...

That wasn't enough, I need to be disrespected and have my work ethic and integrity brought into question publicly on the boards, too?
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Dave - In my opinion, you did nothing wrong with answering some questions. Like I said yesterday, with the way you were treated, you showed considerable restraint in staying silent for so long. You handled it with much more class than I and most others would have. :hattip:
 
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