Brenly not returning for 2013 (Jim Deshaies hired pg 14)

[Guest]

That's worse than Rizzo thinking Drops of Jupiter is a great song.

[rawdog20]

I don't get how Brenly is getting thrown in front of the bus for telling like it is. Someone had to call those overpaid bums because nobody else was going to. If anything you should appreciate that we actually had an announcer who was brutally honest. This isn't the disney channel, their should be no catering to the players and sugar coating everything. They get paid millions to play this game and if they stink it should be known to them. if they don't like it then they need to grow a pair.

 

****RAWDOG 4 EVA****

[jersey cubs fan]

RAWDOG IN THE HOUSE!!!

[MWV]

Short and sweet. Vintage Rawdog.

[Derwood]

far too coherent

[rocket]

I don't get how Brenly is getting thrown in front of the bus for telling like it is. Someone had to call those overpaid bums because nobody else was going to. If anything you should appreciate that we actually had an announcer who was brutally honest. This isn't the disney channel, their should be no catering to the players and sugar coating everything. They get paid millions to play this game and if they stink it should be known to them. if they don't like it then they need to grow a pair.

 

****RAWDOG 4 EVA****

 

about fn time

[seanimal]

i'm not sure what this means, thrown in front of the bus

[imb]

i'm not sure what this means, thrown in front of the bus

 

 

http://sandrarose.com/images17/NY-Post-cover-outcry.jpg?42e305

 

[bcl412]

i'm not sure what this means, thrown in front of the bus

 

It means Theo Epstein tried to murder Bob Brenly.

[Pushfrog98]

far too coherent

He must be drinking.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I don't recall hearing this, but apparently Brenly thought he had an agreement to return to the Cubs and it fell apart at the last minute due to some "issues with the contract." It sounds like it came down to the fact that they were unable to guarantee a long term contract due to uncertainty with the future of the WGN/Tribune broadcast deal.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-video-brenly-cubs-20130216,0,2963024.story

[Wilson A2000]

If they could guarantee Deshaies 4 years even though the Cubs's contract with WGN is up before that, why couldn't they do the same for Brenly?

[wekse]

because deshaies is better at what they do?

[Guest]

because deshaies is better at what they do?

WINNA!

[dfnowak]

I thought I heard somewhere that the Cubs didn't like Brenly's criticism of the players?

[A New Era]

I thought I heard somewhere that the Cubs didn't like Brenly's criticism of the players?

 

I hope that's not the case. I mean he never came down on them very often, and only when they deserved it. I think Theo and Jed feel the same way about playing hard, head in the game, 100% every moment. I don't see them as the type that would dismiss Brenly for that.

[Sammy Sofa]

I thought I heard somewhere that the Cubs didn't like Brenly's criticism of the players?

 

I hope that's not the case. I mean he never came down on them very often, and only when they deserved it.

 

Ugh. And no.

 

I think Theo and Jed feel the same way about playing hard, head in the game, 100% every moment.

 

As opposed to the people who are all about lazy playing, being distracted, and nothing less than 99% effort.

 

UGH.

 

[Banedon]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/02/26/brenly-tribune-disorganization-led-to-cubs-deal-falling-apart/

 

As Brenly explains, he had a deal in place with the Tribune Company, who owns WGN, for five years. When it came time to sign the paperwork, the Tribune Company unexpectedly reduced the deal to two years.

 

“The negotiations were going along swimmingly under the circumstances,” Brenly said. “We felt like we were all on the same page. We agreed to agree on a new extension of five years. But when the memo came for me to sign that we agreed to agree, it was only two years guaranteed, which I can certainly understand. WGN only has the rights for two more years for the Chicago Cubs. … They could not guarantee any money after two years.”

 

As the story goes, Brenly decided to look elsewhere for employment and later signed a five-year contract with Diamondbacks. The Cubs then hired Jim DeShaies as their new TV color analyst.

 

So does Brenly hold any negative feelings toward the Cubs’ organization as a whole?

 

“I might have ill feelings if I felt someone was intentionally trying to deceive me,” Brenly said. “I think it was a matter of a little disorganization in the Tribune Company not knowing exactly who was supposed to do what. Things just kind of got away a little bit. The person I was dealing with directly with WGN quit to take another job there in Chicago, so things just kind of fell apart a little bit, but I don’t blame anybody specifically for it.”

[imb]

literally every business in america is run like [expletive]

[Hawk4Hall]

Deshaies is awesome to listen to. The guy knows his stuff and is hilarious.

[Banedon]

Still working on that chemistry with Len though. Which is understandable.