There have to be at least 10 people more fascinating than Jeff Dubay here in the Twin Cities, right?
Although when it comes to City Pages, once a relevant weekly news source, Dubay is hanging in there right around No. 10.
City Pages produces plenty of Facebook and internet traffic by regurgitating news stories from other sources or poaching online postings and adding a dose of color and commentary to its presentation. Train wrecks like Dubay are ripe for the picking, and City Pages loves it whenever Dubay turns the spotlight on himself, as he has a couple of times via Facebook since his broadcasting career ended.
Besides City Pages, it appears the primary source of Dubay news right now is the Pioneer Press. I'm not sure why the stepchild of daily newspapers here in the Twin Cities deems Dubay's online jousts with his former colleagues to be worthy of actual news treatment, but que sera sera. I guess that Bob Sansevere's dissecting of Dubay's career via his Pioneer Press blog made it newsworthy.
A post mortum on Dubay's podcast history by the Pioneer Press and a random collection of tidbits by City Pages provided plenty of insight into Dubay's world. Throw in a few other random sources and I'm still not sure what to believe. Here are tidbits I gleaned in the past 12 hours. None of this is groundbreaking material.
• Everybody is lying. Dubay will claim comments about him are lies. Tom Barnard's nephew will refute any claim Dubay makes. Nobody has said one truthful thing since Dubay's podcast went silent.
• Dubay's co-host, Di Murphy, appears to have been plucked from the online world because she's a woman who is really, really, really into sports. She has blogged on sports in the past, and laments the lack of a female host in the local sports radio market. It's hard to disagree with some of her observations about the local scene. Whether she was cut out for broadcasting in any form is hard to say, as I have never heard her work. She was awfully difficult to work with, according to Dubay.
• Murphy and Barnard's nephew seem to be holding back in revealing something crucial about the sequence of events that brought us to today, and seem to suggest that perhaps it is necessary the Dubay-obsessed public see and/or hear what it is.
• The domain that hosted Dubay's podcast, jeffdubay.com, now redirects to Barnard's podcast site. Although Dubay stripped himself of a Twitter and Facebook presence in the aftermath of his tirade against Team Barnard, he has since restored his Facebook presence.
• Dubay ain't wealthy. This doesn't come as a surprise. It's hard to know how much anyone in broadcasting makes, but there are a few things that we know. It doesn't pay all that well for most folks, despite the public profile it provides. More on this another day, a lot more. For now, we have claims by Barnard's nephew that Dubay has no cash of his own and the startup costs for the podcast were fronted by the Barnard machine.
While Dubay once had a Clear Channel salary, allegedly owned a boat on Lake Minnetonka and may have had some sort of "cabin" north of the the metro – as well as a younger wife who fancied herself a cheerleading coach – his years of not working between radio gigs, (as far as we know,) combined with his time in rehab programs and/or jail settings and his legal bills certainly can't leave him with a lot of personal wealth, unless he was independently wealthy to begin with.
Allegedly Dubay took the bus to work at 1500ESPN each day because his driving privileges are suspended. If so, that's saves him hundreds of dollars per month, but not enough that he'd have built a nest egg to live off of since being dismissed by the Hubbards.
Nonetheless, it would seem unlikely that it's in Dubay's best interest to bite any hand that feeds him, no matter how tiny the morsel.
• Dubay would fly off the handle in his business dealings with those he worked with during his podcast career. Whether he did or didn't, we don't know, of course, but given his short temper and seething anger whenever he read something he didn't like on Twitter, the idea that he was difficult to deal with is not far fetched. Armchair psychologists seem to think Dubay has some sort of mental condition that is not being fueled by chemical stimulants.
So there you have it, the world of Dubay in the final days of March 2014. How will it all end? Will it end? Will Dubay finally just fade away, leaving his fans to wonder, "Whatever happened to that guy?"
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Jeff Dubay: The aftermath
Lots of odd nuggets and tidbits floating around the Internet since Jeff Dubay retired from sports broadcasting less than two weeks ago.
Our precious Star Tribune gossip columnist, Cheryl Johnson, tried to dissect Dubay's podcasting career in her weekly fluff. Dubay had nothing to contribute to Cheryl's ego-driven gossip column, but those speaking on behalf of broadcasting behemoth Tom Barnard -- who Cheryl has never shied away from ripping -- did their lord and master proud.
One of the more interesting things to come out of Dubay's eulogies is a comment by his former podcast co-host. As a dabbler in sports radio, I know a lot of the names and voices that grace the Twin Cities airwaves, but Dubay's co-host, Di Murphy, is not somebody I'm familiar with. (More on her another day.) Having never listened to the 11 or 12 podcasts she was a part of, I have no idea what she brought to the table, or even why she was at the table. But it appears that she was fired prior to the plug being pulled on Dubay's podcast. Although she didn't have much to say about the situation once she was relegated to a footnote in sports podcasting history, she unearthed this recent nugget via Twitter: "It really bothers me that so many rubes paint Jeff Dubay as a victim. Do the math."
That really doesn't tell us anything, yet it says a lot. Fun stuff.
As for Dubay's retirement, it was noted in Cheryl's gossip column by Barnard's nephew, if I recall correctly, that there's no reason Dubay can't still be producing a podcast. He was an independent contractor. Although he wouldn't have had access to Barnard's podcast network resources, he could have continued, or could resurrect, his attempt at podcasting, should he desire. The odds of turning such a podcast into a financially viable production would be that much harder without Barnard's resources, but the option remains open.
Media darling and occasional attorney Ron Rosenbaum, who occasionally puts his law degree to work on behalf of Barnard, was quite complimentary of Dubay in Cheryl's gossip column. Rosenbaum suggests that multiple stations have had interest in having Dubay on their airwaves. I have no idea if that's right or wrong, but I'm skeptical that there ever was widespread interest in Dubay's services. And I remain doubtful Dubay will resurface in any meaningful way in the Twin Cities.
But I'm still expecting he will prove me wrong.
Our precious Star Tribune gossip columnist, Cheryl Johnson, tried to dissect Dubay's podcasting career in her weekly fluff. Dubay had nothing to contribute to Cheryl's ego-driven gossip column, but those speaking on behalf of broadcasting behemoth Tom Barnard -- who Cheryl has never shied away from ripping -- did their lord and master proud.
One of the more interesting things to come out of Dubay's eulogies is a comment by his former podcast co-host. As a dabbler in sports radio, I know a lot of the names and voices that grace the Twin Cities airwaves, but Dubay's co-host, Di Murphy, is not somebody I'm familiar with. (More on her another day.) Having never listened to the 11 or 12 podcasts she was a part of, I have no idea what she brought to the table, or even why she was at the table. But it appears that she was fired prior to the plug being pulled on Dubay's podcast. Although she didn't have much to say about the situation once she was relegated to a footnote in sports podcasting history, she unearthed this recent nugget via Twitter: "It really bothers me that so many rubes paint Jeff Dubay as a victim. Do the math."
That really doesn't tell us anything, yet it says a lot. Fun stuff.
As for Dubay's retirement, it was noted in Cheryl's gossip column by Barnard's nephew, if I recall correctly, that there's no reason Dubay can't still be producing a podcast. He was an independent contractor. Although he wouldn't have had access to Barnard's podcast network resources, he could have continued, or could resurrect, his attempt at podcasting, should he desire. The odds of turning such a podcast into a financially viable production would be that much harder without Barnard's resources, but the option remains open.
Media darling and occasional attorney Ron Rosenbaum, who occasionally puts his law degree to work on behalf of Barnard, was quite complimentary of Dubay in Cheryl's gossip column. Rosenbaum suggests that multiple stations have had interest in having Dubay on their airwaves. I have no idea if that's right or wrong, but I'm skeptical that there ever was widespread interest in Dubay's services. And I remain doubtful Dubay will resurface in any meaningful way in the Twin Cities.
But I'm still expecting he will prove me wrong.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Jeff Dubay: Appetite for self destruction?
Jeff Dubay's improbable return to the Twin Cities airwaves via 1500ESPN ended unceremoniously earlier this year when the station cut him, seemingly as part of a series of salary dumps the Hubbard-owned TV and radio stations made.
Dubay was gracious in being kicked to the curb, thanking the Hubbard empire for the opportunity and looking optimistically toward his future.
What I'll never understand is the non-complete clause in a contract. I get why radio and television stations have them, but what I don't understand is why the clauses seem to apply when a station kicks an employee to the curb, without cause. If you're going to cut a guy and stop paying him simply because you can't afford or don't want to continue paying his salary, why is he prohibited from being hired immediately by another station in the market?
It was made clear in stories about Dubay's dismissal that his non-compete clause was waived.
It didn't take long for Dubay to turn up on sports radio, this time at the lackluster CBS Sports Radio affiliate 105 The Ticket. Dubay was invited to contribute to the award winning afternoon duo of Mike Morris and Bob Sansevere.
In the incestuous world of radio, The Ticket is a sister station of 92KQRS. Longtime KQRS morning drive god Tom Barnard happens to be in the process of building his own little online radio empire. They like to call it podcasting, but the reality is that Barnard is building a talk radio outlet that isn't broadcast the way God intended it to be, over the airwaves. Barnard has spent more than a year ramping up his side project into what will probably become his full-time gig in the next few years. To do that, you need a roster of talent. Dubay was ripe for the picking.
Dubay's podcast debuted March 3. It was just one hour and was broadcast live at 8 p.m. Twin Cities time. The idea must have been that the downloading and podcasting of the hour would be a big draw rather than listening to the show live over the Internet. Why would people who follow and watch sports want to list to sports talk during prime time, when the majority of sporting events are played?
As the world learned this week, Dubay's podcast was dropped by Barnard's network during its third week. Dubay fired off a tirade against Barnard's nephew, a honcho for Barnard, and hours later began excising his social media footprint. Of course Dubay's online sins live on in perpetuity, but the hot-headed Dubay no longer has a Twitter account in his name to rip those who want to take cheap shots at him.
Much of what we know as of this week came to light thanks to a blog on the St. Paul Pioneer Press website, a blog written by Sansevere. Sansevere continues to write opinion pieces for the fledgling St. Paul paper in addition to his periodic radio appearances as Barnard's sidekick in the morning and on the afternoon gab fest with Morris. Sansevere deemed it necessary to share tidbits of Dubay's online meltdown and handicap Dubay's future in broadcasting. When it comes to Sansevere's handicapping, I'd have a hard time arguing against his logic.
Dubay's defenders seem to think their "common man" has been railroaded again, and seem to think Barnard is some sort of godfather who put the hit out on Dubay because Dubay crossed Barnard's nephew. The theory also suggests Sansevere's ripping of Dubay was an order by Barnard to strike first rather than employ damage control after the fact.
Others seems to think that Dubay's tirade is an indication that he has taken a liking to the crack cocaine he found so enticing several years ago.
We're unlikely to know what really went down between Dubay and Barnard mafia.
What we do know is that unlike the 1500ESPN dismissal, Dubay failed to handle the bizarre end to his short-lived podcast career under Barnard's umbrella with the same grace.
I have no idea how you make money doing a one-hour podcast, but the idea behind Barnard's podcast network is to make money, presumably by selling commercials. There couldn't have been much money to be made during the first week of Dubay's podcast, but presumably the idea was to cultivate an audience and hope the dollars followed. That would take months, if not years. There's no way you can make a value judgment on a podcast in less than three weeks.
Dubay claims he was the victim of Barnard's nephew and the nephews habitual imbibing. Barnard's camp really hasn't said much to justify pulling the plug so quickly.
Let's pretend Dubay is back smoking the crack pipe. If so, he's committing career suicide. But at this point I doubt that. His tirade was simply Dubay being Dubay. He was wronged by an organization that quickly reversed its belief in Dubay's draw.
Better yet, let's pretend Dubay was the victim of Barnard's alcoholic nephew. Either way, Dubay's anger management issues resulted in an online tirade against those who wronged him. Justified or not, Dubay just affirmed to the broadcasting industry that he's a loose cannon who can't control his temper.
Despite the fact that his supporters, probably fewer than I imagine, long for him to grace the Twin Cities airwaves, KFAN isn't going to hire him back in any meaningful way. There's no room on the payroll, and none of the on-air personalities are going to give up the Clear Channel paycheck any time soon.
1500ESPN isn't going to bring him back, either. There's a possibility, I suppose, that The Ticket would look for a sports radio retread, a la Morris, to drive more local content, but that seems like a remote possibility.
As noted previously, whatever be Sansevere's motivation for digging Dubay's broadcasting grave, he hit the nail on the head: Dubay's hatred of you, me and anyone else that doesn't kiss his ass is likely to spell the end of the Jeff Dubay rebirth.
And yet I won't count the guy out.
Dubay was gracious in being kicked to the curb, thanking the Hubbard empire for the opportunity and looking optimistically toward his future.
What I'll never understand is the non-complete clause in a contract. I get why radio and television stations have them, but what I don't understand is why the clauses seem to apply when a station kicks an employee to the curb, without cause. If you're going to cut a guy and stop paying him simply because you can't afford or don't want to continue paying his salary, why is he prohibited from being hired immediately by another station in the market?
It was made clear in stories about Dubay's dismissal that his non-compete clause was waived.
It didn't take long for Dubay to turn up on sports radio, this time at the lackluster CBS Sports Radio affiliate 105 The Ticket. Dubay was invited to contribute to the award winning afternoon duo of Mike Morris and Bob Sansevere.
In the incestuous world of radio, The Ticket is a sister station of 92KQRS. Longtime KQRS morning drive god Tom Barnard happens to be in the process of building his own little online radio empire. They like to call it podcasting, but the reality is that Barnard is building a talk radio outlet that isn't broadcast the way God intended it to be, over the airwaves. Barnard has spent more than a year ramping up his side project into what will probably become his full-time gig in the next few years. To do that, you need a roster of talent. Dubay was ripe for the picking.
Dubay's podcast debuted March 3. It was just one hour and was broadcast live at 8 p.m. Twin Cities time. The idea must have been that the downloading and podcasting of the hour would be a big draw rather than listening to the show live over the Internet. Why would people who follow and watch sports want to list to sports talk during prime time, when the majority of sporting events are played?
As the world learned this week, Dubay's podcast was dropped by Barnard's network during its third week. Dubay fired off a tirade against Barnard's nephew, a honcho for Barnard, and hours later began excising his social media footprint. Of course Dubay's online sins live on in perpetuity, but the hot-headed Dubay no longer has a Twitter account in his name to rip those who want to take cheap shots at him.
Much of what we know as of this week came to light thanks to a blog on the St. Paul Pioneer Press website, a blog written by Sansevere. Sansevere continues to write opinion pieces for the fledgling St. Paul paper in addition to his periodic radio appearances as Barnard's sidekick in the morning and on the afternoon gab fest with Morris. Sansevere deemed it necessary to share tidbits of Dubay's online meltdown and handicap Dubay's future in broadcasting. When it comes to Sansevere's handicapping, I'd have a hard time arguing against his logic.
Dubay's defenders seem to think their "common man" has been railroaded again, and seem to think Barnard is some sort of godfather who put the hit out on Dubay because Dubay crossed Barnard's nephew. The theory also suggests Sansevere's ripping of Dubay was an order by Barnard to strike first rather than employ damage control after the fact.
Others seems to think that Dubay's tirade is an indication that he has taken a liking to the crack cocaine he found so enticing several years ago.
We're unlikely to know what really went down between Dubay and Barnard mafia.
What we do know is that unlike the 1500ESPN dismissal, Dubay failed to handle the bizarre end to his short-lived podcast career under Barnard's umbrella with the same grace.
I have no idea how you make money doing a one-hour podcast, but the idea behind Barnard's podcast network is to make money, presumably by selling commercials. There couldn't have been much money to be made during the first week of Dubay's podcast, but presumably the idea was to cultivate an audience and hope the dollars followed. That would take months, if not years. There's no way you can make a value judgment on a podcast in less than three weeks.
Dubay claims he was the victim of Barnard's nephew and the nephews habitual imbibing. Barnard's camp really hasn't said much to justify pulling the plug so quickly.
Let's pretend Dubay is back smoking the crack pipe. If so, he's committing career suicide. But at this point I doubt that. His tirade was simply Dubay being Dubay. He was wronged by an organization that quickly reversed its belief in Dubay's draw.
Better yet, let's pretend Dubay was the victim of Barnard's alcoholic nephew. Either way, Dubay's anger management issues resulted in an online tirade against those who wronged him. Justified or not, Dubay just affirmed to the broadcasting industry that he's a loose cannon who can't control his temper.
Despite the fact that his supporters, probably fewer than I imagine, long for him to grace the Twin Cities airwaves, KFAN isn't going to hire him back in any meaningful way. There's no room on the payroll, and none of the on-air personalities are going to give up the Clear Channel paycheck any time soon.
1500ESPN isn't going to bring him back, either. There's a possibility, I suppose, that The Ticket would look for a sports radio retread, a la Morris, to drive more local content, but that seems like a remote possibility.
As noted previously, whatever be Sansevere's motivation for digging Dubay's broadcasting grave, he hit the nail on the head: Dubay's hatred of you, me and anyone else that doesn't kiss his ass is likely to spell the end of the Jeff Dubay rebirth.
And yet I won't count the guy out.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Why does Jeff Dubay hate you?
Given the developments of this past week, this blog is far overdue to pay homage to the talent that is Jeff Dubay.
There's a lot to admire about Dubay. He has parlayed a love of sports into a reasonably successful career in radio broadcasting. I have yet to hear anyone praise him for his dulcet tones on the radio. That is the claim to fame of his longtime KFAN partner, Paul Allen. Dubay was the sidekick in that scenario. He may have been equally billed as a co-host of the show, but there was no Dubay without P.A.
Dubay proved that following sports passionately and dedicating yourself to your career choice will pay dividends. Nobody refers to Dubay as a marquee talent, and nobody would ever have mistaken him for it on KFAN. Allen won the play-by-play job for the Minnesota Vikings radio network, Dubay chewed the fat with Vikings rubes on the air following the games. Allen calls horse races at Canterbury Park to this day. Dubay would occasionally be tapped for an on-air promotion of Body Solutions during the KFAN broadcast day.
Dubay's fall from grace was well chronicled in the local media. I won't rehash it. All I'll say is that many have fallen further, and harder, than Dubay, but given Dubay's profile, it got more attention than those who crashed and burned. That's the price you pay when you seek out a public profile. Right or wrong, that's how it works.
Dubay is synonymous with crack cocaine, but I'd argue that wasn't his only addiction. I'm relatively certain Dubay was addicted to the cult of celebrity. Dubay's celebrity pales in comparison to that of the Kardashians, but on a local level he is a public figure who enjoyed the benefits of being a public figure in an entertainment medium, and the trappings of it were his first addiction. Crack cocaine was a bonus that came along later. Both addictions were capable of derailing his career, but unfortunately for Dubay, it was the latter addiction that did it, and in the process that addiction also made him a criminal drug user.
Despite his improbable rise to KFAN co-host and fall from grace, Dubay accomplished another miracle: a second chapter in his broadcast career. Dubay may have name recognition, but again, he wasn't an elite talent. There are plenty of young Dubay wannabes in the Twin Cities. But instead of cultivating one of those, 1500ESPN allowed the phoenix that is Jeff Dubay to rise from the ashes.
Clearly the guy is more of a talent than I realize. Good thing I'm not pursuing a career in talent scouting.
I'll share thoughts about Dubay's short-lived podcasting career another night. For now I want to conclude by theorizing why Jeff Dubay hates you.
He doesn't hate you, necessarily, but he hates people who don't want to kiss his ass. He proved this via Twitter.
Dubay was active on Twitter during his year at 1500ESPN. When people didn't like what he said, or disagreed with him, they'd take cheap shots at Dubay about his previous crack addiction. Dubay didn't like that, and rightfully so. It was childish and mean-spirited at best.
But Dubay's anger seems to be deeper seeded. Sure, he'd hate you if you made a crack comment in regard to him, but he seemed to be angered by anyone who challenged him or dismissed his point of view. I've seen it firsthand.
One of his most famous moments was when he was talking on-air with a former KSTP-TV weatherman about global warming. Dubay has decided the concept is fraudulent and made that clear. I'd love to know what kind of reading he's done on the topic. Maybe the sports geek is also a science geek who spent his years of recovery reading up on the topic. I'd be surprised, but you never know.
Those who scoffed at his simple dismissive comments via Twitter drew his ire. Mocked for his past crack addiction, Dubay claimed he was quitting Twitter. That didn't last long. And when he returned, Mr. Thin Skin was once again quick to snap at comments he perceived as insulting. The dude has anger management issues, and he demonstrated them on Twitter.
For reasons I'm uncertain of, but will touch on soon enough, Pioneer Press sports columnist Bob Sansevere blogged about the quick demise of Dubay's podcast. He nailed it in his closing graphs: "Unfortunately, Dubay appears to have a tendency to be quick-tempered and knee-jerk."
Plenty of people like Dubay. When he was dismissed by 1500ESPN – purely as a cost-cutting move by all indication – several people were quick to kiss his ass, telling him via Twitter how much they would miss him and how they had no reason to listen to 1500 any more. Additional praise was showered upon Dubay at the announcement that he was going to host a podcast.
If you kiss up to Dubay, he'll tell you how much he appreciates you. If you mock his crack addiction, he'll be quick to dismiss you, and rightfully so. And if you dare to question or criticize him, he'll hate you.
There's a lot to admire about Dubay. He has parlayed a love of sports into a reasonably successful career in radio broadcasting. I have yet to hear anyone praise him for his dulcet tones on the radio. That is the claim to fame of his longtime KFAN partner, Paul Allen. Dubay was the sidekick in that scenario. He may have been equally billed as a co-host of the show, but there was no Dubay without P.A.
Dubay proved that following sports passionately and dedicating yourself to your career choice will pay dividends. Nobody refers to Dubay as a marquee talent, and nobody would ever have mistaken him for it on KFAN. Allen won the play-by-play job for the Minnesota Vikings radio network, Dubay chewed the fat with Vikings rubes on the air following the games. Allen calls horse races at Canterbury Park to this day. Dubay would occasionally be tapped for an on-air promotion of Body Solutions during the KFAN broadcast day.
Dubay's fall from grace was well chronicled in the local media. I won't rehash it. All I'll say is that many have fallen further, and harder, than Dubay, but given Dubay's profile, it got more attention than those who crashed and burned. That's the price you pay when you seek out a public profile. Right or wrong, that's how it works.
Dubay is synonymous with crack cocaine, but I'd argue that wasn't his only addiction. I'm relatively certain Dubay was addicted to the cult of celebrity. Dubay's celebrity pales in comparison to that of the Kardashians, but on a local level he is a public figure who enjoyed the benefits of being a public figure in an entertainment medium, and the trappings of it were his first addiction. Crack cocaine was a bonus that came along later. Both addictions were capable of derailing his career, but unfortunately for Dubay, it was the latter addiction that did it, and in the process that addiction also made him a criminal drug user.
Despite his improbable rise to KFAN co-host and fall from grace, Dubay accomplished another miracle: a second chapter in his broadcast career. Dubay may have name recognition, but again, he wasn't an elite talent. There are plenty of young Dubay wannabes in the Twin Cities. But instead of cultivating one of those, 1500ESPN allowed the phoenix that is Jeff Dubay to rise from the ashes.
Clearly the guy is more of a talent than I realize. Good thing I'm not pursuing a career in talent scouting.
I'll share thoughts about Dubay's short-lived podcasting career another night. For now I want to conclude by theorizing why Jeff Dubay hates you.
He doesn't hate you, necessarily, but he hates people who don't want to kiss his ass. He proved this via Twitter.
Dubay was active on Twitter during his year at 1500ESPN. When people didn't like what he said, or disagreed with him, they'd take cheap shots at Dubay about his previous crack addiction. Dubay didn't like that, and rightfully so. It was childish and mean-spirited at best.
But Dubay's anger seems to be deeper seeded. Sure, he'd hate you if you made a crack comment in regard to him, but he seemed to be angered by anyone who challenged him or dismissed his point of view. I've seen it firsthand.
One of his most famous moments was when he was talking on-air with a former KSTP-TV weatherman about global warming. Dubay has decided the concept is fraudulent and made that clear. I'd love to know what kind of reading he's done on the topic. Maybe the sports geek is also a science geek who spent his years of recovery reading up on the topic. I'd be surprised, but you never know.
Those who scoffed at his simple dismissive comments via Twitter drew his ire. Mocked for his past crack addiction, Dubay claimed he was quitting Twitter. That didn't last long. And when he returned, Mr. Thin Skin was once again quick to snap at comments he perceived as insulting. The dude has anger management issues, and he demonstrated them on Twitter.
For reasons I'm uncertain of, but will touch on soon enough, Pioneer Press sports columnist Bob Sansevere blogged about the quick demise of Dubay's podcast. He nailed it in his closing graphs: "Unfortunately, Dubay appears to have a tendency to be quick-tempered and knee-jerk."
Plenty of people like Dubay. When he was dismissed by 1500ESPN – purely as a cost-cutting move by all indication – several people were quick to kiss his ass, telling him via Twitter how much they would miss him and how they had no reason to listen to 1500 any more. Additional praise was showered upon Dubay at the announcement that he was going to host a podcast.
If you kiss up to Dubay, he'll tell you how much he appreciates you. If you mock his crack addiction, he'll be quick to dismiss you, and rightfully so. And if you dare to question or criticize him, he'll hate you.
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