Glenn Ordway out at WEEI !

BSR said:

You obviously don't watch too much television. You are just clowning yourself at this point. Keep it coming though, it's pretty entertaining for the off season. Dance!

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I dunno where yer goin' with the t.v. thing, but yeah, I'm having fun on this off-topic barrage on a thread that was originally dedicated to Glen Ordway. It's sorta poetic justice anyway. Guy is canned (i.e. no longer relevant) so take his thread anywhere you want.
Looking back, I shoulda been aware of the French Model believability factor when I met Cecile. But it was in the waning days of my business, so I DID still have the social cache to pull something like that off. Secondly, internet social networking had yet to take off in the big way it is today.
Today, all the time, people throw around that phrase "Oh yeah, and what else? You have a French Model girlfriend too?"
I didn't see the believability factor problem when I was in the middle of it. Everyone seems to think all models are unattainable international super models. There are different levels of modeling.
So yeah. Once again, I will grasp the moment on a friggin' feetbawl board (of all freaking places to bring up...) that I.. yes... indeed... DID technically have a French Model girlfriend.
Lemme culturally reference it for you feetbawl tards-
It was 3 months after Tha Pats won Super Bowl 36. There. Does it register in that bag o' rocks noggin now?! tehee

I'm glad you're amused. I'm having fun too. I love to reminisce about my past deal and I love to write anyway.
The location is what makes it so hilarious. Ian should start a "blowhard section" or "rant section" or something.

Pewsterbaby said:

I dunno where yer goin' with the t.v. thing, but yeah, I'm having fun on this off-topic barrage on a thread that was originally dedicated to Glen Ordway. It's sorta poetic justice anyway. Guy is canned (i.e. no longer relevant) so take his thread anywhere you want.
Looking back, I shoulda been aware of the French Model believability factor when I met Cecile. But it was in the waning days of my business, so I DID still have the social cache to pull something like that off. Secondly, internet social networking had yet to take off in the big way it is today.
Today, all the time, people throw around that phrase "Oh yeah, and what else? You have a French Model girlfriend too?"
I didn't see the believability factor problem when I was in the middle of it. Everyone seems to think all models are unattainable international super models. There are different levels of modeling.
So yeah. Once again, I will grasp the moment on a friggin' feetbawl board (of all freaking places to bring up...) that I.. yes... indeed... DID technically have a French Model girlfriend.
Lemme culturally reference it for you feetbawl tards-
It was 3 months after Tha Pats won Super Bowl 36. There. Does it register in that bag o' rocks noggin now?! tehee

I'm glad you're amused. I'm having fun too. I love to reminisce about my past deal and I love to write anyway.
The location is what makes it so hilarious. Ian should start a "blowhard section" or "rant section" or something.

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His comment about french models references this commercial: State Farm® - State of Disbelief (French Model) - YouTube

Still I like the stories.

Pewsterbaby said:

I can't believe you said that.
For starters, the whole time I ran an indie record label in New York, I'd throw it into the faces of guys like you all the time. Sure shut 'em up.
And the French Model thing? Had one of those, actually.
In May of 2002, I was at my storage locker checking my label's inventory. Along comes a girl and opens up the locker directly next to mine. Well, I had my c.d.'s & videotapes spread all over the floor. She spreads her cosmetic inventory out next to mine.
Gee, what a great conversational ice breaker.
Well, we get to talking. Her name was Cecile. She was from France. She was in Manhattan, sent by The Darphin Cosmetics Company. She did modeling work and was here to land accounts at Soho Boutiques for her company.
Well, I happened to work on Soho on the weekends. I knew more about France than most other males because my father was a French teacher & vacationed there 19 times. I could speak broken French. All-in-all, a great guy to hang around with for a small-time French Model who'd just gotten to New York and doesn't know anybody yet.
I was 35 and she 31.
Bada-bing. French Model girlfriend for 8 months in the latter part of 2002.

You walked face-first into that one, jack munch.

And yeah, for the record. I'm just better than you are. (Man, there's gotta be a God. The French Model softball was just a little too perfect.)

What a burn.

Oh, and I'm drop dead gorgeous too. Suck it, you piece of garbage.

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This is a pretty quality troll but it's wasted here.

BSR said:

His comment about french models references this commercial: State Farm® - State of Disbelief (French Model) - YouTube

Still I like the stories.

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I've seen that ad, come to think of it. Your t.v. reference was too vague.

Here's another way to look at it -
Sean Connery (bringing it back full circle to Tunescribe's pic post) and Kevin Costner in The Untouchables.
Connery is a beat cop on a bridge. Costner plays Elliot Ness, a high ranking Chicago Law Enforcement official.
On his beat, Connery stops Costner and asks what he's doing out alone in the middle of such a cold winter's night.
Costner replies,"I'm Elliot Ness. We're on the same side."
Costner starts walking away, then a thought comes to mind. He stops, turns towards Connery and challenges,"Hey! You just let a suspicious person walk away from you, scott free. You didn't even ask to see my identification or anything."

Connery, in his acquired wisdom from decades of sizing people up, replies...

"Why'd I let you go? Because you say you're Elliot Ness. How do I know you really are? Who would claim to be that who was not?"

Ergo, why I can claim to yes, actually have had a French Model Girlfriend at one point.

Again, who would claim to have had that.......... who had not.

It's just wayyy too cliche. It's too blatant of a lie.

But you just go on casting doubt into the wind. (well, it's getting old at this point, sorta.)

Pewsterbaby said:

I can't believe you said that.
For starters, the whole time I ran an indie record label in New York, I'd throw it into the faces of guys like you all the time. Sure shut 'em up.
And the French Model thing? Had one of those, actually.
In May of 2002, I was at my storage locker checking my label's inventory. Along comes a girl and opens up the locker directly next to mine. Well, I had my c.d.'s & videotapes spread all over the floor. She spreads her cosmetic inventory out next to mine.
Gee, what a great conversational ice breaker.
Well, we get to talking. Her name was Cecile. She was from France. She was in Manhattan, sent by The Darphin Cosmetics Company. She did modeling work and was here to land accounts at Soho Boutiques for her company.
Well, I happened to work on Soho on the weekends. I knew more about France than most other males because my father was a French teacher & vacationed there 19 times. I could speak broken French. All-in-all, a great guy to hang around with for a small-time French Model who'd just gotten to New York and doesn't know anybody yet.
I was 35 and she 31.
Bada-bing. French Model girlfriend for 8 months in the latter part of 2002.

You walked face-first into that one, jack munch.

And yeah, for the record. I'm just better than you are. (Man, there's gotta be a God. The French Model softball was just a little too perfect.)

What a burn.

Oh, and I'm drop dead gorgeous too. Suck it, you piece of garbage.

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...and yet here you are, trading jabs with the rest of us single, fat guys who live in our mother's basements.

Steve:Section 102 said:

...and yet here you are, trading jabs with the rest of us single, fat guys who live in our mother's basements.

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I didn't say that. Btw, the guy who lives next door to me is a dead ringer for that pic. He's perpetually online except for when he's sleeping. And if you did a cartoon personification of what he looks like in real life, that's exactly what a cartoonist would draw.

Man, it's just that I get peeved whenever someone challenges me as to the validity of my past accomplishments.
And in today's internet age, that type of put-down runs rampant.
It seems like everyone is whipping out the "what else, a french model too?" card whenever they see someone else listing their accomplishments.
To the sociologically trained eye, whipping out that wisenheimer "challenge card" wreaks of jealousy & bitterness.
What about the unfortunate people who actually ARE French Models or the people who've actually HAD a relationship with one?
What? It's no longer believable?
Man, talk about undeservingly getting the shaft from outta left field!
Hey, I guess that the act of getting a French Model to go out with you is something which is now UNIVERSALLY deemed IMPOSSIBLE.
It's definitely a violation of online etiquette which should be dealt with accordingly.
To counteract the perpetrator, immediately post that t.v. commercial. All of society will herald you for snuffing out the lying delusional loser before they could do anymore damage! Good for you!

Is that how it works, Steve????

And your other jab with the whole "I like the person who rolls out their job history on a forum. Let me guess, in your spare time you're a french model?" and tack on that wise-ass smiley face icon rolling on the floor laughing its ass off.
Gee whiz, Steve-o, how am I SUPPOSED to react and/or reply to that?
With a "thank you, kind sir"?

No. I'm gonna set you straight and inform you as to what the real deal Holyfield actually is with me.
Next question would be - "Why would you ever want to do that on a football board? That's a dumb choice & comes across as desperately ineffective."
Not really. Not if you dig a little deeper & look underneath the surface...

I spend a lot of time over here, man. I probably go to Patsfans . com more than I do any other website. On average, I spend about a collective cumulative hour out of each day reading what other people are posting.
Know what I wish was here that's not?

More about each & every person who's over here, that's what.

I mean, you spend so much time reading a person's posts and that's really all you ever get to hear out of them.
And only a handful of people post their real-life faces (Wicked Pissah, for one).
I mean, WHY IS THAT?
Why are so many people hesitant to put their face behind what they say???
After I submit this post, I'll see if I can upload my face around here. I used to have it up, but it got taken down for some reason and I never bothered to reload it.

Anyway, so... yeah. It kinda blows that nobody is really willing to shed light about who they are. Sure there's the privacy issue, but let's be real. The people whom that pertains to around here are few and far between.

On a related note - In the beginning, when I first came around here a few years ago, I liked seeing and reading what PatJew had to say. I found him interesting. I wanted to learn more about who he was. Yep, so I asked him what his deal was and also what means he had personally chosen for making a living. I bet I was going to hear something pretty interesting and impressive in reply.
Know what I got instead???

A private message from a moderator. Know what it informed me of?
It went something like this.... and I quote...

"Dude, if you're looking for an 'internet buddy', this really isn't the place."

Wow. Gee, I'm sorry I became interested in wanting to know someone better on PatsFans. What was I ever thinking?

In conclusion... all in all... yeah, this site IS overly antiseptic & dry. That's in contrast to what it COULD be otherwise. Sure, things tend to keep on the same path and/or "track" as they always have from the beginning of a site's guidelines and expected behavior.
It's just a drag so few people who spend SO MUCH TIME here are unwilling to reveal anything about themselves other than their dedication to the great New England Patriots.

Not me, baby. I don't play it like that. I like to express myself in print. I enjoy writing a great deal. I actually even had a small loyal following on my blog site before they did a huge format changeover. My writing was viewed over 100 thousand times.
What was I writing about?

I was writing about ME.

Know what? I sure as Hell didn't get run through the ringer for it and I sure wasn't called a LIAR.
Different rules over here at PatsFans thought.

Yeah. Wanna inform readers of your post as to whom it exactly is behind the black & white printed word?
Wanna tack on a little CREDIBILITY to what you're saying?

NAH. That typa thing doesn't fly here.
What were you thinking?
Don'tcha know that if you do that, there's a whole self-appointed VALIDITY COMMITTEE ready to smack you back in line with the rest of the Average Joes who proliferate football boards?!

It's depressing.

Makes me almost sorry I ever went out with Cecile in the first place.

Jack munch.

This thread....DID NOT READ.

So this thread became about mustaches and people on the internet saying they dated french models.

So I guess I have to believe it since you can't put anything on the internet that isn't true.

Images for this thread:

Moustache conversations

apparently will lead to:



So, in conclusion, try to avoid mentioning moustaches on this forum

Pewsterbaby said:

I didn't say that. Btw, the guy who lives next door to me is a dead ringer for that pic. He's perpetually online except for when he's sleeping. And if you did a cartoon personification of what he looks like in real life, that's exactly what a cartoonist would draw.

Man, it's just that I get peeved whenever someone challenges me as to the validity of my past accomplishments.
And in today's internet age, that type of put-down runs rampant.
It seems like everyone is whipping out the "what else, a french model too?" card whenever they see someone else listing their accomplishments.
To the sociologically trained eye, whipping out that wisenheimer "challenge card" wreaks of jealousy & bitterness.
What about the unfortunate people who actually ARE French Models or the people who've actually HAD a relationship with one?
What? It's no longer believable?
Man, talk about undeservingly getting the shaft from outta left field!
Hey, I guess that the act of getting a French Model to go out with you is something which is now UNIVERSALLY deemed IMPOSSIBLE.
It's definitely a violation of online etiquette which should be dealt with accordingly.
To counteract the perpetrator, immediately post that t.v. commercial. All of society will herald you for snuffing out the lying delusional loser before they could do anymore damage! Good for you!

Is that how it works, Steve????

And your other jab with the whole "I like the person who rolls out their job history on a forum. Let me guess, in your spare time you're a french model?" and tack on that wise-ass smiley face icon rolling on the floor laughing its ass off.
Gee whiz, Steve-o, how am I SUPPOSED to react and/or reply to that?
With a "thank you, kind sir"?

No. I'm gonna set you straight and inform you as to what the real deal Holyfield actually is with me.
Next question would be - "Why would you ever want to do that on a football board? That's a dumb choice & comes across as desperately ineffective."
Not really. Not if you dig a little deeper & look underneath the surface...

I spend a lot of time over here, man. I probably go to Patsfans . com more than I do any other website. On average, I spend about a collective cumulative hour out of each day reading what other people are posting.
Know what I wish was here that's not?

More about each & every person who's over here, that's what.

I mean, you spend so much time reading a person's posts and that's really all you ever get to hear out of them.
And only a handful of people post their real-life faces (Wicked Pissah, for one).
I mean, WHY IS THAT?
Why are so many people hesitant to put their face behind what they say???
After I submit this post, I'll see if I can upload my face around here. I used to have it up, but it got taken down for some reason and I never bothered to reload it.

Anyway, so... yeah. It kinda blows that nobody is really willing to shed light about who they are. Sure there's the privacy issue, but let's be real. The people whom that pertains to around here are few and far between.

On a related note - In the beginning, when I first came around here a few years ago, I liked seeing and reading what PatJew had to say. I found him interesting. I wanted to learn more about who he was. Yep, so I asked him what his deal was and also what means he had personally chosen for making a living. I bet I was going to hear something pretty interesting and impressive in reply.
Know what I got instead???

A private message from a moderator. Know what it informed me of?
It went something like this.... and I quote...

"Dude, if you're looking for an 'internet buddy', this really isn't the place."

Wow. Gee, I'm sorry I became interested in wanting to know someone better on PatsFans. What was I ever thinking?

In conclusion... all in all... yeah, this site IS overly antiseptic & dry. That's in contrast to what it COULD be otherwise. Sure, things tend to keep on the same path and/or "track" as they always have from the beginning of a site's guidelines and expected behavior.
It's just a drag so few people who spend SO MUCH TIME here are unwilling to reveal anything about themselves other than their dedication to the great New England Patriots.

Not me, baby. I don't play it like that. I like to express myself in print. I enjoy writing a great deal. I actually even had a small loyal following on my blog site before they did a huge format changeover. My writing was viewed over 100 thousand times.
What was I writing about?

I was writing about ME.

Know what? I sure as Hell didn't get run through the ringer for it and I sure wasn't called a LIAR.
Different rules over here at PatsFans thought.

Yeah. Wanna inform readers of your post as to whom it exactly is behind the black & white printed word?
Wanna tack on a little CREDIBILITY to what you're saying?

NAH. That typa thing doesn't fly here.
What were you thinking?
Don'tcha know that if you do that, there's a whole self-appointed VALIDITY COMMITTEE ready to smack you back in line with the rest of the Average Joes who proliferate football boards?!

It's depressing.

Makes me almost sorry I ever went out with Cecile in the first place.

Jack munch.

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Bro, I couldn't even bring myself to read that ramblin' mess. I lost interest about a third of the way, and skimmed the rest. Sorry you're a little sensitive about your past, sorry the music industry sucks (I do know a little bit about the music bizz, but that's another subject), sorry you didn't end up with the french model, sorry you didn't get the pop culture reference to begin with.

As far as hiding who I am, you'll find me here.

Edit: updated the bio page, as it wasn't showing as a valid page.

Steve:Section 102 said:

Bro, I couldn't even bring myself to read that ramblin' mess. I lost interest about a third of the way, and skimmed the rest. Sorry you're a little sensitive about your past, sorry the music industry sucks (I do know a little bit about the music bizz, but that's another subject), sorry you didn't end up with the french model, sorry you didn't get the pop culture reference to begin with.

As far as hiding who I am, you'll find me here.

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Thank you, Steve. I suppose just a little acknowledgment and/or credibility was what I was looking for in the first place.
Your blog over on the link you were willing to post is very, very impressive. I left a comment saying as much with a link to my E Blog. Not that I was looking to do that or anything, but since the option was there, I said "Oh, what the heck. I'll reciprocate with mine for whatever that's worth." It's not as good as yours. Yours is really well-developed and established.
As far as the subject of personal pictures go - In my personal profile over here, there's a backside shot of me holding a guitar. Why a pic showing me from that angle? To show tha legendary butt. Hey, wasn't my idea.
Secondly, another link is back there in my personal profile to my You Tube page where there's a face pic.
Maybe my deal with said model might become just a little more believable after viewing what my particular physical appearance is.

And for the love of Pete.... NO MUSTACHE. lol.

I guess you could say I'm overly touchy about having my credibility called into question around here. Reasons being -
#1. I used to be more outwardly successful in my 20's up through my mid 30's than I am today. I'm now over 10 years removed from that 15 year glory period I experienced.
Thing is, whenever someone tries to take any of those past accomplishments away from me, I cling to them and defend them with a passion.
I wish there was something current I could enjoy as much about my present social makeup, but there just isn't. As a result, I live in the past a lot.
#2. I spend a lot of time on PatsFans. I read lots here. Know what? I don't know feetbawl... I mean... football anywhere near as well as many of the people who're the big posters around here do. I learn lots from people like Andy Johnson, Deus, Kontradiction, Joker, Wicked Pissah, Tunescribe, you, and even Off The Grid's childish schtick.
Conversely, when I, myself, get a rare chance to "lay down the law" about a subject which I'M the authority (Rock, naturally lol.) and people start ripping on me instead, well, I havta pull a Cartman and yell "Respect ma authoritahhh!" back at them.

Then the whole "what, you're a french model on top of all of that too?" thing happened. Lemme tell ya, that pushed one of my biggest buttons, albeit by accident. There's just no way you could've known I actually did have one for a girlfriend for a while, back some 11 years ago.

So what I'm saying, in a very longwinded manner, is -
I wish the whole lot of us over here on PatsFans did know one another better than we actually do. I've always felt an "information gap" about people whom I've seen countless posts from over a long period of time.
And I'm now aware that my long posts come across as overly indulgent to many people around here.
Well think about it this way - I'm a writer. I could type all day long about things I'm interested in. It's effortless from my side.

So... with that being said... and feeling this whole off-the-beaten-path, off-topic, self-indulgent riffing of mine is finally winding down...
I guess there's nothing more to do than leave you with... a song? lol. No. I'll leave you with one final Pewsterbaby' French Model Girlfriend story you can live vicariously through, if you so choose (lol) -

I'd initially silently ridden the freight elevator up with Cecile before making her acquaintance.
I was standing in back of her. I wondered who this beautiful girl was and why on Earth was she in a self-storage warehouse elevator (of all places) with me. I salivated just gazing upon the backs of her luscious thighs coming out of her light blue jogging shorts. My eyes moved up, catching the cute adorable look of her Shirley Temple coif. I hadn't seen hair on a girl like that in a long time.
Well, I mentally dismissed it as just another girl I'd never get to encounter again and when the elevator doors opened, I proceeded to walk to my ambiguous locker, located down long aisles of one after another.

As I was twirling the combination lock to open mine, I heard footsteps approaching to my left. They belonged to the sneakers from which those knockout thighs resided.
Oh, no freaking way. You're telling me that this girl has a locker close to mine? What are the odds of that? The place has that Indiana Jones warehouse look to it. There's gotta be at least a thousand lockers on four floors to this place.

And yet... here she comes.

She stops at the locker directly to my left. I look up from the lock to meet her eyes and we exchange a slightly embarrassed bashful salutation. (gawd, I'm blushing just typing this. It was so exhilarating back then, it still can move me, almost 11 full years later)
In her initial words, I could detect an accent. Being the haughtily insistent New Yorker that I am, I immediately ask if she's from France.
She replies,"Oui" and she corrects my pronunciation. Phonetically, she goes "Its 'Frahh-nce', spoken softly. Not 'Frayy-nce' all sharp, like you Americans say it."
I turn on the New York wisenheimer in me and say,"Oh, I stand corrected, madmoiselle." (and boy did I sit on that last word, slowly working my way through it as I had her complete undivided attention. I spoke it and it came out lewdy loose. There were connotations sprinkled all over it.)
Bingo. Right off the bat I was able to convey to her that indeed, I WAS knowledgeable about the sort of girl who was standing alone with me, at the very end of a long, impersonal storage aisle.
I'd not only passed the all-important first impression test, I'd totally nailed it.
It was if we immediately knew a lot about each other even before we'd spoken more than our first few sentences.
It was love at first sight and most of it was coming from HER side.

The conversation flowed as we went to work on our cutely ADJOINING lockers' contents. I told her all about my little record label and she told me of her cosmetics inventory. It was a freaking riot watching me point to various things of hers. I mean, a guy asking about lipstick, makeup, mascara, and the like.
I was having the time of my life.
I couldn't believe how much my life had immediately changed once I'd stepped out of that otherwise ordinary elevator with her in-tow.

I thought to myself,"Aww.. no way. Look at her. She's gotta be too young for me I'm 35. She's probably like 23 or thereabouts."
I quickly work it into the conversation. She's happy to proclaim,"I'm thirty one." (well, actually, phonetically it was "I'm sss-irty one". Her accent was outrageously hot) I go,"Oh, no way. You look about 10 years younger than that."
She hears that, pipes up, smiles, and enthusiastically fires back 'Well, that's because I don't have any wrinkles!"
Yeah man, but she said it like "WINK-els". No "r".
"Winkles"? You gotta be kidding me. That;s the most adorable word I'd ever heard.
I melted into a puddle right at that moment. I was SMITTEN.

Anyway, after we were finished getting our individual inventories ready to be transported to our different places of business throughout Manhattan, the question simultaneously entered our minds...
Were we ever going to see each other again.
It was MY move. I was the guy, after all.
She patiently waited for me to move it forward.
I was having so much trouble. I was shy and she was French. lol.

So, she instinctively knew what was going on with me. Women's intuition and stuff. I mean, she KNEW I wanted us to be together.

Anyway, she jumped right in for me. She asks,"So, you want my phone number?"
First of all, it sounded more like "Zo... yew want my phone numbaire?"

And man, the expression and body language. I'll never forget it as long as I live.
She was standing there with her legs crossed. One sneaker was flat on the floor and the other slightly in back, with only the toe playfully touching the ground, ticking back and fourth to mirror the time ticking as she awaited the enthusiastic reply she KNEW she was about to receive.

I go "Of course" and we went downstairs to check out together.
When we got to the front desk, she went first and finished up.
As she was leaving, she turned back and yelled "Call me!" as she went out of sight out the front door.

The guy behind the desk's jaw almost dropped to the floor. You could see the wheels in his brain spinning, trying to figure out what I must have done upstairs in order to illicit that type of enthusiasm from a girl as gorgeous as that.

It definitely ranked as one of the best moments of my life of which I can count on one hand.
I mean, things like this just don;t happen in real life. It's "surreal movie material".

So there ya go. FRENCH MODEL GIRLFRIEND.

The End... Fin.

Sooooooooooooooo ... was today Ordway's last show?

Uncle Rico said:

Sooooooooooooooo ... was today Ordway's last show?

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Yeah. I listened to his heart-rending rolleyes farewell. Sort of anti-climactic. He took some shots at station management/ownership on his way out the door saying how "disappointed" he was in them.

Tunescribe said:

Yeah. I listened to his heart-rending rolleyes farewell. Sort of anti-climactic. He took some shots at station management/ownership on his way out the door saying how "disappointed" he was in them.

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Any more details?
Apologies for diverting the thread back on topic.

Firing Orway is the most stupid and idiotic thing I have ever seen in Boston media. Pure greed by Jason Wolfe.

The reason the ratings are dropping is not because of Orway but rather because of too many commercials and too much baseball. To me WEEI seems like basically one big commercial with a break here and there for baseball jock sniffing.

Firing Ordway will go down as being about as intelligent as firing Tito (and replacing him with Valentine). It will be a disaster for WEEI and good riddance.

FredFromDartmouth said:

Firing Orway is the most stupid and idiotic thing I have ever seen in Boston media. Pure greed by Jason Wolfe.

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You mean to say a guy running a radio station is trying to maximize profits??!? What a jerkhole!!!

FredFromDartmouth said:

The reason the ratings are dropping is not because of Orway but rather because of too many commercials and too much baseball. To me WEEI seems like basically one big commercial with a break here and there for baseball jock sniffing.

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People have been complaining about "too many commercials" on WEEI for about 15 years now, so that's not the reason behind the declining ratings.

FredFromDartmouth said:

Firing Ordway will go down as being about as intelligent as firing Tito (and replacing him with Valentine). It will be a disaster for WEEI and good riddance.

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Simple fact is they will be able to get roughly the same ratings for literally 10% of the salary from this new guy. That's why they did it.

Deus Irae said:

If ratings was all that you used, you'd have one host being better in spring and another being better in summer, etc...

Again, you know that's not how it works. You're making a piss poor argument, and you know it.

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Your arguments are pointless.

He was fired because of declining ratings - especially with younger demographics.

I can't help but wonder if the expectations for Boston teams in the next few years prompted the change as well. The Celtics and Red Sox will likely be in transition. And dare I say, Brady and Belichick won't be here forever either.

Ordway was jovial and I enjoyed listening to him personally, but I never viewed him as one to ask coaches or GM tough questions. That was fine while all Boston Teams were winning but as teams enter rebuilding mode I expect EEI wants to set itself up to be a little more hard edged to maintain fan/listener interest when the wins no longer come as easy.

When all teams are winning, ratings do well, but one's approach to attract listeners is bound to be different during transition periods.

This shift, plus the lower ratings among younger males, is likely all the justification the radio station really needs to make a change.

Wolfpack said:

You mean to say a guy running a radio station is trying to maximize profits??!? What a jerkhole!!!
People have been complaining about "too many commercials" on WEEI for about 15 years now, so that's not the reason behind the declining ratings.
Simple fact is they will be able to get roughly the same ratings for literally 10% of the salary from this new guy. That's why they did it.

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To my way of thinking it seems like simple greed and to hell with loyalty to their employees but of course this is just my opinion.

And you can tell me otherwise as much as you want but I can still chose to turn off WEEI; why should I be loyal to a company that is not loyal to their own employees?

Wolfpack said:

People have been complaining about "too many commercials" on WEEI for about 15 years now, so that's not the reason behind the declining ratings.

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Yeah it's not like their ratings fell once another station got established in the area or something.

fnordcircle said:

Yeah it's not like their ratings fell once another station got established in the area or something.

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Does anyone think that there is some age discrimination going on here?