The 2 Guys and a Mic Interview: Definitely Worth a Listen

By: dwil

It was a raucous evening with JD and Geno. Not long into the show, the HCIC (Head Chick In Charge) from Leave the Man Alone stopped by from her spot in the ATL to join the fray. We discussed Steve McNair’s murder, Sahel Kazemi’s suicide, the responsibilities of fathers to their sons and daughters, and McNair’s part in his own death.

We then switched gears to deal with Jason Whitlock and his two most recent commentaries on McNair and Serena Williams. And Whitlock came out of that conversation worse for wear.

Next up was talk about the John Hirschbeck incident with Manny Ramirez and the press’ role in letting Hirschbeck off the hook while blaming Ramirez for the incident.

Finally we dealt on the recent foibles of Detroit Pistons general manager, Joe Dumars. Why did he even talk with Avery Johnson when the Pistons were looking to pay a head coach no more than $1 million a season; when Johnson is getting paid by Mark Cuban for the next two years and getting paid by ESPN; when Johnson wanted to make personnel decisions? Why did Dumars consider Doug Collins, who is on the TNT roster? What was the point of Dumars basically scourging the Big Subliminal and other television stations for the head coaches the pay when Paul Silas and Sam Mitchell were obvious choices to coach a young team like Detroit? And since Dumars was all over Bristol, Connecticut, why didn’t he talk to Jeff Van Gundy while he was at it (maybe he did!)?

Why did Dumars, who publicly stated that he wanted to hire a head coach with prior NBA head coaching experience, then turn around and hire John Kuester? Hell, Dumars could have hit up ESPN again and tapped Mark Jackson for the head coaching job if he wanted someone fresh off the block.

The conversation was lively and, I feel, well worth the listen.

Click here to listen to the show.

Enjoy. -DWil