Even though this website prides itself on covering the Detroit sports media scene, I wasn’t planning on listening to the debut of new WDFN Program Director/Afternoon Drive host, Eric Chase, on Wednesday.
First off, I had a busy day at work and couldn’t listen to the entire “Howard Stern Show” so I was getting ready to catch up on the latest “Ass Napkin” Ed news as opposed to tuning into 1130’s latest horrid hire.
Secondly, I really had no interest in listening to a Top 40 disc jockey pontificating on the Prince Fielder signing. If I wanted an in-depth breakdown on the possibility of Miguel Cabrera transitioning to third base, I tend to go national...with someone like Keith Law, Ryan Seacrest or Rick Dees.
But then I was informed by a Twitter follower of mine that outgoing DFN PD Mike McCoy was asking “Dance all Night” Chase some of the questions in my infamous email to McCoy from a couple weeks ago.
(You can read check out that email exchange by clicking here: http://bit.ly/wEoLIN)
So like a gawker driving up to a six-car accident on I-275, I had to tune in and rubberneck. And while I wasn’t expecting much, even I couldn’t fathom the utter abomination I was about to hear.
I only caught the end of the questioning by McCoy, a man whose own management of the channel has left the once popular station in shambles. Of course, McCoy was only a custodian for the gig after Rona Danziger and Til Levesque assassinated the former #1 sports talker in Detroit with their complete inaction.
Upon a return from a commercial break, Art Regner and Chase started discussing various sports topics. In the half-hour in which I listened to the show, I heard Chase make the following comments:
1) He asked Regner if former Montreal Canadiens goalie, Ken Dryden, was “any good.” Umm, okay. I GUESS if you weren’t a huge hockey fan, you might not know that Dryden is in the HOCKEY HALL OF FAME.
Call me bi-polar, but if I was hiring a new PROGRAM DIRECTOR at a SPORTS station, I’d probably want him to know if a five-time Vezina Trophy winner and six-time Stanley Cup champ was, like …. “ANY GOOD.”
(Mehmet to Eric Chase: The Vezina Trophy is awarded to the best goaltender in the NHL every season. The goalie is the guy who stands in front of the net with a bunch of extra equipment on his body and he also wears a mask.)