Legendary coach Jim Boeheim was by no means a fan of dangerous press.
The previous Syracuse College basketball coach was notoriously thin-skinned when it got here to criticism from the media and longtime native radio host Brent Axe believes Boeheim obtained him fired for his supposedly “darkish and detrimental feedback” on the workforce only a week after the coach retired.
“Look, I can’t show that Jim Boeheim had me fired, JAG, however I’ll go to my grave believing it was accomplished to appease him,” Axe instructed Jon “JAG” Homosexual on the “WJPZ at 50” podcast.
“When Ed Levine talked on the report to Syracuse.com and the explanations for firing me, I imply, that’s virtually word-for-word what he stated to me when it was an inquiry about Jim Boeheim that set him off with that. I can’t show it. I can’t show it was accomplished as an order by Jim Boeheim. To make use of a mafia time period, JAG, if he ordered the hit or not. I can’t show that. However I’ll go to my grave believing it was accomplished as a hat-tip to Boeheim.”
Axe, who labored for ESPN Syracuse Radio and was a Syracuse alumnus, believes Boeheim’s affiliation as half proprietor of Galaxy Media Companions, the corporate that operates the radio station, makes it straightforward to attach the dots.
“It’s introduced on a Saturday [Boeheim] has extra involvement in Galaxy Media,” Axe stated. “I get fired on a Sunday. Like, hear, I don’t suppose we’ve to go to a complete episode of ‘Regulation & Order’ to determine what went on right here.”
Galaxy Media Companions CEO Ed Levine got here out and stated tAxe was fired primarily due to “overly detrimental” feedback about Syracuse in addition to being part of an “agenda” associated to his place with Syracuse.com.
Axe, nevertheless, didn’t consider that reasoning.
“I had a duty to offer an trustworthy, honest, and thorough opinion to my viewers,” the previous radio host stated. “We put listeners on the air, and we gave them the chance to say what they wanted to say.”