Francesa has one of the most successful sports talk shows in the nation. That is a fact. If you do not like him that does not alter that fact. If Barber wanted a “feel good” fawning interview he should have gone on the Michael Kay show, but he wanted to have his say with a bigger audience. Francesa doesnt suffer fools whether they are call in listeners or sports figures being interviewed.

Can WFAN just give the damn timeslot to Sid Rosenberg already?

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! Francesa’s lack of grey matter – that’s brains Francesa – shows every time you try to put two consecutive sentences together – Francesa – you are a moron!

I hate Tiki. He cheated on his pregnant wife and is the worst teammate in history. The Judas in Giants history. Nobody should take him seriously. He is a loser in life and has long outlived his self life.

Go Mike!

I have to tell you I used to love Francesa but he has become the single most arrogant announcer on sports radio. He should thank his lucky stars that Imus gave him the chance to flourish the way he did. With Russo, he was the voice of reason. Now he’s gotten worse than Russo with his rants. Tiki handled himself well. I wasn’t fond of the way he handled himself, but that is his life.He desrves the chance to succeed at what he does best and I wish him well. I enjoyed watching him as a player and I thought he was integral to the success of the Giants. He gave his all as a player and left it on the field.

Tiki as a person, I have no opinion. I was disappointed when he took the route of bashing his former team (coach and QB) when he left. I’m sure his Mom told him “if you have nothing nice to say about someone, then don’t say it at all” As far as a player, and after he learned to hang onto the ball (thanks to Coach Coughlin) I REALLY enjoyed his on the field play…which is really whats important.

I never, liked or disliked Tiki. He should have kept his mouth shut about Tom and his teammates, Especially since it seems he doesn’t take criticism to well. As for Francesca, I think he’s a bully, blowhard and overrated

It completely baffles me how Francesa has this lofty status because he’s always been such a “big failure” at treating callers, listeners, viewers, etc. with the proper respect they deserve. You can’t tell me that the majority of New York sports fans are entertained by this belligerent bully. And why would anyone waste a chunk of their day calling the station to speak to this jerk, only to wait on hold (for who knows how long), then be ridiculed, interrupted, shouted down, and lastly hung up on? Seriously, don’t you people have anything better to do?

By the way, Mikey, the new stadium at the Meadowlands is NOT called “Giants Stadium”. Anyone with the Jets will tell you that, but of course you can’t speak to any of them! And the head coach of the Colts is Jim CALDWELL, not Cardwell. Get it straight already.

The way I see it, both sides of the argument have some merit.

Tiki was not very good (IMHO) at broadcasting.

Conversely, I’ve listened to Mike for years and his interview style is aggravating. Not only does he tend to get contentious, at times but he has a tendency to cut off answers from interview subjects even when the discussion isn’t adversarial.

Mike’s career in broadcasting can be defined by 2 simple words: MAD DOG.

He needs to come out of the closet…He gets the best Male Escorts…

Mike’s ratings must of been slipping, he wanted to make a big splash with Tiki and from what I can recall they weren’t on the best terms. Mike is usually not that confrontational with his guests, Tiki isn’t stupid, he suspected what was coming, that is why the agent was on. I only remember seeing Tiki on a few times on tv. Francesa, I could write a book on. Amazing how a real sport star could give way to a sportscaster, and the latter is the bigger subject.

Why did Francesa feel the need to focus SOLELY on the NBC fiasco? Barber came to discuss his return to football and Francesa decided that he wanted to dictate the interview in another direction. Totally classless.

Francesa was antagonizing Barber, case closed. Yes, Barber’s career at NBC ended badly. He didn’t need an arrogant, belligerent “broadcaster” to tell him this. Such condescension. He had the audacity to brand a caller as “racist” for challenging the hype surrounding Rory McIlroy, yet assumed that a caller who was a Tiger fan was rooting for him “because he’s black”. But he’s the big Kahuna and he knows it, so until listeners make a statement……

Other then the weathermen, Francesa can captivates his audience for 5 1/2 hours a day, times God only knows how many years. The longer you tuned, and lots of people do, the more his sponsors can try to sell you products you don’t need. Tiki Barber will never be what he was, the moron thought he was bigger then life, poking his big head where it didn’t belong. Francesa used his expertise to belittle the giant, when your trying to argue with Mike Francesa your either going to be a dropped call, talked over, or gone while Mike continues the rant long after you are gone. Mike is the King, that’s is the way it is. Soon Mike will pack it in, don’t feel sorry for him because he’s made multi-millions over the years, thank you New York.

How could Francesa, or his engineer, not notice and correct the echo? Tiki obviously had a radio on in the background. It was practically unlistenable. I only hung in there because I wanted to hear this since I know Mike doesn’t like Tiki.

Howard Stern is so right when he says radio is full of incompetent people. Would the Today show or David Letterman run an interview with an annoying echo in the background? No way.

Mike F is pompous, that is true. When he makes a point, he repeats himself 3-4-5-6-7-8 times. I can listen to him for brief periods of time and always turn him off at some point. Tiki looks bad, no matter how you slice it. This is not about how well he played the game of football. It is abut his arrogance, his failures and his inability to tell the truth. He is disingenuous. He is not being honest in so much of what he says. It is very obvious to even the casual listener. These guys actually were made to talk at each other. Great entertainment, like seeing the aftermath of a car crash.

I listen to WFAN at work all day. I am not super knowledgable in sports, but I enjoy listening to the shows and have learned alot. I enjoy Boomer and Carton (although Carton can get on my nerves at times) and I like Joe and Evan. I am not an expert in radio etiquette, but even I get my back up at the way Mike treats his callers. Please sir, let the caller finish imaking his/her point, before you respond. Please let them have their opinion; it is THEIR opinion and they are entitled to it, as you are yours. No need to be rude because it maybe different. Makes me nuts! Thank you.
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Francesa is a bad person as noted by all the comments above. He will however stay on the air as long as people listen to him. There are no good sport talk alternative-Indeed Lupy on ESPN for 1 hr is another pompous blowhard and Kay is just not that entertaining. I personally listen to the 60′s on 6 during that time period

Mike was typical Mike in this interview: a pompous blowhard! We’re used to him murdering the English language and sucking up to sports celebrities, but it still doesn’t make him any easier to take.
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I can understand why people don’t like Mike. He is full of himself, and certainly not for everyone.

But I can’t understand how anyone can listen to this interview and defend Tiki. Tiki’s a bum. He was a failure at NBC. Maybe Mike didn’t have to be so rough with him and use that word, but he failed at broadcasting. When you get a big job that you didn’t earn, and then are fired 3 years later, that failure.

While Mike may be a bully and pretentious at times….Tiki, with his little agent protector comes off looking very SMALL, That said, I am a firm believer that EVERYTHING Tiki does and says is pre-meditated for his own benefit. I think he purposely picked a bully to be interviewed by in an attempt to garner SYMPATHY from fans. Tiki is a self-promoting egoist and always has been…If a majority of his former teammates had guns held to their heads, they would say the same things.

I concur with many of the comments about Mike. He is knowledgable but he is very arrogant and very rude to his callers. He makes many “can’t fail” predictions that don’t come true but never admits to having made a mistake. I listen to him often but wind up shutting him off when the arrogance reaches an intolerable level. I prefer Joe and Evan in the morning. They may not be the smartest guys but they are fun to listen to and they relate well to the callers and each other. As for Tiki, I think it is sad he gets booed at Giants Stadium. He was a great player and was very popular during his career. However, I think the boos are deserved. I think he tried to hype his media career by making controversial statements about Coughlin and Manning. He say he was just being honest; I think he was trying to draw attention to himself and become a big TV personality.

Interesting how Fran-say-so will never ask tough questions to guests who are people he’s buddy-buddy with off the air. He consistently tosses lollipops to the likes of Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Jim Calhoun, John Calipari, etc.