Seton O'Connor

I have a few reactions to this… a little bit of something for everyone. Before anyone comes after for me for what I am about to say, understand that I’ve worked in the media actively since I was 18. I know a hit about how the sausage is made. FIrst and most importantly… if you are a young person just starting out in media and want to one day be a talk show host, DO NOT do what Dan Patrick is doing in this video. It’s the best way to burn a bridge and ensure high-profile guests don’t come on your show. Dan Patrick can get away with it because he’s… Dan Patrick. 2. The hubris from Dan to intimate that the WNBA can’t be taken seriously unless the commissioner comes on HIS show is one of the more laughable things I have ever heard. Tell me something, when was the last time you were talking to your friends about sports and they said “I was listening to/watching the Dan Patrick show the other day and…” Let’s all be honest. Not very often/if at all. 3. It is a bad look from Englebert. It’s the first in a long line of bad looks from Englebert. She could be the most toothless/feckless Commissioner in all of sports. And yet her league is still on the rise in spite of her. To the other people that are considered to be “professionals” that are sucking up to Dan Patrick with retweets and comments, just stop. You look like a bunch of sycophants. If I am Englebert, I go on with Cowherd first thing on Monday or Tuesday and answer all the hard questions. Then Dan’s 15 minutes of people caring about his show goes away and is replaced by the headlines that DP could have gotten if he didn’t grandstand.