Mike ‘Sports Pope’ Francesa’s exit means WFAN can finally stop living in the past. By Bob Raissman. New York Daily News Jul 25, 2020 at 8:00 AM. Mike Francesa’s first-ever tweet, an event that had fans and Faux Francesas waiting with their fingers poised over keyboards: Long time coming, first time tweeting. Don’t waste my time with. Mike Francesa has made it perfectly clear: he wants nothing to do with Tweetuh, or Twitter, as the rest of us would would say. But that doesn't stop an anonymous duo from tweeting through. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Mike Francesa responded Friday to some insults hurled at him on Twitter by former Giants defensive tackle Damon 'Snacks' Harrison. On Thursday, Harrison called Francesa a 'senile old man.'
© Provided by RADIO.COMWhen you are New York's numbah one, even the GMs call you for advice. Well, at least the Jets.
Former WFAN host Mike Francesa claimed on Adam Schein's podcast that ex-Jets GM Mike Maccagnan used to call him to 'pick his brain.'
Francesa was asked about Jets head coach Adam Gase, who is on the hot seat entering Thursday's game against the Denver Broncos, when the former radio host mentioned that he often spoke with the guy who hired Gase.
'I was very puzzled when [Gase] got the job,' he said. 'I used to talk to Maccagnan, Maccagnan used to call me. Now, Maccaganan was an odd guy. He didn't give anybody extra favors. He never gave me a scoop. But he used to call and pick my brain, I can say that now.'
On the latest @AdamSchein podcast, Mike Francesa revealed that former Jets' general manager Mike Maccagnan used to call him 'to pick his brain.'
This explains why Mike Maccagnan is the FORMER general manager of the Jets. pic.twitter.com/SuNwOqz8Fb
-- Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) September 30, 2020Francesa said he told Maccagnan that they needed a veteran head coach, but he never mentioned Gase, nor was Gase their first choice.
Instead, the Jets were interested in 'the guy from Carolina,' referring to Matt Rhule - who was at Baylor at the time -- but the feeling was not mutual. They also had interest in Mike McCarthy, but the Packers' 'character assassination' of McCarthy swayed the Jets away and ultimately landed on Gase.
'I just never understood it,' Francesa said. 'When I watched Gase in Miami I thought he was a peculiar coach. I didn't think he was automatically bad or automatically good. I thought he was an odd coach.
'Here, I can't figure out what he's doing. It seems like some days he hasn't even prepared the team to play; It seems like some days he's actually trying to lose.'
Francesa acknowledged Gase was given some personnel he did not want, such as Le'Veon Bell, but ultimately circled back to Maccagnan and even took a shot at Jets ownership.
'Maccagnan, in retrospect, was not the right guy for the job,' he said. 'The Johnsons, though, they don't know what they're doing.'
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Numbah One is not happy.
Former WFAN host Mike Francesa slammed the New York Yankees Sunday on Twitter during and following their 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
The swings the Yanks get against an awful pitcher like (Ryan) Yarbrough are hard to watch. Sick of looking at these guys. ... 5-10. Not, repeat not, too early for a major shakeup.
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After a weekend sweep by the Rays, the Yankees own the worst record in the American League and second-worst in all of MLB (the Colorado Rockies are 4-12).
While there are many reasons why the Yankees are struggling and several candidates to blame, one person in particular is on Francesa’s hit list: center fielder Aaron Hicks.
Yanks can’t bat Hicks in the middle of the lineup. ... (Jay) Bruce is retiring because he can’t play anymore. His current OPS is .466. Hicks has an OPS of .476. He bats third.
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The numbers never lie, and any way you slice it, the Yankees are not a good club right now. Per Yankees PR:
- Yankees have lost a season-high five straight games, their longest losing streak since 9/4 (G2) - 9/8/20 ... are 0-3 on their five-game homestand and 2-8 in their last 10 games.
- Yankees were swept in a series of multiple games for the first time since dropping both games of a doubleheader on 8/26/20 at Atlanta and swept for the first time at home since 8/18-20/20 vs. Tampa Bay.
- Yankees have dropped at least 10 of their first 15 games of a season for the eighth time in franchise history and first since 1997 (also 5-10) … have finished with a winning record in each of the last three such seasons (96-66 in 1997; 79-76 in 1972 and 93-69 in 1970).
- Rays improved to 5-1 this season against the Yankees...are 8-1 in their last nine games at Yankee Stadium (since 8/18/20) after going 1-7 in their previous eight (since 5/19-7/18/19).
The Yankees will try to snap out of their funk Tuesday when they open a two-game series at Yankee Stadium against the Atlanta Braves. Jameson Taillon gets the ball to open the series, followed by Corey Kluber on Wednesday.
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