Unfortunate, because he was an affable on-air guy, but with one year remaining on his contract, The Juggernaut did not pick up the former terrific AM radio jockey’s contract for next year.
If you caught a decent amount of college ball on the weekends last season, you saw Doug Gottlieb and Brennan deliver some good give-and-take during halftime and highlight shows. This is all part of an announcement earlier in the year from ESPN, in which the company said it would be firing at least 100 employees.
Per usual, Brennan was classy and endearing, even in the aftermath of a firing.
“They are not renewing me. I kind of knew that I might not continue. I knew I was on the bubble,” Brennan said Monday…. I had four years. It was a long time. Every time I went there I pinched myself. Just to be part of that, they are so professional. It was wonderful.”
While certain big-namers like Vitale, Phelps, Gottlieb and Davis aren’t likely moving anywhere, ESPN could’ve picked a few other members of its college basketball analytical team before they showed Brennan the door. The airwaves are a little less loose without Brennan chirping in.
ESPN, Brennan part ways {Burlington Free Press}
(H/T: Awful Announcing)
