Co-Host: Bruce Arthur
Guests: Writer for the Toronto Star, Richard Griffin; Maurizio Gherardini, VP and assistant GM for the Toronto Raptors; Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research in Motion and potential owner of the Phoenix Coyotes; Mike Sunnucks of the Phoenix Business Journal
A day of questions for me:
- Where the heck was Brunt on a day where Balsillie was interviewed?
- Was Brunt off the show due to a conflict of interest?
- Who is Bruce Arthur and why throw a rookie in for such an interview?
- Why was the segment with Balsillie so short - barely 10 minutes in the first segment?
- Is the fact that there was no guest in the segment following Balsillie indicative of the fact that McCown was expecting more time with him?
- Why didn't McCown ask about Balsillie's choice of Hamilton as a destination instead of Toronto?
I did appreciate the question on how to say his name - "Ball-silly" although McCown proceeded to pronounce it wrong two seconds later on the exit ("Ballsly")!!!
McCown has been fiercely protective of his listeners in the past. Not allowing guests to call from cell phones, ending interviews early as the guests aren't answering questions in an open manner, etc. Today I felt a bit let down by the Balsillie interview. Didn't get any more out of it than I already knew, which is less than I expect for Prime Time Sports.
UPDATE: Heard from Ryan Walsh, Producer of Prime Time Sports after I emailed the blog this blog entry post to Prime Time. He responded with the following:
"Brunt was off Wednesday and we knew it was coming. Balsillie's next to impossible to get so whenever he was available, we'd slot him in. Bruce did a great job and is one of the best, most knowledgeable writers in this country. Don't let age fool you. Jim only had 10 minutes for the interview so we took it... We were tight but we did what we could in the time allotted."
Thanks Ryan for the insight.
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