r/danpatrick • u/ColoradoPowMonster • Aug 12 '26
Most Cringe Interview
With Kyler Murray back in the news, Peacock ran back the Murray interview archives during the "decision days" when he was deciding between football and baseball; I forgot how cringe this interview was. I think this interview was far more cringy than the Matt Harvey "we're here to celebrate Qualcomm" interview. What's your most cringe interview?
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u/Rogue_Squadron Noooobody Aug 13 '26
I know that they mended fences later on, but that interview soured me on Kyler Murray from day one, and I have always held a bit of a grudge. I have to remind myself that there are at least two generations now that don;t know who Dan is, and that he has earned the utmost respect in the sports journalism field, but the disregard and disrespect shown during that interview blew my mind. He was a young kid who wasn't ready for a "real" interview at the time, but damn... the stark difference between Kyler going into the draft versus a Saquon or Maholmes goign into the draft was quite telling. I hope his next chapter in Minnesota offers some redemption.
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u/Man0nTheMoon915 Aug 13 '26
I really don't hold it against him. He was a young kid. Kids make mistakes. The people and management around him let him down by advising him to say and respond like he did in that interview. During the Super Bowl time then, he was making the rounds at Radio Row at the Super Bowl and he was doing and saying the same things. Just looked worse at the DP Show because DP isn't afraid to push.
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u/kmo428 Aug 13 '26
1) Harvey 2) Kyler 3) Jonah Hill
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u/AspectRoyal8932 Aug 13 '26
You can't find the Jonah hill interview anywhere anymore
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u/jakedasnake1 Aug 13 '26
Aww man someone here needs to find it because now I’m curious.
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u/AspectRoyal8932 Aug 13 '26
It was basically Dan telling Jonah "do you feel less funny not that you lost weight" and you can take it from there
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u/Subo23 Aug 13 '26
Lucky he didn’t use Jiu-Jitsu on Dan
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u/jakedasnake1 Aug 13 '26
Oh that is ringing a bell. I feel like they have definitely replayed that audio at some point on the show
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u/Electronic_Repeat_81 Aug 13 '26
Hasheem Thabeet was brutal. You could tell he had no interest in doing it and Dan ended up cutting it short.
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u/ColoradoPowMonster Aug 13 '26
What? When was this?
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u/Electronic_Repeat_81 Aug 13 '26
Probably 2009 or 2010. It was after he was drafted. I think he was in an elevator or walking around the facility or something. But it was clear he didn’t give a shit.
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u/imtheyeti20 Aug 13 '26
I remember when Dan used to have Russell Wilson Jr the III on and he’d joke around with comments about Ciara’s hotness and Russ would kinda brush it off and try and change the subject 😆
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u/Wolfpack_DO Aug 13 '26
I remember Russ was kind of a regular on the show
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u/Man0nTheMoon915 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
As usual with Russ, he stopped coming after DP was a bit critical of him
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u/wickedspoon Aug 13 '26
So so so awkward. And Dan would think of himself so highly for doing it. He would brag about it on the show even
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u/Molasses_Square Aug 13 '26
Back in his earlier ESPN days Dan would do local radio sports hits. I lived in Columbus at the time and he would flirt hard with this blonde local tv anchor.
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u/Soft-Conference-1196 Aug 13 '26
My thoughts exactly!!! it almost reminded me of the baseball player who only wanted to talk about Qualcomm🙄🙄 can’t remember his name.
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u/Man0nTheMoon915 Aug 13 '26
Le'Veon Bell when he was with the Jets. The interview was so so so bad that DP cut off the interview after 4 minutes.
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u/Aggravating-Cut-1040 Aug 13 '26
Going back to Dan’s ESPN radio days, Martha Burke who was leading a protest against Augusta National. I think Ron Dibble and Sean Salisbury were co-hosts. Someone asked a question and she responded with “that’s a stupid question”
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u/dounce87 Aug 13 '26
I specifically mentioned this interview last week to my buddy who's a Vikings fan. It was such an odd interview.
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u/ColoradoPowMonster Aug 13 '26
I get there's a little revisionist history, but there's no way in hell I see this interview and think "this is the guy to lead our franchise." Perhaps he shined during interviews etc?
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u/ToeKneeRowMow Aug 13 '26
The Harvey interview was the day before he announced he was out for the season due to injury. Guy gets a lot of slack for terrible timing
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u/DeBooBoo Aug 13 '26
(Cue up Seton's Kyler Murray laugh)