Hey, I didn’t open up this can of worms, the man that resembles a skinny version of Newman from “Seinfeld” did. Concluding his weekly chat last Friday, Jerry Sullivan told his chatters that he was about to go do an hour with “Schopp and Bulldog,” and asked rhetorically for someone to call the station and ask why he can’t go down to the arena for their show (WGR is at the Arena on game days), instead of having to travel to their Amherst studio. Good question, considering that TBN location is about two blocks away from the Arena, and driving to Amherst takes about 20 minutes. I think I may have the answer.
The Sabres brass doesn’t like Jerry Sullivan. Don’t think for one second that a sports team doesn’t have any pull when it comes to having their games broadcast on a local radio stations. Cause they do. Rumors persisted that the reason why “The Coach” Chuck Dickerson was fired from his job was because the Sabres, who had just reached an agreement with WGR for the rights to their games, didn’t want him. Dickerson wasn’t known for is hockey credentials, as he spoke out that he wasn’t a fan of hockey.
If that doesn’t make you smell a rat, how about this. Every time Sullivan is on WGR, the Sabres are hardly ever brought up to him. Yesterday, Schopp and the Bulldog were bringing up baseball for god sakes. By the time they got to hockey, Sullivan was about two minutes away from wrapping up his hour with the duo.
It’s strange, considering how much WGR shoves hockey down the listener’s throats. Why wouldn’t they want to get the lead columnist of the Buffalo News to share his opinions about the Sabres. Maybe it goes back to why the Sabres didn’t like Dickerson, because Sully has been outspoken about the Sabres, and has been skeptical of their fast start. He’s also the same columnist who hasn’t let go of the Sabres contract debacle with Drury and Briere, and hasn’t shared too many nice views of Larry Quinn and Tom Golisano. I don’t think WGR would want to hear Sully make those kind of statements on the air.
So Jerry Sullivan, if you are reading this, that’s the answer to your question. Hope it helped.
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