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Is ESPN on the verge of cutting ties with NFL analyst Michael Irvin?

One industry source believes the decision has already been made, and that some at the network view the outspoken Irvin as a ticking time bomb, ready to explode into a public-relations nightmare.

ESPN did not confirm or deny the report, but issued a statement, saying: "We are currently in the process of discussing studio assignments for next season."

There is speculation that newly retired Bill Parcells could end up at the network, but there is no indication that a deal is imminent.

IRVIN OUT AT ESPN?

1niksder wrote:... some at the network view the outspoken Irvin as a ticking time bomb, ready to explode into a ...

White powder atomic mushroom cloud !!!

Wow! I can't believe they didn't think that before they initially hired him. There were soooooo many times on NFL Countdown that I thought Ditka and Jaws really wanted to just slap that boy silly for all the stupidity that flew from his mouth.

Makes the HOF and then gets fired?

Why wouldn't they want a HALL OF FAME WR on their set? I don't get it?!?!?

I stil can't believe that a guy that bragged all of the time about cheating when he played actually got into the HOF. I guess what they say, any press is good press, even if it shows you in a bad light. The HOF is broken!

At least we won't have to listen to him bragging anymore about cheating his way into the HOF.

He should have be fired after the getting arrested with "his buddies" crack pipe or after he said that Tony Romo's great, great , great grand mother must have shagged a slave, because that is the only way to explain Tony Homo's athetic ability.

The crack pipe holding, cocain snorting, prostitute renting, racial comment making, cheating, not worthy of the HOF, has been should have been canned a long time ago.

It's official:

http://www.newsday.com/sports/ny-spirvi ... -headlines

ESPN finally realized the virus that is Michael Irvin. It is ashame that the HOF voters couldn't see it that way. He has infected the HOF and there is nothing that can be done about it now. If the NBA can fire Tim Hardaway for "not liking gays" then Irvin should have been fired a long time ago for smoking crack. As a matter of fact, the NFL needs to step up and say "Michael Irvin, you are not the type of person that can represent the NFL in the proper fashion. Your views and ours do not match in the way a person should live their life. For this reason, you are banned from the football HOF."

I can't begin to express how happy I am Irvin is off that trash program
and away from the lying trash that is ESPN. Now maybe Irvin can go
and be with Aikman, The Moose and Jimmy over on FOX

TexasCowboy wrote:I can't begin to express how happy I am Irvin is off that trash program
and away from the lying trash that is ESPN. Now maybe Irvin can go
and be with Aikman, The Moose and Jimmy over on FOX

That's where he started, never understood why he left for the 4 letter network to start with.
His off the field problems aside having TtiT and ESPN as former employers will likely turn cause the position to be filled by someone else

TexasCowboy wrote:I can't begin to express how happy I am Irvin is off that trash program
and away from the lying trash that is ESPN. Now maybe Irvin can go
and be with Aikman, The Moose and Jimmy over on FOX

Thank God. Maybe he will drift into oblivion. As for the others you mention, they are ok.

Did ESPN let him go or Did Irvin not wish to be back next year? This just might conclude allot of theories that he used his ESPN job to keep his name on the minds the HOF voters, and with that sealed up, he didn't have a reason to suffer the idiotic comments from Young and Jaw-jacking Jaworski.

Did anyone else notice that later in the year last season Steve Young and Irvin were never on the same set?

1niksder wrote:

forskins wrote:Did ESPN let him go or Did Irvin not wish to be back next year? This just might conclude allot of theories that he used his ESPN job to keep his name on the minds the HOF voters, and with that sealed up, he didn't have a reason to suffer the idiotic comments from Young and Jaw-jacking Jaworski.

Did anyone else notice that later in the year last season Steve Young and Irvin were never on the same set?

ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

TexasCowboy wrote:ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

Are you saying the Tuna jumped off a sinking ship into a rowboat with a leak?

1niksder wrote:

TexasCowboy wrote:ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

Are you saying the Tuna jumped off a sinking ship into a rowboat with a leak?

The Tuna never jumped off a sinking ship, this game has passed him by
and I think he now realizes it..Both in how the team reacts and plays in
game time situations..This milk the clock old school style went the way
of the Dodo years ago. Teams today would rather be high powered type
offenses..where you throw deep to your recievers go ahead by 30 or 40
points and then look ahead to killing the clock, After the game has been
secured. But Parcells ran it the way he wanted it, and just like T. Landry they are stuck in their ways. To old to want to change

This is what I think made Parcells decide to not return to Dallas next year
and call it quits now, He had no intentions on changing the offense in any
way..Sadly it would've meant a lot more disappointing loses and certain
doom in late December durin their previous collapses. Rather than face
that Parcells played it smart and walked away knowing he did do great
work, Just never delivered on his promise of winning a super bowl while
he coached the Cowboys

TexasCowboy wrote:

1niksder wrote:

TexasCowboy wrote:ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

Are you saying the Tuna jumped off a sinking ship into a rowboat with a leak?

The Tuna never jumped off a sinking ship, this game has passed him by
and I think he now realizes it..Both in how the team reacts and plays in
game time situations..This milk the clock old school style went the way
of the Dodo years ago. Teams today would rather be high powered type
offenses..where you throw deep to your recievers go ahead by 30 or 40
points and then look ahead to killing the clock, After the game has been
secured. But Parcells ran it the way he wanted it, and just like T. Landry they are stuck in their ways. To old to want to change

This is what I think made Parcells decide to not return to Dallas next year
and call it quits now, He had no intentions on changing the offense in any
way..Sadly it would've meant a lot more disappointing loses and certain
doom in late December durin their previous collapses. Rather than face
that Parcells played it smart and walked away knowing he did do great
work, Just never delivered on his promise of winning a super bowl while
he coached the Cowboys

And just one year ago you were defending him and saying:

TexasCowboy wrote:I don't care how many teams he's left that's not even a arguement IMO. he is known for building winners and turns teams around which is what he does

a three year 5-11 Cowboys team turned around in just 1 year under Parcells with a 10-6 record and playoff appearence since 99.

He quits because of the owners but he still wins super bowls
which is what matters.

It wasn't him quitting it was the owners

1niksder wrote:

TexasCowboy wrote:

1niksder wrote:

TexasCowboy wrote:ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

Are you saying the Tuna jumped off a sinking ship into a rowboat with a leak?

The Tuna never jumped off a sinking ship, this game has passed him by
and I think he now realizes it..Both in how the team reacts and plays in
game time situations..This milk the clock old school style went the way
of the Dodo years ago. Teams today would rather be high powered type
offenses..where you throw deep to your recievers go ahead by 30 or 40
points and then look ahead to killing the clock, After the game has been
secured. But Parcells ran it the way he wanted it, and just like T. Landry they are stuck in their ways. To old to want to change

This is what I think made Parcells decide to not return to Dallas next year
and call it quits now, He had no intentions on changing the offense in any
way..Sadly it would've meant a lot more disappointing loses and certain
doom in late December durin their previous collapses. Rather than face
that Parcells played it smart and walked away knowing he did do great
work, Just never delivered on his promise of winning a super bowl while
he coached the Cowboys

And just one year ago you were defending him and saying:

TexasCowboy wrote:I don't care how many teams he's left that's not even a arguement IMO. he is known for building winners and turns teams around which is what he does

a three year 5-11 Cowboys team turned around in just 1 year under Parcells with a 10-6 record and playoff appearence since 99.

He quits because of the owners but he still wins super bowls
which is what matters.

It wasn't him quitting it was the owners

Nice.

TexasCowboy wrote:

forskins wrote:Did ESPN let him go or Did Irvin not wish to be back next year? This just might conclude allot of theories that he used his ESPN job to keep his name on the minds the HOF voters, and with that sealed up, he didn't have a reason to suffer the idiotic comments from Young and Jaw-jacking Jaworski.

Did anyone else notice that later in the year last season Steve Young and Irvin were never on the same set?

ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

So, ESPN is heading towards oblivion because they dumped Irvin? I think this makes ESPN stronger becaus Irving is a bad, bad guy who at any moment in a drug induced haze could say something so stupid that it would negatively affect ESPN. You wear some serious rose colored glasses if you think Irving is a good guy.

1niksder wrote:

TexasCowboy wrote:

1niksder wrote:

TexasCowboy wrote:ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

Are you saying the Tuna jumped off a sinking ship into a rowboat with a leak?

The Tuna never jumped off a sinking ship, this game has passed him by
and I think he now realizes it..Both in how the team reacts and plays in
game time situations..This milk the clock old school style went the way
of the Dodo years ago. Teams today would rather be high powered type
offenses..where you throw deep to your recievers go ahead by 30 or 40
points and then look ahead to killing the clock, After the game has been
secured. But Parcells ran it the way he wanted it, and just like T. Landry they are stuck in their ways. To old to want to change

This is what I think made Parcells decide to not return to Dallas next year
and call it quits now, He had no intentions on changing the offense in any
way..Sadly it would've meant a lot more disappointing loses and certain
doom in late December durin their previous collapses. Rather than face
that Parcells played it smart and walked away knowing he did do great
work, Just never delivered on his promise of winning a super bowl while
he coached the Cowboys

And just one year ago you were defending him and saying:

TexasCowboy wrote:I don't care how many teams he's left that's not even a arguement IMO. he is known for building winners and turns teams around which is what he does

a three year 5-11 Cowboys team turned around in just 1 year under Parcells with a 10-6 record and playoff appearence since 99.

He quits because of the owners but he still wins super bowls
which is what matters.

It wasn't him quitting it was the owners

I never said he didn't help build a winner in Dallas, I said his old shcool
style went the way of the dodo. The if it's not broke line doesn't work in
todays game, You change with the times something coaches like Landry
and Parcells refused to adhere to.

cleg wrote:

TexasCowboy wrote:

forskins wrote:Did ESPN let him go or Did Irvin not wish to be back next year? This just might conclude allot of theories that he used his ESPN job to keep his name on the minds the HOF voters, and with that sealed up, he didn't have a reason to suffer the idiotic comments from Young and Jaw-jacking Jaworski.

Did anyone else notice that later in the year last season Steve Young and Irvin were never on the same set?

ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

So, ESPN is heading towards oblivion because they dumped Irvin? I think this makes ESPN stronger becaus Irvin is a bad, bad guy who at any moment in a drug induced haze could say something so stupid that it would negatively affect ESPN. You wear some serious rose colored glasses if you think Irving is a good guy.

While I realize your not a christian..I all so realize you may not get what
I am about to say, But you go against what the bible says when it states
we are to hate the sin but love the sinner..Ephesians 4:31 says Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: verse 32 says And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

1 Corinthians 13:6 says Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

So you can sit there and call Irvin every name in the book but remember
as it was writen in Matthew 7:2 "For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you

You broke out the good book to defend your bad boy, yeah that'll fly

Yep it will because it is written that For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 3:23 but because of the selfless sacrifice Christ made
for us by taking our sins upon him and shedding blood and dying for all of our transgressions on the cross..Irvin is forgiven of his sins, Even when you can't
learn to forgive your brothers trespasses then as it's written in Mark 11:25-26
25 "And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 26 "But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses."

LUKE 6:35-38 35 "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
36 "Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
37 "Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."

I'm a Christian, but I don't see how any of what you are saying applies to Michael Irvin and ESPN, TexasCowboy. ESPN dumped Irvin because they can't afford to be mired in any controversy with him and any combination of drugs or women.

You can go give the executives that speech if you want, but why should they have to take those kinds of risks when there are thousands of potential analysts out there who also happen to have clean private lives? Life is full of consequences for our actions, and Irvin is simply seeing the consequences of his past behavior. . .there's no 'love the sinner hate the sin' about it.

TexasCowboy wrote:

cleg wrote:

TexasCowboy wrote:

forskins wrote:Did ESPN let him go or Did Irvin not wish to be back next year? This just might conclude allot of theories that he used his ESPN job to keep his name on the minds the HOF voters, and with that sealed up, he didn't have a reason to suffer the idiotic comments from Young and Jaw-jacking Jaworski.

Did anyone else notice that later in the year last season Steve Young and Irvin were never on the same set?

ESPN let him go and the reason they gave was, That Irvin was a quote
"ticking time bomb" either way they remain trash and will lead to ESPN
being forced to shut down forever

So, ESPN is heading towards oblivion because they dumped Irvin? I think this makes ESPN stronger becaus Irvin is a bad, bad guy who at any moment in a drug induced haze could say something so stupid that it would negatively affect ESPN. You wear some serious rose colored glasses if you think Irving is a good guy.

While I realize your not a christian..I all so realize you may not get what
I am about to say, But you go against what the bible says when it states
we are to hate the sin but love the sinner..Ephesians 4:31 says Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: verse 32 says And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

1 Corinthians 13:6 says Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

So you can sit there and call Irvin every name in the book but remember
as it was writen in Matthew 7:2 "For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you

Whoa there Cowboy, take a chill pill and don't throw your good book at me. We live in a society of laws in which we collectively have agreed that doing drugs, sleeping with prostitutes, and cheating on your wife are bad. You think that because I do not like this man or judge him I am sinning. Oh well, when I meet my maker I have a strong feeling he will not keep me out of Heavon because I judged Michael Irvin. I had no idea God was so interested in football.