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Stephen A. Smith reportedly wanted Max Kellerman off 'First Take' 'for years'

Smith, easily the biggest star on ESPN's roster, reportedly had a hand in nudging Kellerman out of the "First Take" program.
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Stephen A. Smith reportedly spearheaded Max Kellerman's move off the "First Take" program after wanting him off the program "for years," according to a Wednesday report by The New York Post.

The Post, citing sources close to the situation, claimed Smith told several people at ESPN, including Kellerman, that the program's debate model "didn’t work well enough." The Post added that Smith's wish to have Kellerman wasn't personal, but simply a result of his dissatisfaction with the show's setup.

All the moves are a result of Smith feeling he and Kellerman were not connecting with the audience. He is not wrong. Kellerman is smart, but he hasn’t shown the command of the screen or a memorable delivery yet to fully resonate.

After Bayless left for Fox Sports five years ago and Kellerman arrived, it was Smith’s show. The program moved from ESPN2 to ESPN to maintain hot-take supremacy. It still makes ESPN money. The next iteration will have Smith verbally sparring with folks inside and outside of ESPN — all likely approved by him.

So why is Kellerman no longer on “First Take”? It wasn’t really personal. It was just business. Stephen A. Smith wanted the breakup. And so it was.




 
Not surprised by this. They never seemed to clique. SAS disagreed with Bayless, but always did it in a respectful manner. He never really seemed to extend that respect to Max. To be fair, Max knows boxing. He never struck me as the right person to have doing all this analysis on a bunch of other sports.
 
Race Jones said:




www.sportingnews.com

Stephen A. Smith reportedly wanted Max Kellerman off 'First Take' 'for years'

Smith, easily the biggest star on ESPN's roster, reportedly had a hand in nudging Kellerman out of the "First Take" program.
www.sportingnews.com www.sportingnews.com


Stephen A. Smith reportedly spearheaded Max Kellerman's move off the "First Take" program after wanting him off the program "for years," according to a Wednesday report by The New York Post.

The Post, citing sources close to the situation, claimed Smith told several people at ESPN, including Kellerman, that the program's debate model "didn’t work well enough." The Post added that Smith's wish to have Kellerman wasn't personal, but simply a result of his dissatisfaction with the show's setup.

All the moves are a result of Smith feeling he and Kellerman were not connecting with the audience. He is not wrong. Kellerman is smart, but he hasn’t shown the command of the screen or a memorable delivery yet to fully resonate.

After Bayless left for Fox Sports five years ago and Kellerman arrived, it was Smith’s show. The program moved from ESPN2 to ESPN to maintain hot-take supremacy. It still makes ESPN money. The next iteration will have Smith verbally sparring with folks inside and outside of ESPN — all likely approved by him.

So why is Kellerman no longer on “First Take”? It wasn’t really personal. It was just business. Stephen A. Smith wanted the breakup. And so it was.




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TO shouldn't have said "blacker" he should've said "more down" which is true. Max is more down for the cause and the culture than SAS and its not close. And it's not an act by Max

Their views on Kaepernick show where they really stand across the board
 
Race Jones said:




www.sportingnews.com

Stephen A. Smith reportedly wanted Max Kellerman off 'First Take' 'for years'

Smith, easily the biggest star on ESPN's roster, reportedly had a hand in nudging Kellerman out of the "First Take" program.
www.sportingnews.com www.sportingnews.com


Stephen A. Smith reportedly spearheaded Max Kellerman's move off the "First Take" program after wanting him off the program "for years," according to a Wednesday report by The New York Post.

The Post, citing sources close to the situation, claimed Smith told several people at ESPN, including Kellerman, that the program's debate model "didn’t work well enough." The Post added that Smith's wish to have Kellerman wasn't personal, but simply a result of his dissatisfaction with the show's setup.

All the moves are a result of Smith feeling he and Kellerman were not connecting with the audience. He is not wrong. Kellerman is smart, but he hasn’t shown the command of the screen or a memorable delivery yet to fully resonate.

After Bayless left for Fox Sports five years ago and Kellerman arrived, it was Smith’s show. The program moved from ESPN2 to ESPN to maintain hot-take supremacy. It still makes ESPN money. The next iteration will have Smith verbally sparring with folks inside and outside of ESPN — all likely approved by him.

So why is Kellerman no longer on “First Take”? It wasn’t really personal. It was just business. Stephen A. Smith wanted the breakup. And so it was.




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Lol crazy part Max was more pro black than Stephen A if that’s possible
 
Eastbay510 said:
First Take and the morning debate shows in general need to change their format it’s boring now and I only watch when something major happens in the sports world
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Your opinion is in the minority. For all the people who say they hate Stephen A, Skip Bayless, Shannon Sharpe those shows are consistently the top rated on their networks. Hell the only show that espn had that even came close to having the impact First Take did in recent years was His and Hers and we see how they did that. FT is the centerpiece of their network basically at this point
 
I actually didn't mind Max but shit was cringe whenever SAS would be borderline disrespectful when countering Max. And sometimes, he would sound more reasonable about things than SAS.
 
BlackRain said:
Your opinion is in the minority. For all the people who say they hate Stephen A, Skip Bayless, Shannon Sharpe those shows are consistently the top rated on their networks. Hell the only show that espn had that even came close to having the impact First Take did in recent years was His and Hers and we see how they did that. FT is the centerpiece of their network basically at this point
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PTI had a good run
 
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