Stephen A. Smith was enthusiastic about changing Chris "Mad Canine" Russo and Mike Francesa's associate at WFAN.
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Whereas looking for a substitute for Chris Russo, Mike Francesa talked with the one one that would possibly even be a Madder Canine.
Within the aftermath of the 2008 cut up that ended the enduring “Mike and the Mad Canine” WFAN pairing, Francesa and longtime program director Mark Chernoff met with a number of potential replacements — together with Stephen A. Smith.
“He wished to exchange you,” Francesa informed Chris Russo on Thursday at a reunion at Barrett Sports activities Media Summit. “I had lunch with him.”
In line with Francesa, who later clarified that he “by no means critically thought of a associate when Canine left,” his first meet-up was with Smith, then an ESPN voice with out the platform he has now.
In 2008, Smith misplaced his radio present and wound up at Fox Sports activities Radio a yr later. In an alternate universe, he may need been screaming at Francesa for the subsequent decade.
“You need to’ve employed him, what the hell!” Russo shouted upon listening to the revelation.
As an alternative, Francesa stayed solo for the remainder of his profession, retiring for (perhaps) a ultimate time in 2020. Smith landed again at ESPN and has arisen as a celebrity sports activities shouter on “First Take,” the place he just lately has had battles with Russo, one of many unique sports activities shouters.
Smith “would have been a really smart alternative,” Francesa wrote on Twitter.
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