While an acquired taste on television for some (or perhaps many), the overall amount of criticism he has faced (which is consistent and significant) has largely been because of comments he’s made either on Twitter or on his radio show. “At the heart of the issue is the idea that ESPN can seemingly look past what Dakich says online and on his radio show, and continue to employ him as a national college basketball analyst. I don’t mind talking about things that maybe ESPN didn’t necessarily want me talking about.” Dakich strongly hinted at that saying “I don’t mind talking politics. Given the uproar Dakich found himself earlier this year, this seems like a good fit given Outkick’s DNA is rooted in mixing sports with conservative political discourse. While Dakich show is a popular draw, he hasn’t exactly been incident free there as Dakich was suspended from his radio show for “a failure on Dan’s part to adhere to the journalistic principles” for on air comments he made back in 2018. Given there won’t be a timing conflict between his new Outkick show and his Indy radio show, it’ll be possible for him to do both which might end up being the case given Dakich’s show does very well ratings-wise throughout Indiana. The status of Dakich’s Indianapolis based radio show is currently unknown, and Dakich hasn’t to our knowledge tipped his hand there yet. “I had everyone of my bosses at ESPN tell me ‘you are the best guy we have at ESPN, period.’ And I am like ‘Okay, then why am I not doing North Carolina/Duke’ or ‘Why am I getting bumped by Vitale and Bilas to do the Indiana/Purdue game? It’s a big game.’ It’s not a meritocracy and I like meritocracy.”
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