Brendan Schaub Goes Off on Dana White: The UFC Is Better Off With A New President - Massive Rant

[JoeyJoeJoeJr]

I can’t stand Shaubs voice. How did he make a successful career talking with a voice like that ? Top it off with he’s not even funny or likable. How did he fucking do it? I’m so confused

He also slurs his words often, seems to have trouble speaking

 

[fractal]

He's right about Dana about shitting on his own employees for having a bad night.

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

What happened to the other thread about Dana / Josh Thomson?

Sherdog sweeping Dana's #metoo under the rug???

 

[fractal]

Dana white is an absolute dirtbag, he talked shit and made a story up about KG because he didnt wanna take a super short notice fight, then he said ngannou has an ego problem yet frank doesn't know what the hell hes talking about. but i think the next guy they gonna get would be even worse

Although Schaub comes off as very pretentious, and maybe he is otherwise, he is on the button in this segment. UFC has come very far with Dana, although I believe it had more to do with the Fertittas. But for it to become a legitimate sports organization, it needs a more temperamental and mannered guy as it's face.
Someone like Couture. Just an example, I don't know what his qualifications are. Someone who's been in there and understands the sport and doesn't feel the insecurity to act tough and authoritative just because they have control. You will never find a perfect person who holds zero grudges, but Dana vindictiveness is very very immature.
With the direction WME is taking it though, Dana might just be the best fit to add more drama and less substance.

 

[fractal]

that's your opinion. but just saying a guy was terrible without any other context doesn't give any indication as to why we should expect anything different next time. again, you can have the view that all he should say is acknowledge that he was terrible, but there's reasons to say more. for better or worse his job is to give more. that's the contract he has.

But what's the point of shitting on a guy that you were just marketing as the next big thing. Yeah he had a bad fight, many fighters do. People who watched the fight know it. People who didn't, and care enough, will hear about it. There are other ways to address a bad performance without making it personal. What good does it do, to Dana, the UFC, the fans or the fighter to give this 'more' information about Francis ego or whatever. Maybe he has an ego, and he didn't train, but what's the point of making it public if your end goal is to market this guy?

Imagine your up and coming star basketball player has a bad night. His first bad night, after continuously delivering amazing performances. And then GM or coach goes off on how the player doesn't want to practice, and he parties, and this and that. I would be surprised if that has ever happened in the history of professional sports. You know why? Because they are professionals.

 

[kflo]

But what's the point of shitting on a guy that you were just marketing as the next big thing. Yeah he had a bad fight, many fighters do. People who watched the fight know it. People who didn't, and care enough, will hear about it. There are other ways to address a bad performance without making it personal. What good does it do, to Dana, the UFC, the fans or the fighter to give this 'more' information about Francis ego or whatever. Maybe he has an ego, and he didn't train, but what's the point of making it public if your end goal is to market this guy?

Imagine your up and coming star basketball player has a bad night. His first bad night, after continuously delivering amazing performances. And then GM or coach goes off on how the player doesn't want to practice, and he parties, and this and that. I would be surprised if that has ever happened in the history of professional sports. You know why? Because they are professionals.

athletes of course get criticized by coaches and gm's.

dana though isn't a coach or a gm. he has a fighter win and a fighter lose in every fight. he wants them to perform in a way that doesn't embarrass the organization. so when it happens it may get some commentary. usually top athletes don't put in embarrassing performances. ngannou did. and it had some discussion as a result. will what dana said hurt their ability to market him in his next fight? not in any way - his performance is far more impactful. the comments are more a message to the fighter(s).

dana said his ego got in the way. he also said he hits like a car. part of what he does is talk about the fighters. his job isn't to coach, or to be a gm and build a team that wins.

these guys perform a few times a year. it's not like a basketball player having a bad game in an 82 game season.

 

[PapaBherd]

that's your opinion. but just saying a guy was terrible without any other context doesn't give any indication as to why we should expect anything different next time. again, you can have the view that all he should say is acknowledge that he was terrible, but there's reasons to say more. for better or worse his job is to give more. that's the contract he has.

There are also reasons why sports figureheads in history do not carry themselves the way Dana does. That's part of their job, for better or worse.

 

[PapaBherd]

athletes of course get criticized by coaches and gm's.

dana though isn't a coach or a gm. he has a fighter win and a fighter lose in every fight. he wants them to perform in a way that doesn't embarrass the organization. so when it happens it may get some commentary. usually top athletes don't put in embarrassing performances. ngannou did. and it had some discussion as a result. will what dana said hurt their ability to market him in his next fight? not in any way - his performance is far more impactful. the comments are more a message to the fighter(s).

dana said his ego got in the way. he also said he hits like a car. part of what he does is talk about the fighters. his job isn't to coach, or to be a gm and build a team that wins.

these guys perform a few times a year. it's not like a basketball player having a bad game in an 82 game season.

How delectably obtuse. LOL.