Back in 2006 I wrote this rant lamenting the missed opportunity that is Radio Sport, New Zealand’s only dedicated sport radio option at the time – summarised, I said their station was as entertaining and informative as uncontrollable flatulence. Some wag must have emailed it to Matt Gunn, because the next thing I know, he’s ranting about me on air:
Listen to the MP3: mattgunn_v_sportreview (1.7MB, 1’56”)
“Gutless scumbags…. This kind of thing makes me sick… Soft-cocks, basically… I’d like to headbutt that person”.
How I laughed. Three years later, my main thought is – ‘What a dick’. OK, my site was anonymous then, but he sailed right past the big old elephant in the studio that was my point – his station was a bit shit, and he was proving it every time he breathed in. Gunn’s obviously on a one-cretin mission to bring ‘shock-jock’ to NZ sport radio, but his utter lack of good humour, wit or panache make him as funny as stinging nettles on your keyboard. And mean.
I wrote a little rebuttal. These days, I treat Radio Sport like a public urinal – I’m happy to visit for functional reasons, ie the excellent live sport commentary, but I wouldn’t want to hang around in there. Come final whistle it goes off, well before the talk-back hordes drag knuckles from couch to phone. I’d support decent sport radio in New Zealand in a heart beat; we’ve been served up the fairly average for quite a while now.
Note one: This post is inspired by Naly D‘s recent Matt Gunn post, I dug through my email archives (hey, it turns out Gmail is really search-able!) to find the clip. Shame he’s still there. Gunn, not Naly. Ahem.
Note two: I still want to know what’s factually incorrect about it. He’s DEFINITELY a dickhead.
Note three: Matt Gunn’s profile page STILL says his favourite meal is ‘any wog dish’, three years later.
LOL Great video and good article cheers!
Also, how bloody inbred is NZ’s sport media contingent?
Mel Robinson used to be with Steve Walsh.
Miles Davis is [or was] in a relationship with Walsh’s sister.
rrr…
Radio Sport in the last two days has been a goldmine of hilarity. Yesterday Matt Gunn and Mark Richardson were ranting about Steve Walsh. Gunn then did the 9-10 hour on his own and had a bitch about the NZRU trying to silence him, and he ranted for half an hour about it without giving any proof.
Then he did this [hoping it works] to someone who disagreed with him.
Sure I want the ‘honest truth’ as he blew smoke about, but I don’t want him drumming up conspiracies about how Jimmy Cowan was allowed to stay and Walsh was not.