Dan Le Batard saves Chris Cote

We had been blindsided by him being let go. It is the best disrespect of my skilled profession that I obtained no discover, no collaboration. That Mike Ryan instructed me that Chris Cote had been let go. I might’ve beloved to have labored one thing out if any individual had instructed me, to guard him, as a result of anybody who is aware of, Stugotz, what we do round right here understands that we’re a household. A dysfunctional, pirate ship/clown automotive that should not exist inside this machine however is so sticky with you guys since you, at the least partly, since you, the discerning amongst you, acknowledge in a manner that’s completely overwhelmingly — I am unable to inform you how the viewers, together with your assist, and your loyalty, by some means made the worst skilled weekend of Chris Cote’s skilled life, higher. …

Earlier than I’m going additional down this path, you must perceive one thing. This time on the firm has been so horrible, so many individuals have been affected. We’ve been affected far lower than anybody else, so I need it made clear, regardless of how harm I’m by this — and I’ve been wounded by this — I very a lot perceive that is the product of a really harmful time and brutal time for the corporate, and that we had been affected lower than most. The half that makes it so hurtful to me, is that you just blindsided me. It isn’t that you just did it, as a result of I perceive, look, it’s a sprawling company, an enormous beast. We’re an accounting error, by no means thoughts Chris, we as a bunch are simply one thing that any individual can lop off a head, it’s only a quantity on the web page, it isn’t something human. Companies do not are usually human, and if any individual had talked to me, I might’ve pleaded on the concept of humanity. So we’ve got spent the final 5 days attempting to determine what it’s we will do with this, and I’m truly completely satisfied to report, and this can be a fairly cool factor, to have the ability to report, as a result of it required — some creativity was required of us to get right here, I’m going to rent Chris Cote as my private assistant, to fill the position, with a elevate on his current wage, to fill the position vacated by Allyson Turner. I’ll cowl the elevate; I am going to cowl your complete factor. … It signifies that Chris Cote remains to be going to be on the present.