Often controversial radio and television personality Dan Dakich has been suspended from his sports talk show due to “a failure last year on Dan’s part to adhere to the journalistic principles valued by Emmis.”
Emmis is Emmis Communications, which owns ESPN affiliate WFNI The Fan.
According to Indy Star, Emmis declined to further elaborate on the cause for the disciplinary action taken against Dakich.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
On Monday morning, he was back on the social media site, engaging in his ongoing argument that Philadelphia’s Carson Wentz is a better quarterback than Andrew Luck ever could have been.
“Wentz played much better than Andrew Luck yesterday..hell Luck and my 57 yr old fat bald self had the exact same numbers!!” Dakich tweeted at 10 a.m. “As i told you a couple years ago no question take Wentz over Luck.. also no question you would never understand why.”
Dakich, who played for legendary IU coach Bob Knight and later coached the team, frequently centers his radio show on the quality of Hoosiers basketball.
In January, he lambasted Archie Miller’s coaching and the performance of freshman Romeo Langford — now with the Boston Celtics. The tirade came the day after Indiana lost at home to Nebraska by 15 points.
Among Dakich’s critical takes: Miller doesn’t know how to use Langford as a player, Miller’s assistants “aren’t good enough to be on the IU staff,” Langford can’t shoot. He also called Miller a “chicken-(expletive)” coach for his comments after the loss.
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