Dramatic much?

[RobDoc]

Please leave the political comments out of the thread. Several posts have been removed for that reason already.

 

[Straitlover]

The part that bothered me the most about it was the email. Why couldn't someone at least call him or even better go see him in person? To quote Stephanie Tanner, "how rude!!!"

 

[Liberty Belle]

Poor man. I think it was tasteless and cruel to replace him at this point, unless he was unable to do the job.

 

[DizBelle]

The part that bothered me the most about it was the email. Why couldn't someone at least call him or even better go see him in person? To quote Stephanie Tanner, "how rude!!!"

Wasn't it Michelle Tanner?

 

[kimblebee]

Wasn't it Michelle Tanner?

It was Stephanie. Michelle said you got it dude..

 

[Gumbo4x4]

I've been wishing for years they'd replace the old lady who starts the Indy 500.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

I imagine at his age and tenure being replaced can be a very hard thing. This is an 89 year old man who has been doing this for 60 years. At that point it is apart of your identity. I can imagine it was very hard at first and yes maybe thinking about suicide is a large jump but perhaps this is what he has been looking forward too every 4 years and now he's been replaced so he had a moment of who am I?

At 89, they might have been worried he'd have a "who am I?" moment on live TV

 

[sunshinehighway]

I feel bad for him. It's obviously something he took pride in and meant a great deal to him. Also, it's cruel to mock an old man and call him dramatic.

 

[RedAngie]

Did he really expect the gig was "his" until he died? Or until HE decided to give it up?

 

[Hikergirl]

The part that bothered me the most about it was the email. Why couldn't someone at least call him or even better go see him in person? To quote Stephanie Tanner, "how rude!!!"

I think that depends on who notified him. Email is a common and acceptable form of communication that alot of people use nowadays. It may seem cold to some of a certain generation but if the person doing the notifying had no prior personal relationship with him to them an email is along the same lines as a phone call.

 

[jdb in AZ]

A lot of people were upset when Bert Parks was replaced on the "Miss America" Pageant, but they did it anyway. I was happy they went a different direction, and have since decided that beauty pageants are irrelevant. Why should announcers be exempt from term limits?

 

[Poohforyou]

At 89, they might have been worried he'd have a "who am I?" moment on live TV

My mom is 87 and sharp as a tack. There are plenty of people in their 80's doing all kinds of significant things.

I feel so badly for this man. If there was a reason he was able to perform his duties he should have been told well before now and in a compassionate way. It's terrible that he wasn't shown the respect he deserves for all his years of service.

 

[mom2rtk]

I don't think any of us really know if he was still able to perform his duties as he was in the past.

What an unfortunate situation.

 

[declansdad]

Did he really expect the gig was "his" until he died? Or until HE decided to give it up?

I think he probably thought he would at least get a call.

 

[mom2rtk]

I think he probably thought he would at least get a call.

I agree with that. Even if it's common today to communicate such things by email, someone his age would likely be more used to getting a phone call.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

Did he really expect the gig was "his" until he died? Or until HE decided to give it up?

This is what I don't get. Just because you've been selected before doesn't mean you will be again and again and again.

 

[mnrose]

This is what I don't get. Just because you've been selected before doesn't mean you will be again and again and again.

Well, lets see, if you've had a job for 60 years, consistently, you might expect to get it the next time too. I totally get that people can go a different way, but please show some respect for the guy who has done it the last 14 or 15 times and end the relationship in a way that he feels decent about it.

 

[Hikergirl]

My mom is 87 and sharp as a tack. There are plenty of people in their 80's doing all kinds of significant things.

I feel so badly for this man. If there was a reason he was able to perform his duties he should have been told well before now and in a compassionate way. It's terrible that he wasn't shown the respect he deserves for all his years of service.

He is getting some respect, he is being honored for his past service.
I have a feeling this was a no win situation, no matter how it happened those responsible for picking someone new would be vilified for it.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

Well, lets see, if you've had a job for 60 years, consistently, you might expect to get it the next time too. I totally get that people can go a different way, but please show some respect for the guy who has done it the last 14 or 15 times and end the relationship in a way that he feels decent about it.

I'd be surprised if their was a way to do it that he would "feel decent about it."

 

[ols386]

I think it's kind of sad for this man.