# Boomer Esiason Fired From "Monday Night Football" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547 "2000-03-09T23:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/1 "2000-03-09T23:29:00Z")
[http://cnnsi.com/football/nfl/news/2000/03/08/boomer\_fired\_ap/index.html](http://cnnsi.com/football/nfl/news/2000/03/08/boomer_fired_ap/index.html) No replacement has yet been hired. Who would you like to see replace He Of The Silly, Convoluted Opinions? (I think that’s what the name “Esiason” means.) Bring back Don Meredith! 🙂 * * * When all else fails, ask Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/2 "2000-03-09T23:34:00Z")
Ditka. Now that would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/3 "2000-03-09T23:52:00Z")
Ditka AND Jerry Glanville. Oh yeah, baby. * * * Winner, SDMB’s Biggest Chat Addict “Only two things that’ll soothe my soul - cold beer and remote control.” ---
**Author:** ![Cumulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Cumulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumulus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/4 "2000-03-09T23:59:00Z")
To me, Ditka would be extremely opinionated, which might play well against Al Michaels. I think he might be a good choice. However, Glanville is an ass. He has no business in either coaching or in football. As a Houstonian, I abhor him and what he (along with Bud Adams) did to football. We’re just now repairing the situation with our new football team. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/5 "2000-03-10T00:15:00Z")
I have another, more serious suggestion: Keith Olbermann. Guy’s funny and he knows his sports. * * * When all else fails, ask Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/6 "2000-03-10T00:29:00Z")
Di-ka!!! I’d love to see him give it a shot, but I imagine he’d need to cut his teeth on a lower profile gig than MNF. I didn’t hate Boomer, but he certainly won’t be missed. I wish they’d have dropped the boom on Dildorf and Gifford as quickly. The only guys I really like listening to are in the college game. Dan Fouts is really excellent, but I’d hate to lose him on Saturday. Keith Jackson is great, but no way he belongs anywhere but on Saturday mornings. I don’t think any of the coaches are worth a shit, Seifert, Walsh, Schottenheimer, Glanville etc. all suck fat cabybara scrotum. Players in the past have been good foils against the real broadcasters. Cosell and Merideth were unmatched. Do you think Art Donovan is available? ---
**Author:** ![Cumulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Cumulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumulus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/7 "2000-03-10T02:01:00Z")
jab1 opined: > [@](#): > > I have another, more serious suggestion: Keith Olbermann. Guy’s funny and he knows his sports. Excellent recommendation! omniscient stated: > [@](#): > > I don’t think any of the coaches are worth a shit, Seifert, Walsh, Schottenheimer, Glanville etc. all suck fat cabybara scrotum. Fat capybara scrotum? That’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/8 "2000-03-10T02:28:00Z")
Alls I can say is “Halle-freaking-lujah.” * * * “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” -Winston Churchill ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/9 "2000-03-10T03:38:00Z")
what i’d really like to see is two drunk guys in the booth with al, one from each city. now that would be worth staying up to midnight for, cuz lord knows the game never is. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/10 "2000-03-10T04:39:00Z")
I think OJ’s looking for a job. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/11 "2000-03-10T05:06:00Z")
Just wanted to mention, I stopped at Albertson’s today, and when I got out of my car I saw a leather glove on the ground. :::sidles away, whistling::: * * * I guess I’m just better off living with my inner tensions. —Snoopy ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/12 "2000-03-10T13:54:00Z")
The firing of Boomer completes a prediction I made earlier this year in the Pit (too lazy to try to find it); that he would be shit-canned and replaced with Jimmy Johnson. Why they fired Esiason is pretty obvious. He was OK, but OK isn’t good enough for MNF, which has always set the standard. But why did they fire their producer and director, too? That was the big surprise, I thought. I wouldn’t mind seeing Ditka either, but I think he just agreed to join CBS’s pre-game group. Jerry Glanville gives me hives. * * * “You should tell the truth, expose the lies and live in the moment.” - Bill Hicks ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/13 "2000-03-10T15:15:00Z")
I second the Art Donovan nomination! ## ART IN 2000!!! Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-esiason-fired-from-monday-night-football/14547/14 "2000-03-10T15:29:00Z")
we’re agreed then- Art Donovan will replace Boomer. Toward the end of his tenure, most every play reminded Boomer of something that happened to him- this got old real quick.