WTF?!? - Dan Dakich
Anyone else see what's going on with Dan Dakich?
In conjunction with some Twitter discussions regarding Jalen Johnson's decision to leave Duke, Dan went off on two people who mentioned him on Twitter.
He called a Duke athletic scholar named Nathan Kalman-Lamb a "d-bag" and made some very sexist comments to Dr. Johanna Mellis, a university professor. He referred to her as "some lady" and discussed "going at it" in a pol with Dr. Mellis.
Not a great look for Dan....who has of course now deleted his Twitter account. I'm an old guy so my apologies if the link below doesn't work.
https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/dan-dakich-deleted-twitter-college-bas…;
February 28th, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
He's well on his way
February 28th, 2021 at 10:11 PM ^
That's fine, but it offends a lot of people (reasonably). He can go on saying what he wants but ESPN should fire him for being a constant pain in the ass. Barstool or somebody can hire him to ruffle feathers.
February 28th, 2021 at 10:49 PM ^
Agreed, that would be a better fit for him.
but ESPN should fire him for being a constant pain in the ass
That's a slippery slope for firing.
I imagine by that standard, absolutely anyone could be let go for cause.
Just like the orange dbag called our governor "that woman in Michigan." That was intended to be sexist and to diminish the object of the quote. Kind of backfired on him, no? To the tune of 154,000 votes.
February 28th, 2021 at 5:48 PM ^
It could be, but hard to know without knowing their pronouns.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:20 PM ^
Thinking the same thing. Is sex in a pool sexist or is it sex in any body of water? Also, what’s a Duke scholar athlete? That would be the most Duke thing ever if they referred to student athletes as scholar athletes. F Duke, screw Dakich, yes to sex in pools.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:26 PM ^
It sounds like you want to get Duke and Dakich alone in a pool together. Nttawwt
February 28th, 2021 at 7:33 PM ^
If he worked for netflix his grandkids would be out of a job.
February 28th, 2021 at 5:40 PM ^
I'm just surprised that he's got a radio show. Like someone has heard him call a game and said to themselves, hey I need to hear MORE of this guy (?!)
February 28th, 2021 at 8:27 PM ^
That’s actually the point of his schtick. He talks down to people in language that resonates with his target audience, just like the Regional (with nationwide aspirations) Valenti. Probably is, that’s a risky marketing strategy these days.
February 28th, 2021 at 9:26 PM ^
I like him calling games actually, but it also definitely does not make me want to listen to his radio show.
February 28th, 2021 at 5:46 PM ^
Getting in twitter arguments as a public figure is never a good idea. Andrew needs to take twitter away from dad
February 28th, 2021 at 5:57 PM ^
That's the whole point of Twitter
February 28th, 2021 at 5:47 PM ^
we might not be hearing from Dan for a while
February 28th, 2021 at 7:53 PM ^
I would be fine with not hearing from Dakich for the duration really. He has all of the personal charm of a bout of leprosy and is as entertaining a listen as someone taking a loud, long dump.
February 28th, 2021 at 9:15 PM ^
A bout of leprosy lol
as entertaining a listen as someone taking a loud, long dump.
I don't care what anyone says, fart noises are funny.
February 28th, 2021 at 5:49 PM ^
he gone
February 28th, 2021 at 5:53 PM ^
Yawn. Who cares. Social media addicts love to make anything into something and old people, who shouldn't have social media anyway, fall for it hook, line and sinker.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:02 PM ^
Must be the same folks falling for spam calls saying their vehicle warranty has expired or that there is an issue with your social security number and there is a warrant out for your arrest.
press 1 now. Act stupid and waste their time. Just don't give them any of your real information.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:25 PM ^
Yeah that warranty is such a scam. Good thing I answered when the IRS called to notify me of my SS# being stolen though. My life savings is now safely transferred to gift cards.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:29 PM ^
Amazon has everything needed for life.
February 28th, 2021 at 5:55 PM ^
He’s a product of Bobby Knight’s IU culture. I’m not surprised.
Although this Dakich tweet is interesting:
A lot more coming..learn before you speak..makes Duke look moronic that you don’t know that:
1-Players get paid ..in cash ..a bunch
Much more from me coming
I wonder if he’s going to go after Coach K.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:17 PM ^
Something tells me it isn't going to be Dan Dakich to be the one to topple all the blue blood programs with a paying the players story
February 28th, 2021 at 5:57 PM ^
I like Dan as bombastic analyst. I think he comes from a place of thoughtful analysis. Is he a jerk? Yes. Can I bury him due to this report? Not yet. That was not a detailed expose. But granted, he is asshole, I just usually like his thoughts. and he does have a Michigan bent. And we ain’t perfect...
February 28th, 2021 at 6:28 PM ^
There’s no doubt he’s a jerk. Never was that more evident when the Dave Brandon drama was going on and Dan had Brian on his radio show. Constantly cutting him off mid sentence when Brian was making accurate observations of Brandon’s obvious short comings. Talking over him, flat out not believing him at times. At one point Brian told him he shouldn’t be so sensitive and he shot back with some long, babbling story of his Bobby Knight years that I still have no idea what the hell had anything to do with what they were talking about.
As an analyst, he’s OK. He’s a take him or leave him type of person. I’d rather leave him.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:12 PM ^
Sunday fun day...should stay off Twitter while at it.
Also, what is an "athletic scholar"? I mean I get it....but that's phrasing I never see. Is he a chess player?
February 28th, 2021 at 6:13 PM ^
Everyone involved think of themselves as intelligent people, but can’t seem to comprehend the “Sticks and Stones” nursery rhyme.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:20 PM ^
Dude has always been full of himself and way too much
February 28th, 2021 at 6:23 PM ^
I've unfollowed two people on Twitter, both several years ago. The first was Dakich. Not because he said anything offensive, but because he fought with people there all the time. I'm pretty sure that's his hobby.
The second was a well known former poster. Turned out I got my fill of him on this site.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:38 PM ^
I listened to his XM radio rant. He was saying that Dr. Mellis offered to go at it with him in the pool. He dismissed her by mentioning his wife. He then said that he'd get roasted on Twitter because of the "some lady" comment, which was the real reason for his rant. He clearly hates the Twitter environment and then deleted his account. Makes sense to me. But the OP's slant seems much different. It's funny how good we are as a society at bending the news to fit our opinions. I have no opinion on the man. I get frustrated when people take muddy waters and pretend that they are crystal clear, allowing them to judge quickly and harshly.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:41 PM ^
Dakich is a pretty big asshole on Twitter and absolutely searches out his name to start fights, so I assume at some point ESPN told him to knock it off or they'd boot him.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:41 PM ^
Figured the “cancel culture” whiners would jump on this thread. Here is the deal, Dan can say whatever he wants. But ESPN does not have to employ him. This guy just suggested having sex with this woman in a pool in some bizarre effort to assert his superiority. That’s fucked up. And it’s stupid to do it in public. ESPN doesn’t need to deal with that BS. How would a woman who works at ESPN feel working with a guy who makes such awful suggestions about women with whom he has disagreements.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:47 PM ^
I couldn’t care less about points and upvotes, but does anyone else find it a bit disheartening that the comments getting the most upvotes are the ones minimizing the egregiousness of Dan’s comments?
February 28th, 2021 at 7:05 PM ^
It is sadly not all that surprising that the most popular comments are the ones defending the well-paid tv and radio host who decided that the arguments he was having with people on Twitter needed to be brought into his radio show, wherein he calls people d-bags and suggests he'd have to divorce his wife in order to competitively swim against a woman in a pool. Dan Dakich is an asshole who has been caught making inappropriate comments toward others numerous times. He may also be a halfway-decent color commentator to some. But the fact he can't seem to do one without repeatedly falling into the other is his problem, not one his employer or people online have to make accomodations for.
February 28th, 2021 at 7:36 PM ^
Sometimes I'm very surprised by the popular takes about sexism and racism that just seem like people would have more advanced models than. I'm not surprised based on the complaining about mandatory race and ethnicity requirements that I heard when I was in college.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:50 PM ^
It all comes full circle...my Governor is “That woman from Michigan.”
February 28th, 2021 at 6:55 PM ^
Dakich has always been the crazy uncle at the table. And he sounds like a mean drunk.
February 28th, 2021 at 6:58 PM ^
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.indystar.com/amp/6862955002
The linked article provides context for the pool comment. Sounds like a dumb attempt at a joke on Dakich’s part. I don’t care to defend either party in this dispute so I’ll sit out the rest of this.
February 28th, 2021 at 7:04 PM ^
When you're a prominent individual and you end up having to delete your twitter account, you've fucked up. On a 1-10 scale of the sexist commentary I've heard in my life I'd give his "some lady" comment about a 2 or 3, but the swimming pool thing was just strange.
I never followed him on twitter and don't remember ever seeing any of his comments retweeted by anybody else, but from what I read in the thread, he sounds like an argumentative ass. Twitter's got an overabundance of those.
February 28th, 2021 at 7:50 PM ^
I personally like DD, listen to his radio show when I can on YouTube. Think a lot of this is overblown. From what I saw, the “bitching” comment was more directed at the group of them complaining and not the lady professor.
February 28th, 2021 at 10:51 PM ^
Well apparently he talked about fucking her in a pool so...
It was fairly uncouth, but probably more nuanced than ya describe it there. Did you happen to catch their exchange? It went something along these lines:
Dakich: these people don’t know anything about sports having not been in the arena.
Mellis: ok then, let’s participate in the arena. I’m legit good at swimming, let’s go at it in the pool.
Dakich: derp. I can’t “go at it” in a public pool, my wife would divorce me.
Was it a stupid, sophomoric, joke? Yes. Does it sound far worse outside of the context it was mentioned? Also yes. Is twitter dumb? 10000% yes.
February 28th, 2021 at 7:59 PM ^
He also went after Jackson-Davis. But then again He's always been a dick.
February 28th, 2021 at 8:03 PM ^
Asked and answered. Well done, OP!
February 28th, 2021 at 8:30 PM ^
Don Canham famously said don’t turn a one day story into a two day story.
Dakich could talk about having a hangnail for a month.
Per USA Today, ESPN is investigating this incident.
He will be toast at ESPN by Tuesday.
February 28th, 2021 at 10:50 PM ^
It’s too bad. I actually like his analysis (I know this is not a popular opinion) but his constant need for attention on twitter and his sexist trolling will probably get him fired, as it should be. If only he had more more self control than my two year old niece
February 28th, 2021 at 11:13 PM ^
The professor was equally as bad as him. She deleted her tweets before he did. They both look really bad.