Mike Francesa‘s next job might really be for internet website The Ringer if Bill Simmons gets what he wants. Francesa is leaving WFAN on December 15, and it’s not clear exactly what he’s going to do once his time on afternoon radio in New York City ends.
Richard Deitsch had Francesca on his podcast on Friday and the New York radio legend had plenty to say, including a bit on his potential future working with Bill Simmons.
Francesa says it’s “no secret” that he and Simmons get along, and that he might have a job opportunity from the Ringer chief once his time on the radio ends.
“It is no secret that Bill and I like to work together,” Francesa said about Simmons. “A lot of people want to know where I will go to finish my football picks, which are very popular. A couple of people have asked me to sell them. I said no. Bill has offered me a home to pick them on his podcast, which I am thinking about. The NFL Network has offered me the opportunity to do it. So I will do it somewhere. I don’t know where.”
It sounds like his football picks are a hot commodity, but so is the relationship between Simmons and Francesa! Listen to him rave about the sports fella.
“But I would say the likeliest place is Simmons’s podcast because of my relationship with him. … I love working with Simmons and I love how his mind works. As far as someone who just gets sports and culture and is able to enunciate it and to be provocative but also poignant, to me, I think he is the best there is out there. I don’t think they have found the right vehicle for him on television yet and I think that is partially because he should be the two man. He should not be the point guard … I have tried to tell him that. But he will find that. I like people who have a good take on things and he has a great take on things.”
One person he does not rave about? The Mad Dog, Mike Russo. He does not seem to think a reunion is a possibility between the two “for a lot of reasons including economic. So yeah, maybe don’t expect to see Francesa’s football picks on MLB Network anytime soon. But don’t sleep on him teaming up with Simmons.
