On-air fireworks at WQAMCourtesy
Miami Herald
(September 18, 2009) WQAM-560 general manager Joe Bell said he won't intervene in this week's contentious on-air squabble pitting Orlando Alzugaray against Jim Mandich and Joe Rose. ``It's guys being guys,'' Bell said.
Alzugaray and Rose have disagreed in the past about tight end Anthony Fasano. Alzugaray believes the Dolphins need to upgrade at the position. Fast forward to last Sunday's game in Atlanta, when Fasano fumbled twice and Alzugaray -- during a commercial break -- made an off-air comment to Rose that Mandich and Jimmy Cefalo could hear in their headsets. ``Orlando said something like, `What do you think of your elite tight end now?' '' Mandich recalled off the air. Alzugaray said he was joking and not gloating. On the air, Mandich called Alzugaray's comment ``petty'' and ``unprofessional.'' Alzugaray said on the air that unlike Mandich and Rose, he is not employed by the team; questioned Rose's toughness; and asserted ``in one stinking hour'' at the Senior Bowl and NFL combine, ``I talk to more NFL people than everybody at this station combined in a year.'' Responded Mandich, on the air: ``Who the hell does this son of a [expletive] think he is?'' Mandich said Alzugaray implied that he and Rose are ``bought off'' and Alzugaray's opinion ``is cleaner and much more sanitized.'' Said Mandich: `` My voice doesn't get bought.'' Mandich said Alzugaray ``dreams of having access like Joe Rose. Joe Rose calls, people pick up the phone. Big O calls. Huh? Who? Never heard of you. See your [butt] later.'' Alzugaray, off the air, said Mandich told him in April to ``be positive'' on WQAM's draft coverage. ``It's hypocritical to say, `We're not bought' and then tell me I have to be positive on the air at the draft,'' Alzugaray said. Said Mandich: ``I don't know that I said positive.'' He said his message to Alzugaray was this: When you're broadcasting at a Dolphins draft party, ``be a little sensitive to the audience you are addressing.'' _______________________
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