THIS is legit what it comes down to...SAS is making valid points based off #s that he can technically hide behind..... I'll give him that.....but you are spot on....but he will NEVER admit that....he NEVER thought that a white man with a Columbia University education would gain OUR respect like THAT....but he should have bc this man rapped and does a heckuva job with Boxing....sounds like he knows a bit about the culture 😬🤷🏾♂️😆
If Max was that guy he’d be top dog or in the running. Since the split Kellerman, has gone the way of Dame Dash and that’s into obscurity. However, when Smith left Skip, Steven S. rose to the top. With that being sad Max is no threat to Steven or anyone else.
@@kingtez01Technically it does..why do you think when business target people they target the "hood" because they know the hood will be loyal to spending there Money..
@@shyne1308 it is for some, but I want to be informed and hear good discussion when it comes to sports. SAS is entertaining but says the dumbest things so I can’t even watch the guy.
@@Cujobob that's why SAS the goat..he about entertaining..he has over 10 regular experts on his show daliey , that caters to what you like. MAX had his own morning show on espn after first take & nobody watched it. Look at his views? Anybody can read stats and numbers like max does. It's boring for TV. I'll read that myself lol
He's just using that as an excuse. I genuinely do think SAS did not like Max, probably for several reasons. Sometimes people just don't vibe and that's okay but the more professional thing to do would be to work through it. You don't always love who you work with but you gotta keep it professional. SAS airing this out in public is incredibly unprofessional and messed up to do to your former co host who is out of work. SAS got it coming he's too big for his britches and it's time for him to get served some humble pie. The title of this video is proof how ridiculous this whole thing is, like SAS is the one that fired Max? No he cried and the execs listened. He was not the one to fire him directly. Nice try tho.
What's to cover? Whites destroyed a country of color, nothing new there. 1 million civilians killed. People like you, no threat, just go to work & do what you told. Go in to debt with Credit cards
that day T.O said that i said to myself he not coming back and then max rubbed it in SAS face by saying after T.O said that i've been going to cookouts all over the place you should've seen SAS face
The episode where Terrell Owens told Stephen A. " Max seems like he's blacker than you" set off an insecurity in Stephen A that suggested Max was out shining him as well as took better stances on black issues than him. His ego couldn't take that
I remember max’s last day on the show, Stephen A pretended to be sick and stayed home. He couldn’t even shake his hand in person which I find unprofessional.
Show was way better with Max. Stephen A's ego is just too big to have someone as good as Max on the show. Shame Max had to leave. I've been a daily First Take watcher for years, and always enjoyed Max's perspective. Didn't care he wasn't an athlete. He articulated himself well and generally made good points and was a good debater.
@greenlion2890I don’t agree max won all debates but I don’t see the arrogance in max. Stephen A persona is arrogance and I’m ok with that but to call max arrogant is just biased
@@KKOPPONGyeah they soo hard sucking the white mans dick...why did they not follow max on his new show before it tanked??..they just like to hate on a brotha they want the white man amd snow bunnies.
Steven A purposefully had the producers chuck grenades at Max and he still made it entertainment. "I'll take iguadala"😂 Steven A became super insecure cus Max had natural street cred.
Stephen A Smith on Max being fired. Let me take full responsibility, “Because of my huge Ego plus being a better host, a superior human being…. Remember, that I’m great and I am better than you Max, in all things…. therefore we have to let you go”. Sincerely, The Humble Stephen A Smith.
I never heard or read one comment that said people were wondering why Max was on the showwhen he wasn't an athlete or journalist. Stephen A is full of it with that.
The real truth is that Stephen A. was tired of losing debates to Max. Max was knowledgeable, prepared, and would often make Stephen A.’s viewpoints look ridiculous. When your entire career is based upon winning arguments simply by being the loudest ignorant person in the room, it becomes difficult to continue that charade when someone routinely confronts you with facts.
“We were oceans apart, I was doing the show almost by myself” what an egotistical gasbag. The people preferred Max all day long. You got jealous, saw your role slipping as the main character and fired him. Simple.
They haven’t been #1 in years. The reason the show sucks is Stephen A. And Stephen really thinks he was an Athlete 😂, he played like 3 mins a game in college.
Max was far better on social and racial issues. He was intelligent and brought something completely different. Stephen A. was intimidated and insecure because he was being outshined. Stephen A says it himself, "I wanted to win". Exactly, Stephen A. wanted to win, when Max was winning arguments and debates and making better points it played on him big time.
Nah I disagree with SAS on this one. Max was ON POINT on a lot of topics. Max was definitely more than capable of holding his own on literally every single topic y’all talked about
To be honest, since Max left, I barely find myself watching First Take. It's even fallen out of my youtube algorithm because I don't see videos popping up for me anymore
@@user-zu5uj9dq7c- now that they have Shannon - they are. What Stephen a proved during the Max Kellerman era was that he couldn’t be the star of the show. He can be a great foil, but he cannot make it work himself. Neither could kellerman, in that format, but Stephen needs somebody who is interesting, outspoken, but logical and not psycho to keep him grounded and the audience interested.
TO responds to Stephen A about “Max seems blacker than you” czcams.com/video/Sic2EUK5dKc/video.htmlsi=GJLmU1ORBj2ydm4w
I'm black and I preferred Max
What does being black have to do with it
Max was too smart for him
Cool
Me to
You ain’t black
the truth is, people (specifically black folks) preferred Max, and that made SAS jealous
That's exactly it in a nutshell.
Including that dude who said Max was blacker than Stephen. That must've hit a nerve. 😂
SAS is a racist hater
He hated the fact that Max out debated him and out “blacked” him.
Max was way smarter than him and made him look stupid on his own show. Everyone knows the reason 😂
Stephen A was jealous. Max did a damn good job when he was on FT
He didn't like that Max was better on Black social issues than he was
that's what it was
That’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard a WHITE MAN will never be more knowledgeable about Blk issues than a Blk man!!
THIS is legit what it comes down to...SAS is making valid points based off #s that he can technically hide behind..... I'll give him that.....but you are spot on....but he will NEVER admit that....he NEVER thought that a white man with a Columbia University education would gain OUR respect like THAT....but he should have bc this man rapped and does a heckuva job with Boxing....sounds like he knows a bit about the culture 😬🤷🏾♂️😆
wow
@@rodsutton5458in this instant he was sas be just tapping
Stephen A was intimidated by Maxs intelligence and the love the hood gave to Max. TO called it.
Wiley said the SAME THING, dude have a degree FROM COLUMBUS in history per say. The gift to gab and hip hop knowledge plus boxing
Who gives a fuck what the hood loves lol. That shit don't equal numbers
#@@kingtez01 but it DID equal #s. they were the #1 show.
If Max was that guy he’d be top dog or in the running. Since the split Kellerman, has gone the way of Dame Dash and that’s into obscurity. However, when Smith left Skip, Steven S. rose to the top. With that being sad Max is no threat to Steven or anyone else.
@@kingtez01Technically it does..why do you think when business target people they target the "hood" because they know the hood will be loyal to spending there Money..
Max would continually outclass Stephen A... And his ego couldn't handle that. I would rather watch Max every day.
He fired him because the viewers liked him better
I love Stephen A but Max was one of the most smart and likeable good guys he’s had on the show
Right i had no problem with max had he still been der
You need to read more lol
True but he was boring and tv about entertaining
@@shyne1308 it is for some, but I want to be informed and hear good discussion when it comes to sports. SAS is entertaining but says the dumbest things so I can’t even watch the guy.
@@Cujobob that's why SAS the goat..he about entertaining..he has over 10 regular experts on his show daliey , that caters to what you like. MAX had his own morning show on espn after first take & nobody watched it. Look at his views? Anybody can read stats and numbers like max does. It's boring for TV. I'll read that myself lol
Max had way better arguments, Stephen A was just insecure simple. Stop hating.
I want Iguodala!
He's scared of Max's intelligence is all
Max was smarter. SAS was just louder and he knew that, so…
Max was too real for him
The show was not stale. People liked max
He's just using that as an excuse. I genuinely do think SAS did not like Max, probably for several reasons. Sometimes people just don't vibe and that's okay but the more professional thing to do would be to work through it. You don't always love who you work with but you gotta keep it professional. SAS airing this out in public is incredibly unprofessional and messed up to do to your former co host who is out of work. SAS got it coming he's too big for his britches and it's time for him to get served some humble pie. The title of this video is proof how ridiculous this whole thing is, like SAS is the one that fired Max? No he cried and the execs listened. He was not the one to fire him directly. Nice try tho.
He just said he didnt like him. He made that very clear.
SAS shitting on a dude that was clearly better than him, Max argued with logic where as SAS talked absolute crap 100% of the time
He felt threatened???
Unfortunately, being logical doesn’t get views. Being loud and controversial does.
@dylanhenry1861 they still had the number one spot when Max was there, so they weren't losing viewership
Max is a class act and ran rings around Stephen A. Pure envy.
Max Kellerman was more honest on racial issues. Stephen A is too scared and feels like he has to be a good boy to get paid
I honestly never came across another brother that didn’t like Max… he was a real one
Max Kellerman spoke eloquently and backed up his arguments with facts. Stephen A. Smith yelled and ranted.
Stephen A pretending like the majority of viewers listened to him over Max because he was…a journalist? Bro, no one GAF about “journalists” 😂
Stephen A bragging about being a journalist. He ain't cover the white house or war in Iraq. He covered the damn 76ers.
😂😂 this man going back in the history of that mans closet
What's to cover? Whites destroyed a country of color, nothing new there. 1 million civilians killed. People like you, no threat, just go to work & do what you told. Go in to debt with Credit cards
I liked Max better. Seemed more relatable and I'm a black man
I think Steven A didn't like losing arguments to Max.
Max actually knows sports, thats why he gone
I liked Max better, then Stephen A to be honest
SAS couldn’t give a single good reason why max should have been fired
Max beat SAS in many debates, and when Mr Blackness SAS was called whiter than Max scratched his ego real hard
that day T.O said that i said to myself he not coming back and then max rubbed it in SAS face by saying after T.O said that i've been going to cookouts all over the place you should've seen SAS face
To be fair, SAS thinks way too highly of himself if he thinks people listen to him because he was an “athlete” or a “journalist”
Couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that it's obvious within minutes that Max is smarter than him.
Translation. I was tired of Max beating me like a drum.
Max was gone at the moment TO called him blacker than Steven A
Your not an athlete either Stephen
You fired Max because he’s smart and white. Period
Actually no
Actually no
So about time somebody fired one of y’all ass because of your skin color 😂
SAS brings race into everything. Dude is a clown sometimes 🙄🤦🏽♂️
No he fired him due to the ratings. he was fine with Skip Bayless because of the ratings
Hood was rocking with max more than SAS and he got jealous
Max was too philosophical for him..
Nah, Max ate you up daily. That’s why.
Same reason he left Skip
Stephen a says max wasn’t an athlete, as if he was a baller himself. This dude road bench all his life.
I really liked max. First take hasn’t been the same. Switched to undisputed after him leaving.
The show is stale now
Facts shit is assss
💯
Maybe
Nah it is ass Maxx and Bubba dub would be a good match
Ong I still watch undisputed more than first take
Max was very good at his Job, Steven A was mad cuz he got clowned by Max.
The episode where Terrell Owens told Stephen A. " Max seems like he's blacker than you" set off an insecurity in Stephen A that suggested Max was out shining him as well as took better stances on black issues than him. His ego couldn't take that
wow he told you that 🤔
I appreciate him honesty.
I remember max’s last day on the show, Stephen A pretended to be sick and stayed home. He couldn’t even shake his hand in person which I find unprofessional.
you dont know what happened behind closed doors. It was stated by Max himself that they had plenty talks in person. Clown.
Stephen a needs a slice of humble pie he actin like he the Michael Jordan of sports journalism
Show was way better with Max. Stephen A's ego is just too big to have someone as good as Max on the show. Shame Max had to leave. I've been a daily First Take watcher for years, and always enjoyed Max's perspective. Didn't care he wasn't an athlete. He articulated himself well and generally made good points and was a good debater.
Stephen A was just mad that max was blacker than him 😂
Funny that if roles were reversed Max would be labeled a racist lol
Remember when that one dude said Max was more "black" than Stephen lmao
"That one dude" was hof terrell owens
Cap 🧢 most people liked Max more than SAS… he kept it realer
Stephen A. is a real hater. Max brought facts to the show.
He wasn't pumped up on Max owning him on every single Take
@greenlion2890I don’t agree max won all debates but I don’t see the arrogance in max. Stephen A persona is arrogance and I’m ok with that but to call max arrogant is just biased
Max was dope asf
Max was stale but he sees potential in Mad Dog Russo??? This guy is a cornball
The viewership and his success disagree with you heavy😂. Is Max employed anywhere?
I like mad Dog
i fux wit da Mad Dod
@@KKOPPONGyeah they soo hard sucking the white mans dick...why did they not follow max on his new show before it tanked??..they just like to hate on a brotha they want the white man amd snow bunnies.
@@nicholasgakuu5223 Max isn't White, he's a Jew.
The show flatlined because Stephen A couldn’t debate with max 😂😂😂
Because Max won everyday. I'm team Max all day
Steven A purposefully had the producers chuck grenades at Max and he still made it entertainment.
"I'll take iguadala"😂
Steven A became super insecure cus Max had natural street cred.
Facts
Stephen A Smith on Max being fired.
Let me take full responsibility, “Because of my huge Ego plus being a better host, a superior human being…. Remember, that I’m great and I am better than you Max, in all things…. therefore we have to let you go”.
Sincerely, The Humble Stephen A Smith.
Stephan a was just mad cause to called max blacker than him!
I never heard or read one comment that said people were wondering why Max was on the showwhen he wasn't an athlete or journalist. Stephen A is full of it with that.
Max, Max was my dude. Liked his commentary better than Stephen As.
Stephen A Smith not being honest . He was intimidated by Max and got rid of him. Max was good for the show.
That’s exactly why he did it.
He was mad that Max blacker than him 😅
Max carried ESPN boxing… WTF is this guy talking about smh
The real truth is that Stephen A. was tired of losing debates to Max. Max was knowledgeable, prepared, and would often make Stephen A.’s viewpoints look ridiculous. When your entire career is based upon winning arguments simply by being the loudest ignorant person in the room, it becomes difficult to continue that charade when someone routinely confronts you with facts.
Couldn't of said it any better. This should be posted on a magazine cover or something
“We were oceans apart, I was doing the show almost by myself” what an egotistical gasbag. The people preferred Max all day long. You got jealous, saw your role slipping as the main character and fired him. Simple.
They haven’t been #1 in years. The reason the show sucks is Stephen A. And Stephen really thinks he was an Athlete 😂, he played like 3 mins a game in college.
Maxx challenged him he couldn't take it. 😅
Agreed max was smarter
Max was far better on social and racial issues. He was intelligent and brought something completely different. Stephen A. was intimidated and insecure because he was being outshined. Stephen A says it himself, "I wanted to win". Exactly, Stephen A. wanted to win, when Max was winning arguments and debates and making better points it played on him big time.
Nah I disagree with SAS on this one. Max was ON POINT on a lot of topics. Max was definitely more than capable of holding his own on literally every single topic y’all talked about
Brady ? Igoudala ?
Is that any worse than Skip with the Cowboys?? Lol
@@leftyloose8576 yes Brady won a damn chip when he said the man was gonna fall off
Shit got stale when Max left
Stephen A did Max dirty. He is pos. We all preferred Max over him.
To be honest, since Max left, I barely find myself watching First Take. It's even fallen out of my youtube algorithm because I don't see videos popping up for me anymore
Smith hated working with Max because Max would routinely SMOKE HIM in debates.
This is definitely not true
Your just saying that cuz you don’t like Stephen
The show was amazing when Max was there and the numbers never dipped.
SAS couldn't argue with facts
Nah, everone respected Max BUT YOU.
The hood loved max,that killed him...Plus max outsmarted him daily 😂😂😂..Stephen A played college ball for 3 mins,this dude is a clownnnn
I only watched for Max
Steven A. got sick of gettin cooked 2 hours a day 😂🤣🤣😭☠️
Stephen just sounds like he was just jealous of Max because Max makes a lot of sense.
not when Max said Kawhi is a better clutch player than Kobe was
@@vincentluong1 the stats don't lie
First take fell off without max kellerman .
Faxxx💯 I don’t even think SAS realise that doe 🤦🏾♂️
That's why the numbers are higher then they've ever been before
@@user-zu5uj9dq7c- now that they have Shannon - they are. What Stephen a proved during the Max Kellerman era was that he couldn’t be the star of the show. He can be a great foil, but he cannot make it work himself. Neither could kellerman, in that format, but Stephen needs somebody who is interesting, outspoken, but logical and not psycho to keep him grounded and the audience interested.
Max was great!! Especially when he would talk about boxing!
Fact.
That episode with T.O was the end of Max.
That smirk on Max’s face, T.O snatching SAS’s black card on live TV and giving it to Max..
Damn 😂😂😂
We liked Max better and you got jealous. End of story
We did? I thought Max was super annoying. Did not know how to read the room & did not know when to stfu.
We loved Max over steven period
The show was WAY better when Max was there
I’m black and I preferred max.
Max was better, and better takes. Just like Shannon was better than Skip.
Did Stephen A. care about the viewers? The viewers loved Max and we’re disappointed
Leaders make decisions that followers may not know are in their best interests. The fact that First Take still on top and Max is unemployed 😂
@@KKOPPONGzip it up when u done
I personally think the show doesn’t need Stephen a smith.
Max made the show better.
If Stephen a thinks the show is better off now then when he had max he doesn’t know his audience at all 💯
Max was a great balance to Stephen A.
SAS was getting insecure. Plain and simple. Max was really good and had chemistry with Molly.
You replaced Max with Mad Dog?
Clearly SAS doesn't want to be challenged...
Wait a second 🤣😂 He makes it sound like journalists are as rare as elite athletes 😂🤣
Max was blacker than Stephen A and it intimidated him.
Lmao wtf how does that make sense
He aint resonating with no one. He just blaming Max for everything. Max is still blacker than him.
Definitely not black 😂😂 u must be white
@@kb24goat8I'm black and I agree with Terrance comment 100 percent
@@JjjNas-mj8ke taking ya black card
@@kb24goat8 taking your mom's virginity..... Wait nevermind I took that a long time ago. I'll take her ass hole virginity now tho
Only SAS thought that Max not being a journalist or athlete was a problem. What a clown.
SAS didn’t like being 2nd fiddle. Max was the real deal. SAS tried hard to sound smart.
Stephen A couldn’t even be man enough to show up for Max last day on the show, thats some weak as shit
SAS was petty and stupid. SAS thinks WAY too much of himself. Max was awesome and SAS got nervous because people liked Max.
Bro on a power trip 😅