Best Of Mike & The Mad Dog: Mike Milbury Interview From 6/3/2003

Mike Francesa and Chris Russo blast then-Islanders GM Mike Milbury for dismissing head coach Peter Laviolette after consecutive playoff appearances.

[@RG-si6dy]

"Mike, how are you still the GM?!"

[@vincentbarone1557]

This guy personally ruined this franchise and set them back 20 years

[@thedxexpress]

Always love coming back to this lol

[@brianfarkas8172]

We need old mike & Mad dog in our lives.

[@joeydoherty368]

And Joe and Evan. Best sports talk shows ever.

[@auburnwild9803]

this is how all sports radio hosts should be with their local sports teams. this is outstanding work by the hosts. it also is great work by milbury to make it a great interview. it would also help how teams interact with media rather than the soft balls being thrown at them by the homer wannabe sports hosts.

[@mattbadish7840]

A FREAKING MAN,

[@kapo2012fb]

New york shit bro facts .. no bull shitin here

[@MrOctober44]

Meh. First off Mike and Chris could care less about hockey, much less the Islanders. Don't get me wrong, they were great. But it's really not all that brave to run the risk of alienating the Islanders, lol

[@mr.brenman2132]

​@@MrOctober44 Meh yourself. It takes balls to talk like thid to anybody. Going as far as calling for a guy's job. Chris wasn't even a fan of New York sports in general. Hockey is big in New York. Two teams in the city and 3 in the State.

[@FCT70]

Mike Milbury made Garth Snow look like Bill Torrey.

[@playfulferrets8267]

Wow. I miss this type of radio

[@PS-vc2yz]

Worst GM in the history of sports! And the coach he fired, goes on to win 441 games and a Stanley Cup. And Steve Stirling was a great replacement LOL. DiPietro picked #1 overall, traded Luongo, Chara, Bertuzzi, Mccabe, Tommy Salo, Chris Osgood. Signed Yashin to a 10 year contract. Total disgrace. Set the organization back 15 years.

[@newt0830]

mike millen with the Detroit lions was worse

[@Snipes-76]

3:20 Mike, how are you still the GM?

[@notoriouseagle1074]

aka AAA Thank you for Chara. Sincerely Bruins fans from coast to coast.

[@ATCguy1973]

@@Snipes-76 umm....ask the question Chris. Lmfao

[@michaelcanney7218]

Traded spezza and chara for yashin

[@hoopsheavenpa]

Not that big of a hockey fan, but this is radio gold! Great upload! Thank you!

[@mr.brenman2132]

Your loss. Great sport.

[@DeDona1]

Laviolette turned out to be an excellent coach!

[@IslesYanks98]

Respect to Mad Dog for calling out a man who set the Islanders franchise back for years. Among the worst GM’s in NHL history, he’s an even worse analyst.

[@comeonmaaan4288]

Thank you for these.

[@RangerPete1994]

This by far was the best interview (roasting) that they ever done. As a NYR fan I almost felt bad for Milbury..

[@michaelbelfer1069]

RangerPete1994 Seriously? I could never feel bad for this jerkoff, fuck 'um where he smokes

[@ATCguy1973]

As a Ranger fan I almost felt bad for him too. Almost!

[@chrisgarry22]

You must be the fan who milbury beat up

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

MAD DOG...OMG...he tells the truth

[@ivandesantis858]

I lived in New York but was never a diehard Hockey fan but I imagined before I played this that it was likely a volatile interview . WOW !! Jesus Christ Dog was giving it to Milbury.

[@patroclus32]

This is awesome, thanks for uploading.

[@nocapper]

This is classic! Russo was awesome when he wanted to go after someone and I give Milbury credit for sticking in. But Milbury was indeed a tool who missed the boast more often than not.

[@notoriouseagle1074]

He traded Chara, Bertuzzi, McCabe, Brewer, Redden, Luongo, Jokinen, and traded away the draft pick that resulted in Spezza. He could've drafted Heatley or Gabrik. That team could've been a powerhouse in the Eastern Conference and compete with NJ and Philly in that division. This guy was a joke of a GM, and he's a bigger joke in the media.

[@ianstephenson9721]

The only player he got a decent return for of those was Redden

[@MrOctober44]

He traded Brewer for Hamrlik. He also got Jason Blake and Adrian Aucion for next to nothing.

[@mikehoben7341]

Doggy was a telephone warrior . He wouldn’t have said this to Milburys face, Doggys tennis racket would end up his ass sideways

[@TL2354]

You’re a keyboard warrior

[@mikehoben7341]

@@TL2354 Yeah ? Well one of us has his name and picture and one of us is an anonymous pussy just like the other 90 percent of commenters here. You’re the definition of an anonymous keyboard warrior Mr. TL2354 lol ya pussy

[@markyt3830]

Mike, how come your still the GM? 😆 3:20

[@TL2354]

You're

[@wiltongeorge8524]

I wish I could here every mike and the mad dog episode I loved them

[@JoelDutch]

Wilton George here

[@TL2354]

Where?

[@dickgezinya5318]

Mike and Chris were great. I miss listening to them on my lunch break.

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

This is how the mainstream media should act when they interview politicians and government officials. Surely we wouldn't be in the position we're in today.

[@jeffstell9146]

"Your drafting is pathetic" Mad Dog buried this dude 😂

[@danski6694]

This is awesome!

[@Matthew_Plus]

I had forgotten about this. Thank you, KZbin algorithm

[@michaelcanney7218]

You think he wanted to take mad dog's shoe off.

[@joshtaylor9884]

Maybe they wouldn't have lost to the freaking Tampa Bay Lightning the following years playoffs had they not fired Laviolette.

[@stevenmiller1416]

I would like to personally thank Mr Milbury. If not for his brutal incompetence we would not have won a cup in 2006.

[@TL2354]

We?

[@ianstephenson9721]

@@TL2354 Carolina

[@JohnSmith-ds1fm]

And he goes on to win the cup with Carolina

[@danski6694]

Adrian Aucoin - “significant talent”??? Lmao!!

[@rayp4050]

Aucoin was a signficant talent. Most durable defenseman on a soild D squad, had a rocket slap shot, led club in average time on ice and was an all-star the year after this interview. Very underrated Islander.

[@danski6694]

Ray Powers ok thanks mike. 😂

[@johnhealy9238]

I loved Aucoin

[@MrOctober44]

@@danski6694 You clearly don't know much about hockey if you don't think Aucion was a very good player. Check out his ice time, his pp goals. He played over 1,100 games.

[@danski6694]

Zdeno Chara was a “significant talent”. Alexei Yashin was a significant talent. Sorry not Aucoin

[@michaelbelfer1069]

The Dog Rocks

[@Thetruth11033]

Mad Dog is sports radio goat

[@christoskaloudis8800]

The problem was that Wong knew nothing about Hockey. Milbury was clueless and made terrible moves as GM but ultimately Wong needed to have solid hockey people around him to put a system in place. Terrible contracts all the way around screwed the organization for years. Lifetime contracts are un heard of in hockey unless you’re Wayne or Mario. Disfuntional organization after the 80ies dynasty.

[@THERobertL2000]

Agreed. The only thing I'll give Wang a token of credit for is keeping the Islanders in New York.

[@MrOctober44]

They've had one terrible owner after another. Pickett stopped caring, then they had the gang of four who knew nothing, Spano was a fraud, the Swine line refused to spend any money, and Wang was clueless. After his first few years he refused to spend any money.

[@ryanbranigan231]

From Milbury to Snow I can't fathom the frustration being an isles fan player or coach. These guys can manage a burger king let alone a professional team. Thank God I was born a rangers fan. DP15 YEARS YEARS!!

[@TL2354]

You're thankful that you root for a team that has 1 Cup in over 80 years? Pathetic franchise and fanbase

[@speedy1227]

Hilarious because Laviolette literally won a cup three years later.

[@TL2354]

Literally?

[@pmarty2585]

This was rough lmao 🤣

[@scottanthony9278]

Mr. Wang... lol

[@michael-ps9ko]

Millbury hit him with your loafer.

[@kidnamedbarzalislanders2498]

Yes milbury was atrocious, but dog should have been more respectful and professional.

[@hr1meg]

@kidnamedbarzalislanders2498 He was respectful. Millbury has been an ass-clown his whole life, and should have been skewered.

[@prosandconsfilms6933]

You claim to be an Islander fan and are defending someone who fired 7 different head coaches. You just personified how you've failed for all of these years.

[@purplesword3800]

Garth snow is no better..don't be fooled..milbury did some stupid things but he also had to trade players for $$ reasons & some of his younger players were promised contract bonuses that ownership wouldn't pay..maloney, milbury, snow horrible..btw milburys drafting was generally good.

[@brandongaines2005]

Purple Sword you can compare the 2 as far as coaching management is concerned but that's it. don't even try to compare Snow to the worse NHL GM in history.

[@purplesword3800]

Brandon Gaines i disagree snow is really no better..

[@brandongaines2005]

Purple Sword 3 Snow actually built the prospect pool from the ground up and dealt with corrupt politics and poor money management from Wang because of the previous fucker GM (not Neil Smith). Trust me, I'm not even a Snow fan and I'm saying that and he should've beem fired this past season for bad coaching management, but it seems he's correcting his mistakes unlike Mike.

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

THANK YOU!! Isles fans who think Garth Snow is good are a fucking joke...

[@ATCguy1973]

When you are an NHL franchise, you don't draft players so they could prosper on other teams. Torrey built his dynasty on homegrown players and bit the bullet for 2 years until they prospered. Millbury tried to win right away without thinking of the long term. In today's financial state of the game, it's impossible to keep an entire team long term

[@mine5441]

Milbury acquitted himself as well in this interview as bad as he was as a GM. That's a yuge backhanded compliment I know, but he actually handled this well.