Did Barstool Make A Mistake Re-Hiring Rico Bosco?

Did Barstool Make A Mistake Re-Hiring Rico Bosco?

Rico Bosco is officially back at Barstool after spurning Audacy in the process. Is it really going to be sunshine and rainbows when Rico returns? It sure as hell doesn’t appear that way.

Kirk Minihane was the first to speak out against the decision to bring Rico back. He even went as far as to compare Rico to a sick priest. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

“I look at them(@stoolpresidente @BarstoolBigCat) as the Catholic Church and @Return_Of_RB as a pedophile priest.” – @kirkmin @kirkminshow ⛪️ pic.twitter.com/H998TofoOx

— PGA Minihane (@MinihanePga) December 15, 2022

Brandon Walker also had some words to say.

👀 @BFW thoughts on Rico’s return pic.twitter.com/zmUlVqZjVE

— Viva La Stool (@VivaLaStool) December 15, 2022

Walker didn’t give a big hateful speech but KFC who’s been in the building since the OG days was a little more firm in his statement. He has no tolerance for people attacking with burner accounts. Especially when it comes to attacking family members. Both John Feitelberg and KFC are out on the call to bring Rico back.

Persona non grata pic.twitter.com/14lXv3NTgp

— KFC Radio (@KFCradio) December 15, 2022

The mutiny has gone so far that Dave Portnoy himself put out a tweet knowing that he’s going to have to address the group as a whole. It’s going to be something to see what goes down in that meeting.

An emergency High Council session has been called for 7:30 tonight between myself @KFCBarstool and @BarstoolBigCat to discuss the mini rebellion that has started within Barstool because of my decision to bring back @Return_Of_RB Will post right after

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) December 15, 2022

Kirk Minihane Thinks Barstool Is Crazy For Bringing Rico Bosco Back

Was bringing Rico back the wrong call? It’s hard to say given the numbers that both Pick Em shows have gotten because of the controversy. The return episode already has 214 thousand viewers on a video that’s 11 hours old. The Rico crazy brings eyeballs because none of it’s a bit.

The real question here will be if Rico can avoid another catastrophe in terms of attacking someone. He’s gotta be on thin ice at this point. If another High Noon can gets chucked at another employee, it could be lights out for good. When it comes to the ticking time bomb of Rico, you certainly can’t count that possibility out.