joe what was the real reason behind blechman giving the boot to dave and nipples romano?
those two guys should get a lot of credit for what they did for MD.
That was before my tenure at MD (freelance and full time at HQ), so I don't want to sound like a shit stirrer and say something inaccurate by speculating, but I wholeheartedly agree that Dave and John put MD on the map.
MD was a very different type of publication before their era. Blechy purchased it in 1986 from the Hoffman family (York Barbell people). It had been around since 1964 but was floundering by then and did not do much better under its new ownership. It was the all-natural MD, then morphed into the D-cup girls era and eventually the 'No Bull' Dave & John style.
The magazine became the biggest and best in the industry, with a ballsy attitude and telling it like it is when it came to steroids, schmoes and shit like that. That was the MD that I became a fan of and it was still a great product when Robbie became the editor after Dave & John were out. Those days are LONG gone.
My, my, my...how the mighty have fallen.
