I went through many phases as Anthony's saga unfolded, as I'm sure many other people did.

1. These tweets will make for good radio!
2. Uh-oh... Anthony's still ranting about this a day later.
3. Uh-oh... The media has picked up on it.
4. This could cause a suspension.
5. Fired? Really? Shit.
6. Okay, maybe management will think this over during the weekend and cooler heads will prevail. That would require a retraction or at least a statement of regret from Anthony.
7. Looks like Anthony is sticking to his guns (heh) about not apologizing.
8. Why hasn't the anyone called out the media for ignoring the assault?
9. Anthony sure was quick to announce he's going forward with LftC. Maybe this was deliberate on his part.
10. Sirius hasn't announced the end of the O&A Channel, so I guess the show will go on. In what form, though?
11. Wait-and-see mode engaged.

So it seems that neither Opie or Anthony are going to immediately retire from broadcasting at this point, but whatever arises from the ashes will be so different from the O&A show of last week that we'll all be stunned. The new shows might be fantastic and better than anything before, but from my perspective right now it just sucks so bad to think that there won't be any more breaks of Opie throwing out a news item so Anthony and Jim can tear into it.

Time marches on and nothing stays the same (blah blah, sentimental horseshit, I know) but it truly sucks that Opie and Anthony went out like this, just shy of a legitimate 20 year working relationship. Their listenership was growing and now it will be greatly diminished because not everyone cares to listen to multiple shows. In the beginning I imagine the fans will listen to both, but it will quickly become apparent that the new shows are vastly different and most people will pick just one to follow.

TL;DR We'll look back at all this in a year and laugh at our predictions about the different the paths were that Opie and Anthony actually took, compared to what we're trying to imagine now.