More like sociopathic obfuscation, half-truth-telling, and unabashed lying; all being essential ingredients to what makes an Opie.

b.b.b.but he hates selfish mentally ill people

It wasn't unspoken loyalty that kept them together. Like all radio duos it was a mix of contractual obligation and a desire for the highest paycheck they could possibly get.

I think they both have legitimate grievances; and they could be (and probably are) each telling the absolute truth as they see it, But it's also obvious that none of this would be happening if these clowns had bothered to talk to one another on occasion about their respective situations, while they were working together. They never had to be friends in order to achieve what they achieved, but it was their duty, as broadcast professionals, to each know where the others head was at with respect to their partnership.

Well the thing that is certain is their first day back on air Opie wasn't shouting into the microphone that SiriusXM fucked the show over and he wants his partner back. He said he did everything he could to save Anthony and to "trust him" about that. Not making any public case to save his partner either on twitter or on his show clearly isn't doing "everything he could" and he knows that. His first show back he made himself a victim and talked about how good management actually treats them (completely refuting years of bashing management)... almost as if management told him what to do...

The management bashing was always a bit. I never took it seriously.

As for the rest, I think you're probably right . . . but . . . my point is that, from his perspective, Opie might really believe he did everything he could, even if in reality it was no more than calling Scott Greenstein and asking "Are you sure he needs to be fired for this?"

The theme through all of this is the bizarre lack of any form of off-air communication between these two. It almost seems as though after a time each had literally no idea what the other was thinking and never at any point thought to ask; even if not asking ultimately led to their show's destruction.

This is how they cut their own throats. They had the best show in all radio and they were both too dumb to know how to preserve it.

Well according to the Opester they weren't trying to preserve it. They were possibly moving on to 2 separate shows. He continues to insist that they were ending their show one way or another. The firing just happened to come first but he is claiming that they "both knew" the show was coming to an end regardless of the firing. That is where either he is lying or Anthony is lying. This isn't a matter of perspective. You can't say "The show was ending and Anthony knew that" as if it is a fact unless it is a fact and Anthony is lying or Opie is trying to save face by lying. I tend to believe Anthony on this because he seems to be more forthright about what goes on with the show.

And I believe that a lot of the management bashing was used to fill time but I also believe that it came from genuine anger at management. They were promised things they didn't get and they were both pissed. I don't believe that Opie was happy with management all along and just trashing them when they were refusing the upgrade the studio as a radio gimmick. I think he was genuinely pissed off and management reined him in after firing Ant as part of an agreement. "If this new show is going to work, some things are gonna need to change..." type of thing.

I don't think he was ever happy with management (then or now), and they probably have put their foot down and told him to lay off the complaining. I'm just saying that his on-air rants were pumped-up for what he thought was maximum entertainment value. In reality, he's ultimately someone who's willing to go along with whatever management throws at him . . . like every other broadcaster on a national level working for a multi-zillion dollar media company. He's not some maverick. If he was, he never would have gotten a radio gig at that level.

And again, I have no doubt that Opie is telling the truth (as he sees it) when he says that they both understood the show was heading for the finish line; just as I have no doubt that Anthony is telling the truth when he says he had no such understanding and wanted to continue the show. That's the problem. These idiots consigned themselves to separate realities that they utterly refused to reconcile through the act of simple, one-on-one communication, which is death to any partnership, even a purely professional one such as theirs.

First of all, you don't have a grasp on the situation.

You're actually taking what that washed up ginger is saying as based on some kind of actual fact...

"ME: I would love to have Ant on MY channel, He could have an afternoon show or something." If I am wrong correct me, but didn't they hate afternoons? and before the firing Ant made it clear he didn't want afternoons? If so when Op said that it was a massive shot. Also, why would he assume Ant wants to go from sharing a channel with him to working for him on the opie channel?

I'm convinced Opie has a brain tumor.

There's nothing more to it than Opie lying to justify to the fans and himself the fact he did nothing when ant was fired. Period.