According to Richards, they woke Daniel up and then tried to reschedule because it was obvious he wasn't prepared to do the interview. Daniel said no, let's do it anyway. It was a horrible interview. As others have said, Richards has done good interviews in the past so I don't think you can put it all on him. If you know the guy isn't really interested in talking to you, I'm sure it is tough to make it seem reasonable. On top of that, Daniel really did come off as an arrogant ass. He didn't know about the contest, gave one word responses, said "I have an assistant who looks after these things" and generally sounded like a tool.
Richards is completely correct to make fun of him for it.
And yes, Pierre McGuire has a regular spot on Wednesday's during the hockey season, as does Adam Proteau (Hockey News guy who is also good). During football season they have Khari Jones and Chris Schultz both on once each week. You might not always like their humour (and I don't really), but they do get quality guests.
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