Comments on: That Was A Close One

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:01:00 +0000

I’ve been told I should have mentioned mac users in the above column. I regret the oversight. Long road back, yada, yada.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:03:43 +0000

Lyle,

You’ll be interested to know that I emailed Easterbrook and told him that since he believes “men of dignity would resign”, I would expect him to post his resignation from ESPN within 48 hours.

I’m not expecting a response (he never does), nor an I expecting him to resign.

He’s a “journalist” after all, which means he’s never wrong, no matter how many times the facts confirm that he is wrong.

By: Looky Lou

Looky Lou — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:00:50 +0000

Easterbrooks is a desparate fool…..his columns always scream, “LOOK AT ME! PLEASE LOOK AT ME!” his opinion means nothing….IF it is his “opinion”, most likely he knows his columns are foolish, just looking for attention..those types are the worst of the worst

By: Nopointe

Nopointe — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:37 +0000

Interesting, but I really need to hear what Ordway thinks before I make up my mind.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:14:01 +0000

Easterbrook says “A man of dignity would resign”… but apparently that doesn’t hold true for men of dignity in the media, who fabricated the story ruining the most historic game in New England’s history. Where are the calls in the media for Thomase’s resignation?

Shoddy unaccountable “journalism” is ruining sports, not the coaches.

When the media talks about the arrogance of the Pats, all you need to do is hear pompous Felger disrespectfully poo-pooing the Chargers at having zero chance to beat the Colts, “ridiculous, no chance”. So often so completely but unassailably wrong… You would never hear anyone on the Pats speaking about opponents so disrespectfully.

I have removed the two major boston dailies from my favorites list. I’ve kept this site and the AP wire and that’s fine for me.

By: Beaker

Beaker — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:11:25 +0000

Great stuff, Scott.

Throughout all of this, since day one, who is the only person or entity that has been sanctioned in any way for their actions?

And still, that’s not enough. They want Belichick’s blood and even if Sheriff Goodell were to cut off his arm and wave it wildly over his head at a Gang Green fan rally, the media jackals would wonder why he didn’t go for the legs.

It will never end.

By: Richter

Richter — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:03:33 +0000

Sweeping generalizations are usually a bad thing. They lead to ignorant opinions and an uninformed outlook. In this case, though, I think it’s fair to make an exception: It really IS all the media’s fault. They are entirely to blame for the mess this situation has become. It was the perfect storm of resentment, schadenfreude, opportunism and contempt that brought us to this place. Resentment, by the sports media, of Belichick’s (rightful) disdain for them and everything the institution of sports journalism has come to represent. Schadenfreude, by opposing fans and media alike, gleeful at the chance to say, “See, you guys really aren’t that great,” never mind the fact that both continued to trumpet that fact for years before finally becoming sick of their own voices. Opportunism, by certain media members (you know who I’m talking about), looking to make a career for themselves by affixing a scarlet letter to Bill Belichick’s chest. And contempt, already welling up inside the chests of scribes and fans alike for a team that wasn’t supposed to be run like this, that wasn’t supposed to succeed like this, because it was decided a long time ago that they should be permanent fixtures as doormats of the league. The bile had been percolating a long time, just waiting to find an outlet. Every one of these factors were stoked by the media relentlessly, until an outpouring of unchecked lunacy swept over anyway brave enough to read the sports section of the paper or tune in to the “Worldwide Sports Leader”. So it is all their fault, in this case. They hate the team, they hate Belichick, and they hate us, maybe most of all, because we don’t care that the team doesn’t make their lives easier and enable them to be the lazy pigs they wish they could be, doesn’t buddy up to them and make them feel like part of the in-crowd… we only care that they win for us, and do a decent job of being heroes, as far as professional athletes can be, anyway.

By: Lance

Lance — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:03:13 +0000

Thanks Scott. Realized a long time ago what a waste it was to give any of those miserable tools any of my time. May is the month when fans should be thinking that 7th round draft choice is going to make the HOF, hoping Mayo agrees to a fair contract without holding out. Instead we get SHOCK without anything new except more piousness from the “mainstream” media.

From now on it’s Reiss’s Pieces, this site and Belichick’s coaches show on Monday’s. The rest be damned.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:49:10 +0000

Scott, this is awesome.

I think the best part of the column is that you’ve already accurately predicted that the media will soon resort to their standard fallback position when all else fails, “oh yeah, blame US for all this, like we’re to blame”.

It’s a standard media ploy that they trot out whenever they start catching too much heat from the public for their own professional misconduct and malpractice.

Is it any wonder why “journalist” ranks just below “baby seal clubber” on the list of least-favorite professions as far as the public are concerned?

By: Looky Lou

Looky Lou — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:16:22 +0000

It’s sort of ironic really…Tony Mass and others in the media just LOVE calling the fans names (get-a-lifers, rumpswabs,etc..etc..) Yet THEY make their livings off of sports, and THEY are the ones who act like sports are life and death. I think they REALLY believe fans jump off the Tobin after a tough loss…..ironic indeed