OT: Official Sports Media Thread 2 (TV, Radio, Print) MOD WARNING in OP
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You must have ignored or missed the part where he couched it with "right now he's playing the position better than anyone left in the playoffs". Not that AR is better than Brady outright, or for his career. Just at this point of the playoffs, AR is playing better than all the remaining QBs. It's certainly open for discussion, if not flat out accurate. As loathsome as it is to say, but there's always next week for that to change, since it's about a point in time rather than a historical statement.
Therick67
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People just hear Felger's voice and don't hear the words....he also said Rodgers has had some horrible playoff games...
What about the goofball behind the mike during the B's games. His new stat where he counts the icings, thanks Jack. Or the Anton Blidh suspension. Jack explains, I watched this multiple times and Anton will be visiting player safety. We never saw replays. The entire coverage stinks. Jack and Brick BS'ing through the first few minutes of the game and then the play by play kicks in.
smithformeragent
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I read some interesting things about James Dolan, the owner of the Knicks, Rangers and MSG. He doesn't allow criticism of the teams.
This sort of cheerleader media eliminates the organizational accountability.
The rest of the media needs to step up outside of NESN, but I sense slashing of staff across various mediums and overall indifference toward the club.
Who watches the watchmen?
This sort of cheerleader media eliminates the organizational accountability.
The rest of the media needs to step up outside of NESN, but I sense slashing of staff across various mediums and overall indifference toward the club.
Who watches the watchmen?
The gabfest at the start of games is irritating, but Edwards is a great play-by-play guy. He knows who is doing what at every moment on either team, and is excellent at describing the plays.
Contrast that with the absolutely atrocious work of Tom Caron, who seems to make practically no attempt to learn the names and numbers of the college players he is doing pay-by-play on, and seems to pay only the slightest attention to what is happening on the ice. Instead, just gab, gab, gab. It makes you feel sorry for his color man, Jaffe, who does know the players and is aware of what is happening at every moment.
Contrast that with the absolutely atrocious work of Tom Caron, who seems to make practically no attempt to learn the names and numbers of the college players he is doing pay-by-play on, and seems to pay only the slightest attention to what is happening on the ice. Instead, just gab, gab, gab. It makes you feel sorry for his color man, Jaffe, who does know the players and is aware of what is happening at every moment.
smithformeragent
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Here's the other thing that frustrates me; Felger has been banging the "I want a hockey season." drum the last two seasons.
In other words, he, like many fans, knows that the team is rebuilding. However, he's unwilling to sit through the "bottoming out" process.
Fine. You reap what you sow. This is your "hockey season". A team that's sort of in the hunt, but not really, and in the hunt for what exactly? You bring back basically the same team for round three and expect drastically different results?
Now, it can be argued that they are building for the future with the moves that Sweeney has made and that he hasn't done anything in the short term to mortgage the future.
I ask this. Wouldn't he give the future a better chance of succeeding if he dealt off parts now?
Who in the media is calling for a proper rebuild? Anyone?
In other words, he, like many fans, knows that the team is rebuilding. However, he's unwilling to sit through the "bottoming out" process.
Fine. You reap what you sow. This is your "hockey season". A team that's sort of in the hunt, but not really, and in the hunt for what exactly? You bring back basically the same team for round three and expect drastically different results?
Now, it can be argued that they are building for the future with the moves that Sweeney has made and that he hasn't done anything in the short term to mortgage the future.
I ask this. Wouldn't he give the future a better chance of succeeding if he dealt off parts now?
Who in the media is calling for a proper rebuild? Anyone?
He's on again today. He contradicts himself every other sentence. Talking out of his ***.
Donnie Shulzhoffer
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What an arrogant fool Haggs on the Hockey Show this morning asked about his question to Julien and his employment status and his reply. "Was hoping one of the other reporters would step up and ask it but they didn't so I had to"
MattFromFranklin
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Donnie Shulzhoffer
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I'm not a fan of Haggs by any stretch, but what exactly does him asking that question do to make his arrogant? He's right. It's a story. It should have been the focus on the entire segment, IMO, because it's THE story. The loss to Chicago is whatever. The story is what is this team going to do with the coach. And you know what? It's on Neely and Sweeney for not putting an end to it either way by this point. It's absurd.
I was getting out of my car to go into the gym for my nephew's basketball game when he came on. I promptly sat down again and listened to the entire thing.
I'm not familiar with Pete Sheppard but IMO he nailed it. Ownership/management of this team is not only ****ing clueless it is ****ing gutless as well.
Donnie Shulzhoffer
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No I am fine with the question. It was his me macho man comment that no other reporter had the stones to ask it so he stepped up. I am sure the other beat writers loved that.
talkinaway
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I'm actually not fine with Haggs' question, because it was the wrong question at the wrong time. Empirically, there are better ways to phrase the question, and to time the question, to get a better, possibly more meaningful, response. (He literally got no response, so any other phrasing couldn't have been worse.). Seems like he could learn something from a professional interrogator...or a professional journalist. Julien knows he's on the hot seat, and nobody - not management, coaches, or players - talks about personnel decisions in front of the media before they're done. And after they're done, it's "always look on the bright side of life".
So, was Haggerty ever going to break a huge story - "Julien upset, tearful at prospect of being fired by the Bruins?" "Julien defiant, dares Sweeney/Neely to fire him?" No. It's an obvious question in two respects: obvious that people want it answered, but obvious that it's not going to be answered.
That is, not unless you have a coach who's prone to blow up. But Julien's not Jim Mora. He's not Tortarella. I mean, he's not Belichick, either, but c'mon. Was Haggerty trying to get an actual story with that question, or was he trying to be the story?
Well, he is the story, so...uh...congrats to him for being bad at his job and not getting the answer to a question, I guess.
So, was Haggerty ever going to break a huge story - "Julien upset, tearful at prospect of being fired by the Bruins?" "Julien defiant, dares Sweeney/Neely to fire him?" No. It's an obvious question in two respects: obvious that people want it answered, but obvious that it's not going to be answered.
That is, not unless you have a coach who's prone to blow up. But Julien's not Jim Mora. He's not Tortarella. I mean, he's not Belichick, either, but c'mon. Was Haggerty trying to get an actual story with that question, or was he trying to be the story?
Well, he is the story, so...uh...congrats to him for being bad at his job and not getting the answer to a question, I guess.
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