Totally agree. I think she generally gets it. But shit, not this week.Harry Hooper said:
She really came up short this week. As a big fan, I'm very disappointed in her.
Totally agree. I think she generally gets it. But shit, not this week.Harry Hooper said:
She really came up short this week. As a big fan, I'm very disappointed in her.
Harry Hooper said:
She really came up short this week. As a big fan, I'm very disappointed in her.
Van Everyman said:For me, this was set in motion last night. After letting his flagship franchise twist in the wind during Super Bowl week he breaks his silence with a Shock and Awe legal and forensic investigation team to get to the bottom of a phony crisis, with no presumption of innocence or sense of proportion.
It simply demonstrated that Goodell is so burdened by past failures that he has lost all sense of proportion, credibility and moral authority.
One way or another, he's done.
I blame lawyers. Heyooojohnmd20 said:
Great story. In this day and age, many people have no interest in getting dirty and figuring shit out. Instead, it's ass covering and risk avoidance, at the expense of everything, including production.
Sometimes, a person just has to take an action and see what the result is going to be. You cannot avoid a negative outcome every single time, in every single situation.
Hoya81 said:https://twitter.com/chatham58/status/559152814950481920
Matt Patricia has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from RPI. BB thinks of everything.
The Social Chair said:Just read the Bledsoe stuff. Love that guy.
Cameron Fleming also has a degree in aeronautical engineering, from Stanford.Hoya81 said:https://twitter.com/chatham58/status/559152814950481920
Matt Patricia has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from RPI. BB thinks of everything.
kartvelo said:Tomorrow will be one full week since the game. Still zero evidence of any actual wrongdoing presented by anyone. Which "news" organization will be the first to make the following their lead story, as they made "Deflategate" this past week?
- WE APOLOGIZE -
We are embarrassed to admit that in our coverage of the so-called "Deflategate scandal" over the past week, we repeatedly reported assumption and speculation as fact, with no corroboration whatsoever. Further, we drew multiple insupportable conclusions from those unreliable premises while ignoring simple rules of logic, and called for innocent persons and organizations to receive punishment for events that, it now appears, never occurred. In doing so, we acted irresponsibly, becoming ourselves the very antithesis of what we, as journalists, must stand for. In our eagerness to rush "the story" out to you, we never challenged our own or others' assumptions, we neglected to do basic fact checking, and we never corroborated our sources or sought out credible evidence for any of the accusations made. We allowed ourselves to become caught up in the mob frenzy that somehow rose up around this non-story, and such behavior is inexcusable from any organization that purports to provide the news.
He is a reactionary putz. He also reportedly hates Belichick and is still pissed Belichick wasn't remorseful enough about spygate in his eyes.Harry Hooper said:
The Commish is a reactionary putz locked in that NFL HQ/NYC bubble. Everyone around him screams about the Pats, and he jumps accordingly. Most likely he still messes this up further.
Ed Hillel said:Line moved to Pats -1.5.
Belichick just scared the shit out of Vegas and/or rallied the Pats bettors.
He will use a balloon and static electricity to prove beyond a reasonable doubt Odin Llyod shot himself.soxhop411 said:Bart Hubbuch @BartHubbuch 1m1 minute ago
If you thought Belichick's press conference today was entertaining, just wait until he takes the stand in Aaron Hernandez's murder case.
Bob420 said:Against the spirit of the rule? Probably but what does that mean anyway?
It's clear lots of media members aren't even thinking about Arizona. They have no sense of Yuma.DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:6. I cannot wait for this damn game. By The Time I Get To Arizona...
Tito's Pullover said:Whitelist update:
Players:
Chris Kluwe
Willie McGinest
Jim Miller
Matt Leinart
Steve Young
Damon Huard
Drew Bledsoe
Louis Riddick
Matt Hasselbeck
Rodney Peete
Chad Brown
Non-players:
Adam Schefter
Doug Kyed
Charles Pierce
Rich Eisen
Steve Czaban
Bill Barnwell
Robert Mays
Don Banks
KC Joyner
Jim Daopoulos
Michael Holley
Dan Wetzel
Tom E. Curran
Good post.DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:It will be interesting to see if any of the media types come out and admit that they may have been wrong in thinking the Patriots did anything untoward here. I doubt they will and I suspect those who do will add grudgingly that the Patriots don't deserve the benefit of the doubt due to spygate etc. I am not holding my breath of course.
DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:6. I cannot wait for this damn game. By The Time I Get To Arizona...
riboflav said:Anyone tracking the blacklist?
Boomer Esiason and Carton have been very supportive of this being a non-story since the get go. Also, Matt Chatham needs to be on this list. Brady Quinn also. Bruschi, of course. And Reiss has been down the middle and was positive today about BB's PC.
EDIT: And cannot forget Michael Irvin. He was very supportive of the Patriots' side this week.
The Aikman hatred of Brady makes a lot of sense.snowmanny said:Good post.
Most reporters won't even remember what they said or wrote. They's just say they're covering an investigation as King tweeted.
I'm more curious about the ex-players, like Aikman. How do you call Brady a liar and then face him, or even other players? As Bledsoe implied, it's like breaking a code. And if you break the code on this you'd better be right.
soxfanSJCA said:The Aikman hatred of Brady makes a lot of sense.
Brady is well known to have loved Joe Montana and Steve Young's playing style. enough to almost entirely emulate it.
This actually gets brought up every time Brady has a good game regular season or playoffs (so, you know, almost incessantly), and must really annoy Aikman.
Furthermore, Tom Brady is no Peyton Manning, The same Peyton that may or may not be sharing strawberry Daqs with Troy even as i type th
Dead Balls said:Can some saint and scholar compile the current whitelist?
I nominate this guy to keep both lists straight (OK, mainly the blacklist):riboflav said:Anyone tracking the blacklist?
HA.....staz said:Per ESPN Michelle Seele outside Blade: Pats fielded 50+ calls from locals scientists and other academics offering help to solve issue.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Rog.
I am afraid to go onto GG....NortheasternPJ said:If you want batshit crazy posts go read Seahawks.net.
speedracer said:I highly recommend that everyone read Bob Kravitz's Twitter. I had no idea it was possible to double down on 26.
staz said:Per ESPN Michelle Seele outside Blade: Pats fielded 50+ calls from locals scientists and other academics offering help to solve issue.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Rog.
Well he basically is doing a double down opposite of Bill's double down, except this guy is known to be a hack and as biased as they come. For Bill to basically go out and say screw you to the league, prove it or shut up, I have to believe he is far too smart to be playing a losing hand here.riboflav said:
He basically exemplifies everything that's wrong with how the media is handling this in four tweets.
He brings up the Colts' balls
He says he (Kravitz) doesn't know anything about science - "more of a liberal arts guy"
He jokes that BB is too smart
He concludes that we all learned nothing new today
I highly recommend that no one give him any clicks, and allow him to dig the hole even deeper. Though I understand why feeding the troll has its appeal....speedracer said:I highly recommend that everyone read Bob Kravitz's Twitter. I had no idea it was possible to double down on 26.
The decent Rooneys are the same ones with a multiple timed accused rapist at QB and face of the franchise right?dcmissle said:Just thank god that years ago the League abandoned playing SBs a week after the conference championship games.
Think today was more about getting players focused and heads screwed on straight than anything else. They have not been sequestered like a jury and have been exposed to the same shit as everyone else when they go home at night. They are not robots.
It's a damn shame, but you can a duck ton accomplished in a week, and I expect the Pats will.
BTW, whatever the outcome of the game, I don't think Kraft lets this one go. Not should he.
Decent people in the game -- the Maras, Rooneys, etc -- are not going to be amused. If Kraft runs this to ground, it could be the end of Goodell. Without drawing a straight line, owners may quietly dump him over the summer.
If I were a Seahawks fan, I'd be a bit concerned that the bear has been poked too muchNortheasternPJ said:If you want batshit crazy posts go read Seahawks.net.
He also states:riboflav said:
He basically exemplifies everything that's wrong with how the media is handling this in four tweets.
He brings up the Colts' balls
He says he (Kravitz) doesn't know anything about science - "more of a liberal arts guy"
He jokes that BB is too smart
He concludes that we all learned nothing new today