Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?
- Thread starter John Marzano Olympic Hero
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scottyno said:
What the hell is Bob Ryan doing being mentioned in the same breath as those other writers? How dare they?
So the NSSA is the sports media's version of the Razzies, right?
drleather2001 said:
The Christmas markets in Grand Central (and Bryant Park, and elsewhere) do have some good gift stuff you can't get elsewhere.
pappymojo said:
Agreed but Grand Central does have some really cool shops and also has one of the best places to get fresh seafood. I'm sure PK wasn't there to get seafood and he should just use Amazon, of course, but then what would he have to complain about?
pappymojo said:
I'm not sure why we are ever surprised at this sort of comment out of King. His specialty is to take an otherwise reasonable point (there is good shopping on the concourse in Grand Central) and infuse it with so much arrogance, ignorance and/or entitlement and that it becomes completely unrecognizable.
The concourse at Grand Central is a perfectly legitimate place to shop. But King's cluelessness about how normal people live their lives was on full display in his little tidbit. I mean, how could anyone be surprised that the Apple store in Grand Central would be mobbed right before Christmas? More to the point, to be surprised by mobs of tourists shopping and doing touristy things (waiting for a picture next to the logo in the Apple store) during a period of time that you identify as "Tourist Season" is high comedy.
Peter King may never have written truer words when he summed it up by saying "I don’t get America."
Average Reds said:
Breaking News: Tourists Go to Famous Landmark, Do Touristy Things.
As to the bolded, you left out managing to structure the observations that make him a savvy in-group type looking down on the outsider non-Manhattanite proles. :buddy:
Corsi said:
When Gilbride was fired in San Diego back in 1998, King wrote this:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/1998/10/13/king_tuesday/
Peter King@SI_PeterKing
There'll be one weird haiku in MMQB in the morning. It has something to do with Vito Stellino, tangentially.
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 8m
RT @dannygberg: How many factual errors will be in this week's edition? ... 24. About half the usual.
RT @dannygberg: How many factual errors will be in this week's edition? ... 24. About half the usual.
"Ain't I the COOLEST?!"
How was this season "redemptive"? How has his performance on the football field redeemed his stunning ignorance? If that's all it takes, hell, let's get Aaron Hernandez back on the field so he can "redeem" himself.
What the fuck does this have to do with anything?
"Hey, guys, I've had it rough, too. I was at a game where it was 45 degrees once! The coach wore a coat!"
"Hey, it's great to be me, eh?"
"Yep."
What the hell were you doing prior to being inside the studio that you got a "big footprint" on a dress (that was, what, on the floor? On a rack? How did you not see it?)? Were you outside stomping in dog shit or something?
So aghast that you are telling the sporting world about it.
Aghast, my ass. You're trying to impress us.
Yea, I'm sure Taylor will get right on that.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
I bailed on him as well but checked because I couldn't believe it was real.
It is.
What do you think the chances are that he was in the quiet car while he took the phone call and then talked to the guy? 80% 90?
You are just a celebrity/pop culture rolodex, today!
We are so, so, happy that you got to have this experience, King. I'm so glad you told us about your work environment, and how great it is. Next week: "One of the nice things about my job is that it pays really well. Here are some of the things I bought last week..."
I do not believe you, unless you willingly refused the use of a desk/table purely so you could put this line in the column. I also suspect he found the Miley Cyrus photo and placed it wherever he was for the same reason, if it isn't just complete bullshit.
Finally, no mention of Kluwe or anything. He will, of course, wait until the team makes an official announcement regarding the investigation and then piggy-back on whatever their line is. Coward.
drleather2001 said:
But he's writing a super special Tuesday edition of MMQB tomorrow! I'm sure it will be in there....
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
I'm 41. The number of dresses I have stepped on that have resulted in a footprint being left in it? Zero. This includes high school dances and proms and college formals that usually ended very drunkenly. But PK expects us to believe he somehow stepped on Taylor Swift's dress? That's just unpossible.
Peter King ‏@SI_PeterKing 8m
RT @dannygberg: How many factual errors will be in this week's edition? ... 24. About half the usual.
Ha, that's me!
RT @dannygberg: How many factual errors will be in this week's edition? ... 24. About half the usual.
Ha, that's me!
I'm gonna save this gem for later. You know he's going to write some 20,000 word opus on the first NFL player to come out. But in the meantime, "enough everyone!"
3. I think I don’t care one bit who Aaron Rodgers—or any player, coach, fan or writer—has sex with. Nor should anyone. If a player chooses to discuss, it’s his business. If not, leave it alone, world.
3. I think I don’t care one bit who Aaron Rodgers—or any player, coach, fan or writer—has sex with. Nor should anyone. If a player chooses to discuss, it’s his business. If not, leave it alone, world.
As far as his Ice Bowl/Freezer Bowl reference, it took me about 15 seconds to come up with Forrest Gregg (player in 67, coach in 81). And 'ol Forrest is even still alive to boot.
Edit: Except that King was talking about the GB game yesterday, not in 1967, and I'm an idiot.
Edit: Except that King was talking about the GB game yesterday, not in 1967, and I'm an idiot.
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The thing is, if he was even slightly self-aware (or whatever it is that he isn't), he could attempt to point out NOT that he's the coolest, but that he's lucky to have a job he likes where people like Fouts call him back so that he can better do his job of informing his readers. While he's certainly earned his spot (bear with me....), that's no excuse for the complete lack of any sort of humility.
Is there anyone alive who thought it was colder in GB yesterday than in Cincinnatti (played on old-style concrete-backed Astroturf) back then?
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The thing is, if he was even slightly self-aware (or whatever it is that he isn't), he could attempt to point out NOT that he's the coolest, but that he's lucky to have a job he likes where people like Fouts call him back so that he can better do his job of informing his readers. While he's certainly earned his spot (bear with me....), that's no excuse for the complete lack of any sort of humility.
Is there anyone alive who thought it was colder in GB yesterday than in Cincinnatti (played on old-style concrete-backed Astroturf) back then?
Under his "What I Didn't Like" section:
g. CBS’ Tracy Wolfson, late in the first half at Cincinnati, after a graphic showed a temperature of 41, with Wolfson wearing a knit hat and gloves: “It feels like San Diego weather.” As she spoke, it was 73 and mostly sunny in San Diego.
Jesus Christ, have a sense of humor. She was saying it tongue-in-cheek because the original forecast called for freezing temps and possible precipitation in Cincinnati.
I'm assuming this is just a way for King to show his bosses at 30 Rockefeller that he got CBS good!
g. CBS’ Tracy Wolfson, late in the first half at Cincinnati, after a graphic showed a temperature of 41, with Wolfson wearing a knit hat and gloves: “It feels like San Diego weather.” As she spoke, it was 73 and mostly sunny in San Diego.
Jesus Christ, have a sense of humor. She was saying it tongue-in-cheek because the original forecast called for freezing temps and possible precipitation in Cincinnati.
I'm assuming this is just a way for King to show his bosses at 30 Rockefeller that he got CBS good!
Of course, the difference between the temperature in San Diego and Cincinnati was almost exactly the same as the difference between Cincinnati and Green Bay.
I guess the only people allowed to complain about the cold are tough sportswriters who brave the walk from the parking garage to the heated press area.
I guess the only people allowed to complain about the cold are tough sportswriters who brave the walk from the parking garage to the heated press area.
drleather2001 said:
Even if the conditions had been as extreme as they were for Cincy in '82 or Green Bay in '67, the conditions would have much better for the simple reason that Green Bay has installed an underground heating system to make sure that they will never play on a completely frozen field again.
In that sense, conditions were never going to be close to what the players had to endure in the other two games, where they felt like they were hitting concrete every time they fell.
Well, of course. And I was going to say something about the self-aggrandizing bit by his buddy ("It was much worse in '82!"), because after living in Minnesota for over five years, I can tell you: once it gets below about 10 degrees outside, it's just Really Cold. Nobody consciously differentiates, or even cares beyond the "oh wow" factor, between it being -1 and -10, or 5 and -5, because you are so bundled up anyway, it's just academic. Honestly, the relative quality of affordable warm weather clothing options in 1982 vs. those of 2014 probably have much more to do with how comfortable viewers would be at those two games. But even that is dwarfed by the fact that the sportswriter King asked no doubt spent all but 10 minutes of his Sunday experience inside the heated confines of Lambeau, anyway.
I guess the bottom line is that, look: the Green Bay game was pretty fucking cold. Anyone who was curious already knew that it didn't come that close to breaking the record, but still, that's a memorable experience for anyone who was there.
But here comes King to piss on their parade.
I guess the bottom line is that, look: the Green Bay game was pretty fucking cold. Anyone who was curious already knew that it didn't come that close to breaking the record, but still, that's a memorable experience for anyone who was there.
But here comes King to piss on their parade.
That tidbit also illustrates another criticism of King: he has all of this access, and does nothing with it. What did Fouts say? Why do we care?
I've always gotten the impression that he talks to a TON of players/coaches/execs around the league, but for his own edification/ego-boosting. He is not acting on behalf of his readers.
I've always gotten the impression that he talks to a TON of players/coaches/execs around the league, but for his own edification/ego-boosting. He is not acting on behalf of his readers.
For all the manning ball-washing and the Dalton drubbing that he did today, its worth looking at St. Peyton's first 3 playoff games:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MannPe00/gamelog/post/
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200001160clt.htm
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200012300mia.htm
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200301040nyj.htm
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MannPe00/gamelog/post/
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200001160clt.htm
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200012300mia.htm
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200301040nyj.htm