Happy Training Camp Day
It's here, it's finally here!
I am not going to go off the deep end and say that the first day of training camp is like Christmas morning (I will save that for Week 1) but the opening of training camp brings me hope that football talk will pick up, meaningless games aren't far behind that, then a season where our beloved Green & White will often get their teeth kicked in for four solid months and then another seven months of boredom… I think I now want to cry.
Which reminds me of something that Ken Berger posted on his blog (Yes! That's right, his blog has risen from the proverbial ashes!!!) about how Mangini pulled a quick one on the media.
I swear, Vic Ziegel of the Daily News was so bored I thought he was going to weep.
Now look at Siegel's column today… and take a look at Cannizarro's only if you want to raise your blood pressure.
The entire day represented a low point in public relations for the Jets.
GASP!!!! Public relations low-point!!! A family of loyal Jets fans shunned for autographs!?! I can't believe it!!! This is a national emergency!!! Send in the National Guard right away!!!! Get me Herman Edwards!!! THE IMPORTANT THING IS NO ONE PANIC!!!!! OH MY GOD WHAT AM I SAYING?!?!? NOW I AM BEGINNING TO PANIC!!!!!!
Siegel's is all fluff about how a poor family didn't get autographs. Cannizarro states that if Ferguson is so afraid of the media, how will he take on Freeney?
Well BOO-FREAKING-HOO. Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for the guy and his family who got spurned from autographs, and if I was D'Brick, knowing that the print industry is lagging and they are making desperate attempts to sell papers for whatever reason, I would be more scared of the media than Dwight Freeney too.
Bottom line is, what did you expect with the new regime? Are you not reading the signs from the coach or in the news like everyone else and know this is going to be an issue? Would I rather have unlimited player access and a team that backs into the playoffs again and again, OR limited player access and a team that is prepared for the long haul to make a legitimate run at the Super Bowl and actually plays to win (not lose) the game? Hmm, that's a tough call. Seemingly, the only reporter who didn't make the Ferguson non-story into a story was the Times Karen Crouse, a reporter who I have never taken that seriously because most of her articles are bio pieces. Writes Crouse:
Ferguson declined to comment on his contract Thursday morning after grabbing breakfast in the Hofstra cafeteria. “I don't want to get in trouble,” he said.
Under the Mangini reign, up until now the pressers up to this point has been funny to listen in on. At first, questions about specific team information was asked and brushed aside with the generic “flexible scheme” type answers. I saw this ratchet up a bit during minicamp. There were more questions about quarterbacking, schemes, injuries and such that were brushed aside by Mangini again, but this time with a nervous laughter from the media. Now, we have full out skirmishing, and it appears that many in the media's diplomacy has taken this into “conflagration mode.”
Reporting freely is a right (just as the Constitution allows) but that doesn't mean papers have the rights to full access to private organizations… anything released outside of whatever mandates the NFL has in place is a “privelege.”
Hell hath no fury like a New York sports beat writer scorned. I will do my best to sort out the mess and assign TJB Snarkies accordingly in the new few days… this could be a long year…
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bassett-
i'm the one who posted that comment re cimini's negative bias yesterday. i know you were probably kidding, but not sure why you would need to delete my post?!
back to the point, the jet's press coverage is turning into a three ring circus. the majority of them are clueless and are putting themselves above the story. i can't stand people that defend cimini just bc he gets good info. here's the response i posted on his blog to those who chose to defend him.
keep up the good work on this site, it's a breath of fresh air.
-jeff i
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with all do respect, anyone who defends cimini is clueless. while he is good at getting information, he's a horrible journalist because he puts his ego above the story. can anyone explain to me how press access is in anyway relavant to winning football games? see, when cimini gets spurned he puts a negative spin on his stories as if it somehow correlates to the team's ability to win or lose. the fact of the matter is as a fan, i want mangini and the team focused on winning football games as opposed to the hearts and minds of the media. newsflash for the media: you don't have to write a story every day if there isn't one. this is part of the problem with the jets press coverage. they want to be spoonfed stories every day. go find a story. differentiate yourself. writing a story about how you weren't able to be spoonfed a story isn't news a jet fan finds worthwhile, interesting or relevant.
are you getting it yet rich?
Didn't take long for Mangini to go hide in a spider hole. Taking on the media, especially in New York, is a battle that can't be won.. See Chad Pennington and his 'Its a priveldge to be a New York Jet beat writer'. What's worse is causing D'Brickasaw Ferguson to run away and refuse to sign any autographs for young Jet fans….. an easy way to convert them to being Giant fans. Bellichek and Parcells have the credentials to get away with this sort of behavior, but Mangini needs all the help he can get, including the support of the local media. Amateurish, boorish, non-productive and a signature move by a front office in over their heads.
I think its an outrage that the reporters did not have access to the players whenever they wanted. Its disgraceful. There is nothing a fan hates more than a beat reporter not getting what he/she wants. Give me a break Canizzaro, no one really cares about the plight of a reporter trying to get a quote from a player or coach. We're Jets fans, the more camp looks and smells like a bellichek/parcells regime the better even if it means you have to work harder to find information. Boo Friggin Who.
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