After the piece he wrote the other day congratulating the organisation , Dan the Jets fan is back to normal. June 08, 2007 Mum's the Word With Mangini A big story over the last week has been the case of Andrew Speaker. He has been criticized for traveling with a dangerous former of TB. This is a serious matter. The disease is highly contagious. But another health matter that should be getting just as much attention, are the mysterious ailments plaguing some New York Jets players. Wide receiver Tim Dwight, center Nick Mangold and linebacker Matt Chatham are being held out of the OTA's, and it unclear what is wrong with them. The Jets can only hope their conditions aren't contagious. Seriously, Eric Mangini knows what is wrong with Dwight, Mangold and Chatham, but he isn't telling. He thinks divulging any injury information is detrimental to his team. Even in the off-season. 30 other coaches discuss injuries, but Mangini doesn't. Why, because the only other coach who handles injury information this way is his mentor, Bill Belichick? Last year's Super Bowl was between Indianapolis and Chicago, and their coaches talk about injuries. It didn't seem to put them at a competitive disadvantage. The media has such utter disdain for Giants coach Tom Coughlin, but he answers injury questions. But I guess because Mangini smiles and laughs during his press conference, his insulting approach with reporters is okay. He wins them over with his charm. And as long as he wins, nobody can criticize him. However, win or lose, what he is doing is unnecessary, especially during the off-season. It's also unfair to fans and reporters. This is the way Mangini knows how to coach and its his decision not to divuldge this information , serious or not. We as fans have to live with that and continue to speculate just like Mr Leberfeld should.
Divulging injury information has absolutely no value at all to the fans or the team. Now it gives lazy writers something to write about when they can't come up with anything else, but I don't see that as valuable to anybody but themselves. Of course really lazy writers can write stories about not being given injury information, like... ahem
Ha Ha , just read some of the comments from his piece. Most are along the same lines as you guys but heres one guy.......... http://blogs.msg.com/dan_leberfeld/2007/06/mums_the_word_w.html#comments Pats fan/Phish or Giants???
An injury makes a player vulnerable. If you know an opposing player has an injury that will impair some aspect of his game, you are a fool not to exploit it. Publicly announcing specifics of an injury gives an advantage to your opponent. If anything I'm shocked that 30 HCs divulge this kind of info (and I don't think they do, BTW, some may more than others, but I'm sure there are a ton of injury related facts that go unmentioned). I also don't think it matters whether it is in-season or during the off-season. If someone has a knee issue in June, chances are pretty good that the same issue will be ongoing, or aggrevated at soome point in the season. If "knowledge is power", why strengthen the enemy?
all that does is make Leberfeld look worse. No one is going to read that and be like shame on that Mangini fellow, look what he's done to that poor reporter.
I understand completely why reporters don't like the secrecy (although this sort of whining only makes him look foolish IMO). What I do find comical, however, are the statements that it's unfair to the fans, and any fans who don't think so are somehow idiots. I am not an idiot, and I truly could not care less about any of this stuff (particularly in June), so if it's all about the fans, why don't you chill a bit, Dan?
He's entitled to his opinion, but he should just say "it's unfair to me." I don't think it's unfair to me, and I haven't seen many other fans say that they don't think it's fair, so I don't think he should speak for my or any other fans. Edit: An it's not unecessary. If someone has a serious injury that is going to require us to go out and get a replacement, you don't want other teams to know. And the only way to keep those injuries a secret is to announce all injuries the same. If you announced what all the minor injuries were, and then for a major injury didn't say anything, it wouldn't exactly be fooling anyone.
this guy is beyond idiotic. First of all how you can argue with Mangini's style when this exact same style of keeping everything in house has helped the damn pats win super bowl after super bowl, and continue to be in contention for a championship for so many years in a row? second of all I personally don't care how little we are told by Mangini during the off season. all that matters to me and i would assume most of us here is if the team plays well on sunday. the only reason he has to write this garbage is because he is annoyed that he doesn't get a full out drill by drill explanation of how practice went every day anymore.
Ever hear the old adage "if the shoe fits wear it"? I guess the truth hurts & the shoes you wear must be hurting you huh? Just my HO observation of how close that guy came to hitting the nail on the head.
In all the years I have been reading your posts I have come to one solid conclusion, Champ. There is nothing humble about your opinion. :smile:
Sounds like Cimini wrote the comment. Who cares, its June. Unless he goes on IR, I do not need to know. Do what you want Eric because its been tried and tested by the " BILLS"
