Well, this is the bit that really ticked me off. Cannizzaro basically admits that the real story is that Ferguson signed and will be in camp. But because Ferguson didn't speak to him, he slunk off and wrote this piece of whining garbage instead. His job is to report what happens that impacts on the Jets chances this season. Ferguson snubbing reporters does not impact on those chances. His signing a contract does. Way to totally forget what your job is Cannizzaro.
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I love it. I absolutely love this regime so far.
Reporters with no access. Players actually acting like there was something other than media interaction involved in their jobs. Coaches unwilling to speak for attribution. Geez, sounds kinda Parcelichik to me. I hope they keep it up and extend the concept to their play on the field.
This is so freaking stupid. This guy is just pissed that a player finally gave the reporters a hint. The problem with New York reporters is that all they do is criticize. No matter what they criticize. Whether it be from A-Rod to the jets. And D'Brick probably avoided the reporters cuz they would have asked relentlessly about the contract and then some shit like "blah blah blah isn't there a lot of pressure blah blah blah how does it feel not to know who you're protecting blah blah blah" Good for D'Brick. Take it to those damn reporters
That is clearly the most embarassing news article I have ever read. He and his newspaper should be lambasted for such lack of sincerity mixed with incessant whining. I think I will also have to craft an e-mail for this garbage...
Nice...here's mine: From: Keith Subject: Your article today To: mark.cannizzaro@nypost.com Mark, The beat reporters were spoon-fed stories by your buddy Herm and now you'll all have to really work to get your stories. I actually like the fact that assistants and players are off limits to the media. This is a big change and one that was sorely needed IMHO. If you don't like covering the Jets, go cover the Giants. Then you can get daily quotes from Tiki and other players about how they're going to the Super Bowl this year. Sound familiar? That's all you heard last year out of the Jets and look what happened. This fan is ecstatic that there won't be anymore 2 hour press conferences with Herm handing out coffee and donuts to the reporters. You had it easy under Herm's watch. Get ready to really have to dig to get your stories under Mangini's watch. This fan couldn't be happier. Keith
Now - as a former member of the media I understand that you would expect an NFL team to hold some sort of media gathering to announce the signing of your #1 draft pick. I don't know why the Jets have not scheduled a presser for DBrick? Despite that fact, I think the media is overplaying the issue here. Calling it a disaster or chaos is more than a bit overstated.
Mine: Give me a break..... At least you admit your attitude about the Jets being second class. I think the problem is Fans now have Jets Nation, NFL Network and 24/7 internet access to what's going on every minute and the common beat writer gets no crumbs. Talk about Jayvee. Send an applicattion to ESPN or something.
... Unbelievable. Reading the two articles, you see how ridiculous Cannizzaro is. The NJ.com article talked about Brick smiling and "having fun" with the no-press rule. After reading the first, it seemed like Brick was somehow frazzled by the media, like a deer in the headlights. What a joke. And yes, like everyone else, I almost threw up when I read the article's title.
I sent Canibazzaro this one as well: THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE COMMON BEAT WRITER: Back in the day THEY were the average fans access to sports and their favorite team. That's what made guys like Peter Gammons. Kids and fans used to digest and sit on the edge of their seats for every little word Gammons would put out. The beat writer was ESPN, the internet and THE local team's voice to the fan. NOW..... In the NFL we have NFL Network, ESPN, Jets Nation and thousands of insider sites on the internet where every little bit of information quickly spreads. The common Beat writer is obsolete. For most of my life I used to rustle through sports pages looking for every little Jets story... NOW... Heck, by the time it's in the NY papers the story is DEAD. Most of the time I don't even read it, I breeze right through the story saying "check, check, check, yeah, yeah, nothing new....." and I don't even know Cannizaro from Cimini anymore... Newspapers do everything they can to try to have the hot story so, at this point the only "Hot story" they can produce is one about..... THE MEDIA.
I say to the reporters, SO FUGGIN WHAT!!!! Its about time. I cant stand the papparazzi anyways!!! Way to go JETS!!!
Call me crazy, but does anyone even care what D'brick has to say about signing a contract and starting camp?
Cannizarro is not exactly the papparazzi but I get your point.. The amazing thing to me is that the Post demands so little from there reporters.. Its the first day of camp & that's the best they can come up with??
Hey, something just occurred to me. For those, like me, who were afraid we'd suffer the shakes without our Herm press conferences entertainment; we now have something to look forward to - daily press skirmishes and Monday morning bickering. HAH!! And I thought this had the makings of a boring 6-7 win season. All of a sudden, the gods have granted me drama! The sun shines anew! NOW, I'm ready for some football!! :up: :up: :up:
Vic Zeigels take on the situation. A bit more balanced. Jets fly right past reporters The first day of Jets training camp was a great improvement over last season. You can't lose 12 games in one afternoon. You can't go from quarterback No. 1 to No. 2 to No. 3. Best of all, Day One is probably too early to give up. The Jets have a new coach, Eric (The Green) Mangini, and a new way of getting things done. "I think this Mangini regime is the one. I've got a good feeling." If that sounds more like a loyal fan than a cornerback, Bingo! His name is Roland Hepburn III and he took a vacation day from his job as assistant chief at the Islip courthouse to stand in the sun with the rest of his family and collect autographs and chitchat from the players as they reported. The Hepburn kids, Roland IV, Suzannah, Mariah, and a friend, Vinnie Johnson, did a lot better than the cream of American journalism waiting across the street, in front of the Jets' dorm and dining room. If I had to guess, and there was plenty of time for that yesterday, I'd say the Mangini regime is beginning in complete silence. With a new set of rules. Mangini learned from Bill Belichick, who had it drummed into him by Bill Parcells: Defense is good, smiling is bad, tete-a-tetes are to be discouraged. At 12:30 yesterday, a Jets PR man came out of the air conditioning to tell the media - two TV cameras, one mike, one photographer, six writers, one man with a tie - that Hofstra security was requesting we leave the premises. The crowd grumped and held its ground. Under the former coach, the affable Herman Edwards, conversation with the players was rarely discouraged. The coach himself wouldn't shut up. An hour cassette of an Edwards interview would probably go for 11 cents, tops, on eBay. Those were the good old days. That doesn't mean the Jets will clam up on the way to 14 losses. There's even a chance they'll win more than they lose. Not a big chance ... "We're not here to say we're gonna play hard," Ray Mickens said, because he knows playing hard doesn't get you more points than the other guys. "We want to win," he said. "Put the best 11 on the field and win games." Mickens, a first-rate chit-chatter, spent the first 10 years of his career with the Jets. He went to Cleveland when Ty Law came to Hofstra. Now Law is gone and Mickens is back, a turkey sandwich in his hand, and finding out about the new coach. (Mickens, not the sandwich.) "He's very detail-oriented," Mickens said. "He pays attention to the little things and he wants us to do the same. (The camp) is very focused. I guess it's like that with every first-year coach. And everybody wants to make a good impression." Mickens was one of the few Jets who actually talked yesterday. Didn't bother to take another bite of his whole wheat bread. (Whole wheat, a good sign.) Our first look at the Jets' top draft choice, D'Brickashaw Ferguson, was straight out of a Daffy Duck cartoon. He spotted us, on his way into the dining room, and slowed down. A camera got close, the rest of us began moving in his direction, and he backed off. "I can't do it now," he said. Forty-five minutes later, on the way out, he ran away from us. (Run, D'Brickashaw, run.) Ran across the street as if he had a bus to catch. Or a linebacker to drop. (But ran hard, another good sign.) The Hepburns didn't get him either. The Jets should know about Roland III and his wife, Carolyn. They've been on the waiting list for season tickets for four years and think next year is their time. On game days, they put their inflatable Jet doll on the front lawn. Roland's 40th birthday, his present, "the best one I ever got," was an autographed picture of the Sack Exchange. Carolyn is a chef, so when the Jets play the Dolphins she cooks fish and it's Buffalo wings for the Bills games. "So we can eat them up," she says. Across the street, Patrick Ramsey was too busy to say a few words, call a few signals. "I got to eat," he said. And when Ramsey left the dining room, his excuse was, "I can't do it." At least he wasn't running.
Hehehe. . . the money shot. I disagree with the 11 cent remark. I'd pay real live paper money for those casettes.
