Curious as to What Underhill and Triplett Are Saying about Organizational Change

rsmith2783 said
He admitted he was wrong and apologized for lobbying for Ditka. Prior to radio, he was a journalist. There's an old story that Doug Atkins was going to throw him off the plane because of the questions that he was asking. At some point after that Mecom decided to ban him from the team plane.

Buddy may have not been an X & O guy, but he wasn't afraid to ask tough questions and point out when something wasn't well. Nearly every year I see the same trend:

Reporters hype up every hire or player signing

Every draft pick is amazing

The team looks awesome during TC, etc

When things don't work out, some of these guys are like "well i told you so". I don't recall Buddy ever being a hype man. How you get banned for life and 10 years? Lol

I mean, he lost his TV gig for essentially calling the women of New Orleans whores.

I guess I just don't get the appeal of "asking the hard questions" when they never get real answers. Real information comes from developing sources in the organization and a reporter needs access to develop those sources and get that information. It's why Underhill and Trip get inside information and why Buddy D didn't get any information. All he had were rants. I know people love him for being the "voice of the fans" but if I want to hear the voice of the fans, I'll talk to fans. I don't want rants from a guy who really knew nothing about the game.

And if you think guys like Underhill and Triplett hype ever signing, call every pick amazing then you aren't really reading what they write or listening to them. Which I guess is understandable since it's a pay site. But too many say these things without ever listening to them. Do they like some moves? Sure and sometimes they are wrong about the stuff they like. But they don't do it to hype anything. Yes, they said the team looked great in camp. And they later admitted that they did look good in camp but they were wrong that it was a good team because they failed to take into account the lack of competition they were going against and the fact that they knew what plays were coming.

They are just giving legitimate opinions. Some turn out right and some turn out wrong. They just don't go on anger fueled rants. Which is a lot of why I like what they do. Now, if you want to say that Jeff Duncan carries the team's water, I'm right there with you. Duncan is a hoe.

And frankly, Buddy D was a poor replacement for Hap Glaudi who did a great job on the Point After but never felt the need to rant or carry the team's water.