meyer is off his rocker (1 Viewer)

[Domination]

meyer to jeremy fowler, the guy who broke the article about deonte thompsons opinion of tebow and jeff brantley...

"You'll be out of practice -- you understand that? -- if you do that again," Meyer told the reporter. "I told you five years ago: Don't mess with our players. Don't do it. You did it. You do it one more time and the Orlando Sentinel's not welcome here ever again. Is that clear? It's yes or no."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5025822

 

[S'eastern Saint]

Bad choice of word

If Thompson had replaced the word "real" with the word "traditional", couldn't we have avoided all this?

 

[Mars]

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[Domination]

thanks for the vid...

what a *******. (meyer, that is)

 

[JimEverett]

Odds on dude flaming out like Woody Hayes?

 

[Crzycjunx76]

He did loose his mind didn't he? I do think he has a point even it is lost in his tirade, the sporting press has lost all credibility misquoting with regularity and "reporting" rumors and misinformation as though they were facts. Sensationalism sells and since no one feels it important to hold them accountable reputations and careers are damaged without the slightest regard in the name of ratings.

 

[Domination]

He did loose his mind didn't he? I do think he has a point even it is lost in his tirade, the sporting press has lost all credibility misquoting with regularity and "reporting" rumors and misinformation as though they were facts. Sensationalism sells and since no one feels it important to hold them accountable reputations and careers are damaged without the slightest regard in the name of ratings.

how is it the writers fault? should all writers from now on caution the athletes with "carefully think about how you word this answer"

the writer asked the difference between the 2, the athlete answered. clear cut case in my opinion.

now, usually id agree with you since i dont like how espn works these days, but i dont see how there was some cheap underhanded shot by the writer.

imo, meyer overreacted bigtime. sure the athlete didnt think of what he said and how he worded it, but no reason why meyer shouldve acted like he did. and threats? come on now. its a shame the writer didnt speak up during the confrontation, but totally understand that that wouldve been his career - and thats another thing thats wrong. if the writer speaks up, thats his *** cause meyer is meyer.

ah ive been up for 20 hours, im crashin.

 

[Crzycjunx76]

how is it the writers fault? should all writers from now on caution the athletes with "carefully think about how you word this answer"

the writer asked the difference between the 2, the athlete answered. clear cut case in my opinion.

now, usually id agree with you since i dont like how espn works these days, but i dont see how there was some cheap underhanded shot by the writer.

imo, meyer overreacted bigtime. sure the athlete didnt think of what he said and how he worded it, but no reason why meyer shouldve acted like he did. and threats? come on now. its a shame the writer didnt speak up during the confrontation, but totally understand that that wouldve been his career - and thats another thing thats wrong. if the writer speaks up, thats his *** cause meyer is meyer.

ah ive been up for 20 hours, im crashin.

Oh in this case I agree... he was out of his gourd, but if I was some of these coaches I would pretty much disallow my athletes from interviews with the press and the post game press conferences would be about the only time the press would be able to talk to me or them because the sporting press has become quite insidious.

 

[Domination]

Oh in this case I agree... he was out of his gourd, but if I was some of these coaches I would pretty much disallow my athletes from interviews with the press and the post game press conferences would be about the only time the press would be able to talk to me or them because the sporting press has become quite insidious.

ahhh ok, we agree then

 

[PayOrPlay]

Is reminiscent of Mike Gundy's "I'm a man, I'm 40" rant at Jenni Carlson of The Oklahoman. Which was mocked by the media, but only made Mike G. more popular in Okie-Light-Land. Seems likely Urban will get the same response.

 

[cdogg]

how is it the writers fault? should all writers from now on caution the athletes with "carefully think about how you word this answer"

the writer asked the difference between the 2, the athlete answered. clear cut case in my opinion.

now, usually id agree with you since i dont like how espn works these days, but i dont see how there was some cheap underhanded shot by the writer.

imo, meyer overreacted bigtime. sure the athlete didnt think of what he said and how he worded it, but no reason why meyer shouldve acted like he did. and threats? come on now. its a shame the writer didnt speak up during the confrontation, but totally understand that that wouldve been his career - and thats another thing thats wrong. if the writer speaks up, thats his *** cause meyer is meyer.

ah ive been up for 20 hours, im crashin.

I do blame the writer in the case for some of it. He tweeted the quote that a player said Tebow wasn't a real QB, knowing full well in the context of the conversation, that is in no way what the player meant, but it created a buzz, and the writer knew that 100%. He deserved being yelled at. Sure, Meyer is off his rocker, but I have 0 sympathy for the reporter.

 

[Domination]

I do blame the writer in the case for some of it. He tweeted the quote that a player said Tebow wasn't a real QB, knowing full well in the context of the conversation, that is in no way what the player meant, but it created a buzz, and the writer knew that 100%. He deserved being yelled at. Sure, Meyer is off his rocker, but I have 0 sympathy for the reporter.

i didnt know the writer tweeted it. in that case, yeah he gets some blame.

but for me, it all comes down to what the player said. from what i can tell, i dont see the writer wording it in a way that would confuse the player and put him in a position to mess up.

then it just comes down to the writer putting it out there the way he did.

after findin out he tweeted it, yeah it changes some of what i think of the writer. but nothin changes over meyers over dramatics.