Comments on: The James Davis injury, II

By: terje

terje — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:23:36 +0000

"Mangini didn't lose the team in NY..that was speculated and every one across the country took it as fact"

nooooooo, that didn't happen at all! as a matter of fact, mangini is still head coach of the jets and the reason the browns are worse than ever is because romeo crennel is coach.

By: peterbell

peterbell — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:25:21 +0000

All the bashing of Eric Mangini is grossly unfair. What it seems like is ALL you reporters are following the lead of the New York daily papers and taking shots at Mangini…mind you without any facts. The problem with written journalism is you now compete with bloggers who aren't really concerned with facts and speculate or just rant. Seems like you guys are following down that same path. Mangini didn't lose the team in NY..that was speculated and every one across the country took it as fact or he destroyed the Browns Hall of Fame, which my understanding is beautiful and prominent in the front lobby at Berea..No one reports on that.no, that doesn't get you noticed..The big knock is he doesn't disclosed specific injuries..If I'm a player, I'm thrilled. I don't want any opponents knowing this information.
If you want to be different then defend Mangini because its not the "in thing"..it will surely get you noticed. I bet 99% of what people speculate about Mangini is dead wrong.

By: larry d.

larry d. — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:13:00 +0000

Earth to Pat: Adam Schefter sucks.

By: Rich G2

Rich G2 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:44:58 +0000

….yawn….that's old news.

By: Pat McManamon

Pat McManamon — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:19:10 +0000

Uh oh … now folks are imitating me.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:24:07 +0000

Pat, if I were you, I'd go to a psychiatrist instead. They can prescribe medication.

By: Pat McManamon

Pat McManamon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:19:58 +0000

It might be time to schedule an appointment with the psychologist.

I agree with everything Alan just wrote.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:42 +0000

I don't get that last paragraph. The writers HAVE been writing about what they see. But the homers and shills would prefer that the writers write about what they don't see.

So while the homers and shills are far too busy tossing plaudits and dozens of red and white roses upon Mangini, please answer me this: Why in the hell does Mangini have contact drills between two players when they are not wearing pads? Isn't that insane and stupid to begin with? So while the Davis season-ending injury purportedly was found to have happened within a "controlled environment" and fell within the constraints of "NFL policies," why aren't the same mental munchkins that live inside Mangini's pants questioning the intelligence of a guy who has an "opportunity drill?" An opportunity for what, an aborted NFL career?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:12:07 +0000

I thought McManamon's original comments on the story were fair. I appreciate Pat's willingness to be accountable for his writing, but I don't think he has anything to apologize for.

The incident (rather than McManamon's take) does make me wonder just how much of the criticism of Mangini to-date is valid. The man has gotten absolutely blistered by both the local and national media. Is the criticism warranted? Some of it certainly is. (The team is 1-5 after all.) But such criticism will continue to take on an unreasonable life of its own in the absence of any transparency by the Browns.

So this incident should be put to rest. All of the questions that we would want to have answered will not be. (Who told the reporters some players were wearing pads? And why? Did the league help the Browns with a cover-up? Or were players lying about the incident to get Mangini in hot water?) That's the really juicy stuff and I suspect that we won't get to the heart of those questions.

Winning cures many ills. Until the team starts winning, the sickness of the national ridicule will continue. And until then, local writers like McManamon will have to write about what they see. The negative tone goes away the instant the team produces some positive news.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:36:10 +0000

Juvenile fake alan t., just for future reference, I always use three periods, never four.