Are you kidding me? USA Today media columnist....

I loved how McCarthy thinks Tom Jackson is the voice of reason, then throws in the oh-by-the-way-he-said, "Are you retarded?"

 

If Irvin can't get fired for having a crack pipe in his glove compartment for his, um, er, um, friend (wink, wink), he's not going anywhere.

Frankly, I'm glad Whitlock is NOT at the World Wide Misleader. Why be associated with that crap and schtick?

 

Patrick needed to ask Irvin if he was high when he made the original comments. Given Irvin's history of drug use, his glassy eyed appearance and slurred speech patterns, it was a question that needed to be asked.

 

It's one thing to make a mistake. It's another to say something utterly stupid and irresponsible.

 

That's what you get from the paper whose motto is "Diversity -- Above EVERYTHING"

 

Since when did all critics became jealous of Irvin's success? That is a lazy and contrived statement to make. This wasn't about jealousy. This is about being responsible for what you say and how you say it. And yes, Mr. McCarthy, we don't like Michael Irvin and his tap-dancing routine on ESPN. What he said about Romo was demeaning and in the words of my grandmother, "ig'nant" (ignorant). Trying to be funny when saying it make him or anyone in that case looks stupid to viewers and critics.

Too bad Jeremy Schaap wasn't given a second Parting Shot on Sunday to get one in on Irvin, like he did on Manning and the Bears. A slap on the wrist and a pat on a head isn't enough for Irvin with respects to punishment.

Maybe having Mark Shapiro leave ESPN and work for Prince Danny Snyder wasn't enough to clean up the WWL and cut out the mumbo jumbo.

 

say what?

 

JW --

Diversity is valuable.

But as is so often the case with McPaper, McCarthy is largely defending the indefensible.

Were the topic someone white, in this instance, McCarthy would have thrown him under the bus.

 

Is that your sarasm font? Sometimes I can't tell.

 

I don't know, why don't you ask Herm Edwards?

 

Yeah, except the crack about ESPN Today is clearly about the industrial-sized chip on your shoulder. Unless you're pitching for the They-Failed-To-Recognize-My-Majesty audience, and Simmons already has that tied up.

 

Very well - said. The 'jealousy' cop - out is a personal pet peeve of mine.

ProFootballTalk.com had a nice piece in their rumor mill section yesterday which discusses this joke of a piece by McCarthy. It's worth a look.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

Go to this part on the scroll:

"POSTED 4:19 a.m. EDT; UPDATED 4:55 a.m. EST, November 27, 2006

IRVIN APOLOGIZES, OFF THE AIR"