Dallas Radio Station Prank in Pats-Pokes Post-Game Pressers

This guy was at media day at the NHL All-Star Game in Dallas last year too. I didn't realize he was local.

 

Just saw that one on YouTube. He asked Sidney Crosby about being "the cat's meow of all things stick and puck."

I laughed.

 

No shit. Like "You had good location of your pitches. Talk about that" makes us look like geniuses.

 

OK, class.
Lesson One -- don't take writing lessons from anyone. Follow your muse.
Thank you.
Class dismissed.
Office hours at Jim Hegarty's -- 5 p.m. on.

 

What if my muse is a shitty writer? Should I go into TV?

 

Absolutely.
ESPN awaits, my friend.

 

In the grand scheme of things, this wasn't a big deal.

But I'm curious as to how the general perception of Belichick on this board has swayed opinion.

Personally, I'd be annoyed at this, especially if there's a set number of questions the PR staff will allow before they shoo the player/coach away. Or, as mentioned above, the player/coach takes offense and the press conference is over right there.

 

I'd think it was comical no matter where it was done. That it was done in the face of the Robot Army makes it all the funnier.

 

I, too, was standing not far from 1920s Reporter Guy (and, as has been stated, this is not even close to a new bit) for both Belichick and Brady. A few of my typically jumbled musings on the subject:

I was working on a 9 p.m. Eastern deadline. By the time I worked the locker room and got back upstairs, I had 20 minutes to crank out a sider. So, yes, I was annoyed when that clown went into his song and dance. I was trying to get the stuff I needed quickly so I could get out of there and move on to the next interview and race up to write. One thing that occurred to me is that in such postgame cattle drives, the subject only takes a certain number of questions before he's ushered out. What if I'm trying to ask a question to get a quote for a sider on, say, the matchup between the left tackle and the top pass rusher, and instead some idiot yells, ``Champ! Champ! Is this team the bee's knees?'' I'd be a bit pissed.

A player or coach can take this several ways, but as someone earlier pointred out, there is the danger -- especially after a loss -- of the interview subject getting angry and ending the press conference on the spot. And, as has also been stated, it makes us look like clowns to players and coaches, many of who are already inclined to believe that about the media.

The bottom line is, yeah, one of these guys at a postgame press conference now and then is cute and borderline funny. Har-de-har. But what if another radio station decides to do its bit, and then another? Eventually, Super Bowl media day breaks out. Hey, everyone smiled and chuckled when Downtown Julie Brown first did her bit, but that day has become the biggest joke in sports. The good news there is, it's not a deadline-pressure situation. As harmless as '20s guy is, the Cowboys -- and the rest of the area teams -- should tell him to cool it or not come back, at least in postgame or deadline situations.

But, hey, what the hell do I know? Maybe I'm just giving you boys the business.

 

That was well-stated, all without being condescending at all.

And I was just about to opin (that's like posit, Stone Cane) that it wasn't a big deal, but da man took the air right out of that.

Oh, well. 21 Skidoo.

 

I think Super Bowl media day is exactly what most postgame press conferences deserve.
Belichick's should come with whoopie cushions and dribble glasses.

 

This is what great radio like "1920s Reporter Guy" will create:

A No. 1 rating for 8 straight quarters.

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