FTFY But I'm torn about McKnight, he really is a great returner. Gates had some good returns before, if he can keep it up I would not be surprised to see McKnight gone.
Seriously what does it matter that McKnight showed a reporter the cards they were given to help talk to them. Assuming from this that McKnight is the anon source is just ridiculous. This isn't bashing the team, trading secrets, talking about any player. He was probably going through an interview and was asked about his interaction with the media which then led to the Bridge cards. Reporter: "Can i see the card", McKnight: "Sure why the fuck not?". Story over.
If anyone follows Mehta on Twitter, then I suggest you un-follow him. Maybe if we start some sort of boycott or petition for his Twitter followers to abandon him, then his employers will actually notice that change.
Perhaps some of our players aren't the greatest public speakers and these phrases are just just helpful suggestions from upper management on how to start answering a question with out the ahhh.. um... well you know.... Half the time when these guys are answering questions I have no clue WTF they are talking about. Then again, could just be me and my horrible hearing..
Manish probably printed those on his home computer, but I'm sure all teams do this. The media doesn't deserve direct answers. Screw them.
So to Manish Mehta this is news worthy? Really? Is he that desperate? You take some 23 year old kid from West Boonfuck, flyover country, give him a card with an outline of how to make it easier to speak to dull-witted, TMZ grade parrots that don't research news, but echo what they hear from each other and it's considered "news"? The only merit to Manish Mehta's "tweets" and reporting is it's a nice outline on how not to report on a local team whilst making yourself feel important, but looking like an ignorant assclown.
Hmm maybe I'm an optimist but I saw this as a way for players to avoid going "uhhh", "ummmmm", and all the fillers you are told to avoid when speaking. Also, interesting Mehta credited McKnight for the card. McKnight is a bubble player currently, looks like he is setting up the McKnight was cut for talking to the media story. He has had an axe to grind for Idzik for whatever reason.
That's exactly how I saw it immediately. They don't want these guys saying "you know" 500 times in a 5 minute interview.
I'm sure that's how it was intended, but with the woefully dishonest sports media, you can be rest assured that it's never going to be interpreted that way.
I'd like to see Manish Mehta playing raquetball, and then a guy dressed like Fred Flintstone runs into the court and throws a bunch of raw eggs at him from a metal bowl, and then Fred slips on some of the eggs and they both fall down. They both kind of stumble around, trying to stand up, and Manish finally squirms his way to the door to the court and pulls his way out. And then a guy walks up to him and serves a paternity suit. And then that guy pulls a Mission Impossible mask from his face and he is actually Ashley Simpson singing her Orange Bowl halftime song, and then everyone is covered with radioactive fire ants. And everything explodes into dramatic fire. The end.
You're probably right. Nowadays the most common filler phrase is "you know". Some people can't get through a sentence without inserting it 3 times. Come to think of it, as much as I hate the media, it is kind of annoying how so many players answer post game interviews with the same old generic hoopla. Reporter: "Describe the last drive" "Well, you know we moved the ball and you know made completions when it mattered". Reporter: "What did you guys do to turn the game around in the 4th?" "Yeah, you know we just kept you know playing hard" "Well you know we played hard and you know trusted our teammates" "We just kept working hard and you know putting in a good effort" What's the point of post game interviews when they don't even talk about game? It's like they just say the same PC nonsense. I prefer Bart Scott style interviews any day. I wish they would give us some incite into the plays they ran, but I guess teams don't want their strategies given away so they tell them to keep it as simple as possible. I guess this is how most Jets interviews will go from here on out. Ah well.
