It has nothing to do with sunshining or darksiding, its not credible on a guy like Mehta's part when he takes snippets of the interview and tries to make a story out of it without the full factual details. He gets paid to give fair coverage of the team, not to keep digging up a goldmine and trying to make something out of nothing like his bickering of the same question last week on Geno Smith and then feeling insulted and running with the story when Geno said what he did like as if Geno was being rude to Manish and hurt his feelings. They pulled the same shit on Vick in training camp about asking him questions and Vick said to knock it off and ask other questions and at one point stopped communicating in regards to that question. Its irresponsible reporting and it deserves to be called out and shamed for. Its insulting to the reader of his account and paper, that's where the problem lies. He can be negative or cynical all he wants, he's not alone. Its the fact that people(Profootballtalk, Joe and Evan to name two) turn to him for coverage on the team and he is refusing or not wanting to give the full details and rather just take the meaty parts that will garner the attention out, and that's wrong and why I say there are better beat reporters like a Chris LoPresti or Kim Martin who don't resort to this and why they deserve to be brought up and get more views for their professional work. Manish is the same guy who said he would hitchhike home if the Jets kept all 12 picks. They kept it and he wussed out on his vow. It may sound kiddish to bring up but the guy says stuff to try and grab attention, which is my point. He's the equivalent of a sports radio host, NOT a news outlet team beat reporter.
I have to back up Falco here. I've been a longtime, ardent critic of Bleacher Report. I have mocked it incessantly. Having said that, the app is pretty good. It provides a lot of content and some interesting/provocative/contrarian opinions. The biggest issue I have with Bleacher Report is that the reporting tends to be very unreliable (Sometimes, comically so). But that, in and of itself, doesn't mean all of the content is worthless.
You get to post here your opinion that it is a worthless article. Isn't that nice? I get to read the article and make up my own mind. That's nice, too. America is great place, please don't send me back to Russia. Fwiw I thought it quite odd that Smith would refer to "misprints" in the media when talking about his performance this year. He's not such a smart guy if you ask me, doing stuff like that. Feel free to disagree.
Fair enough, but you do seem too quick to shoot from the hip calling for censorship about stuff that is negative on the Jets. Still, fair enough.
Does actual reporting without some sort of hidden agenda hurt? Because that's what I want out of my beat writers for my team, actual reporting of the team, not some slanted bullshit with the means to sell papers and clicks. Sucks when guys like Cimini and Mehta get the attention from Jet fans and not the good ones, it needs to change. His flabbergasted reaction to Sanchez being in the game as a backup with backups was pathetic and was the top point last preseason. He got mad at Rex for cutting off his source(Pettine) and used this Sanchez fluke injury as a means to put forth his anger in a story, it was so pathetic. Then his twitter ramblings afterwords saying he's never seen something like this in his life, like he's an expert when it comes to personnel moves in the NFL.
I have no problem with negative. Jets are 1-5, so there is a lot of negative. I would love to read a negative article that actually talked about where the problems are on the field. What formations do the Jets suceed in vs where they fail. What Rex could be doing better to maximize the talent of the players best. Maybe an in depth look at Geno's INT's that explains whether or not the weapons thing is a legitimate excuse. An article about Geno blaming the media for dwelling on his off field issues means nothing to me. I dont care about what Rex says to a bunch of reporters about last years draft class, or how he endorses twitter. Geno missing the meeting was a stupid move on his part, but did there really need to be articles for 2 weeks on a 10 minute meeting? But like you said, fair enough. I guess there are people that would prefer to read articles like that.
Officially out there? No you're right it has not been established but Mehta and Pettine were (supposedly) golf buddies and Manish had nothing but glowing things to say about Pettine getting the Browns job. There have been people like a Francessa(Who has no love lost with the Jets) who went on record of saying with names linking the two together and while that should not solidify the sources(Mehta won't come out with em), I don't think its outlandish to come to that Mike Pettine was Mehta's source. http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2014/...d-to-be-a-head-coach-will-have-elite-defense/ Add Woody Johnson trying to clear up all of the leaks and whispers coming out of the Jets after the 2012 season, which led to Rex letting go of his good buddy, and guys like Mike Francessa saying Pettine being Mehta's source doesn't look all that outlandish. But you're right its just speculation but why would Mehta take such exception to that Giants preseason game the way that he did(No other beat reporter led that band more than Mehta, where he even fired back at Rex in that infamous press conference). Why?
Again, I found the article interesting because it says to me Smith is not a smart guy, and that it is confounding for him to talk about "misprints" in the media when asked about his performance. I don't know how much, if any, this enters into his focus on football. Maybe not at all. But I wouldn't wonder about his focus on football if he was a success at playing it. To be clear, I am looking for signs that Smith might still get better enough to keep his job. Perhaps I should only look at his performance on the field. But it seems to me over the years that in fact you do get a indication, some indication, even if an indication you have to put in context, from off the field behavior, even presss interviews, of what you may see down the road, on the field. And finally to be even more clear, I would prefer NOT to read articles like that because of what they say. Sure, part of what they say is that the sports media is not made up only of guys who, if they were writing novels or something else, would all be winning Pulitzer prizes and such. But the main reason I don't like this article is because it seems to be part of a narrative that Smith does not have a good feel of what he should be trying to do right now.
I dunno. Looks like Pettine is doing a pretty good job in Cleveland. I also don't think press leaks are always a bad thing. You may be quite right in your speculation, but it has not been proven.
Geno should just shut up for this reason only: The media (mostly Mehta) obviously is trying to stir up bullshit with you and the team, especially with the way they word their questions. Just don't say anything. You say something about these self-righteous douchebags and they throw it in your face. But TBH, the world would be easier if someone smacked Mehta in the mouth
I'd like to know this too. This is the second time I've seen where Manish has said that Geno is blaming his problems on the media, but I have yet to see a quote from Geno blaming his problems on the media. And yeah...Bleacher Report is not credible at all. It's like Wikipedia.
There's no doubt the Jets deserve criticism for under performing as well as the many other faults they have accounted for. But we've heard so many current & former head coaches speak to what "disruptions in the media" can do to a football team.I don't think we can ignore or take for granted that notion as a fan base. This media circuit..especially Mehta will do ANYTHING to stir up controversy & put jobs on the line. Half of these shmucks don't even understand the game of football.Mehta sure as hell doesn't.It affects the team's performance..no doubt about it. Even when the team took the the summer of giving the media basically NOTHING..they just stirred up crap on their own. Always of the negative variety. What can be done to stop it? WIN! Make them eat their words.Kill them w/ kindness during the week & destroy the opposition on Sunday. When you're hoisting up the Lombardi you can finally tell that weasel Manish "I told ya so". Unfortunately the jets do not respond well to adversity..never have.the beat goes on.
Did anyone else notice how ironic it is that Geno says the media misinterprets stuff, and then the media immediately misinterprets that? Think how many qualified sports journalists in New York could pump out quality journalism instead of click bait trash, and the greatest city in the world is stuck with reading fuckin Manish Mehta and Rich Cimini's garbage.
The irony in this article is utterly priceless and sums up Mehta as a writer! Geno says things are misinterpreted by the media. Mehta misinterprets what Genos says and says Geno is blaming the media, than goes on a rant based on his false interpretation of what Geno said. This pretty much sums up what Mehta does as a writer. The note below, as written is a nice note from Max to his wife, Stephanie. Mehta looks at this note, KNOWINGLY cuts off the right side, and claims "MAX" sent his wife a letter that he is leaving her. Than Mehta bashes Max for leaving his wife.
Yeah rereading the full quote today to see if I missed anything, still don't see where Geno blamed the media for the poor season.
Again, I found the article interesting because it says to me Smith is not a smart guy = actually, you can stop right there.
Yes. I wonder about this. How did we reach the point where the sports media sucks this bad? Maybe something to do with monopolies...
