Comments on: Approval Ratings – Mike Reiss

By: sam the butcher

sam the butcher — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:22:57 +0000

Are you on crack?

By: Doug Marks

Doug Marks — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:08:56 +0000

Hi Mike,

Nice job this year.
You seem to be a pretty bright guy. How about a bit of out of the box speculation? It might be fun on a cold winter’s night.
The Patriots have been very innovative in recent years in contractual issues.
Here’s a start: Presume that Josh McDaniels leaves, and that Brady really isn’t ready to go at the start of next season (2 reasonably likely events.
How about them making Brady offensive coordinator (or some similar role) for 2009. They could still pay him a big hunk of change, but it wouldn’t count against the salary cap (?). Then they could keep Cassel for 2009 and decide where to go after the season. I know…a bit bizarre, but I it has a lot to do with how Brady REALLY is, and how he sees his life going forward.

Oh well, I warned it was out of the box. How about your wild musings?

Happy New Year from Arizona and Vermont
Doug Marks

By: ghost of Mark Acres

ghost of Mark Acres — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:14:58 +0000

whole-hearted approval for all the reasons listed above. The only tiny wish is for Mike to have SOME semblance of a personality. He remains straight-faced even during the lightest moments on All Ass-kiss.

By: Hieronymous

Hieronymous — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:39:05 +0000

Your comment reveals a total misunderstanding of the role of a columnist vs. the role of a reporter.

Please refrain from voting in these polls until you do a little homework.

Sincerely,

Humanity

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:30:40 +0000

Finally, a peek inside the twisted mind of one who would vote ‘disapprove’ on Mike Reiss. Naturally, he’s full of duplicitous bullshit.

The “reprints press releases” is a pretty tired line repeated all too often by the Casale sock puppets, don’t you think? Yeah, the Patriots put out press releases to the media that tell them what formations they were in last weekend, what the personnel groupings were, and so on. Mike just cuts and pastes those, right? And there are some fans (all right, most fans) that might be interested in who signed with the team, for how long, and for how much. The fact that you aren’t tells me just what you want from your Patriots coverage.

Further, Mike wrote plenty about the Patriots videotaping games. What he didn’t do is photoshop Belichick as the devil or call for his lifetime ban. He didn’t loudly insist that every game they ever won was because they were ‘cheating’.

Just say it. That’s what you wanted, and you don’t approve of Reiss because he didn’t give it to you. Just like Sally, who doesn’t like him because he’s never “sharply critical” of the team with the .720 winning percentage this decade, six division titles, four conference titles, and three world titles. Yeah, they ought to be getting hammered.

At least now we can quantify what percentage of the population is comprised of miserable little shits who think a three-time world champion gets a free ride. According to the above poll, it’s 4.2%. God help us.

By: chris regan

chris regan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:39:51 +0000

He’s great,simple as that….

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:17:27 +0000

because he’s not good. i don’t like his reporting. i disapproved him because he’s never sharply critical of the Patriots.

By: Shalom

Shalom — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:45:42 +0000

Well you know why I disapprove? The guy sucks up to the Patriots. He doesn’t try to flirt with the establishment to get news. The Patriots videotaped some games, and what did we get from him? Nothing. Yes he reports about who signed, and so on, but that’s about it. Give me a press release and I can write that.

He’s OK, at the best, but certainly lazy enough not to make the extra effort that will set him apart from other substandard sports writers.

By: Jim G.

Jim G. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:02:56 +0000

As a life long Patriot fan now living out of state, Mike Reiss’s blog is the first place i go for updated info on my favorite team.

I don’t know what i would do with out him!

Thanks Mike!

By: Allan Stark

Allan Stark — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:57:18 +0000

Mike Reiss is in a league of his own. As a Baltimore Colts (now Ravens) fan for 50 years, I have read some darn good beat writers. Mike stands at the top of list. I don’t think I ever read a retraction or an apology from Reiss. I can honestly say that I can envision Michael Reiss going national someday. It will be our loss.