Comments on: Watching Peter King

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:06:00 +0000

I’ve been thinking about “spygate” lately…..The hysterics over the Swine Flu is why…yet another completely blown out of of proportion story…..the media should be tarred and feathered

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:26:36 +0000

That’s a pretty good argument, I must say.

Of course, all King, or anyone in the media, had to do in the wake of “Spygate” was to talk to any one of the multitude of former NFL head coaches who, to a man, all came out and said “this is being overblown and is no big deal;” or “I did the same or similar things when I coached.” Then the whole stupid thing would never have taken on the life it did.

But no, we had presented to us mostly the views of ex-players, like the “outraged” Collinsworth and Schlereth (whose team cheated on the salary cap to win two Super Bowls when he played on them), and the views of Belichick-hating “journalists” thirsting for revenge against their nemesis.

A sad, sordid tale in the history of American journalism, and King was a leading purveyor of the nonsense.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:20:07 +0000

I think it’s somewhat the opposite. Peter seems to have a pro-people who talk to him agenda rather than an anti-Pats agenda. I’ll guarantee you that if Belichick returned his calls and ate lunch with him during training camp that he would have liked the Pats draft a lot more. He probably wouldn’t be as high on the Eagles if they didn’t talk to him. Either way draft grades are dumb.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:45:00 +0000

Personally, I think King’s reasons for his negative slant on the Patriots these days goes just a little deeper than simply being ignored by Belichick during the Video Witch Hunt (that’s a good term for it, BTW). King’s reactions both in print and on TV were so over the top that it reminded me of a spurned & bitter girlfriend going after her ex.

If you go back and look at his columns during the championship years, they were gushing in praise of the Pats and of BB. But in 2007 when the howling mob started yelling “CHEATER!!!”, I think King felt personally betrayed by Belichick.

IOW, all those words of praise were worthless because if the Pats “cheated”, then they weren’t as good as King said they were. Therefore, it make him feel like a fool. It’s the only thing I can think of that explains his attitude swing from one extreme to the other.

By: Johnnysaint71

Johnnysaint71 — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:46:49 +0000

Peter King is a complete chump…..He is a man with an agenda and his feelings were hurt by the Pats after he threw BB under the bus during spygate….He no longer had the team love…..Soon thereafter his Pats worshiping turned to bashing and so this is where it’s at…..Anyone who takes Peter King seriously is a fool….His opinion is one of the most uninformed I have ever read/heard….

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:55:43 +0000

Peter King excells at ONE thing and that would be “league news”. Such as, coaches that are on the hot seat and may be fired. Upcoming fines/suspentions. Things to do with the NFL schedule etc etc……but he is HORRIBLE when it comes to the nuts and bolts of football. He STINKS (and admits it) when it comes to predicting games. He STINKS at evaluating talent (had Tony Romo going to the Hall of Fame after Romo’s first 5 games in the league) In 2000 he said the Patriots got the “steal of the draft” in J.R. Redmond……bottomline, Kings opinions are basicly, ya know…USELESS

By: fishercat

fishercat — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:41:25 +0000

WE MUST BE VALADAITED!!! WE WON 4 TITALS AND PETER KING SHOULD SHOW COACH BELECHEK RESPECT!! THIS IS NO DOUBT PART OF COMMISHONER ROZELLE”S FASHIST PLAN TO HAVE THE MEDIA GO AFTER THE PATRIOTS!!

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:44:22 +0000

Peter King’s track record is easily accessible on Si.Com. What he said about the Patriots draft was out of the ordinary. After Spygate you really have to look hard to find an anti-patriots agenda. I don’t see it.

By: Classless

Classless — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:32:45 +0000

King probably drives up to Dunkin Donuts and gives a 5 minute speech to the drive through guy on the merits of a venti soy chai latte. The kid probably says back, “uh yeah whateva…$1.77 pal.”

By: Classless

Classless — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:28:22 +0000

Rob, you nailed it. His stuff is a like pastry made in the North End: it may have all these secret ingredients, hours of work put into it, and some old tyme recipe, but it’s still bad for you in the end.