Comments on: BSMW Interview With New Boston Herald Patriots Reporter Ian Rapoport

By: Classless

Classless — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:11:46 +0000

meh.

By: Nopointe

Nopointe — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:59:51 +0000

This was interesting, but when I think ‘new Patriots beat writer hired by the Herald’ I think Joe Haggerty

By: Jackson

Jackson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:24:38 +0000

Holy cow (or whatever other animal of choice)! Talk about a spot on, great recommendation…

By: Guntfather of Sports Radio

Guntfather of Sports Radio — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:05:50 +0000

Good luck. Sounds like a good addition to the media. Avoid Ordway, Andelman, Callahan, Dennis, Felger, Tanguay, Burton, Smerlas, DeOssie, and Shepard at all costs.

By: Dan Riley

Dan Riley — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:17:04 +0000

“There are still plenty of stories to tell and news to report that don’t involve the head coach specifically discussing an injury.”

Amen, brother. Let the Vegas wiseguys do their own damn dirty work.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:10:58 +0000

Ian -
Glad to have you aboard. You have a tough job ahead of you because of the bad rep that previous Herald employees left in their wake.

Be yourself. Keep a great attitude and work to bring the fans the facts. Don’t go to Ron Borges or John Tomase for advice. It will kill your career, in all honesty. Two things is that if you are going to quote someone verbatim, give them the credit they deserve and validate your sources before you run with a story.

Good Luck.

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Eventboston (Events Boston) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:02:06 +0000

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By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:38:57 +0000

Make sure you vet all your stories before printing them. The last Herald Patriots beat guy wasn’t so smart when it came to that.

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:21:14 +0000

“I’ve watched enough NFL Network and done enough research about Bill Belichick to know that he doesn’t like to give out much information during his news conference.”

Don’t agree. I’ve heard his press conferences and while’s he very tough when the Patriots lose, he enjoys answering smart questions and questions about football and players and strategy. Stupid questions from the press gives him a bad reputation but he’s funny and gracious when it’s clear a reporter is smart and not trying to work an angle.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:26:27 +0000

Ian, good luck. You’ll probably need more than that going up against Reiss and Gasper, by far the Globe’s best reporting tandem covering the same team. Belichick knows more about you than you will ever know about him or game-planning. He and Terry Francona are masters of media manipulation, i.e. creating a divide-and-conquer atmosphere with the press. If you’re not with them, you’re against them. It’s the perfect approach/mindset to have if you’re a coach/manager in an over-saturated media market like Boston. Essentially your job is to chip away at Belichick’s brain. Like I said, good luck.