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Comment on Examining How Bill Belchick and Doc Rivers Talk With The Media About Injuries by APimpNamedDaveR

APimpNamedDaveR — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:00 +0000

Great point here, especially with respect to Doc.

Every time Doc is asked about an injured player, he’ll always answer with something that sounds like an answer, but isn’t. For example, someone may ask “How is Paul’s knee responding to the rest? Is it going to be a lingering issue throughout the playoffs?” He’ll say something like “Paul’s really anxious to get back at full strength. He’s a competitor. He’s a warrior. We know he’s an important part of the team, and we want him back.” Well, yeah… we sort of already knew that Pierce was an important player. But what about the knee, Doc?

Comment on Just Curious… by HighWireNickEsasky

HighWireNickEsasky — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

And Gerry constantly brings up Solyndra, which was certainly a bad investment by the federal government and there seemed to be inappropriate interference from the White House. But it looks like 38 Studios is becoming a bad investment by the federal government and i think as the story comes out we’ll find out that there was some inappropriate interference from higher-ups in RI government

Comment on Just Curious… by bsmfan

bsmfan — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:44:00 +0000

I had brought the issue up because I was interested to see how it was covered. It has little to do with sports beyond who the person is but Schilling did get a huge ESPN plug (I assume they paid for this) right around the start of the season with all the BBTN guys even playing his game in-studio.

Deadspin posted it about an hour before I heard Felger starting to rip into him in the 5 o’clock hour yesterday, and later on the closing segment of Sports Tonight.

I wasn’t able to catch most of D+C this morning but wondered how they would handle it, since they are friends of Curt and also sit on the same side.

Thankfully, it looks like this is gonna stay under the politics category.. I’d have to listen to an hour-long segment of sports talk on this since it really has nothing to do with sports.

Comment on Celtics fall in Game 2, Red Sox win fourth straight by HighWireNickEsasky

HighWireNickEsasky — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:44:00 +0000

No problem, Bruce. Unlike some of our media friends, you always credit your sources.

Comment on Examining How Bill Belchick and Doc Rivers Talk With The Media About Injuries by latetodinner

latetodinner — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:31:00 +0000

Michael,
I don’t see how you can extrapolate that Belichick gives out information by implication. He says the same things about all injuries. “I’ll coach the player that are available to me”, “He’s making progress but until we see him on the field we won’t know”, or “We have put him on IR”. The only reading between the lines you can make is through the actions of the team. If a player is not put on IR then the assumption is the injury is not too serious and the team expects the player back. Otherwise they are quick to end someone’s season to make room for a healthy body.

I do agree with you Parcells was worse with injuries. I was laughing at your ”I don’t know. I’m not a doctor.” comment.

Comment on Examining How Bill Belchick and Doc Rivers Talk With The Media About Injuries by bsmfan

bsmfan — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:57:00 +0000

After this post, Bruce has also been listed as probable on the BSM injury report, retroactive today.

Comment on Examining How Bill Belchick and Doc Rivers Talk With The Media About Injuries by bsmfan

bsmfan — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:56:00 +0000

Remember the amount of days/weeks/months of the “Shaq is just about ready to come back.”

Comment on Examining How Bill Belchick and Doc Rivers Talk With The Media About Injuries by bsmfan

bsmfan — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:56:00 +0000

Off topic link: “King” Kenny Danglish, manager of Liverpool, has been sacked: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1071745/kenny-dalglish-leaves-liverpool?dhhgg&cc=5901

Comment on Examining How Bill Belchick and Doc Rivers Talk With The Media About Injuries by Michael Gee

Michael Gee — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:32:00 +0000

Dear Bruce: Belichick gives out more information than it appears. You must deduce his specific meanings from his general statements on football theory, history, etc., but it can be done.
And he’s a font of knowledge, or at least honesty on injuries compared to his predecessor Bill Parcells. With the Pats, Parcells made it a firing offense rule that he was the only person in the organization who could discuss injuries.
When asked about injuries, his invariable answer was “I don’t know. I’m not a doctor.”
I’d rather get a no comment than that.

Comment on Just Curious… by latetodinner

latetodinner — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:23:00 +0000

mandb…

First off…welcome back…where you been mannn?

Second…I doubt Cafardo had an epiphany. Rather, as I said in my quick post, I think his opinion/view of the situation evolved. My bet is to this day if you asked Cafardo who should have been the starter back in 2001 he would still argue Bledsoe. But I also think that if you were to ask him about Brady he would say it is very hard to look at him and not see one of the 2 or 3 best QB’s ever to play the game. My point is, he had an axe to grind, he was clearly in the Bledsoe camp, but over time he could still recognize Brady’s greatness. I don’t think you will ever find an “aha” moment from Cafardo. I do think he would look like a moron (more than he already does when he talks football) if he was still somehow beating the Bledsoe drum.