Azazello1313 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 read this ridiculously wordy sour grapes article about the cardinals. that will bring it all back for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Pats fans, as in uglytuna? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Yes, one journalist represents "Pats Fans" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 How is this(besides the opening line) the Patriots fault? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 read this ridiculously wordy sour grapes article about the cardinals. that will bring it all back for you. Er, I don't think that was written by a Pats fan. It really has nothing to do with the Patriots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Er, I don't think that was written by a Pats fan. It really has nothing to do with the Patriots. Charles P. Pierce is a staff writer for the Boston Globe Magazine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Er, I don't think that was written by a Pats fan. It really has nothing to do with the Patriots. right. the first sentence is about the patriots, the last 3 paragraphs are about the patriots. this is a guy who spends most of his januaries writing cloying, fawning words about tom brady's ubermenschian greatness. when the pats are sitting at home, he just can't get over the absurdity of it all, what with all the festooning and gewgaws! and did he mention, this is a team the brady-less pats beat by 40? puhlease. get over it, tool. and yeah, he'd just be one lame boston professional-wakner/sports-columnist....except that he's just so typical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriots Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Unless you go 19-0 than every superbowl winner was beaten by someone during the year. Yes, AZ might not have done that well against teams with winning records, but they won the games that mattered and they deserve to be where they are. You have to peak at the right time. And they did just that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriots Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 right. the first sentence is about the patriots, the last 3 paragraphs are about the patriots. this is a guy who spends most of his januaries writing cloying, fawning words about tom brady's ubermenschian greatness. when the pats are sitting at home, he just can't get over the absurdity of it all, what with all the festooning and gewgaws! and did he mention, this is a team the brady-less pats beat by 40? puhlease. get over it, tool. and yeah, he'd just be one lame boston professional-wakner/sports-columnist....except that he's just so typical. This article was not written in a boston paper. Its a website. I don't think its based in boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoog Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Just imagine if this had been a Chargers/Cardinals SB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 This article was not written in a boston paper. Its a website. I don't think its based in boston. The author does work for the Boston Globe Magazine. "Charles P. Pierce is a staff writer for the Boston Globe Magazine and a contributing writer for Esquire. His next book, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free, will be published in June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I'm pretty sure people hate, I mean are jealous, of the Pats ever since Moss came into town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchico Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Here's the answer The NFL and its broadcast partners operate on the very simple premise that everybody who reports—or follows—their sport on television is a paste-eating moran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I was thinking that exact thing about the Patriots in January of 1986. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Pat!!! Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Boston Globe magazine is like the Parade magazine. It doesn't get read by any self-respecting sports fan. I read the Globe daily, and have never heard of this yahoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Boston Globe magazine is like the Parade magazine. It doesn't get read by any self-respecting sports fan. I read the Globe daily, and have never heard of this yahoo. I have never heard of him either, but why argue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Azz just remains bitter because the Broncos continue to fail to get better. Hopefully McDaniels can turn their ship around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanCT Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 The author does work for the Boston Globe Magazine. "Charles P. Pierce is a staff writer for the Boston Globe Magazine and a contributing writer for Esquire. His next book, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free, will be published in June. You mean the Boston Globe, that's owned by the New York Times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 You mean the Boston Globe, that's owned by the New York Times? What difference does that make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanCT Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 What difference does that make? Well first of all, there's nothing in that article that even remotely suggests that he's a Pats fan, but because he writes for the Boston Globe, it's assumed here that he is. But his paychecks come from a New York bank. Second of all, nothing he wrote in that article is incorrect. I'm rooting for the Cardinals, but the guy wasn't wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Well first of all, there's nothing in that article that even remotely suggests that he's a Pats fan, but because he writes for the Boston Globe, it's assumed here that he is. But his paychecks come from a New York bank. Second of all, nothing he wrote in that article is incorrect. I'm rooting for the Cardinals, but the guy wasn't wrong. There's nothing in that article that suggests he's a Pats fan? Are we reading the same article? That's absolutely ridiculous. And I'm still not getting the link between who pays his salary and who he roots for. That makes zero sense. And, apparently you missed this: right. Yeah, that guy's no Pat fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 from some of the reviews of his book, "Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything" ( even at the title): Mr. Pierce casts such a rosy glow on Tom Brady and his family, it quickly becomes cloying. I'm sure that they're all fine people, but we're talking about a football player, not the second coming of the Messiah. I think it's pretty clear he's a pats fan. a pretentious use of language that is out of place in a sports memoir and demonstrates a disregard for the audience (i.e., perspicacious (meaning intuitive), "In the ontological milk bottle that is the football player's soul...," among others). None of the use of the SAT words adds any understanding to the subject matter. ontological milk bottle that is the football player's soul? reminds me of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanCT Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 There's nothing in that article that suggests he's a Pats fan? Are we reading the same article? That's absolutely ridiculous. And I'm still not getting the link between who pays his salary and who he roots for. That makes zero sense. And, apparently you missed this: Yeah, that guy's no Pat fan. He may very well be a Pats fan, but that didn't resonate in his article. Seriously? Show me one line in that entire article that shows Patriots bias. He wrote a very accurate article about the Cardinals. And the fact that he wrote a book about Tom Brady has no effect whatsoever on this article. He wrote lots of stuff, for lots of different papers. This thread was just made to stir up the Pats haters, and apparently, it worked. Some of you guys really need to get over yourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 He may very well be a Pats fan, but that didn't resonate in his article. Seriously? Show me one line in that entire article that shows Patriots bias. He wrote a very accurate article about the Cardinals. And the fact that he wrote a book about Tom Brady has no effect whatsoever on this article. He wrote lots of stuff, for lots of different papers. This thread was just made to stir up the Pats haters, and apparently, it worked. Some of you guys really need to get over yourselves. I am most certainly NOT a Pats hater. I just find it funny that the Pat HOMERS feel the need to "call out" people as "Pats haters" and have their heads in the sand with respect to certain things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 He may very well be a Pats fan, but that didn't resonate in his article. Seriously? Show me one line in that entire article that shows Patriots bias. He wrote a very accurate article about the Cardinals. And the fact that he wrote a book about Tom Brady has no effect whatsoever on this article. He wrote lots of stuff, for lots of different papers. This thread was just made to stir up the Pats haters, and apparently, it worked. Some of you guys really need to get over yourselves. I'd say his pats fandom resonated in that article. loudly. when the pats are winning he is employing his pompous masturbatory language toward lionizing tom brady as some sort of epic hero, like achilles or beowulf. when the pats miss the playoffs he turns this "art" of his toward another team (who, he can't keep from mentioning again and again, got clobbered by the pats in a meaningless game for them) purely to denigrate them. and it's just how boston sports fans have become in general. when one of their teams does something, it's infused with all of this profound historical meaning and poetry. when their teams suck and other teams are playing for championships, it is all woe and angst and gnashing of teeth over the absurdity of sport, whining about being "inundated with mendacious swill over the next two weeks on the subject of what a great story the Arizona Cardinals are", lamenting that "the NFL rigs its season worse than any carny rigs his wheel. For all the macho posturing of its principal propagandists, between the jiggering of the schedule and the conniving of the draft and the socialistic revenue schemes, and the desperate grab for any mechanism that will flatten out the differences between really good teams and really bad ones, the NFL is the league that comes closest to the biddy soccer league philosophy of making sure that everyone gets a trophy." oh and did he mention that the pats beat the cardinals by 40 in the poetic foxborough snow in december? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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