Comments on: Combine Observation http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/combine-observation/ All Things Green Bay Packers Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: awhayes http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/combine-observation/#comment-737 awhayes Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:43:39 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/?p=568#comment-737 Nice RayMidge. I agree. Nice analogy. It's hard to find balanced reporting. In a way, it's also like the media who for years adored Brittany Spears and essentially created her, only to be even more excited for the big Brittany breakdown (a breakdown due at least in part to a media that WANTED to see her crash - but of course also due to her being a moron). Sometimes I think the media is so focused on extremes, that it there is no middle ground - it likes to hate or it likes to love. Even look at Favre, arguably the NFL's most important commodity. He is loved by most, but some are now starting to tire of the exhaustive media coverage of him, including many of the same media types responsible for touting his greatness over the years. It seems like it is always the most extreme opinion that rules the roost - perhaps this also explains why Sean Salisbury is even allowed near a TV set. Nice RayMidge. I agree. Nice analogy. It’s hard to find balanced reporting. In a way, it’s also like the media who for years adored Brittany Spears and essentially created her, only to be even more excited for the big Brittany breakdown (a breakdown due at least in part to a media that WANTED to see her crash - but of course also due to her being a moron).

Sometimes I think the media is so focused on extremes, that it there is no middle ground - it likes to hate or it likes to love. Even look at Favre, arguably the NFL’s most important commodity. He is loved by most, but some are now starting to tire of the exhaustive media coverage of him, including many of the same media types responsible for touting his greatness over the years. It seems like it is always the most extreme opinion that rules the roost - perhaps this also explains why Sean Salisbury is even allowed near a TV set.

]]> By: RayMidge http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/combine-observation/#comment-736 RayMidge Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:12:46 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/?p=568#comment-736 sort of like how the media organs responsible for hyping the notion that a college football or basketball coach is THE reason why any particular team is successful also get outraged when those coaches leverage that oversized reputation into massive contracts at other schools? The Nick Saban saga is exhibit A of this phenomenon. I suppose it is the nature of the beast to be always craving the opposite of what it has established as conventional wisdom. The trick as an observor of any scene is to trust a few sources that have shown over time that they are sensible and mostly immune to "trends" (I use that word only in the perjorative sense). sort of like how the media organs responsible for hyping the notion that a college football or basketball coach is THE reason why any particular team is successful also get outraged when those coaches leverage that oversized reputation into massive contracts at other schools? The Nick Saban saga is exhibit A of this phenomenon. I suppose it is the nature of the beast to be always craving the opposite of what it has established as conventional wisdom. The trick as an observor of any scene is to trust a few sources that have shown over time that they are sensible and mostly immune to “trends” (I use that word only in the perjorative sense).

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