Wednesday's Warriors Words July 27th

The Wednesday Warrior Words highlight a particular interesting comment or email we received in the past week.
This week's award goes to Still Boz Ballin who brings up a good point about misleading media bias.

I hate all this drama surrounding larry brown, especially when it was going on during the playoffs last year. Instead of talking about player matchups and the BASKETBALL that was being played, espn and all the other media wanted to talk about larry brown and his coaching future. WHO CARES?? Lets watch basketball.

By the way, LB is the most OVERRATED coach ever. Whoop de frickin do he won an NCAA title and a NBA title. He is good, and I don't mean to direspect him, but there is no reason for espn to lick on his balls like they so frequently do.

As for Monty, the pressure is on my friend. Good Luck.

Well said. As ESPN and the rest of sports media steers towards drama over content, the facts are becoming more concealed behind all the hype. A lot of unncessary ball-licking goes on in sports...may I once again point out our favorite Dunnuthin's so-called excellent "court vision"...as reflected by his 3 assist/game avg. Or commentators worshipping Brett Favre as he coasts to a 4-int, 1TD perfomance last season in the playoffs. As often as he gets praise, we'd never think he's had a 16-int, 11-td stat sheet in the playoffs since 1998. Those stats smell more like Tim Rattay than Hall of Fame. Let's hope Alex Smith doesn't have the same stench.

But back to media bias. Often, the inverse ball-licking occurs: a player who gets repeatedly and unjustly demonized. The last several years it's been hammered into my head through media coverage that AI is a "thug" and a "bad seed," when in fact he's been a family man who married his high-school girlfriend, and has put up legendary numbers (speaking of which, I don't remember Larry Brown getting too much of the flack for their relationship...who's still a loyal sixer?). And sure, TO has had his share of jackassed moments, but he hasn't deserved to become a media pincushion. He's put up some great stats, his antics are largely left on the field, and he's even founded a charity organization. Don't hear much about that from anyone. Perhaps the media should reserve the intense scrutiny for those who screw the world, like billionaire Walmart CEOs paying dirt wages/benefits to their workers or Worldcom ringleaders jacking investors for $11 billion. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks for the comment, it got me thinkin.

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