HartLee
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I was just on "another patriots fan site" and see that the mods immediately locked the thread started by the post below. Too controversial and upsetting for them, I guess. Figured I would post it here to see if anyone had any perspectives. Mods - please feel free to lock if this post is too sensitive or otherwise offends community norms.
BB's curt, condescending, shtick in his post game pressers was entertaining when the team was winning, but now it does not come across well at all.
For example, take the following exchanges from yesterday's presser:
Example 1:
Reporter: Why have the opportunities for Kendrick Bourne to be a regular target in the offense been so few and far between this year?
Answer: No particular reason.
Actual Reporter Follow Up: [Silence]
Proposed Follow Up: So, with the team having one of the league's most anemic offenses, your decision not to regularly use one of your most dynamic offensive players has been entirely random?
Example 2:
Reporter: Bill, how do you make sure that the players stay together the final two weeks of the season here?
Answer: Do what we have been doing.
Actual Reporter Follow Up: [Silence]
Proposed Follow Up: So that would be playing undisciplined football, making boneheaded mistakes, and losing games?
Under these circumstances, why do reporters continue to walk on egg shells around him in his press conferences? What would be the repercussions of proposed follow-ups along the lines of the above?
BB's curt, condescending, shtick in his post game pressers was entertaining when the team was winning, but now it does not come across well at all.
For example, take the following exchanges from yesterday's presser:
Example 1:
Reporter: Why have the opportunities for Kendrick Bourne to be a regular target in the offense been so few and far between this year?
Answer: No particular reason.
Actual Reporter Follow Up: [Silence]
Proposed Follow Up: So, with the team having one of the league's most anemic offenses, your decision not to regularly use one of your most dynamic offensive players has been entirely random?
Example 2:
Reporter: Bill, how do you make sure that the players stay together the final two weeks of the season here?
Answer: Do what we have been doing.
Actual Reporter Follow Up: [Silence]
Proposed Follow Up: So that would be playing undisciplined football, making boneheaded mistakes, and losing games?
Under these circumstances, why do reporters continue to walk on egg shells around him in his press conferences? What would be the repercussions of proposed follow-ups along the lines of the above?