Blistering KP Criticism from Yahoo's Woj...
Brutal. Just Brutal.
Especially the call out of Nate's REAL intentions in signing year-to-year. Don't read this if you are already depressed about our offseason.
I agree with his Odom take. Man, KP, at least TRY!!
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Talking about delusional. Andy is barking up the wrong tree. Summer just started and KP has until the February trading deadline to make a move or two.
Odom is not right for this team. Odom knows, his agent knows it, and KP knows it. He just doesn’t fit. He can’t shoot outside and is inconsistent.
I see your point
about the outside shooting, but at the same time, an argument can be made that ANY player of his talent, that can swing from the “3” to the “4” is a good match for us.
by The Penguin on Jul 11, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Odom has a long history of inconsistent effort
He would make Nate’s head explode, and he would be an anti-role model in the locker room.
by upper left corner on Jul 11, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Particularly one who would significantly weaken LA
As it stands, the Lakers are a dynasty for the next 4-5 years – particularly if Bynum gets healthy and returns to form, and particularly if Farmer and/or Brown develops into a legit (enough) point guard.
Taking away Odom substantially weakens their bench.
Meanwhile, the Blazers wouldn’t love a player who can fill Outlaw’s role as a 3/4 off the bench to create shots – only with much more defense, passing, and rebounding?
Odom is the perfect fit and he weakens the Blazers biggest rival substantially. Chemistry is important, but you can deal with one or two guys who aren’t best buddies with everyone if they’re adding supreme talent.
Wojo is right that the decision not to go after Odom is mystifying.
Q: Is Greg favoring his knee?
Frye: He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors.
by KP Corleone on Jul 11, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
First off you would have to offer Odom a huge long-term contract
for him to even consider. Then you have to hope the Lakers don’t match. Lastly, Odom for his entire career has shown that he cannot be counted upon every game to deliver. So you never know what you’re going to get out of him. He is Rasheed Wallace without the temper. A guy who can be amazing one game and then disappear the next. I live in LA and this what his own media say about him. Odom had a great championship series and was a vital piece for the Lakers winning. But that was one series. And that ‘s with Phil and Kobe. Don’t expect him to do the same consistently with the Blazers. If he comes to the Blazers look for the Clipper Odom, not the Odom of the Orlando series.
Woj is correct in my opinion, I hate to say it
M 80- So what does Portland give up? Big D- Nothing, Pritchard is such a genius that teams just give him players for free. (Comments from Blog a Bull on July 9, 2009)
Based on what?
No sources. No content. Woj has a history with KP.
by upper left corner on Jul 11, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Based on the velociety of the current air conditions
M 80- So what does Portland give up? Big D- Nothing, Pritchard is such a genius that teams just give him players for free. (Comments from Blog a Bull on July 9, 2009)
Just like he was right about Miles?
That dude hates KP and is the lackey of the douche bags (Agine I’m looking at you) that hate him too. If he came out and said, hey my bad about the whole Miles thing, I’d give anything he said a little credence. He’s just being a douche, just being himself.
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Woj writes nothing but hit peices on KP
this is the 3rd one.
Come on you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. ~Johnny Cash
I remember one after the Darius e-mail. What was the other?
If you want to trade our spare parts for Devin Harris, I have three quarters I would like to trade for your dollar
yeah...
when is he going to stop using that line about burning through cell phone batteries? retread.
Maybe he should start reading Bedge. He might have a better idea of what’s going on.
After reading Dave’s last post, Woj looks utterly clueless.
by LicketyBrindle on Jul 11, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I have nothing but contempt for Woj
That guy clearly has a personal axe to grind with KP — dunno if Pritch just doesn’t feed him the tidbits that make him feel important or what, but believing that this guy is an honest broker of Pritchard-related analysis is the height of foolhardiness.
The Michael Ruffin of BlazersEdge, cuz Amlmart said so.
by BlazersOrBust on Jul 11, 2009 10:55 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Total cheap shot
No sources. Just parroting Quick’s and Canzano’s angle.
How the frick was Turk backing out on his word a humiliation of KP. I call BS.
I truly hope KP gets the last laugh on all the doubters and haters.
When nobody else has cap space and the Blazers start picking up bargains, I hope KP laughs in these guys faces.
Failure is making stupid moves. Failure is trading away young talent for over-hyped and overpaid guys on the decline. Failure is panicking when your first plan doesn’t work. Woj claims KP is panicking, but where is his evidence? I don’t see it. The Millsap offer looks to be pretty savvy regardless of how it turns out. Patience is smart.
Why are so many media guys douchebags and contoversy whores?
by upper left corner on Jul 11, 2009 10:56 AM PDT reply actions
ulc... I like it.
When nobody else has cap space and the Blazers start picking up bargains, I hope KP laughs in these guys faces.
Failure is making stupid moves. Failure is trading away young talent for over-hyped and overpaid guys on the decline. Failure is panicking when your first plan doesn’t work. Woj claims KP is panicking, but where is his evidence? I don’t see it. The Millsap offer looks to be pretty savvy regardless of how it turns out. Patience is smart.
This sentiment is what the vast majority of the comments in here sounds like to me. I bet a BSedge poll would put KP at an 80% failure right now… when in reality we’re the ONLY contender in prime position to swoop for a legit player over the course of the first half of the season.
But I like to be here. Oh, I like it a lot! Said the Cat in the Hat. To the fish in the pot.
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 11, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Odom will Turkoglu us....
He will bat his eyes at us just enough for the Lakers to match the offer. And when that happened, this idiot would write yet ANOTHER article about how much contempt everyone has for KP. I don’t care what other gm’s or hacks like this have to say. KP is the man. Look at the roster. We won 54 games last year as the second youngest team in the league.
surprise surpise
The Woj has something bad to say about KP. It might be a better article if he tried to address any counter arguments to his points, like Lamar’s weakening of his position by saying how he will stay in LA and only wants to live near a beach. Maybe talk about how Milsap may be a good fit as we the roster lacks his skill set, or that his age better matches Portland’s window. Also, I would not be surprised in Nate left as he was not a KP hire, so that is no big surprise.
Then just look at what Woj calls “winning” in the offseason. Signing no defense specialists like Ben Gordon and Charlie V with all of your cap space. Excellent move. I expect tons of iso plays that end in sadness for Detroit fans. Orlando lets one of its core players go to bring in the mercurial and over paid Vince Carter. It may be a good short term move but it is questionable whether or not it gets them over the hump. Finally, the Cavs get an aged center on a one year rental to try and make a last ditch attempt at showing LeBron that they can put pieces around him is somehow a win?
There is a lot of criticism in the Woj article with out a lot of balanced analysis.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
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Lots of purple prose and no sources
He says KP is panicking, but his moves show the opposite. Signing the offer to Millsap is a savvy move designed to put Portland in position to reap benefits down the road.
by upper left corner on Jul 11, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
sums up a lot of what I was going to type
This is a great example of why AWoj is a internet writer and KP is the GM of the freakin’ Portland Trail Blazers. Yes Lamar Odom is a great fit ON PAPER. However, he’s the exact opposite of the character KP would bring in. Remember Bob Whitsitt?? I’m sure would be the first in line to sign Lamar. He probably would have traded guys like Batum and Bayless for veterans. Then, just like in the Rasheed days, we would have a two or three year window of being competative and then the BLazers would be an old team that goes back into rebuilding mode. Good thing we have KP, he knows how to build a “basketball team” not just a fantasy league roster.
I wish Woj had a comments section on his articles.
He equates activity with winning and inactivity with losing
Although I think Woj is right about Odom, it completely discredits his whole winners/losers angle to call Toronto and Detroit winners.
Really? Is the prize 6 years of no cap space, mediocre talent that doesn’t mesh, first round playoff series on the road, and no lottery picks to help you improve?
Toronto and Detroit both had horrendously awful offseasons. Inactivity is not synonymous with failure, and activity is not synonymous with success.
Q: Is Greg favoring his knee?
Frye: He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors.
by KP Corleone on Jul 11, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
How are Detroit winners?
If anyone panicked it was Joe Dumars. They tanked their team to create capspace and they use it to sign Gordon and Villanueva. You aren’t winning a title building a team around those two. They planned on using that money in 2010, but their team got so bad so fast they had to do something to win a couple games next year to sell tickets. The Pistons had that great team because they committed to defense and unselfish play. Gordon doesn’t play defense and can only get a shot for himself, not be a playmaker for others.
And Odom is really more of a power forward than a small forward. If we signed him we couldn’t play him at the 3 with LMA and Oden/Joel just like how the l*kers couldn’t play him with Gasol and Bynum because the middle got too clogged for Kobe. And for people wondering what him being inconsistent means, one night he’d put up a 20-10 and look like a dominant player and the next who wouldn’t even look interested in the game. If he played like that in a contract year with Kobe glaring at him I can’t imagine how many games he’d mail in if we gave him a fat contract.
by terryisntbald on Jul 11, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe we could turn this less into a rant session
and deconstruct and provide counter arguments to his ideas that KP is totally blowing it. Then we could send it to him and see if addresses the criticisms in a fair fashion. We could even have BE help put pressure on him to respond.
So grab one point Woj makes and reply to this comment and I will compile them and send them to Woj.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever
"NBA executives and agents described Portland Trail Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard as "agitated" and "panicked" and even "desperate." "
Using quotation marks without tangible sources!
by The Penguin on Jul 11, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
That'd get you kicked right our of any reputable Grad school. use 'this' if it's to emphasize and
“this” if you’re quoting. If he’s quoting, we do need the sources. This is a HUGE problem with American and western journalism. The supposed right to protect a source allows the journalist to not actually have a source.
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how can we refute it?
There’s no evidence one way or the other. It’s all conjecture and opinion. You can give counter points, but in the end it’s your opinion versus his. You think we’re going to change his mind? The only thing that will happen is, he’ll be more encouraged to write negative articles about KP b/c he gets a reaction.
his opinions have a base
like needing a small forward. You can counter that with the development of Batum return of Webster. I just wanted to try and do something more productive than bitching among the converted.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever
"They need a small forward, but he refused to make a bid for the most talented one on the market"
Really? Seems we are two (maybe three – depending on Marty’s status) deep at SF, and have only one returning PF!
by The Penguin on Jul 11, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
not to mention roy can play the sf spot...
… and don’t give me the trout is a backup PF argument.
by The Penguin on Jul 11, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
""He knows Portland isn’t the last place he’ll be," a league source said. "Everyone will want him.""
Ahhh, another one from the “Source” family. Is Mrs. League Source the Wife of Anonymous Source? Is Team Source their son? I hear Prominent Source married Bob Inside the Organization and will hyphenate her name!
by The Penguin on Jul 11, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
"Multiple League Sources believe there’s a wedge between Pritchard and McMillan, but both general manager and coach have long denied it. Even so, it makes league officials wonder how deeply McMillan believes in his boss’ blueprint that he refuses to commi
Damn! The Sources had twins!?!?! Bake a freakin’ cake and call the party clown!
by The Penguin on Jul 11, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
A good rule of thumb is that things are more credible if they at least say something like “a western conference scout” or “eastern conference executive.” They can say that and not give a hint of who their source is but it makes it actually sound like there was a real person. The janitor who cleans David Sterns’ office can technically be a “league source” since he’s your source of information and he works for the league.
by terryisntbald on Jul 11, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
If you can't name it, you should at the very least qualify it
which is basically what you’re saying
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Here's a fact Woji is ignorant of.
Odom is not a SF. He’s a 30 year old PF who wants $10 million a year. A guy who wants to live by the beach. Known as a career underachiever.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
Plus, he's a tool and a thug
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Oh yeah?
Well several readers are describing Yahoo Sports Writer Adrian Wojnarowski as “pathetic” and “insecure” and even “desperate.” He keeps returning to his blog with the same hate filled diatribes, only to be dismissed again and again. All his hate stories have imploded.
Just another blow hard in a long line of blow hards.
by JasonT on Jul 11, 2009 11:22 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Well
Most Blazer’s fans don’t want Odom and to be honest if by some miracle we actually land him I would much rather have Milsap. Plus no one can criticize KP except us!
Amicable-KP
Dang, I'm sorry I clicked on that
I hate giving the guy even a singe hit. He’s certainly figured out an easy way to generate traffic — write something snarky about Pritchard and the cyber-happy Blazer fans will visit your site. (Ditto for Simmons.)
On another note, I’m about to discount every single article that cites “league sources.” It’s the hallmark of shoddy journalism.
It's the Colin Cowherd model of being strongly opinionated
“I can’t believe he said that. I have to call in and complain, or at least keep listening to hear if he says more ridiculous stuff.”
If you want to trade our spare parts for Devin Harris, I have three quarters I would like to trade for your dollar
EXACTLY!
It’s like the line from the Howard Stern movie…“his fans listen for a half hour, the people who hate him listen for two hours”. And the whole time the advertisers are raking it in, regardless of opinion.
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
That column reads worse than a fanpost
It features ugly grammar, no sources, wild hyperbole, and an ax to grind.
Yuck.
Unlike most people on BE, I’m not exactly a KP fan. Some matters were out of his control, such as the Turkoglu situation, however when push comes to shove, I think he made some wrong moves. Roy, LMA, and McMillan need to be happy. These three people are absolutely critical to our success. We can’t win without them. Also, we should have looked farther into the Odom matter. We probably would have had more money to sign Turkoglu had we not gotten caught up in the Miles fiasco, which probably would not have occurred if we hadn’t sent out the letter. Miles is a mediocre player that was signed just to spite us. If things don’t start looking up, it may be time for a new GM, in my opinion.
"Everyone knows who you are; but only your friends know why."
- Rich Amato
The "letter" turns out to have been fully justified.
Those D bags were doing exactly what they said they were.
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We can't sign Odom
do you have any idea how confusing that would be to have Odom and Oden on the same team?
by RipCityRoyCity on Jul 11, 2009 11:40 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
KP screwed the pooch by not driving the price up for Odom. We're not getting Millsap.
Now the Lakers will be able to sign Odom at his actual market value or cheaper. This gives them more leeway to sign other players in the future, who will probably go there on the cheap so they can win a ring. We were never going to get Odom, but offering him a fat contract before giving Millsap would have been a move toward breaking the Lakers’ stranglehold on the Western Conference. While paying top $ for Millsap will weaken the Jazz, they aren’t half the threat the Lakers are.
I think a strategy like the one above is about the only plan that can give the Blazers a leg up. Free agents have no desire to come to Portland. If 54 wins can’t change that, nothing will.
LAL
will only be able to sign MLE players until 2010-2011 as they have big commitments to Gasol, Kobe, and Bynum.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever
Doesn't matter.
Look at the deal Artest signed in order to be a Laker.
the point is that this
does not give them anymore leeway than they currently have.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever
What if the Lakers say "well, at that ridiculous price, have fun with Lamar"?
If you want to trade our spare parts for Devin Harris, I have three quarters I would like to trade for your dollar
Odom wont sign with Portland. There's just no way.
On the off chance he did, the Blazers would have a helluva team. Blake wouldn’t have to worry about creating shots and could do what he does best offensively: spot up from three and hit over 40% of them. Lamar didn’t help his position by stating that he wants to live on the beach, but whatever. If he made it seem like he could be lured away, everyone wins but the Lakers.
Even if the Blazers get Millsap, they’ll still have to worry about the point guard dilemma, whereas acquiring Odom would go a long way toward solving that as well as give us someone who can log backup minutes at the 4.
"He kept returning to teams with the same proposals, only to be dismissed again and again"
I can actually see KP and Penn do that. “No Kevin, we really don’t want to trade Devin Harris for Rodriguez, Outlaw, a pick and cash. You already asked that on Saturday. But thanks for your call. Good luck on draft day.”
If you want to trade our spare parts for Devin Harris, I have three quarters I would like to trade for your dollar
lol
persistance sometimes works… you never know what if that went through because he was nagging and they said f it maybe hes right…?
by These Refs Suck on Jul 11, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Seriously, that's a very good business lesson
plus, think of how much women use this trick in relationships.
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My favorite part
That quote was my favorite part of the whole article.
Woj is a joke
I’m all for a little criticism, but Woj acts like KP killed his dog or something.
Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game
By the way, the biggest acquisition of the last year for Yahoo Sports as far as I know was a beat writer from the Boston Globe and the cooperation agreement with SBN
If you want to trade our spare parts for Devin Harris, I have three quarters I would like to trade for your dollar
There is a connection...
Between Woj and Canzano….and a few other well known sports writers in fact. They all worked at the Sac Bee, so I wonder if that would help explain Woj’s attitude. I know most people don’t, but I actually like Zano’s material….whereas Woj’s stuff makes me want to take a ball point hammer to each of his fingers. He’s absolutely bitter. I just don’t get it. And when that D Miles letter went out….wow. That gave Woj permission to really let his feelings out. So who knows. I think the Zano and Woj connection is prolly a stretch, and it all boils down to Woj having some sort of problem with KP.
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Woji is a known Pritchard Hater.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
by blzrfan on Jul 11, 2009 12:00 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Since you can't post comments on this Yahoo page (on Ball Don't Lie you could), here is his feedback form
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/feedback?author=Adrian+Wojnarowski
Stay reasonable.
If you want to trade our spare parts for Devin Harris, I have three quarters I would like to trade for your dollar
RE your article “NBA free agency’s winners and losers”. Why all the hate for Kevin Pritchard? You constantly seem to criticize him for his actions and cite anonymous sources. Is there a good reason for that apart from not liking him? If so I would love to hear about it in one of your articles or by email.
You also misrepresent the biggest needs of the Trail Blazers. The biggest need is not a small forward, the Blazers have three qualified ones: Nicolas Batum (who already happens to be the best perimeter defender of the team as a rookie/sophomore), Travis Outlaw (who got votes for sixth man of the year), and Martell Webster (who is returning from injury but showed promise before that, so the Blazers want to see what they have in him next year). Hedo Turkoglu would have been interesting for his playmaking and scoring ability off pick and rolls. That’s where the Blazers need help. Lamar Odom is not the same type of point forward as Hedo, and he has made his intention to stay in LA or at least go to a city like Miami very clear. That’s also why looking to acquire a point guard like Kirk Hinrich over Steve Blake would make sense, a player with about the same outside shooting ability to play off Brandon Roy but better defense against athletic guards.
The next big need after a playmaker is indeed backup power forward. When LaMarcus Aldridge was not on the floor last season, that was when opposing teams had a good chance to overpower the Blazers frontcourt. Like Houston and a few other teams did. A “banger” PF who rebounds and defends well, and scores a bit more in a tandem with the second center, is exactly what the Blazers need for that second unit and that is what Pritchard tries to address with that offer. If nothing else, losing Millsap (or Boozer) worsens the roster and financial situation of the Utah Jazz, who happen to be a rival to win the division next season
If you want to trade our spare parts for Devin Harris, I have three quarters I would like to trade for your dollar
by Norsktroll on Jul 11, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Poor Woji.
Not only is he hating on Pritchard he is lauding Dumars for his “hot young core” of Gordon and Villenueva. Laughable.
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
And calling Toronto a "winner"
for overpaying Hedo is pretty bad as well. If anything, I would have put KP/Portland in the “loser” category if Turkoglu had signed the deal with the Blazers
Team Bayless - The takeover begins in 2009
by blazeraddict on Jul 11, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Dumars is a winner for turning Chauncey Billups and Rasheed Wallace into...
Ben Gordon and Charlie V? Charlie V for $40M? Are you kidding me? Who else was going to offer CV more than half of that?
And are we really going to criticize KP for failing to drive the price up on Odom? Why do I care what that punk is making? He was never going to sign with us. Woj would love to put KP’s picture on the front page after KP let Odom play him to get a bigger deal. Lakers are going to be in salary cap hell whether Odom makes $7M or $9M.
Take it with a grain of salt.
He lists Brian Colangalo as a winner. Giving Bargnani (a huge underachiever) 5/50 and Hedo (a mediocre player) 5/53 while losing your cornerstone next year? I’m not seeing how he came out as a winner on that one.
Pritchard absolutely deserves to be criticized for his offseason thus far...
… but suggesting that Detroit and Toronto have had good offseasons is ludicrous. I don’t have a problem with Woj criticizing KP— I’ve done plenty of that myself— but he gets a number of things very wrong in that article.
+1
The Millsap move (regardless of how it shakes out) is the first thing KP’s done this offseason I’ve been encouraged by. However, to say Tornoto and Detroit have had good offseasons by virtue of their overpaying the top tier of a middling FA class is crazy.
Team Bayless - The takeover begins in 2009
by blazeraddict on Jul 11, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
That guy Woj is a complete hack
And he loves to criticize KP. My (very different) take is this:
1) General Managers around the league are very scared and intimated by the success KP had in the first few years as a general manager. Prichard some young talent and lottery picks to change the Blazers from a terrible team (one of the worst in the league) into a solid young playoff team (most agree one of the deepest, youngest and most talented rosters in the league). Prichard did so by trading with Danny Ainge and John Paxon, making them look like fools. If all general managers had to perform up to KP’s level, few current GMs would keep their jobs.
2) When the Blazers wrote the infamous Miles memo, it gave other general managers an excuse to openly talk bad about KP. They already hated him because he made them look bad. Nothing new there.
3) Now that the Blazers have succeeded in building a great young western playoff team, KP is becoming conservative in his moves. He will not risk bringing in talented players who have questionable mental makeups (i.e. Odom, Marion). He knows he does not need to make a move because the Blazers are going to continue to improve and they are already one of the best teams in the league. Hence, no major moves to date.
BUT, because a hack like A. Woj. doesn’t know or maybe care about “facts” and “reality,” he takes other GMs comments at face value and prints these terrible columns unjustifiably criticizing Kevin Prichard. Well, we know KP is one of the best in the league at what he does, and Portland will be winning lots of games next year no matter how much haters criticize.
Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill....
or at the very least taking “artistic freedoms” with the facts.
Woj starts with something on record that I know KP said once, but makes it seem like KP is spouting this off constantly:
Pritchard has long liked to talk about never laying up on the golf course and burning through cell batteries
Then follows it up with hearsay and conjecture (has anyone ever heard KP say this?):
and the way that the Blazers had outworked and outsmarted the NBA.
Then goes even further and assumes to speak for us all (um…I’m sorry, I know quite a few people who have been impressed how KP has handled “the highs of the job”):
Few have been terribly impressed with how Pritchard handled the highs of the job, and now there are doubts about how he’s handling its lows.
Did Pritchard sleep with Woj’s wife or something? Because I don’t get where all the hate is coming from.
"Did Pritchard sleep with Woj’s wife or something? Because I don’t get where all the hate is coming from."
Nah. But I bet Woj’s wife burns through cell batteries and Woj is a jealous and delusional dude (of course-he’s a sports writer!).
Oh, and I loved the “Few have been terribly impressed with how Pritchard handled the highs of the job, and now there are doubts about how he’s handling its lows.” I’ve been following KP’s every move for a few years now and I have no idea how he handles any aspect of his job, as far as his ego or state of mind is concerned. And I don’t think I’d be qualified to make that judgment unless I was on his staff or a member of his family.
by Modal Rounder on Jul 11, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I have literally
Never seen a national columnist act more like a girl being stood up at the prom like Woj has. He has multiple articles with just complete hateful nonsense about KP, and he after Hedo reneged on his word Woj kept making jokes about it on his Yahoo Twitter account saying that KP had got “HedoSlapped”.
KP had to have refused to give him information sometime or something. Either that or Woj needs some of my midol.
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