Mostly I read a lot of bitchin about writers who stink. Somebody must be good.
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Mostly I read a lot of bitchin about writers who stink. Somebody must be good.
I wasted 15 minutes making this list. If nobody responds, there will be repercussions.
Did I mention there will be big trouble if this poll goes ignored? I'm serious about this, I'm not an entirely stable person.
Hell hath no fury like a pollster scorned.
No Brainer
McGinn
I didn't see my name mentioned
I call bullshit on this poll
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Originally Posted by red
If you'd write up a dam article on your game day threads I'd vote for you :)
*AHEM*
You're retired, bitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleft Crusty
Can't believe that fucker Harlan didn't include ex-Packer great Bill Schroeder, who currently works for the NBC station in Green Bay, and Rob Demovsky, the ESPN NFC North blogger.
Rob Demovsky was an oversight. Bill Schroeder is familiar mostly in the Upper Peninsula. Clef Crusty retains a small but dedicated following among HAM radio enthusiasts. The Nomination Committee did not receive a satisfactory background report for Mark Chmura or Red. It is hoped that Chmura may become eligible with the passage of time.
I checked 'other'.
I don't have a preference for any particular Packer beat writer.
I read and garner as much as I can here and online and from the NFL Network to get an overall impression of things NFL and Green Bay Packers.
Woody, Red Smith is no longer with us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Smith_(sportswriter)
Fr.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Smith_(sportswriter)Quote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
" ..."Open a vein and bleed"
Smith is one plausible source for the quotation, "Writing is easy. You just open a vein and bleed." In 1946, sportswriter Paul Gallico wrote, "It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader." In 1949, columnist Walter Winchell wrote, "Red Smith was asked if turning out a daily column wasn't quite a chore. ... 'Why, no', dead-panned Red. 'You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins, and bleed.'" ..... "
Red Smith is from Green Bay, a school there is named after him. He was kind of a celebrity in 50s and 60s, he was the most famous sportswriter in America, I hear his name in old movies sometimes.
I get all the news I need right here.
Check out Demovsky's recent Pulitzer-worthy piece (lol):Quote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
http://espn.go.com/blog/green-bay-packers/
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers' beverage of choice after games has long been a Grape Crush soda.
The Green Bay Packers quarterback doesn't always bring it with him to his postgame news conference like he did after Sunday's 24-21 win over the Minnesota Vikings, but he says he was not sticking it to the purple-clad team or its fans by doing so.
And to anyone who doubts how long he has been drinking that after games, he had a message Tuesday on his ESPN Milwaukee radio show.
"To all the idiot trolls out there, seven years," Rodgers said adding that he also enjoys a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. "PBJ and Grape or Orange Crush. It's been grape for the last five; the first couple years it was orange or grape."
Nevertheless, the image of Rodgers drinking from a bottle of Grape Crush got some people riled up after Sunday's game.
"Any of the local media or anybody who's seen me after a game, I'm always carrying that around with me," Rodgers said on his show. "That's probably the only soda that I ever drink – right after the game, when you've got to get those nutrients back with you. So that's my postgame [snack], PBJ and the Grape Crush. I do like it, contrary to anybody who thinks I was trolling anything. It's absolutely ridiculous. It's comical."
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3USqIZIMAAqgtX.jpg
The Packer Pulitzer for Photography is chosen separately. This could be strong candidate, the field is weak in 2014.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3USqIZIMAAqgtX.jpg
With the timing with which this picture was captured, it sure does look like he's hawking the product. Head turned sideways so you can see the product, perfect hand placement so you can see the label. I'm sure it's not the best thing to drink after a game, but as long as he keeps playing like he is, they might start promoting it as an energy drink! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrion Lannister
Here's hoping he needs to get a certain barley and hops in his system after this Sunday.
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...s/2/20/Sam.jpg
Grape Nehi?Quote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/24728000...9be15e74e2.jpg
That's for losers
I've got my spine, I've got my Orange Crush...
http://www.jeffpearlman.com/wp-conte...0606211321.jpg
Does anyone remember the soda "Squirt?" Mraynrand remembers it, and made the terrible error of doing a Google Image Search for it. NSFW!!!!! Oh, the HUMANITY!
Yes and yes (NSFW). You can still get it at the grocery store around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by mraynrand
The drink, that is.
McGinn has the most info from roster to draft to X and O to player grades. If he left, they would have to drag Bedard back.
However, his weekend celebration/hit pieces on how the team has either solved cold fusion or is in danger of coming apart at the seams and turned back over to the VFW are terrible.
If you want to know what the team and players are actually thinking with some mix of X and O stuff, better off with Bill Huber (Packer Report).
The UDFA who will make the jump next year is WesHod.
Mike Spofford's game tape stuff is pretty good too. He and Baranczyk aren't bad.
I voted Ty Dunne. I think he's the best right now, followed closely by Wilde. Dunne might not be around long as he'll use this gig to get something bigger. Wilde's a lifer I think because he has what he wants here. That does tend to make him a bit of a homer but that helps to balance out the guys who go out of their way to criticize in the name of objectivity. I rarely find anything interesting on Packersnews except Baranczyk. I like Imig too.
Harlan, I voted "other" because "My Ass" wasn't listed, as that is the source from which I pull most of the relevant information I have on the Packers.
Yes, pretty dry over there. You might want to listen to Baranczyk's commentary on mondays: http://media.sportsradio1250.com/bill-michaels.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by vince
Baranczyk seems like a guy who wears a football jersey to church. Very intense.
Besides Lord McGinn, I go for entertainment value. On radio, Chmura, Ketchman and LeRoy Butler are amusing. Wilde is good writer.
I see. So when you've responded to my posts with "My ass!" you just meant to say you were agreeing. Glad to hear it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxie the Taxi
I think listening to Ketchman actively lowers the listeners IQ. Research still to determine if its permanent.
Kind of got the Derrick Zoolander look going on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
It's settled scienceQuote:
Originally Posted by pbmax
This is why I voted for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by pbmax
Well, there's one data point for pbmax's research.Quote:
Originally Posted by George Cumby
I'm just a slope at the end of the slope. :-)