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As you know, Cleft Crusty may be a lot of negative things: I care not for the excitement or outcome of games, I support absurd positions regarding NFL GMs, I take more prescription drugs than Canada, I drive my wife around on the back of my Harley for thousands of miles, collecting bugs, visiting ramshackle high school stadiums, and I think my son in law is a wuss because he won't eat spicy food. Did I mention that I can bench press 270? But one thing I cannot tolerate are 'news' articles in the UninalScented, my semi-former employer, that promise one thing, and deliver another - or worse - deliver nothing. Take for example the column by Lori Nickle entitled "LB Matthews was brought in to make a splash in big games - like the one Monday vs. Favre and the Vikings". Were I to write this article I might actually talk to a football guy - Player, GM, coach, scout, assistant high school football coach, kid on a bike riding down my street with a helmet - you get the point - I would have talked with SOMEONE about Matthews and pass rushing and get quotes. Instead, Ms. Nickle, on loan from her script writing sabbatical from the We network, writes a piece about a hamstring injury. Compelling stuff to be sure, but the tease of the title and the first, speculative, flowery paragraph - devoid of football knowledge, quotes, or compelling insight, was followed up by an outrageously long-winded examination of player opinions on the effect of a muscle pull. This is why I took early retirement. I didn't need to prostitute myself for that rag any longer, even for that sweet $129/week.
As you know, Cleft Crusty may be a lot of negative things: I care not for the excitement or outcome of games, I support absurd positions regarding NFL GMs, I take more prescription drugs than Canada, I drive my wife around on the back of my Harley for thousands of miles, collecting bugs, visiting ramshackle high school stadiums, and I think my son in law is a wuss because he won't eat spicy food. Did I mention that I can bench press 270? But one thing I cannot tolerate are 'news' articles in the UninalScented, my semi-former employer, that promise one thing, and deliver another - or worse - deliver nothing. Take for example the column by Lori Nickle entitled "LB Matthews was brought in to make a splash in big games - like the one Monday vs. Favre and the Vikings". Were I to write this article I might actually talk to a football guy - Player, GM, coach, scout, assistant high school football coach, kid on a bike riding down my street with a helmet - you get the point - I would have talked with SOMEONE about Matthews and pass rushing and get quotes. Instead, Ms. Nickle, on loan from her script writing sabbatical from the We network, writes a piece about a hamstring injury. Compelling stuff to be sure, but the tease of the title and the first, speculative, flowery paragraph - devoid of football knowledge, quotes, or compelling insight, was followed up by an outrageously long-winded examination of player opinions on the effect of a muscle pull. This is why I took early retirement. I didn't need to prostitute myself for that rag any longer, even for that sweet $129/week.
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