Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?
- Thread starter John Marzano Olympic Hero
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You have to go, it'll be hilarious. Serve up a softball Springsteen question and enjoy 10 minutes of a horrible/hilarious humblebrag anecdote.Haunted said:
pedro1918 said:
I love this idea. A Starbucks gift card with $0 balance. Would love to see the look on that oaf's face when he realizes he has to buy his Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Sugarbomb with his own money.
If you tell him there's a 3000 post thread thoughtfully and intelligently discussing his NFL writing he will almost certainly feel compelled to take a look.
This I like a lot.John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
I'm thinking of asking him about advanced metrics and their use in football; what he personally thinks of them and whether any teams use them. I'd imagine we'll get the usual "players are people, not numbers; stats don't matter" and then watch him cite QB rating in answers to other questions without a trace of irony.
Thisthisthisthis. If you got him to bellyache about that trip in some way it would be fantastic.drleather2001 said:
We're the Sbarros in Italy better than the Sbarros in America?
Edit: forgot a few words. What a Peter King I am!
Edit: forgot a few words. What a Peter King I am!
So I went. I did not ask a question. He was surprisingly honest. If I didn't already dislike him, I'd probably come away with a positive attitude towards him.
I also learned that my company is a big, big supporter and sponsor of his website, so that unfortunately means that I will not be posting negatively about him online.
Anyway, it was more or less interesting. They gave everyone who went the SI "Foodball Book". So that's nice I guess.
I also learned that my company is a big, big supporter and sponsor of his website, so that unfortunately means that I will not be posting negatively about him online.
Anyway, it was more or less interesting. They gave everyone who went the SI "Foodball Book". So that's nice I guess.
coremiller said:
The defense has been awful, but it's hard to be worse than the offense has been in the 1st half of games.....they've scored exactly ZERO points. RG3 was a huge part of that total failure. So far, he's 11-24 for 160 yards, 2 interceptions, 2 rushes for 4 yards, and a fumble. That's a QB rating of 33.33.
At least the defense was failing against the Packers (5th in scoring last year) and Eagles, who look to be one of the better and more explosive offensive teams this year, at least as long as Vick remains healthy. But Washington's offense was shut out against two defenses, who, to be charitable, are not good. It's a team effort to fail as badly as they have so far, but it's perfectly fair to place a good chunk of the blame on their star QB.
Hey, King used to live in Boston. Who knew?
The only logical explanation for this tidbit is that he wanted to remind us, again, of living in a great neighborhood in Boston, because nobody who lives in NYC can seriously be taken aback by a scene of a few non-citizens on the sidewalk. I mean, come the fuck on.
Um. I don't "admire" Andy Pettitte. Fuck that guy.
These are increasingly like Mad Libs.
Beernerdness: [beer name] , from [Brewery] ([state]), was already one of my favorite beers before I had it at [brewery/restaurant] in [town, state] where I met [someone my readers might find impressive]. But it's even better than I thought - Just the perfect amount of [adjective associated with beer] for a [beer variety]. Very easy to drink.
What kind of backhanded shit is this? He got to 20 wins faster than anyone else in the league.
"Strange Days" guys! I mean, isn't it weird!?!?!?
I will never understand his fascination with things not going entirely according to conventional wisdom. Why the hell would we pay attention to sports if everything we expected to happen actually happened? That would be boring as shit.
Especially with the NFL. Isn't it well documented at this point that the NFL is the most volatile of all the leagues in terms of jumps from worst to first and back again? The drivers are pretty easy to see: Players don't last long and so roster turnover is quick; They play unbalanced schedules so there's a ton of variation in who you play from year to year; one injury to a marquee player can wreak havoc on a team; etc.
It's like every week, King tries to show us just how much like Joe Fan he is in his expectations, but isn't the point of his column that he's a knowledgable, insider NFL guru? All of his observations are the same observation any armchair moron could make: Huh, thought the AFC was gonna suck! Huh, thought San Fran had a good D! Huh, though RGIII was a good player!
Wouldn't a great column be: Why you should have seen all of the above coming. That's what would get you to read a column by a football guru.
I will never understand his fascination with things not going entirely according to conventional wisdom. Why the hell would we pay attention to sports if everything we expected to happen actually happened? That would be boring as shit.
Especially with the NFL. Isn't it well documented at this point that the NFL is the most volatile of all the leagues in terms of jumps from worst to first and back again? The drivers are pretty easy to see: Players don't last long and so roster turnover is quick; They play unbalanced schedules so there's a ton of variation in who you play from year to year; one injury to a marquee player can wreak havoc on a team; etc.
It's like every week, King tries to show us just how much like Joe Fan he is in his expectations, but isn't the point of his column that he's a knowledgable, insider NFL guru? All of his observations are the same observation any armchair moron could make: Huh, thought the AFC was gonna suck! Huh, thought San Fran had a good D! Huh, though RGIII was a good player!
Wouldn't a great column be: Why you should have seen all of the above coming. That's what would get you to read a column by a football guru.
The thing that I loved most about living in Boston (and now New York City (Manhattan)) is that it's so easy to drink. The city is smooth but with just the right amount of bitterness. That time I had Boston on tap at New York Beer Restaurant (I was working on a story for MMQB with Tom Brady (who looked easy to drink), Carrot Top, Tom Coughlin (who had just the right amount of bitterness), and the Philly Phanatic (who refused to get off his ATV (even though it was smooth but with just the right amount of bitterness), it was a revelation! It was so smooth but with just the right amount of bitterness.
Q: Pete, it says on this piece of paper in front of me that you're a lazy overrated piece of crap- care to comment?
A: I don't know, haven't seen that paper.
A: I don't know, haven't seen that paper.
That is hilariously unbelieveable. I literally need to go to his site and see this for myself before I will believe it. What a POS.
thehitcat said:
Compare to the first two questions in Reiss' Mailbag: http://espn.go.com/boston/story/_/page/reissmailbagweek0917/new-england-patriots-mailbag-running-game-key-vs-falcons
thehitcat said:
What's particularly amazing is how shitty his writing is. It's fine if he doesn't have anything to report--a crapload of stuff happens in the NFL and it's reasonable that King can't answer every single question-but to write a column where you pick a bunch of reader questions that you can't answer shows contempt for the reader and gross incompetence.
Shelterdog said:
This was my reaction basically exactly. This isn't like someone who gets caught flat footed in an ex temp situation by surprise questions he wasn't prepared for--he has editorial control and this is what he put out. Like, on purpose.
Reverend said:
I've been thinking about this for a good 15 minutes and the only conclusion I can reach is that King is attempting to take a shot at himself to show that he doesn't have all the answers. The problem is, as Rev and Shelter both note, his writing doesn't indicate any self depreciation whatsoever. It shows he has no fucking clue what he is doing and treating the reader like he doesn't give a shit that this is his job.
If he had answered these questions with something like, "This is information I should have but don't at the moment, been busy/lazy lately with everything but the site, haha. I'll do some research and get back to you." I'd have much more respect for him. All he would need to do is give these questions to an intern and then include a brief summary of the answers in his next column. Hell, replace the stupid travel notes section with the answers, more football in a FOOTBALL COLUMN. But, no, he shows us that he is nothing more than a lazy fucking asshole.
I think it's because he only got a dozen or so questions total and, lacking the work ethic to make some up, just answered the ones the that came in, and apparently with some honesty to boot.
I understand that he can't see or know everything, but why put those questions in his mailbag? Why not pick questions that he can answer?
(I don't know that I'm expecting an actual answer to either of those questions, but I admit I'm legitimately curious if anyone has insight.)
(I don't know that I'm expecting an actual answer to either of those questions, but I admit I'm legitimately curious if anyone has insight.)
