jkam Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Munch munch munch http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/01/AR2006010101048.html Sally Jenkins Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, January 1, 2006; 11:23 PM PHILADELPHIA -- The world is full of weak characters, including my own. It's full of whiners, pessimists, misanthropes, complainers, and dead-enders. And then there is Mark Brunell. 10. When posting anything concerning news articles from outside sources, please include a direct link (i.e., URL) to the origination page/site. Please paste the URL directly atop the post, above a small portion of the article's text (for example, the lead paragraph or a particular sentence or two) . Such a practice provides credibility and attribution to the source of the information, and allows visitors the option to visit the respective websites. You are responsible for the content you post. If you are posting a published article from a news source, please title your thread in the following format: "SOURCE SHORTFORM: HEADLINE" (Ex. WP: Redskins Sign CB Shawn Springs). Please see our '>copyright statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Jenkins has earned a measure of my respect back. Decent article. How does the Crow taste Sally? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan93 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I still hate the :censored:! 6. Do not attempt to circumvent the profanity filters. Let the filters do their job. Veiled profanity is unacceptable. We allow the use of either all asterisks/symbols or not at all. For example "****" and "*&*%$" are acceptable, while "sh!t, “s**t” or “sh*t" are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishomelette Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Yes, she's seems to be eating it without crowing much at all :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 This hardly qualifies as eating crow for some of the more outrageous things she's said about this team. Eating crow requires she address most of the errors she's made, and more, that she apologize to the fans for belittling them for daring to think their favorite team could win some games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OaktonSkins/BushFan Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Well, there's a factual error - we put only 24 offensive points on the board (not 31). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayray78 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 if you have read my threads or posts you would have been an optimist. lets go skins. i just hope they have enough left in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I still hate her. She is still a beached sea cow and her articles are still patchwork throw up from other journalist's pieces, and she sprinkles what she thinks is a warm personal view but is really just her one trick pony style of writing that does nothing but cheapen the good, true things she said about Brunell. She has trash talked the Skins all season long, and doesnt even give the whole team any credit in this article, just Brunell. She is a miserable woman that writes miserable, smoldering pieces of journalistic dung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNumberOne Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 It is a decent article, and it is respectable. My skeptical nature has me doubting that it would be written without some of the more pointed members of this site writing and even canceling subscriptions though. Regardless, though, it's good to read this. With all of our critical injuries, I thought Koy/McMahon had a chance to pull off the upset. We go into the playoffs with potentially no starting CBs which is worrisome. But the important thing, right now, is the first part: WE ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS. It's good that Sally gave us that recognition. It was due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Total shock... I think she has to be the first sports writer I've ever seen that held themselves accountable. She has my total respect now. Great article Sally. You are a class act!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 In a perfect world, there would be dozens upon dozens of articles just like this one all over every sports mag, web site and paper in the country... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjumbo1971 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 When it comes to Brunell a lot of us have to eat crow...I know I wanted him gone after last year...Who here can honestly say they knew he would have this good of a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 How can you not love this team? Quality football players. Quality people. It's such a blessing to be able to watch a team that not only wins, but wins the right way. It's awesome to see them prove the doubters wrong. It's almost like watching your kids' successes. We've (yet again) taken on the personality of our head coach, and I couldn't be happier about it. It's no wonder Gibbs wanted Brunell here. They're both humble, hard working people with deep faith. And they're both true leaders. Seeing Brunell's run today gave me chills. It's like a daggone movie. The "old, broken down has-been" stepping up to get the job done...over, and over, and over, and... I just can't say it enough. Damn it feels good to be a Redskin fan right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21KO Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Sally Sez: "I made a mistake of my own when I wrote five weeks ago that the Redskins were done for the season. They weren't, not by a long shot. For one thing, I didn't take into account the deep competitive nature of their quarterback" Let's hear her list the many other things she didn't take into account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNumberOne Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Total shock...I think she has to be the first sports writer I've ever seen that held themselves accountable. She has my total respect now. Great article Sally. You are a class act!! I am also shocked that she held herself accountable. I don't think that it comes completely from her, but that might be me being skeptical (I explain in a prior post). To make sure you remember how random, and, really, just wrong she's been, look at some of her other articles. In one, she says the Redskins with Brunell looking uneven are 5-5 and out of the race, so it will the East will be between Bledsoe and Manning. Her slanted words aren't going to change her obvious bias. It will remain, it's been there for awhile, and it is *not* explained by a dislike for management like she's claimed, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabee1973 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Well, there's a factual error - we put only 24 offensive points on the board (not 31). well if you really want to get technicall we scored 42 last week just 7 went to giants because of an interception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinthemboys Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 She was right on the money regarding brunell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Maybe after the uproar in here over the worst message board comments and the cancleled subscriptions the post has decided to write to the audience they are trying to sell to. What a novel idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_good_brotha Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 My only problem is she said everyone jumped off the Redskins bandwagon after they fell to 5-6. There are a lot of us here who didn't. Some of us believed they could run the table and finish 10-6. There were even others who said they would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiJo Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 This hardly qualifies as eating crow for some of the more outrageous things she's said about this team. Eating crow requires she address most of the errors she's made, and more, that she apologize to the fans for belittling them for daring to think their favorite team could win some games. Yet and still that was a very nice article. Good show Sally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsterp Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Hey Sally, Mark is a married, younger man. Go cradle rob the Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I'm shocked that she was able to write something ... anything, positive about the Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarEastBeast Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 That article reads like a love letter to Brunell. Maybe she isn't a lesbian after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Riggo Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I still hate her. She is still a beached sea cow and her articles are still patchwork throw up from other journalist's pieces, and she sprinkles what she thinks is a warm personal view but is really just her one trick pony style of writing that does nothing but cheapen the good, true things she said about Brunell. She has trash talked the Skins all season long, and doesnt even give the whole team any credit in this article, just Brunell. She is a miserable woman that writes miserable, smoldering pieces of journalistic dung. So you're saying she attended the Maureen Dowd School of Journalism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCRoughrider Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 This column was ok but it wasn't the complete "mea culpa" that she should have written. That "Burgundy Colored Glasses" column was ugly. If you put this column on the scale opposite the "Burgundy Colored Glasses" column, the negativity of that column far outweighs the positivity of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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