Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Holy ****... :laugh: Nicely done, Art...lol :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Pastaboy is an idiot for saying all that. Get his HOF vote taken away asap. Isn't this years vote soon? After what Dr. Z said the other day, and now this, we can pretty much prove why Art Monk doesn't get the votes he needs to get in the HOF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this, but actually, I am. Here's the thing: I actually think more sports columnists are like Sally Jenkins than Pasquarelli. Sally, as you all know, wrote a column recently where she gave Brunell and the team their rightful due, and acknowledged that she hadn't believed they could get this far. We all read that email exchange with Sally that was posted here: it was clear that, while she dislikes Snyder and personalities in the FO, she doesn't hate the Redskins, she doesn't dislike Gibbs or the players, and she bears no ill will toward the fans. In other words: her negativism, from her perspective, is just her being up front about the truth about an organization that, in the past 14 seasons, has 12 years of mediocrity (and worse) with basically two years of success (thus far, 1 playoff win in each). I can respect that. I think we all should. We can disagree with her - we can point out, as Bram Weinstein and others have, that Snyder and Cerrato are in large part responsible for the pieces that built this team... that it's the maligned FO and not just Joe Gibbs that decided to bring in Washington, Moss, Springs, Daniels, Rabach, Griffin, and draft Cooley, Rogers, and Taylor (I still count only one miss - Barrow, and that's thanks to injury), to let guys like Smoot go and pay guys like Gregg Williams to stay around... but we point it out as a matter of open debate, not anger. Pasquarelli, after this confrontation, is clearly a guy who operates under no delusions of neutrality. He's angry. He's bitter. And he has no intention of giving this team, this coach, or anyone in Washington credit where credit is due. That makes him something - but a responsible columnist/journalist isn't it. BD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinNoble Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Airfare to Tampa: $300 Hotel and meals: $200 Press pass: Comped by the team Cassette recorder: $30 Len Pasquirelli getting PWN3D! by a Redskins FANATIC: Priceless There really are some things money can't buy. :D:D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Today's win just got sweeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TODD Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Art you are the MAN. Thank you so very much for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autograph Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Great story, Thanks for all you guys do. :logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Maybe Art & Die Hard had a "positive" effect on Lenny. his new article on ESPN.com, ( http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2284184 ) is by far the best recap of the game of any national news outlets, and was even positive... with little or no usual pot shots taken. Trust me I am one of Lenny's biggest foes... but I have to give him credit when it's due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FedEx_Skinz Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Next he'll write a column that rips this site and it's followers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hey, if Len came onto ES for a chat, we would have a fitting movie title Meet the Fockers.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[ghost]] Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 update with the sound bytes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyZeb Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 You got balls, Art. Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FedEx_Skinz Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 This is one of Pastabelly's write-ups on ESPN... http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2284184 Fact Len, all we want is the facts and this is not a fact... Fortunately for the Redskins, who won their first playoff game since 1992, their defense was far nastier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter23 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 unbelievable story.... very funny, and just makes me hate him even more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNumberOne Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Here's the thing: I actually think more sports columnists are like Sally Jenkins than Pasquarelli. Sally, as you all know, wrote a column recently where she gave Brunell and the team their rightful due, and acknowledged that she hadn't believed they could get this far. We all read that email exchange with Sally that was posted here: it was clear that, while she dislikes Snyder and personalities in the FO, she doesn't hate the Redskins, she doesn't dislike Gibbs or the players, and she bears no ill will toward the fans.In other words: her negativism, from her perspective, is just her being up front about the truth about an organization that, in the past 14 seasons, has 12 years of mediocrity (and worse) with basically two years of success (thus far, 1 playoff win in each). I agree with the basic points you made about Len, but these points about Sally aren't necessarily true. I think it's far more likely her editors gave her some guidance on what to write. That one article wasn't a lone article full of negativity about the Redskins. It was also fairly extreme in the amount of unfairness to the fans. It also, contrary to her statements, made pot shots at least one player to the best of my memory (and I believe I've read other things in the past that did the same). My point is that I do agree I respect Sally more than Lenny if only because Sally is smart enough to mask her dislike and try to pretend it doesn't exist when confronted by someone who calls her on it, thereby trying to maintain a supposedly objective viewpoint. Apparently Len either isn't able to control himself or just wasn't smart enough to react well to Art, and lost his ability to even attempt to portray a facade of objectivity. Sad and pathetic from a "journalist." Well done Art, but I hope there are no negative ramifications for the Redskins. As an aside, I could care less about the HOF. For far too long it has been exposed as a farce, so I have no respect for it; it doesn't serve any real purpose to me with its dubious induction process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Maybe Art & Die Hard had a "positive" effect on Lenny.his new article on ESPN.com, ( http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2284184 ) is by far the best recap of the game of any national news outlets, and was even positive... with little or no usual pot shots taken. Trust me I am one of Lenny's biggest foes... but I have to give him credit when it's due. Until today I don't think I had seen him so much as mention anything positive about the Redskins at all. Whenever Lavar screwed up or ST had problems though and he was all over it and the first to spew some trash about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudMouth12thMan Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Great thread...ya learn somethin' every day. HHTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishomelette Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hey, if Len came onto ES for a chat, we would have a fitting movie titleMeet the Fockers.................... :laugh: I like that one :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudMouth12thMan Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 "Without us, its nothing but a lot of grunting and sweating." Tarhog are you telling me that I like to watch guys grunt and sweat? Thats not really true is it? Seriously, well said. Also: :applause: Thanks guys for every post! Sorry I called you names earlier in the year for banning people:doh: TK, Tarhog, Art...etc...you are truly great fans and obviously Art got to Lenny. Without you guys I wouldn't be up this late still savoring the victory.:point2sky THANKS HTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 :notworthy: :notworthy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSource Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Honestly though, how could you understand him over the farting sounds??? I mean someone with that look and sound has to have a planet of methane in his colon. :notworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeKnowsBest Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Honestly though, how could you understand him over the farting sounds??? I mean someone with that look and sound has to have a planet of methane in his colon.:notworthy You Saturn? (Made of methane) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonoman Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Len ia an idiot.Has been and will always be. :dallasuck :dallasuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Any way we can get a Pastabelly Sucks/Go Skins! animated image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 "Washington's defense had to be extraordinary, because the Redskins' offense was even less than ordinary, registering only 120 yards. " From L.P.'s ESPN article. I think Art just got a national reference or at least inspired one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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