Larry Brown #43 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 OK, we have our first preseason game of the year tonight. So I'm thinking today's Post will have a big spread about the start of our preseason, at least a couple of articles, etc. All we get is an article about football players who play fantasy football, a very small "what to watch for" list, and the rosters of the Skins and Bengals. Maybe it's just me, but that seems pathetic. Here we are going into a season with so much promise, and that's all they can muster? How about talking to some of the young guys and getting their thoughts on playing their first NFL preseason game? It just seems to me the Post mailed it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philal0102 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 its the first pre-season game.:whoknows: And it the game itself really doesnt matter... as with all pre-season games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I thought the same thing about the lack of coverage. Pretty pathetic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefPowhatan17 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Thanks for that webpage, that's real nice. I think the article on Cooley playing Fantasy is old news, it's already been said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReefa Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 It must be because Snyder took their tickets away! Conspiracy theorists unite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDSKNfaithfull Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 You still read the Post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 The big local papers don't cover local sports anymore. They desire global coverage and minimal local coverage since it makes them look like a local paper, especially the WP and NY Times and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxSpearheadxX Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 It does suck, the coverage is bad. I know its only a preseason game, but there couldn't at least be some kind of spread with pictures and quotes? Dropped the ball WP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I went outside my door this morning to pick up the WP and when I looked at the sports page I saw that on the day the Redskins season begins, the large centerpiece article is on a guy that is raising champion bulls for the rodeo :laugh: :laugh: Somebody should tell George Solomon that this ain't the Panhandle and we aren't really interested in cow chips and hand-tooled leather saddles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxSpearheadxX Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I went outside my door this morning to pick up the WP and when I looked at the sports page I saw that on the day the Redskins season begins, the large centerpiece article is on a guy that is raising champion bulls for the rodeo :laugh: :laugh:Somebody should tell George Solomon that this ain't the Panhandle and we aren't really interested in cow chips and hand-tooled leather saddles :laugh: :laugh: it's funny cause its true! :mad: :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM A REDSKIN FAN Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 its only the first preseason game lol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins81 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I thought I didnt have an internet connection, I thought I was getting a cached page. Horrible coverage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofer Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 There never has been a lot of coverage on the actual day of a game. The coverage will start on Monday after the game. This is the pattern: Heavy Monday coverage. Heavy Tuesday coverage. Medium Wednesday coverage. Medium to light Thursday coverage. Light Friday. Light Saturday. Practically non-existant on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkowi Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Do you guys realize the whole reason we have all this stuff on Redskins.com, a team sponsored Message board, and a team owned Radio station is because the team is in direct competition with the other media outlets in the area. The team can in this way control everything top to bottom and control what gets out to the media. In some ways its cool, because we get tons of info at no cost directly from the team. Conversely, as fans turn more and more to get their news and info directly from the Team you will certainly see media outlets spending less time and money on reporting. This means shabbier Redskins reporting in non-team owned media outlets (i.e. the Washington Post). If the post is going to continue to publish crap by people like Sally Jenkins bashing our organization (see last season), I'd just as soon get my news from the team anyway. What is the Post going to tell you that we don't know already, or can't get from this site or Redskins.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 it doesn't require insider information from the organization to provide a position by position description of some of camp's better battles to watch in addition to giving us some information on the Bengals' roster and who they drafted and how those guys are coming along, etc. again, no one in Washington is interested in a guy running his cattle ranch and producing show ring bulls :laugh: if they needed to fill additional space on the sports page how about a little more coverage of the Nationals' game, other than a 'below the crease' article about Saturday game vs. the Mets which is no more prominent than the article about the backup quarterbacks at Maryland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkowi Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 it doesn't require insider information from the organization to provide a position by position description of some of camp's better battles to watch in addition to giving us some information on the Bengals' roster and who they drafted and how those guys are coming along, etc. again, no one in Washington is interested in a guy running his cattle ranch and producing show ring bulls :laugh: if they needed to fill additional space on the sports page how about a little more coverage of the Nationals' game, other than a 'below the crease' article about Saturday game vs. the Mets which is no more prominent than the article about the backup quarterbacks at Maryland? Fair enough. I agree... I can remember as a kid (before the internet, but just barely), waiting to look at the Post every day during the season (my dad got his copy at work so we would not demolish it before he got home). When he got home I would scour the sports section for any Skins info. Of course the internet has made this obsolete, I do still like to pick up a paper on Sundays and read the Post's sports section...I guess it's just nostalgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 47,000 people showed up to see the Skins at a scrimmage...that alone should make decent coverage of the Skins on the day of their first preseason game a no-brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 You know what the editors said? "It's only a preseason game." As much as we fans might like to think this means a lot - especially to those young guys - general fans do not care. And so the editors don't care. If the game was in D.C., it might have made a difference, but it's in Cincinnati. It's only a preseason game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedBNG Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I went outside my door this morning to pick up the WP and when I looked at the sports page I saw that on the day the Redskins season begins, the large centerpiece article is on a guy that is raising champion bulls for the rodeo :laugh: :laugh:Somebody should tell George Solomon that this ain't the Panhandle and we aren't really interested in cow chips and hand-tooled leather saddles Further proof showing that the WP is full of bull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 You know what the editors said?"It's only a preseason game." As much as we fans might like to think this means a lot - especially to those young guys - general fans do not care. And so the editors don't care. If the game was in D.C., it might have made a difference, but it's in Cincinnati. It's only a preseason game. I don't buy that. The Post has more coverage about the Skins on a typical day of training camp than they had today. You'd think for the first preseason game they'd bring it up a notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxSpearheadxX Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Do you guys realize the whole reason we have all this stuff on Redskins.com, a team sponsored Message board, and a team owned Radio station is because the team is in direct competition with the other media outlets in the area. The team can in this way control everything top to bottom and control what gets out to the media. In some ways its cool, because we get tons of info at no cost directly from the team. Conversely, as fans turn more and more to get their news and info directly from the Team you will certainly see media outlets spending less time and money on reporting. This means shabbier Redskins reporting in non-team owned media outlets (i.e. the Washington Post). If the post is going to continue to publish crap by people like Sally Jenkins bashing our organization (see last season), I'd just as soon get my news from the team anyway. What is the Post going to tell you that we don't know already, or can't get from this site or Redskins.com? There is something satisfyingly visceral about holding a sports section for me. Whether it be with a cup of coffee or :toilet: it will always be my friend. Plus I like Mike Wilbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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