justAndy
Jolly Nihilist
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Who can make a smiley of this: "Bulletin board material"?
Who can make a smiley of this: "Bulletin board material"?
SunCardfan said:I think he was too one sides and I think it's a bad time for it because I think he'll look a little silly after this yr.. he said both the Bidwill's screwed up the franchise and I think that's going to be proven not to be true...
I also agree that Glendale (well at least AZ) is footing two thirds of the bill..yeah we're getting it from people buying rental cars but we could have used that same type of tax for something else..it's still revenue we could use....
40yearfan said:If it wasn't for the stadium, the tax revenue wouldn't have been available as the hotel and rental car industries would not back any tax on them that wouldn't further increase their revenues. So your statement that you could have used it for something else is incorrect.
Ouchie-Z-Clown said:not sure i agree with that. games in miami are pretty gross early in the season. games in chicago, green bay, nyc, etc. are pretty unbearable in december. the stadium gives people a good excuse as an "out," but i don't think that argument really holds much water. they just haven't been putting a good product on the field. that's it.
Ouchie-Z-Clown said:not sure i agree with that. games in miami are pretty gross early in the season. games in chicago, green bay, nyc, etc. are pretty unbearable in december. the stadium gives people a good excuse as an "out," but i don't think that argument really holds much water. they just haven't been putting a good product on the field. that's it.
Cardsmasochist said:I hope Michael isn't really a miserable person like the article accuses him of being. They make him sound like a cheap jerk. If this is true, will the Cards have a chance to build a winner if the owners (or their heirs) alienate both management and the players?
CardsGuy said:Some people collect medieval torture devices. Others devote themselves to the study of plagues. Me, I just follow the Arizona Cardinals.
Every year I circle the day on my calendar when the Cards open camp and really begin sucking in earnest.
MadCardDisease said:Most of what he reports is true. The Cardinals have sucked for many years and the fans don't flock to the Cardinal games anymore. IMO the people in the Cardinal organization who don't like Michael are the ones who knew their jobs were safe when his dad was in charge.
However the past is the past. Clearly this guy hasn't done his homework on the new Cardinals. He acts as if Kurt Warner is the only piece of the puzzle that was added the last couple of years.
Yet he neglects to mention:
Bertrand Berry (Got for Average Price with Probowl Production)
David Macklin (Low price Big Contributer)
Larry Fitzgerald (Solid Rookie Contributer)
Karlos Dansby (Solid Rookie Contributer)
Darnell Dockett (Solid Rookie Contributer)
Chike Okeafor (A Top DE Free Agent)
Oliver Ross (A top RT Free Agent)
Antrell Rolle (Great Value Draft Pick)
JJ Arrington (Great Value Draft Pick)
Daryl Blackstock (Great Value Draft Pick)
Elton Brown (Great Value Draft Pick)
JeffGollin said:The extent to which you can agree with Reilly's comments or not isn't what gripes me. It's the context.
The Cardinals - after a season in which they played respectable football in just about every game (won or lost), an off-season which according to most observers was one of the best in the NFL and considered by many to be a legitimate playoff contender next season - are about to open what appears to be an exciting training camp.
Sports Illustrated decides to fill some of its space with commentary on the Cardinals.
But instead of providing its readers with a cogent take on "whazzup with the Cardinals lately", they opt to rehash the Big Bad Billy (& Son) saga.
As my psychoanalyst wife is prone to say: "Thanks for the inflammation!" (i.e. "who asked you?")
That's what bugs me most about the article.
Renz said:I think this is one of those articles that writers keep stuck in a drawer for those times when they are at a loss for ideas. I mean really. Quoting Lomas Brown, who has been gone for more than 5 years?
Jersey Girl Cards Fan said:Yeah. Maybe he's on vacation and just needed to pull something from his files.
You know, the more I thought about the article, the more it bothered me. Here you have a team trying to change things, a team (like Jeff said) had a decent year last year. Plus, by all counts, the Cards' draft was rated very high. Drudging up old news is what this guy is doing.
Whatever. Over the past few weeks I have come to the conclusion that Sports Illustrated is not the magazine for real sports fans, just fans of those teams that SI feels are worthy enough to cover. When my subscription runs out, I'm moving to The Sporting News.
Jersey Girl Cards Fan said:Yeah. Maybe he's on vacation and just needed to pull something from his files.
You know, the more I thought about the article, the more it bothered me. Here you have a team trying to change things, a team (like Jeff said) had a decent year last year. Plus, by all counts, the Cards' draft was rated very high. Drudging up old news is what this guy is doing.
Whatever. Over the past few weeks I have come to the conclusion that Sports Illustrated is not the magazine for real sports fans, just fans of those teams that SI feels are worthy enough to cover. When my subscription runs out, I'm moving to The Sporting News.
Pariah said:And that's how the game is played. You want favorable media coverage, you need to make friends in the media. Denny seemed to go out of his way to NOT make friends. No big deal. This article won't hurt the team.
If anything, it'll help loosen the purse strings.