Gregg Easterbrook on Felger's show - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

PlattsFan · 09-26-2007, 04:55 PM

Easterbrook is too muddled to be right or left. He first made a name for himself, afaik, as an "environmental writer" who would talk about how everything was great with the environment, so we should just all be happy and not push for any environmental legislation. He sort of lurches across the spectrum on various issues, not in any sort of admirable, "look-at-the-issue-and-decide" sort of way, but just with a total lack of actual thought or intellectual integrity. His continuing shtick is to label himself and then argue against the views usually associated with that label. So, he's an "environmentalist" who's against environmental legislation ...

It seems interesting at first until you realize he's dumber than an emoticon with just as much purpose to his bouncing around ...

Caspir · 09-26-2007, 05:03 PM

We know he's lying about Goddell not wanting to take more picks away. This guy micro manages the NFL like no other. He's even making rules about cheerleaders now. I bet there's nothing more that he'd like to do than penalize every team all kinds of picks, and just start the draft on day two.

SVN · 09-26-2007, 05:03 PM

i think carucci or someone else blew this recording theory a while back saying that SB36 was played under a backdrop of 9/11 and with security toting AK-47's how likely it would be that someone would be able to tape a team's practice. Easterbrook is stupid. SB39 BB was not happy with his own practice area because of rains. With no bye week how much time does one have for all this nonsense ??

Patriot_in_NY · 09-26-2007, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729

Felger called him the NFL's version of Woodward and Bernstein. Huh? I think he is the league's version of those Kennedy Assassination/9-11 conspiracy theorist wackos.

Easterbrook alleges that he has heard that the tapes the league destroyed had video of walkthroughs of the all three Super Bowl opponents and the league destroyed the tapes would show evidence that could tear down the league. He also thinks that there might have been evidence of other teams cheating and Goodell didn't want to have to take away more first round picks.

Easterbrook is dubious about why the league would destroy the tapes unless they had something damning, but Felger said he heard that the Pats asked that the tapes be destroyed after the investigation so that more tapes did not get leaked to the media.

I think Easterbrook is trying to gain fame by being the league's resident nutjob. Who actually reads his column otherwise? I know there is a small group of loyal followers of this guy, but he is on ESPN Page 2 for a reason.

Ummmmm, How would we have tape of other teams cheating. Are we now taping other teams cheating. How stupid.

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Originally Posted by He Ban Me

He's actually a REAL writer, not an ESPN douchebag

http://www.greggeasterbrook.com/books.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Easterbrook

Really douchebag, he's a senior editor at THE NEW REPUBLIC, the most intellectually dishonest news outfit in the WORLD.... BAR NONE. HERE is just some of the crap they pass as news.

primetime · 09-26-2007, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SVN

i think carucci or someone else blew this recording theory a while back saying that SB36 was played under a backdrop of 9/11 and with security toting AK-47's how likely it would be that someone would be able to tape a team's practice. Easterbrook is stupid. SB39 BB was not happy with his own practice area because of rains. With no bye week how much time does one have for all this nonsense ??

It was Curran who wrote that. Of course, there was no way National Guardsmen would have been toting AKs, but rather M-16s, but that's just semantics.

Bella*chick · 09-26-2007, 06:02 PM

I would love to see He Ban Me's opinion of this hack if it was his precious Colts and Martin Luther Dungy at the center.

Something tells me this "real" writer wouldn't be so "real".

BradyManny · 09-26-2007, 07:59 PM

Who gives a crap if he's left or right, if he's made anti-semitic comments - which it looks like he has - then it's hard to take the guy seriously.

upstater1 · 09-26-2007, 09:47 PM

Easterbrook is the old pervert that weekly drools over young 18 year old coeds in cheerleader outfits.

***shmessy*** · 09-26-2007, 09:50 PM

To the posters of half this thread that I had to delete:

No Politics on this Forum.

Five words that are as easy to understand and as basic as "Don't Eat With Mouth Open" or "Be Nice to Old People".

A few of you may be new, but a few of you have had this run-in before and know better.

There is a separate and vibrant Politics Forum on this website. Over there, there are many folks just waiting to hear the political bleatings of everyone, left, right and undecided.

Fixit · 09-27-2007, 07:34 AM

The best part about Easterbrook's ramblings is that supposedly there is evidence of NE cheating in the Superbowls, as well as other teams cheating...and all of this is on the tapes that Goodell demanded, which (correct me if I'm wrong) were the tapes from the Jets game.