I just read the Globe Shaugnessey article and there is no doubt, he should stick to baseball.
He had front page below the fold and told us nothing. There was not single solitary paragraph, sentence or word that told me anything of substance.He did not entertain, inform or write anything of interest, which is what I thought a columnist is supposed to do. There was no story there, there simple was nothing there at all.
He somehow found his way from Dorchester & the Back Bay to Foxboro and all he could come up with was an article full of babble wondering why BB simply does not care what he and his fellow pundits write or think about how good this years team may be??
Was he surprised to hear that BB does not think these lofty predictions matter?
Was he shocked to learn that Bill Parcells also feels what he says or thinks is meaningless?
Why could he not understand the simple truth that in order to be the best, it really means that it takes hard work and working hard on doing the things BB mentions, those would be the "stunning series of skull imploding cliches" that Dan scoffed at.
In the middle of all these boring, boundless and altogether pointless words, he decided to take a bizarre shot at the organization, by claiming they are jealous of how much print they get and they actually count the words. Hey, maybe that is what PR people do and so what, I would bet him his typewriter, that if the Patriots organization does it, then the Red Sox surely do as well.
If anything, an article about what Parcells thinks about this team and an analysis from him could have made for a nice read. But , no, Dan takes the time to call him and then decides to lump him together with all the other coaches that Shaugnessey claims really do listen and read what is said and written about their teams.
Sorry Dan, they really don't read what you write and they truly do not care what you have to say and you know what, I don't either.
I actually did learn something from the article after all - I learned that when Dan Shaugnessey writes about football, I need to take a nap.