Mike Reiss seems pissed off

SVN said:

He addreses that in the blog with the headline he didnt decide.

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Fencer said:

And from last year, here's a blog post with a takedown of Felger -- http://www.mikereiss.net/lester-welker-talk-show-hosts/ Note the post title.

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nabwong said:

Just to be clear. Not all members here went uh oh. There were a lot of people who had the stance that they feel bb cheated but still supported him because he's their coach that wins. If you think this is integrity, you are very mistaken.

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SVN said:

I hope he leaves ESPN and joins NFLN.

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JJP said:

Reiss is trying to remind us that he is but a small cog in the too vast wheel of "The Worldwide Leader," better known to those with brains as BSPN. That's why anyone who bothered going to his BSPN Boston site in the past week (I stopped around last Thursday) didn't see too much of Mike himself. Rather, we repeatedly saw the names Mark Brunell, Trey Wingo (who is that guy?), Jerome Bettis, and Brian Dawkins: one former Jet backup quarterback who obviously has personal bankruptcy issues so he needs to make a name for himself, and two former obviously vindictive players (a Steeler/an Eagle) with personal axes to grind against the Patriots because BB and Tommy have annihilated them in the past decade and a half. And who the hell is Trey Wingo?

Now that the tables have turned after BB's masterful presser yesterday afternoon, people like Reiss are running for cover, trying to backtrack on the strength of their own prior reputations, because personally they didn't like what was going on, yet were obligated to take the company line, in this case BSPN, in this witch hunt targeting the Patriots this past week. But you can't have it both ways!

Mike, I feel your pain. But when you threw your lot in with this large sports organization, you sacrificed at least a part of your own integrity. You left your local gig (Reiss's Pieces) to collect money from BSPN. And in so doing you ceded some of your own integrity to that of this massive agenda-driven conglomerate. We all have to feed our families. But, Mike, you made your choices, so live with the consequences. Reiss's basic dilemma is that he obviously is having difficulties judging his own personal integrity versus corporate demand. His website showed the bad fruit of his decision making in this regard during the past week. Mike was obviously compelled (as last week unfortunately demonstrated) to make the latter choice, so don't look for sympathy now that this Deflategate issue is justifiably going away. You made your bed, Mike.

"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?" -- Mark 8:36

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resdubwhite said:

As i recall. Mike wrote a piece earlier in the week about possible ramifications. Looks like he was an tiny bit premature there doesn't it.

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JJP said:

Reiss is trying to remind us that he is but a small cog in the too vast wheel of "The Worldwide Leader," better known to those with brains as BSPN. That's why anyone who bothered going to his BSPN Boston site in the past week (I stopped around last Thursday) didn't see too much of Mike himself. Rather, we repeatedly saw the names Mark Brunell, Trey Wingo (who is that guy?), Jerome Bettis, and Brian Dawkins: one former Jet backup quarterback who obviously has personal bankruptcy issues so he needs to make a name for himself, and two former obviously vindictive players (a Steeler/an Eagle) with personal axes to grind against the Patriots because BB and Tommy have annihilated them in the past decade and a half. And who the hell is Trey Wingo?

Now that the tables have turned after BB's masterful presser yesterday afternoon, people like Reiss are running for cover, trying to backtrack on the strength of their own prior reputations, because personally they didn't like what was going on, yet were obligated to take the company line, in this case BSPN, in this witch hunt targeting the Patriots this past week. But you can't have it both ways!

Mike, I feel your pain. But when you threw your lot in with this large sports organization, you sacrificed at least a part of your own integrity. You left your local gig (Reiss's Pieces) to collect money from BSPN. And in so doing you ceded some of your own integrity to that of this massive agenda-driven conglomerate. We all have to feed our families. But, Mike, you made your choices, so live with the consequences. Reiss's basic dilemma is that he obviously is having difficulties judging his own personal integrity versus corporate demand. His website showed the bad fruit of his decision making in this regard during the past week. Mike was obviously compelled (as last week unfortunately demonstrated) to make the latter choice, so don't look for sympathy now that this Deflategate issue is justifiably going away. You made your bed, Mike.

"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?" -- Mark 8:36

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VrabelJr said:

I was surprised to read that one myself. He came off as a letdown fan in that post.

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The Patriots,

assuming the initial inspection of footballs by referee Walt Anderson and his crew was done correctly and that weather wasn't a factor,

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should be held accountable.

As I wrote in Tuesday’s Patriots mailbag, “There are specific rules that prohibit altering the ball after they have been checked by the officials 2 hours, 15 minutes before game time. If the Patriots (or any team, for that matter) are knowingly breaking those rules outside of the normal scope of what is accepted (e.g. New York Times story on Eli Manning; Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers acknowledging how he likes his footballs to feel), there is a price to pay.”

To be clear, more information is needed before any final judgment can be made on accountability. At this point, the fact 11 of 12 footballs came in underweight moves the story forward, and raises more questions as to how it happened.

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billpa said:

Living in Pennsylvania I want to thank this forum and WEEI's MFB and Dale and Holley for keeping me sane over the past seven days.

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robertweathers said:

Here is his article from Monday.

Please call out exactly where he says the Pats are guilty.



He is being a reporter. He is not saying the Pats are guilty. He is mentioning the weather. If they are guilty they should be held accountable.

I don't understand what he did wrong?

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Rob0729 said:

It must be tough working for the same company as Mark Brunell and his shameless, self-serving display. From him crying on the air after Brady's press conference to him CPRing the football to get a feel of which test ball was deflated to claim how "obvious" it was to tell, Brunell put on quite a performance to trash the Patriots. And no one called him on it.

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