It's Festivus: Who disappointed PatsFans the most this year?
 

I was reading Patriots Football Weekly and have to agree wholeheartedly with the columnist who singled out Peter King for his Festivus Award.

Indeed I think most of us would agree with this. The author (Bruce Allen I think? I can't link as its a subscription service) points out King's numerous "misquotes" where Jason Taylor and Wade Philips went out of their way to note that King had botched their interviews and taken comments out of context.

For me the biggest reason for disappointment in King is his hypocrisy on Spy Gate, ignoring comments made by other coaches that what the Patriots did is being done by other teams, and then refusing to drop the issue while admitting he had no additional facts to backup his conspiracy theories that the Commissioner was involved in a cover up...

And then when information comes out about the Jets taping when Belichick clearly states that no permission was given, does he take up the issue with even a fraction of the zeal? Actually I don't think he even mentions it.

So for King - someone I used to enjoy reading and had a lot of respect for - this year marks a serious downturn in the quality of his writing and reporting - and I second his nomination for the 2007 Festivus Award.

Any other nominees?

Re: It's Festivus: Who disappointed Patsfans the most this year?
 

Lawrence Maroney.

Based on the number of Anti-Lawrence posts on PatsFans.com this year... I'm not that crazy about him but he can get the job done.

Re: It's Festivus: Who disappointed Patsfans the most this year?
 

I second Peter King. He was awful. He was incompetent and unfair bordering on unethical. If his name weren't Peter King, he would've been fired a few times over for the mistakes he made and the BS he spewed.

I also think Easterbrook deserves mentioning. What a total clown that guy is. But at least with him, there's a track record of shadiness and craziness. King is respected, and his buffoonery did far more damage to BB's rep and the view of the Pats than Easterbrook or any other talking head could hope to do.

Re: It's Festivus: Who disappointed Patsfans the most this year?
 

Tom Brady. Another year without getting off the injury report. No wonder he was a 6th rounder.

Re: It's Festivus: Who disappointed Patsfans the most this year?
 

Easterbrook was far worse than King at any given point. He insulted Patriots personally and actually inferred that SpyGate could lead to the fall of democracy.

I think that King just got caught up in things, whereas Easterbrook is a true, creepy, sleazy piece of *****.

Re: It's Festivus: Who disappointed Patsfans the most this year?
 

Unless this is an honor reserved for mediots, how about the bandwaggon armchair critics at Patsfans.com? I mean if you're not satisfied with an undefeated season and HFA throughout and 8 Pro Bowlers and a QB/WR tandem taking on the record books and vying for league MVP...just sayin'. :D

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Yeah but this is Boston/NE though, you'll get that no matter what. Folks in this part of the country love complaining about sports, no doubt. Me, I'd sooner here our own fans bit*hing and moaning needlessly then a bunch of fat blowhard mediots who end up making the entire country hate us for no reason. One is clearly the lesser of two evils.

Re: It's Festivus: Who disappointed Patsfans the most this year?
 

You know what's ridiculous? You're joking, but he actually kind of did infer that...

Re: It's Festivus: Who disappointed Patsfans the most this year?
 

Laurence Maroney.:rolleyes:

Re: It's Festivus: Who disappointed Patsfans the most this year?
 

I nominate the complete weenies who post here on the gameday threads. Each contested game these wimps totally lost faith in the Pats before halftime. Never have I seen such fainthearted fans. It's as if they had absolutely no clue whatsoever how BB approaches a close game and how Brady is calm, cool and focused in the final drives with everything on the line. I'm not referring to folks making critical obervations of a play, player or a coaching decision, I'm referring to those who every close game abandon hope and ignore history when faced with game adversity.