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Two quotes from this piece caught my attention:
How could Wingo, Carter, and Schlereth not have a solid idea what would be on those tapes? Did they not see the week 1 tape leaked that was leaked to Fox? I would be shocked if someone at ESPN didn't record that. If they didn't see it, did they not at least read the description of what was on that tape? Did they ignore the league saying, basically, "It's nothing new" less than a week before the tapes were shown to the public. Unless they were not ignoring this story right up until that day, it doesn't seem possible that they had no idea what would be on the Walsh tapes.
It's also tough to accept that Carter and Schlereth, who had long pro careers and have probably seen 100's of hours of game film, reacted like it was a strategy session shot from a vent in the visitor's locker room in Gillette. If they were trying to be objective, they're reaction was not genuine.
Also, in the section she wrote about the Joey Porter comments:
I think Bill Parcells just said something about it just last week. Funny how ESPN ignored the comments from a media favorite and former employee. It couldn't have been because Parcells' views didn't fit with that company's agenda, could it?
As Wingo later told me, "We all, not only Mark and Cris but myself included, had a real visceral reaction to seeing those tapes for the first time, and their opinions were driven by their emotions. Before seeing the tapes, they weren't sure what benefit they might have, but when they saw the way it matched up -- with down and distance on the scoreboard, the coaches' signals and the formation all matched up -- they both were thinking, 'Holy Cow!'"
How could Wingo, Carter, and Schlereth not have a solid idea what would be on those tapes? Did they not see the week 1 tape leaked that was leaked to Fox? I would be shocked if someone at ESPN didn't record that. If they didn't see it, did they not at least read the description of what was on that tape? Did they ignore the league saying, basically, "It's nothing new" less than a week before the tapes were shown to the public. Unless they were not ignoring this story right up until that day, it doesn't seem possible that they had no idea what would be on the Walsh tapes.
It's also tough to accept that Carter and Schlereth, who had long pro careers and have probably seen 100's of hours of game film, reacted like it was a strategy session shot from a vent in the visitor's locker room in Gillette. If they were trying to be objective, they're reaction was not genuine.
Also, in the section she wrote about the Joey Porter comments:
"On the day the tapes were released, we contacted every opposing team affected and not a single team would comment," Stiegman said. "So one reason we ran the Porter story is that to this day, not a lot of people in the league -- front office, coaches or players -- will talk about it publicly."
I think Bill Parcells just said something about it just last week. Funny how ESPN ignored the comments from a media favorite and former employee. It couldn't have been because Parcells' views didn't fit with that company's agenda, could it?