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Great read. I'd somehow forgotten about Bruce's fine BSM site.
The biggest outrage on D&C was the rare instance of Shepard's media on mediot criticism. They hate it when one of their own is held accountable. The fact that Borges still has a job covering the Pats illustrates how blatant the "no mediot criticism" rule is.
There is no creature walking the earth with a thinner skin than a sports media personality (writer, talk show host, TV person, etc.). What you heard in the 15 minutes of idiocy was nothing more than the latest example. And yet, I still read and listen to their stuff all too often
Regarding Borges, my take is that there is an "agenda" with Belichick, and not a "vendetta." Recall his relationship with Carroll, and pretty much any non-player associated with the team, other than Parcells (I'm guessing he cooled it with Tuna out of *cough* "respect" for Willie McD). Ron's shtick has always been to be confrontational with the coaches and management of the team, while ingratiating himself with the players. I'm old enough to remember when Borges first came to Boston from Sacramento; within the first couple of months he was already harping on the theme of "Sullivans are cheap" (which, of course, they were). That morphed to "Kiam is cheap" and then to "Kraft is cheap," with only certain "CYA" modifications of the verbiage with respect to Kraft (even Ron is not blind to the level of respect the fan base has for Kraft, a level that was never there for Bob's predecessors). Ron's a one-trick pony, really, he's the "angry tough guy" today that he has always fancied himself to be. All of which means in spite of his actual abilities to cover sporting events and write (fairly decently, I think) about them, Ron has zero credibility and should therefore be ignored by those who don't care to catch the latest installment of his 30+ year old act in this town. And yet, I still read and listen to his stuff too :bricks: