Colts Punter Pat McAfee Thinks Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Is Dumb UPDATE Pat Doesn't Like Our Title
by Brad Wells on Oct 6, 2010 11:24 AM EDT
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PrintYeah, I'll admit the title is a bit sensational. But, after you read Colts punter Pat McAfee's Tweet, you'll see where I'm going:
Randy Moss for a 3rd round draft choice? Im not a mathmetist nor a scientician but that doesn't add up.
On the surface, Pat is right. It doesn't 'add up,' so to speak. Moss is considered by many to be the best WR in football. To get only a third round pick for him seems pretty stupid.
Imagine if Bill Polian traded Reggie Wayne to the Redskins for a third rounder. This place would EXPLODE and people would be throwing all kinds of nasty words at Bill Polian because, obviously, a trade like that would be dumb.
In the end, what this all comes down to is money. Randy Moss wanted the same contract Andre Johnson got. The Patriots were unwilling to give him that, and thus traded him. This past off-season, Reggie Wayne skipped OTAs and mini-camp because he wanted a new contract. The Colts will either give Reggie that contract, or they will do to him what the Pats did to Randy Moss.
Like the Randy Moss situation, if the Colts are unwilling to pay Reggie, that's a dumb move on their part. Giving $37 million to Bob Sanders, but being cheap with Reggie Wayne, also 'doesn't add up.'
Oh, Reggie Wayne is currently leading the league in receiving yards (456) and catches (33). Just though I'd throw that out there.
[UPDATE]: What a shock! Moss was traded because he was, get this, a 'distraction.' Such a laughable farce of a player.
[UPDATE]: Well, turns out Pat didn't like our title:
Stampedeblue.com is completely false and a horrible piece of "journalism" I said nothing about anybody, all I did was compliment Randy Moss
Well, if this site were a newspaper or anything like that, I'd agree with Pat. However, we're a blog, and unlike newspapers or the like (who I would loosely describe a bastions of 'journalistic integrity') we can speak what we like here.
If Randy Moss was only traded for a third rounder, well then that means someone undervalued Moss' ability. That someone is Bill Belichick, who is the lord and master of all things in New England. As was clearly hinted at in Pat's Tweet, trading an elite wide receiver like Moss for, essentially, nothing seems like a 'dumb' move (or, as Pat put it, a move that 'doesn't add up.').
Thus, Belichick is dumb to have traded Moss for a third rounder.
BTW, we still like Pat and think he is a great guy. We can also understand why he'd freak out over seeing someone say that he thinks Bill Belichick is stupid. At some point in Pat's career, he might have to play for Bill, and he doesn't want anything floating out there suggesting that Pat questions the judgment of a powerful NFL figure.
Then again, Pat could have just not Tweeted that he felt the Moss trade didn't 'add up,' because doing so, you know, questioned the judgment of Bill Belichick.
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One day...
I’ll get to read an article without a Sanders bash….one day.
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by Z.Pain on Oct 6, 2010 11:16 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
A quote from your punter?
Or is it you putting bogus words in his mouth for the sake of a headline.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 6, 2010 11:20 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
we have been known to have "liquored up" kickers... even "idiot"...
:)
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by Marked Hoosier on Oct 6, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I like McAfee
but no need to get the old coach riled up,, do not want any bad karma for Colts- Pats game, don’t want him sending someone in to rough up our punter and kick off man, sometimes better to think it and not start trouble
Saying "it doesn't add up" isn't inflammatory at all
He didn’t say anything even close to how BBS chose to translate it.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 6, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 21 recs
thanks for letting ,me know
I just read the headline of this article , too busy seeing patients this am to see what he really said, and all I really care about is beating the Pussiots ( I mean Patriots)again this year
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Oct 6, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not one to bash you BBS but...
I don’t think the tweet translates too well to your title…
Haha, stirrin the pot…
by NanceyBoy on Oct 6, 2010 11:22 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Guess Colts related news in a Colts blog
is too much to ask.. could someone count how many moss/pats related blog posts have been written in the last couple of hours in this blog? Colts don’t even play the pats this week.. is all about traffic I guess but we play the chiefs Sunday
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lol
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Done... where's the link?
I’d rather talk football with Pats fans than listen to BBS rant while on his high horse.
by MileHighHoosier on Oct 6, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
BTSC is the Steelers blog
Live life 10 yards at a time.
by TouchdownMonkey on Oct 6, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Talking football with Pats fans, listening to BBS talk about his responsibilities as a blogger
That’s like choosing to get stung to death by killer bees instead of dying from exhaustion/dehydration/starvation from walking aimlessly for weeks in the desert. I’d prefer to do neither.
At least you can carry on an intelligent conversation with a Pats fan
Live life 10 yards at a time.
by TouchdownMonkey on Oct 6, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2010/10/6/1734681/bigblueshoe-refugee-camp
Guns don't kill people. LaMarr Woodley kills people. (mattyc_77 on twitter)
Thanks for the hospitality
The Texans fans have welcomed us too
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by TouchdownMonkey on Oct 6, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Mr McAfee disagrees with your assessment.
by Joseph* on Oct 6, 2010 11:32 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
LOL
now we are doomed .. there you go BBS .. this will surely give you the traffic quota for the year ..once Florio picks it up .. grab the phone :)
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
But Pat will get the reply from BBS...
that Stampede Blue is not a “journalism” site!! LOL!!
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by TRDean on Oct 6, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Wow
After 2 years I stopped coming here because of all the sensationalist BS. I thought I’d give this place a second shot… now, not so sure.
by chewylettuce on Oct 6, 2010 11:52 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I thought...
that a 3rd for Moss was about right…he is 33 going on 34 years old…he was picked up for like a 5th rounder right…used a couple years to great effect…then traded for a 3rd. Not bad by the Pats really.
Also, you are really reaching with the title!!
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
What a shocker
Your “Update” is from Mike Florio and his sources, put up there as if it’s fact.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 6, 2010 11:35 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Didn't Florio get that from Mike Reiss?
It still may not be 100% accurate, but there’s nothing wrong with citing that story at all.
Cookie Cookie Cookie starts with C!
Wow
Way to take McAfee’s words and completely twist them. All he basically said is the Vikings are getting a good deal. He never said anyone was an idiot.
And if Moss couldn’t get along in the Pats locker room, and they thought the best thing was to trade him to help the team, I don’t blame them. They have a competitive team, and 8 picks in the first 4 rounds in the draft this year. Pains me to say this, but they are not idiots.
Very bad writing in my opinion.
by MixFMKyle on Oct 6, 2010 11:40 AM EDT reply actions 17 recs
Wow...
I saw the post on McAfee’s twitter page and thought it was amusing. I cannot believe that Stampede Blue would take a quote and so blatantly twist the words around and turn this into a big deal. I had expected better from this site…
by -Sue- on Oct 6, 2010 11:41 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
exactly
and it is that type of irresponsible reporting that will make it impossible for blogs like this to ever be taken seriously by professional sports teams. It is a shame for those that are actually responsible websites and writers out there.
by MixFMKyle on Oct 6, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 16 recs
You expected better?
You REALLY expected better from this site? Honestly I expected WORSE. But then again, that’s what happens when you set the bar so low that you’re considered the ridiculous tabloid of Colts blogs.
When are we getting the story about Bat Boy signing as the new Colts safety, BBS?
Bill Polian has forgotten more about football than you ever have or ever will know.
by jdb on Oct 6, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
another tweet from @Pat1McAfee
I have nothing bad to say about anybody in the NFL, no matter what team they are from or represent, I have too much respect for that.
wow it’s not fun to see Pat getting heat , He is one of my favorites.. not fun at all if this gets nation wide
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
Pat McAfee is the best!! Best punter and a excellant feammate, hard working, always doing
his best for the Colts. He does not deserve any grief over this twitter comment. All he deserves is praise for his work and talent.
"Moss is considered by many to be the best WR in football."
Really? By who?
"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."
What happens when an unstoppable force meets three defensive players? THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpWqMqrZwTU
It seems Pat rightfully thinks BBS and Stampedeblue are dumb
His tweet:
Stampedeblue.com is false and a horrible piece of “journalism” I said nothing about anybody, all I did was compliment Moss
by coltus on Oct 6, 2010 11:53 AM EDT reply actions 15 recs
wooooooow
http://twitter.com/#!/Pat1McAfee/status/26562359949
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
at least everyone is fully awake now
and the adrenaline is flowing
lol?
Really?
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by BlueMark1821 on Oct 6, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow....
It’s a headline guys. First rule of journalism, Headlines are supposed to grab attention. Talk about blowing things out of proportion.
Let’s just talk football.
BBS just got bitch slapped by the punter.
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by P0RKINS2 on Oct 6, 2010 12:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 4 recs
Amazingly
I like it too. :)
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Swing and a miss! Between the Peyton injury story and this mess, BBS isn’t doing so hot.
We rise. They fall.
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by MonkeyBusiness on Oct 6, 2010 12:00 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Pat McAfee
I just updated the story. His Twitter link which takes offense to our journalism is not accessible anymore (at least, for me). Pat over-reated, but it’s all good.
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Yeah
Thing is, I can still see his Tweets on other accounts. So, he hasn’t really blocked me.
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I would've done the same.
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
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by BlueMark1821 on Oct 6, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Ummm..
I think he has every right to be pissed considering there were words put in his mouth for the sake of a headline…as someone who does this professionally, I think you need to reevaluate the manner in which your statements are made. I don’t try and bash people’s opinions or thoughts on this, but Pat being a youngster in the league probably does not want to create a false identity about his character…he has always been a cool guy and kept it classy.
Saying shit for headlines purposes and then following it up with a “not really” statement is no different than screaming “TERRORIST” on a plane and then saying, “Ahhh, fuckin with you, its just Cat Fukin Stevens, everyone say hi”….
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by Z.Pain on Oct 6, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Kettle, let me introduce you to Pot
You saying Pat overreacted is ironic, don’t you think, since you overreacted first by putting words into Pat’s mouth that he never said or implied.
by MileHighHoosier on Oct 6, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
everyone making much too big a deal about this much more worried about Sunday and our defense
Patriots will be better without Moss
Hate to disagree with our excellent punter, but I think this trade will actually make the Patriots far more dangerous. I was still a Vikings fan through Moss’ first stint with the team, and watched him pretty closely in his early years. He’s an amazing player in many ways, a real thrill to watch, and won many games for them. But he’s a player who really needs to have the team built around him to be effective, and the way the team looks when you do that isn’t a championship team. His big contribution is making big plays, not in moving the chains. He doesn’t come up big in the clutch. He gets lots of 100 yd or 10 catch games, lots of TDs, but seldom does he get those with the game on the line. And he’s been a non-factor in most of the playoff games his teams have lost.
Think back to the what the Patriots offense was before he arrived: mediocre most of the time, but got the key points when they needed them. Brady’s reputation at that time wasn’t based on any state except for winning three Super Bowls with a bunch of nobodies at receiver. Since Moss joined they’ve had a statistically stellar offense that could really dominate people. They score a lot more points. But they haven’t won a Super Bowl.
by ex-Viking fan on Oct 6, 2010 12:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
disagree
when Pats won Superbowls first one with an assist from the Tuck rule and the other 2 possibly with assists from Spygate,, their defense was much better, a Randi Moss with a good attitude and who wants to play is still very good, Colts couldn’t cover him last year their offense won’t be as good this year, but even though i don’t like their poor sport coach, he usually knows what he is doing and most likely he wasn’t going to get a big contract that he wanted
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Oct 6, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
The Super Bowls are...
less about Brady and more about the defense that the Pats fielded. That defense was the reason (along with knowing what plays were coming) that the Pats won the Super Bowls.
The Pats will be better in the long run, but not this year without Moss. Welker loses value and without K. Faulk, they will struggle. In the past, the D could bail that out. I don’t think they can this year.
Ross Tucker made a good point
about the Pats not having won a SB without Randy Moss. The truth is that Moss was the key to their AMAZING 2007 season (that word is overused, IMO, but it is applicable in this case), and it wasn’t Moss’ fault that the Pats’ O-line couldn’t block the NEW Tuck Rule that day, or that Harrison couldn’t rip the Tyree catch free.
How can you not love a team that does this?
McAfee DESTROYS BBS
BBS backtracks like crazy.
He took your ass and booted you 65 yards. I knew I liked #1.
by slash196 on Oct 6, 2010 12:07 PM EDT reply actions 16 recs
slash96
Take a ‘Hooked On Phonics’ course or something, man. You really need to get some reading comprehension skills.
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Another achievement BBS..
With your “sensational” title you pissed off a colts player.
I don’t know about you, but I feel very very sad about this.
This simly can not be the the purpose of this tis site.
by Macy_Blue on Oct 6, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Really? Slash196 needs reading skills?
I don’t know BBS, but “doesn’t add up” is waaay different from calling someone “dumb”.
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
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by BlueMark1821 on Oct 6, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Take your own advice
You’re reaping what you sow, man. Learn from your mistakes, BBS. Don’t blindly defend them. You and this blog can be so much better than what it is. You have the passion. You have the resources. You gotta have standards, even if you don’t call it “journalism,” because right now it’s like you’re a sock in the wind.
by MileHighHoosier on Oct 6, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Yea...Pat
lubed up the pimp hand an gave ol BBS a shot.
Like someone else stated earlier…I think BBS has a little envy for the Pats. Sometimes I come to this site adn read more about the Pats than the Colts…
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by TRDean on Oct 6, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
reason for web site is to stimulate
discussion and opinions and entertainment and it is defintely doing that
uggg? updated post?
We can also understand why he’d freak out over seeing someone say that he thinks Bill Belichick is stupid. At some point in Pat’s career, he might have to play for Bill, and he doesn’t want anything floating out there suggesting that Pat questions the judgment of a powerful NFL figure.
Mind reading is a very powerful gift BBS
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
now Pat is taking a break from twitter
twitter is awesome tool that bring our favorite public figures closer to us .. it’s bad when they get discourage of using it
I’m going to take a little breaksy from this twitter thing, you all enjoy yourselves, and stay positive. Party on Beautiful People.
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
Alienating players along with fans now? Unfortunate.
Really enjoyed Pat’s humor and attitude. Bummer we won’t be hearing from him like that for a bit.
by burc on Oct 6, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
well when you throw comments like that out in the public arena
expect people to pick it up and run with it, whether BBS or someone else. Yes, the title BBS used was inaccurate and sensationalist, but I don’t have much sympathy for Pat. If you are going to tweet watch what you say because ANYBODY can read it.
People are really stupid about how much of their lives and thoughts they hang out in public.
Most people would read this tweet as questioning what the hell the pats were thinking.
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing...
Throwing witty comments into the "public arena"...
…does not give irresponsible bloggers a free ticket to warp the comments into something beyond all recognition.
by The Learned Hand on Oct 6, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So if bbs offended a colts player
He should apologize right? Nope. Guess not.
18>12
by metallicolts on Oct 6, 2010 12:22 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
It's easier for him to call Pat a "schmuck"
than an apology.
Sad thing, and BBS calls himself a Colts fan.
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
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by BlueMark1821 on Oct 6, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 12 recs
Apologize
Why should I apologize for highlighting something he wrote? You need to lighten up, man.
SB Nation's Indianapolis Colts blogger at Stampede Blue and editor of SB Nation Indiana.
If you want more page hits
Focus on putting up quality journalism. This isn’t the tabloids where you just post sensationalist headlines to grab people’s attention.
You’ve just pissed off members of the organization you’re paid to blog about. That can’t be good; backtrack all you want, but it’s too late to retract what was already said.
by strootster on Oct 6, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Something he wrote? OMG
He didn’t write “Bill Belichick is dumb”, did he?
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
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by BlueMark1821 on Oct 6, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Really.
How many times has he said this is an opinion blog, not journalism. The first thing I think when I read a title on this site is that it’s an opinion of BBS. And, he even put the exact quote in the article. What’s the big deal?
No.
Just trying to inject a bit of reality here. As I said, what’s the big deal? It’s his opinion. What don’t you get? Pat said that he’s not a mathmetist or a scientitian, but it doesn’t add up. That implies to me that he’s saying even an average Joe like him knows it doesn’t make sense, what could Belichick have been thinking? McAfee’s own words sure make it look like he thinks someone is making an illogical decision.
But Ayrshire is right.
BBS title is his opinion and he uses McAfee’s statement to back up his thinking. He never says McAfee specifically stated it only that BBS himself thinks that’s what McAfee’s statement boils down to. It doesn’t mean that BBS should[n’t] apologize or should have refrained from stating it that way, but it also doesn’t mean that reasonable people cannot disagree on their opinion of former.
Confusing, I know, I’m studying for an International Law practice exam.
That was my point...
Everyone was saying that BBS mis-quoted Pat in the title. I didn’t see any quotes there.
I get as annoyed as the next guy with some of the stuff BBS says, but I read it for what it is, his opinion. People just like to blow things up. I’m just hear to read what other people think about my Colts and share some things that I see.
I agree
but McAfee is upset because he thinks BBS misquoted him or attributed to him words he did not say. We should just be adults and BBS should apologize or at least say “I didn’t mean to imply you said that” and clarify. There’s no reason to get all bitchy about everything. Restate to clarify and everyone’s happy. You know, sort of.
You really think he'll say/do that though?
I know he’s a bastion of apologies and is the first to admit he’s wrong about something, but I just don’t expect to see that from him. We’ll call just this preemptive criticism for something he never does/will do.
Too Coy
You’re a smart guy. You need to stop playing dumb about this. If you’re going to embrace the heel who wants page views due to controversy, then do it. Embrace it. Live it.
But don’t act like you’re dumbfounded that this is what is happening.
by clownsaw on Oct 6, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I'm just holding you accountable
For pissing pmac off. I need not lighten up. I haven’t done anything wrong. I think it’s important that you keep your relationship with players on the active roster in good standing. That’s all.
18>12
by metallicolts on Oct 6, 2010 1:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
McAfee also wrote this:
@StampedeBlue I hope your website gets exposed for a complete joke. There’s no reason for you to do that, and its completely ridiculous.
Funny, I don’t see that highlighted anywhere.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 6, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
So now pat isnt going to tweet...
Well good job SBS. You have now pissed off an awesome resource for your blog posts. I believe it was mcafee that helped push along those long days during training camp with his fun and insightful tweets. Stay classy Simply Bull S@#$. Im loving how this is blowing up in your face.
by nkproducs on Oct 6, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because you misrepresented it more than you highlighted it.
You presumed to interpret his statement as something it wasn’t. There’s a difference between wondering about a trade and questioning the judgement of someone making the trade, and it is entirely possible that McAfee was indeed not thinking at all about Bellichick when he wondered why Moss only garnered a 3rd rounder. McAfee thinking Bellichick was “dumb” was your invention, not his statement.
Look Brad, I hate to pile on, especially because everyone else is doing it, and beyond a certain point it gets excessive. I also hate to do it in this case because ultimately it’s not that big a deal; professional athletes get mad at opinion writers all the time, and it’s just part of the price of writing opinion pieces.
But the problem is, you did inject words and meanings into the statement that were not intended by the person making the statement. And while that, too, is nothing more than run-of-the-mill opinion writing, you’re not even admitting you were wrong. You instead choose to pick on a very minor element of Pat’s Tweet (his casual use of “journalism”; the point is not whether you’re a journalist, the point is that you published inaccurate information to the general public) and deflect other criticism.
Brad, all people are asking you to do is something you’ve done willingly in the past: Admit you’re wrong in this case. You do that, you’ll look far better to many people, possibly McAfee included, than you will by just continuing to beat on the journalist/blogger difference drum. And you’ll defuse a lot of the criticism that’s going to come your way.
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by E.M.H. on Oct 6, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 21 recs
Embarassment
Way to go, BBS, now you’re feuding with a Colts player. Is there anyone you aren’t able to offend with your staggeringly petty pronouncements?
You can’t have it both ways, Shoe. You can’t demand accountability from everyone else and then claim that since you’re just a blogger and a not a journalist that your opinions don’t count.
You art the worst kind of hypocrite. Now even the players on the team you process to enjoy hate you.
by clownsaw on Oct 6, 2010 12:23 PM EDT reply actions 43 recs
And Pat is one the favorite Colts around here.
Very nice guy, and even he dislikes BBS now.
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
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by BlueMark1821 on Oct 6, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a shame it's "only" the punter
If it was Manning or Freeney or Saturday or Wayne, this would catch the attention of much more important people around this family of sites and there would be a lot more actions taken toward the guilty party.
It’s only a matter of time, really.
by strootster on Oct 6, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
page view strategy? I think this can backfire
I just want to read about the Colts ..
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
Just for the record
This is the Tweet Pat lost his mind over:
Colts Punter Pat McAfee Kinda Sorta Thinks Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Is DumbPat either over-reated or, as one well-known writer just sent me a text said:
As you know, someone with the Colts likely is on top of what you write, saw it, called him, chewed him out, he reacted to you, and is now ‘voluntarily’ walking away from Twitter.Who knows.
Obviously, anytime anything we do goes ‘national,’ the haters infiltrate our blog and start writing nasty comments. Apologies to the people with rational minds around here for the jerk-offs who are piling it on.
SB Nation's Indianapolis Colts blogger at Stampede Blue and editor of SB Nation Indiana.
you're retarded
and i dont care if you ban me. im never coming back here again.
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by Shi on Oct 6, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions 13 recs
He didn't lose his mind
He was pissed because some jerk-off put words on his mouth just to get more hits.
Apologies? Why don’t you apologize to him? There are no haters here, just people who consider this move a very dumb and stupid one. Nasty comments got here thanks to a nasty and idiotic headline.
Thanks to you, Stampede Blue is now considered a complete joke (if it wasn’t before this), even by Colts players.
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
Last piece of Colts merch added to my collection: Riddell Authentic Revolution Helmet!.
by BlueMark1821 on Oct 6, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 14 recs
Apology is needed..
You can’t treat a colts player that way.
by Macy_Blue on Oct 6, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Dick cheese!!
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by TRDean on Oct 6, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Even if that well-known writer is right,
that doesn’t justify a thing.
If you ask me, Twitter is stupid and nobody should be using it. But they have every right to say innocent things without getting their words twisted.
What bothers me is that this all just feeds your ego a bit more. You got attention from a player and some validation from a writer that the organization reacted to something you said. Big win for BBS. Yay!
A bigger win for BBS would be to apologize to him for causing a headache. You’d get a positive reaction, for once. I’m not sure I see the downside to that.
Cookie Cookie Cookie starts with C!
by willyduer on Oct 6, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Haters?
We’ve been here for years, BBS. We’re embarrassed by you and for you, because this used to be a must-visit site.
by clownsaw on Oct 6, 2010 12:39 PM EDT reply actions 27 recs
I second this notion...
BBS, I have been coming to this site for years. I was a daily reader back before we ever won the Super Bowl in 2007. I have rarely commented, but I cannot keep quiet any longer. In recent months, I have not frequented the site near as much because it lacks the content and quality writers of old. Stampede Blue use to be my one-stop for Colts news, but it has turned into a daily soap box for your rants and personal vendettas. This post is just another example of the same. It may not have started out as such, but instead of admitting that you twisted Pat’s tweet and apologizing for your comments, you have chosen to play the victim and take it farther.
I am sure this will be my last post ever here at Stampede Blue because I am sure a banning is coming, but as a long-time reader, I could not stay quiet any longer. I hope changes come quickly because this ‘Indianapolis Colts’ blog has turned into a disgrace and a black-eye for Colts fans.
by potros87 on Oct 6, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions 28 recs
McAfee just tweeted this...he is rightfully pissed -
Pat1McAfee Pat McAfee
@StampedeBlue I hope your website gets exposed for a complete joke. There’s no reason for you to do that, and its completely ridiculous.
"I’m very fast. I’m like Forest Gump except... I am not an idiot." - Michael Scott
by Z.Pain on Oct 6, 2010 12:57 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Good gravy
what is this The Steve Wilkos Show?
BBS: what has happened to you & this place?
I’m not sure where to start … I’ve purposely avoided SB now for several weeks, like many others.
You crack on folks who you think need to take a “Hooked on Phonics” course, while consistently pushing out “articles” chock full of grammar mistakes. You wield the mighty sword of the double standard when it comes to accountability (everyone else, but not you, should be accountable – where’s that “apology”, btw?).
And now you’re claiming one of the players “lost his mind” and “over-reated” (don’t forget the c, grammar-man) to yet another sensationalistic tabloid headline.
Dude – I would call you a dumpster fire, but that term is lovingly reserved for the Jaguars. You’re more like Tyson. Once a source of pretty good material and knockout content … now I’m just waiting for a new headshot of you to surface where you’re sporting a crazy face tattoo.
Ah, but I guess I won’t see it unless it’s posted to 18to88 or Coltzilla or some other rational Colts blog.
by m@chu on Oct 6, 2010 1:01 PM EDT reply actions 18 recs
By Fail by BBS
“Well, if this site were a newspaper or anything like that, I’d agree with Pat. However, we’re a blog, and unlike newspapers or the like (who I would loosely describe a bastions of ‘journalistic integrity’) we can speak what we like here.”
We’re still waiting for your PROMISED apology on the bogus Peyton is hurt rumor, but you want it both ways — to be taken seriously by real journalists (“look, I met Peter King and he’s not a douche!”) and then to hide behind “I’m just a blogger” when it suits you.
Your head on the McAfee post was inaccurate and sensational and you owe him an apology. But your inflated sense of self will instead have you double down on why you did what was right.
by JTBLA on Oct 6, 2010 1:03 PM EDT reply actions 16 recs
BBS = Double Standards
Saying BBS has double standards might be inaccurate, because it kinda hints that he might actually have standards. What’s so annoying about all his criticism of others is that he’s just as guilty, if not more so, of the same mistakes.
I stopped reading this site – I only knew about this incident because I follow Pat Mcafee on Twitter – because it became more about BBS and his assault on his enemies and any one who disagrees with him than it did about the Colts. It’s lame.
I still have hope that BBS could have an awakening and put aside all of his pettiness, but that hope is fading fast.
by MileHighHoosier on Oct 6, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
This site reminds me of that Howard Stern movie Private Parts. I’d like to take a moment and quote a few lines from that film:
Researcher: The average radio listener listens for eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for – are you ready for this? – an hour and twenty minutes.
Pig Vomit: How can that be?
Researcher: Answer most commonly given? “I want to see what he’ll say next.”
Pig Vomit: Okay, fine. But what about the people who hate Stern?
Researcher: Good point. The average Stern hater listens for two and a half hours a day.
Pig Vomit: But… if they hate him, why do they listen?
Researcher: Most common answer? “I want to see what he’ll say next.”
You should read 12th Horseman. Do it.
by KingRichard on Oct 6, 2010 1:07 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I disagree
Many of us read in spite of him. There are still a few contributors on here worth reading (mainly in the FanPosts), interspersed between the garbage BBS spews.
by strootster on Oct 6, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I mainly come here for fan comments.
BBS writes some good things every once and a while and other times he’s on a magic carpet ride spreading “accountability.” I take the good and ignore the bad.
I come in argument threads ‘cause I like arguments. If you wanted abuse it’s down the hall. /Monty Python
magic carpet ride haha
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I side with Pat on this one
Yeah, this is just a blog. But the headline was admittedly sensationalism and you did so at the expense of a player. That doesn’t make sense. Don’t get me wrong, I still support this site 100% but it seems like simply apologizing would be more constructive than defending you’re right to say it.
You’re just as “over-heated” as he is about your right to say this. Seems like misplaced energy.
by cmbeck82 on Oct 6, 2010 1:10 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Wow
If Pat McAfee’s twitter has been closed down because of this incident, then that’s just sad. And I fucking hate twitter.
You just made Bill Polian's point for not allowing Bloggers to have Press Credentials
Well, if this site were a newspaper or anything like that, I’d agree with Pat. However, we’re a blog, and unlike newspapers or the like (who I would loosely describe a bastions of ‘journalistic integrity’) we can speak what we like here.
That’s the reason Bill won’t allow blogs access…not because he’s a schmuck, but because you are when you post things like this and defend your actions like an impetuous little kid.
by indy15 on Oct 6, 2010 1:21 PM EDT reply actions 24 recs
Holy Shit...
Is it Fuckin St. Patty’s Day already? This mother fucker has gone greener than a Prius!
"I’m very fast. I’m like Forest Gump except... I am not an idiot." - Michael Scott
Ugh
This is just too much. I think it’s time to find another source of up to date Colts news :(
Really liked the actual news part of this site as well as the receptive discussions with fellow Colts fans. Just can’t support something like this site when not only are the fans/blog frequenters saying lines are being crossed in the “journalism” here, but now even the players are. The worst part is, nothing will change and there will be no remorse.
by 18forPrez on Oct 6, 2010 1:38 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
You don't have to attention whore any more BBS
BBS, you are were on the brink of getting to the next level. Stories like these and the discredited Manning injury make people not want to give you the creds, scoops and interviews you need to get to that next level.
Oh, and the story as it is, Moss being traded for a third rounder, is plenty intriguing without the whole Bill B angle.
This kind of crap will sink your blog if you don’t cut it out.
bahahaha
Did you run out of stories brad so you felt a need to embarass a colt? I’ve found that you write 2 kinds of stories.
1.) You demand accountability for other writers or important figures
2.) You ignore your own demands by hiding behind the facade of a blogger and write pointless stories to get people mad.
If you demand accountability, then lead by example. If you don’t hold yourself accountable then don’t ask others to. You are no longer a blogger BBS, your a writer for a very popular colts website. It is time for you to grow up and act like a professional (that hooked on phonics comment you made to one of the commenter really shows your colors).
by DrMustache on Oct 6, 2010 1:44 PM EDT reply actions 17 recs
IF the unthinkable will happen
and you consider to write a public apology for this mess what you created please consider to write the second one also for the “Manning is hurt” crap.
by Macy_Blue on Oct 6, 2010 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs
And what do we do with witches?
… burn?…
BURN HER!!!!
Jesus, BBS, you’re getting a worse reaction than the Michael Vick fiasco…
Keep up the good work.
BBS turned me into a newt.
I got better.
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by MonkeyBusiness on Oct 6, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
BBS, you continually set back SBNation blogs.
Even your own commenters are hurling insults.
Pat McAfee is my favourite Colts player: "Stampedeblue.com is completely false and a horrible piece of "journalism" I said nothing about anybody, all I did was compliment Randy Moss"
"@StampedeBlue I hope your website gets exposed for a complete joke. There's no reason for you to do that, and its completely ridiculous."
by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Oct 6, 2010 1:56 PM EDT reply actions 17 recs
yup bad for all of us
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See KingRichard's post above (10:07 PDT)
That may sum it up for you. If not, my response probably does.
Oh look, BBS finally gets called out BY A COLTS PLAYER and not a fan and he still ignores it.
Seriously BBS, you either need to have a long look in the mirror and see what you are doing and how wrong it is, or you need to leave the site. You absolutely CANNOT write stuff like this because it gets people in trouble, and just because you saw it one way does not mean that is the truth. Pat was completely justified in his reaction to you, and you are either too blind, arrogant, or dumb to realize it. You could have gotten Pat in SERIOUS trouble with the Colts management for this, and you didn’t even take a second to sit and think about what you were doing.
Ever since you went to the Super Bowl to cover the story, you changed. You started thinking you were the shit, the big boy in town. You were a nationally recognized blogger, and wanted more attention, so you started waving your dick around to piss people off, incite more discussion, and get more views. We understand you do not like decisions that management makes, don’t put it in every story. We understand you think that Bob doesn’t deserve what he is getting paid and all that, DON’T put it in every article. We know you think Gonzo is injury prone and useless, DON’T FRIGGIN PUT IT IN EVERY ARTICLE. Seriously, even though this is a Blog, Super Bowl Nation is a respected blog and with that you need to post RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM, not do what magazines do and quote unnamed sources and make up BS to get views. If you can’t do that, you need to step down and let someone who can take over.
by 18to87 on Oct 6, 2010 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 18 recs
"you either need to have a long look in the mirror and see what you are doing and how wrong it is, or you need to leave the site"
Couldn’t he just skip that first part and do the latter? You know, in the interest of saving time and all.
by strootster on Oct 6, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
HA!
I’ve always found a way to justify BBS’s actions before, in that he’s a blogger, he can write whatever he wants, and even if his opinion is dumb, it’s alright for him to have that opinion.
THIS, on the other hand, is ridiculous. Why not just say sorry to the guy? McAfee is greatly liked player and you wrote an article insinuating that he thought that Belichick is dumb when he said no such thing. You outright have put words in his mouth (or in his tweets) that he never actually said. You did something WRONG.
And now, instead of being a man and owning up to it, you push it off as if McAfee did something wrong here.
Dallas Clark: Some tight ends catch. Some block. Clark just owns.
by Sir Sci on Oct 6, 2010 2:20 PM EDT reply actions 11 recs
Once again,
you can’t really call yourself a fan if you’re actively and intentionally pissing off players, and you can’t have it both ways with the whole ‘blogger vs. “journalist”’ thing.
McAfee was surprised by the compensation because Moss is one of the best of all time. But so is everyone else. The easy explanation for that is that a) the Vikings knew the Pats were eager to get rid of him b) draft picks are ALWAYS overvalued in trades c) he’s old d) there was a precedent set already with his previous trade compensation.
YOU think the Pats and Belichick are dumb. Which is fine. This is perfectly defensible.
But now a Colts player is taking heat not for something he said, but for something YOU said.
The only proper response to this was to change the title. Doing so would’ve avoided a shit storm. Instead, he’s gotten unwanted attention because of something he didn’t even say.
You’re right; he doesn’t need to be using Twitter. But no matter what twisted logic you use to rationalize that title, it’s still not something he said, nor is it something he deliberately implied. To say “McAfee doesn’t like our title” and then spend 4 paragraphs explaining why this is his fault instead of yours is shameful.
Why the hell can’t you just fucking apologize to him? There’s no downside to that.
Cookie Cookie Cookie starts with C!
by willyduer on Oct 6, 2010 2:34 PM EDT reply actions 14 recs
OK, everyone done venting?
Roughly four or five people banned and comments now locked.
People, please kindly get a grip and chill. If Colts players do not like it when media like me highlight their Tweets, then they shouldn’t Tweet. I’ll quote blue girl here, because her’s is a sane voice of reason in this sea of silliness:
well when you throw comments like that out in the public arena
expect people to pick it up and run with it, whether BBS or someone else. Yes, the title BBS used was inaccurate and sensationalist, but I don’t have much sympathy for Pat. If you are going to tweet watch what you say because ANYBODY can read it.
People are really stupid about how much of their lives and thoughts they hang out in public.
Most people would read this tweet as questioning what the hell the pats were thinking.
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