Dan Dakich makes a fool out of himself interviewing Colts General Manager Chris Polian

that you shouldnt question his draft choices. Question his public speaking skills all you like (i still dont), but when it comes to evaluating talent, you dont second guess the best.

Sorry – there’s really no need to use that term

For the most part everyone knows how he is, with that said, when it comes to the big market and the media they all have certain teams they embrace, to the extent that they need to get a room.
Long story short, the media gets what they deserve when it comes to the big man of the COLTS.

Parcells did. Parcells is the biggest jagoff to the media ever. If you win, that’s all it takes. Media friendly only matters when the product itself is less than.

When he took them to the Super Bowl, NYC would forget about just like Indy pretty much did.

If anything Polian is perfect for New York. Mike D’Antoni is extremely media friendly, what has that gotten him. People still want him gone. Eric Mangini was horrible interviews, yet they still called him “Mangenius” that first year. Winning is still the most important thing, and Polian can do that, and if you are a jerk, at least you would be NYC’s jerk, like Parcells and Fassel were.

The only thing I dislike about Dakich is that he mispronounces names so often and often gets his facts jumbled until he figures it out towards the end of his show. I actually thought this story was going to be about him calling Chris Polian “Bill” repeatedly as he interviewed him.

On an unrelated note, if you ever need a site editor that will spell and grammar check your articles before you post them, I am your guy. I know it’s nitpicking, but if you are going to break balls about whether a radio guy does his job well enough, you should also be willing to examine your own product and clean up the spelling and word use errors that you have on almost every single article you post. If Dakich points to your article in his show, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he mentioned that in his response.

 I dont have a problem with BP and his treatment of the media, he flies by his own radar and doesn’t get pulled into the crisis du jour. BP has a well defined and proven plan, the “media” like to look from the outside and try to tell him how to do his job. I can see why BP would resent the media for this. BP does come across as an eliteist, east coast prick. I’ll take him everyday of the week.

an utter waste of time…and vulgar to boot.

We have Bill Belichick.

Is that enough said?

where the host feels compelled to make some outrageous statement to stir up his audience?

This article is the worst form of irony, and easily the most pathetic. I love this site, because for the most part, I like your opinions. Even though I don’t always agree with them, they always come from a position of logical, thoughtful reasoning. But too often you fall into this need to bash people who think differently than you. Your Bad Journalism posts are in and of themselves bad journalism. You disagree with something somebody said and you construct evidence as to why you are holier than they. And why is that? Are you trying to make a name for yourself by tearing down those who have the jobs you so desperately desire? It’s sad, it’s frustrating to the readers of this site, it’s inappropriate, and it’s unprofessional to attempt to rile up a fan base against a harmless local public figure who has done absolutely nothing to deserve it. You should be ashamed of yourself.

It usually involves bashing someone. This is one of them. GARBAGE.

This is the very definition of “bad journalism” as you so appropriately tagged it.

Just curious. Beyond, you know, being complimentary in the introduction, what was the content of the actual interview?

because he’s smarter than they are. By a lot. And much like certain people here (gee, who could I mean?) he doesn’t suffer fools. These media people spend their lives picking at him and his decisions when they know nothing about what he actually does. They write about football for a living, but they don’t know a goddamn thing about football. He sits there and listens as morons pick away at his legendary QB using arguments like “Brady just knows how to win,” and as people squawk about how the Colts are soft, or that he changed the rules, or whatever inane uninformed bullshit happens to pop up that week. And when he has all the information to make a decision and they don’t, I imagine it gets tiresome. Maybe not at first, but after 40 years it surely does.

Sure, he’s also a fiery redhead with a bad temper. That doesn’t help things.

But part of the reason he stands out and evokes such passionate responses like this article is that Dakich is partially right: by some definitions, he IS media friendly, and therefore he’s in the spotlight much more often than most other GMs put together. I’d use a different term – he’s very ACCESSIBLE – but that’s clearly what Dakich meant. And maybe part of that is that he feels a need to argue his case and fake a me against the world mentality. Who knows. As long as he remains smarter than everyone else, I don’t mind that he often reminds people of that fact.

It can be really hard to get A-list guests to grant you an interview. Most of the time their handlers go to great lengths, just to make sure that they only do interviews with soft questions. You then have to submit your questions in advance for the guest to look over or they won’t do the interview. If you screw them, you screw your name and your credibility. Making it even more difficult to get the guests that your listeners desire to hear from.

That being said, I agree on some level.

Half the interviews I hear on the radio and read in print ask the same questions as my 10 year old niece would ask if she were interviewing them. What’s it like to meet Peyton Manning? roughly translates to “What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?” I mean seriously.

The colts in particular are the worse about regurgitating corporate crap no mater what you ask them anyway. How many times have we heard “I’m going to work hard and play good, and one day at a time… the past is prologue.” CRAP!

But that’s just the way it is. You’re not going to corner Pete Metzelaars and ask him, "Is Tony Ugoh a bust or what? Or get Larry Coyer and straight up ask him what’s up with Filli Moala? Can the dude play or what? And even if you did I’m sure you would get the same answers devoted colts fans hear every year. “we’ll throw them in the pot” or “he’s fine, Marvin doesn’t have a knee injury.. it’s a sprain….”

Funny thing is the guy who everyone hates was one of the very few people who didn’t kiss their guest’s ass. Our very own friend at the Indy Star, Bob Kravitz. Say what you want about Bob, he never had a problem telling it how he sees it.

Personally I like Dan’s show, but only from a basketball prospective. His Men’s NCAA coverage was second to none. For football on AM I listen to Eddie White. He can come off as kind of goofy but make no mistake the guy really knows the game.

The very fact that journalists generally feel/suggest that Bill Polian is unfriendly with the media and such gives him an opening to come at it from a different angle. Example: I had all but accepted the fact that EVERYONE in the media thinks that Bill Polian is rude or difficult to deal with from a media perspective. It was refreshing and even insightful, genuine or not, to have a member of the media suggesting a different perspective, feeling, or reality.

Now add to that angle, a fresh one, the fact that he’s a sports talk radio host who depends on getting guests on his show… like say Chris and Bill Polian… in order from his program to survive and berating him for so doing is kind of silly.

Of course, I still stand of the position that BBS has a right to say/write whatever he wants on his blog. So… I’ll share my opinion, as have others, and continue generating hits to his site and ultimately increasing the traffic to Stampedeblue. A win-win scenario for BBS :)

It’s funny how this media/blogging thing works chuckle

First off, it is his blog right now. He’s the head writer/editor/boss. If he wants to write an article slamming Dan Dakich, fine, it is his prerogative. Also, don’t call him out for being a “bad journalist” or that this is “bad journalism”. He’s not a journalist. He’s a blogger. They are different. Not as different as what Bob Kravitz believes, but they are different.

Finally, it is extremely hard to do his job in the offseason. The Colts, for reasons that admittedly help the product on the field, are one of the least active offseason teams in the NFL, and rarely have any real offseason movement or controversy. Honestly, the Colts themselves are boring in the offseason. So, it is very hard for BBS to actually write stuff all the time about legitimate Colts news. I mean, how many times can he write “Yeah, Jerry Hughes is great”? Therefore, he has to stretch for things. Of course, I don’t agree with his views, on this and especially not on Gonzo (although I see totally where he is coming from). So, he writes something a bit controversial, or at the very least polarizing, and allows the blog to play to its strength.

The strength of StampedeBlue is not the writing (although we have great writing here all around), or the news or anything like that. It is the community. Seriously, I don’t think any football blog on sbnation has the type of commentariat that stampede blue does. Sure, ones like the Raiders, Giants, Ravens all have active comment boards, but stampede blue puts up six open threads for each game (I may be estimating there). That is where the enjoyment comes, particularly in the offseason, when, for the Colts, there is little actual enjoyment. So, the easiest way for Stampede Blue to be everything you want it to be is for BBS to write something polarizing, and get a good solid debate on it, and in that regard BBS is as good as anyone out there.

Again, I don’t agree with BBS’ perspective a lot of times, especially recently with the Gonzo vs Garcon stuff, but I totally agree with why it is helpful for the blog as a whole. If I were running stampede blue, I would do the same. I mean, I could pour my heart and soul into researching every single column, like DZ does at 18to88, and feel proud that I’ve done great work, but I will not get the multiple hundred comments that stampedeblue gets. That’s what is important here, to write something that will get the board active, and give stampedeblue the type of atmosphere it really is, a place for fans to emulate just shooting the sh*t at a bar, talking Colts football.

I can’t get that 5 minutes back…

would read again.

since a few other things that have happened behind the scenes that I haven’t shared because I’m not that much of a jerk

Your not enough of a jerk to actually report on the things that can be backed up/defended/proven. But you are enough of a jerk to imply them.

Sleazy journalism 101.

Stay classy BBS.

Are all the people on here trying to call out BBS for “bad journalism” then turning around and admitting he’s not a journalist in the first place.

If you want “journalism” go read the puff and fluff in the Indy Star. If you want a blog, then read a blog. Reading one while expecting the other is about as nonsensical as calling out a NON-journalist for not being a journalist.

BBS is a blogger, not much different than anyone else on this board or in this "community." If he is guilty of "bad journalism" – even though he isn’t a journalist – for calling people out then those who call him out are guilty of the same.

Here’s an idea: if you don’t like a particular article then DON’T READ IT. It’s not too difficult. Do you agree with all of your friend’s opinions on sports? Really, do you? Do you call them unethical, non-professional or a complete loser when you disagree with them? Do you suggest they never should have expressed their opinion in the first place?

Some of ya’all need to take this FAN BLOG a lot less seriously and not be so uptight.

…of the BBS interview with Peter King. When put face-to-face with the guy, you’re criticism wasn’t any where to be found.

The funny part is I’ve heard Dakich say on numerous occassions that he likes Stampede Blue. I know he reads it often because he references Stampede Blue a lot. I doubt he’ll do that anymore.

A few things:
1) This article is apparently “so horrible and so terrible,” yet tons of people read it and responded to it.

2) I love how people jump all over me for violating some kind of code of journalistic “ethics,” as if I’m some kind of reporter for the Indy Star, or a radio announcer on 1070, or something. If some of you same people held folks like Dakich, Kravitz, and others to a similar standard, we’d probably have better sports coverage and sports journalism in Indiana. Just a thought.

3) Dakich does indeed like Stampede Blue, and he is a nice guy (as I said earlier in the post). However, if he takes my sharp criticisms of his current profession personally, then he is a bit of a wimp. and I don’t think Dakich is a wimp. Dakich has been called much worse by many others. He likely read my post, saw it for what it was (a fan taking offense to him not doing what he is paid to do), and filed it away. People who take criticisms personally are silly people who should be dismissed and ignored. If I got mad at all the names readers and media people called me (sometimes behind my back), I’d be a mess.

4) I’ve continued to criticize Peter King and Mike Florio since my meeting them. What I have held off on since meeting with King are jokes about his weight (he’s not really all that fat) and his intelligence (he’s a smart guy). His opinions on football, just like Florio’s, can be a bit on the stupid side. However, like Florio, Peter doesn’t take those kinds of criticisms personally. If anything, he appreciates them.

The blogger can use the argument of ‘journalistic integrity’ and ‘ethics’ to someone else, but if someone else calls them out on the lack of the former, they and the supporters can always come back with the argument of “But, it’s just a blog!”

Sorry, if it’s just a blog, then bloggers need to stop extolling the importance of the blog…because it’s Just A Blog.

Look, I love the site, it’s great reading comments from fellow blue nation fans and such, but lately this is getting annoying. Why is there so much negativity from BBS? C’mon dude, media friendly or not I think you need to relax and maybe smoke some Cannabis.. might do you some good dude…

Other than that, keep the Colts info coming, albeit hopefully not in such an annoying pissed off type of feel to it maybe?

Sorry if people don’t agree