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Originally Posted by tryfuhl
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i don't think i'm the one misunderstanding anything that statement. if you have listened to Allen's discussions throughout the offseason, he's consistently made a point to say that most of the rumors reported in the media arent true. for example, he was on espn980 prior to the draft and said that most of the rumors out there regarding the skins werent true. in the same context he said the skins were investigating a lot of options, but that little movement happened at the top of the draft and also that its rare that players get traded during the draft. the implication was that every team is investigating a number of options with varying degrees of seriousness and while alot gets reported, most of it never comes to fruition, either the teams decide not to, or because it was never a serious discussion anyways. he also acknowledge that teams deliberately put out misinformation all the time.
so again, in that context, i believe i interpretted allens statement correctly. he was absolutely not trying to make a statement about how he doesnt have time to read all of the reports out there, so he's not going to say they're all wrong. the mere idea that ALL of the reports and rumors out there are wrong is completely moronic. some of them, even if by mere chance, would be correct.
the broader point is that you cant beleive everything you hear, either by the media or by team representatives. in many cases, parties have agendas they are trying to push. in general, i tend to side with the media, because while a team is always trying to push an agenda, the media SHOULD tend to be more unbiased (although we all know this is often not the case)