Anyone know what happened to Czaban on Sportsnet?

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Sorry but I'm not interested in questions that I already know the answer to. His questioning of Brunell had one intention, to piss him off. Mission accomplished I guess. That's not professional journalism in my opinion.

What some may think of as being hard hitting or shocking I think it's just immature.

The thing is, Czaban himself would probably tell you he's not trying to be a "professional journalist". That likely was never his intention. When a team in this position plays like this, there aren't many questions that won't "piss them off."

I like him. As someone else said, the kool-aid drinkers and apologists who regurgitate the company line are obviously offended by him. He's not a lockstep Gibbs defender, he doesn't bow at the alter of Dan Snyder's Media Empire, and he plays the role that many fans want to see -- the naysayer, the guy who's pissed off at his team who says what he really thinks, and who, at fan websites gets people to talk and write about him in threads just like this.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

The thing is, Czaban himself would probably tell you he's not trying to be a "professional journalist". That likely was never his intention. When a team in this position plays like this, there aren't many questions that won't "piss them off."

I like him. As someone else said, the kool-aid drinkers and apologists who regurgitate the company line are obviously offended by him. He's not a lockstep Gibbs defender, he doesn't bow at the alter of Dan Snyder's Media Empire, and he plays the role that many fans want to see -- the naysayer, the guy who's pissed off at his team who says what he really thinks, and who, at fan websites gets people to talk and write about him in threads just like this.

Why does it always have to be black and white? It's always the apologists vs. the naysayers.

I'd say there's a lot of gray area there that the majority of people fall into.

Personally I'm not into hearing someone towing the company line, because of that I rarely visit Redskins.com and when I do I take everything I read there with a grain of salt, but at the same time I'm not in favor of some idiot trying to rile up players in interviews or fans up in the press box getting on the case of national sports writers.

In the end neither extreme accomplishes anything.