Does the Post's Jason La Canfora Hate the Skins?
 

Let me start by saying that I think that the Washington Post's Jason La Canfora is a good reporter and he seems like a pretty good guy. I read his blog quite frequently as it is informative and interesting. His articles are well written and, apparently, well researched.

Let me also note that I do not tow the company line and I often criticize the team for various moves (e.g., I think we overpaid in a big way for Kendall). I am not your typical fan who immediately jumps down the throat of any journalist who critiques the front office. In fact, I often say that guys like Peter King do NOT have it out for the team, Art Monk, Dan Snyder, etc.

That all being said, I am starting to think that JLC has a serious personal gripe with the team, members of the front office, Danny, or some combination of the above. JLC rarely expressed divergent viewpoints or says "on the one hand....and on the other" in his blog. In short, he seems to piss on every move and everything that the team does.

Does anyone else agree?

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;343286]Let me start by saying that I think that the Washington Post's Jason La Canfora is a good reporter and he seems like a pretty good guy. I read his blog quite frequently as it is informative and interesting. His articles are well written and, apparently, well researched.

Let me also note that I do not tow the company line and I often criticize the team for various moves (e.g., I think we overpaid in a big way for Kendall). I am not your typical fan who immediately jumps down the throat of any journalist who critiques the front office. In fact, I often say that guys like Peter King do NOT have it out for the team, Art Monk, Dan Snyder, etc.

That all being said, I am starting to think that JLC has a serious personal gripe with the team, members of the front office, Danny, or some combination of the above. JLC rarely expressed divergent viewpoints or says "on the one hand....and on the other" in his blog. In short, he seems to piss on every move and everything that the team does.

Does anyone else agree?[/quote]

I think his gripe is with Coach. He's feeling a little offput by the remarks that were made in reference to his story the other day, IMO.

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I think, more than anything, he has a gripe with the people at ES. (By the way, good news. The mods there encourage personal insults. So have at it with those winners over there :)! ).

But anyway, I think this animosity he has developed with ES tends to project to the Skins, because he probably thinks "Here I am, a professional and I have to take a back seat to Arturo?")

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[QUOTE=70Chip;343289]I think his gripe is with Coach. He's feeling a little offput by the remarks that were made in reference to his story the other day, IMO.[/QUOTE]

What did Gibbs say?

Again, I want to reiterate that I like and respect JLC, but I am sensing a lot of bitterness.

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I've found myself thinking the same thing as well. Picture this: You're a journalist, a sports journalist, and your lone job description is to cover the Washington Redskins. Now imagine year in and year out for over a decade the team you are responsible for covering gives you very little to cheer for or be optimistic about. Hell, I'll put it bluntly: most years since Gibbs V1.0 we've stunk out loud. Imagine seeing one awful front office gaffe after another. Imagine a team that hasn't finished a season with the same QB it started with since 1999. Imagine a team that has only been to the playoffs twice in 15 or so years. Imagine a team that other NFL front office types make fun of to members of the media. Imagine a team that is owned by an arrogant little piss ant who loves to gouge people for money and piss off other owners. I think I'd get aggravated at times too.

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;343291]What did Gibbs say?

Again, I want to reiterate that I like and respect JLC, but I am sensing a lot of bitterness.[/quote]

This was when he stopped in the middle of his presser to say, in reference to JLC's blog about Heyer, etc, that "nothing could be further from the truth". It was Tuesday, I think. You can see it under "Multiple TV Channels" at Redskins.com.

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[quote=GMScud;343292]I've found myself thinking the same thing as well. Picture this: You're a journalist, a sports journalist, and your lone job description is to cover the Washington Redskins. Now imagine year in and year out for over a decade the team you are responsible for covering gives you very little to cheer for or be optimistic about. Hell, I'll put it bluntly: most years since Gibbs V1.0 we've stunk out loud. Imagine seeing one awful front office gaffe after another. Imagine a team that hasn't finished a season with the same QB it started with since 1999. Imagine a team that has only been to the playoffs twice in 15 or so years. Imagine a team that other NFL front office types make fun of to members of the media. Imagine a team that is owned by an arrogant little piss ant who loves to gouge people for money and piss off other owners. I think I'd get aggravated at times too.[/quote]


Meh, he could be digging holes for a living. It's not like he's hand digging a tunnel on the Transcontinental Railroad. He's got a sweet gig.

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[quote=70Chip;343299]Meh, he could be digging holes for a living. It's not like he's hand digging a tunnel on the Transcontinental Railroad. He's got a sweet gig.[/quote]

Don't get me wrong, I like JLC and I'd LOVE to have his job. I was just speculating on the source of his bitterness.

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He reminds me a lot of Steve Czaban -- and I find myself agreeing with most of what both of those guys say. Like me, I think they love their team, but hate the way it has been run since Snyder/Cerrato have taken over.

After all, there's been pretty good reason to second guess most of the moves that they've made over the last 5 years or so.

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Smokin Al, from Sports Talk 980am seems to have an even bigger gripe with the Redskins. Every move, every gesture, every interview he seems to take an issue with. Its somewhat sickening to have to listen to really, yet i'd rather listen local than to listen to Nation wide radio around 1:00pm (right after the redskins lunch in 730am) so it makes it hard to avoid. JLC reports to the B-Mitch, and Smokin AL, as their beatwriter, so now im starting to think maybe Sporttalk 980 has a gripe with the Burgundy and Gold.

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Im with Beemn. No one will agree with everything these guys say, but you'll agree with some of it. I totally see, and somewhat agree with what a lot of national media says about us, and JLC probably is a little bitter and I understand why. The folks who annoy me are the people that act as if the skins do no wrong. Part of the reason I hate listening to games on Redskins radio, too one sided.

Also, as an organization I think the Redskins have burned a lot of bridges and made plenty of folks mad. Remember when the skins got rid of all the season tickets the Post owned? Sure JLC wasn't happy about that.

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One of the worst things that has happened to the WP in the last 6 months is Howard Bryant has left . JLC is one step away from Sally Jenkins ...he is only happy when it rains he had made his mind Heyer was going to suck before he took a snap and only last week was advocating trading Brunell for a fith and then using that to trade for Kendell, so by his logic a valuble backup and a draft pick and ensuing cap hit is less harmful than a 5th/possible 4th pick -- okay whatever

JLC also has a tendency to ermm make stuff up...ayone else remeber hearing anything other than what JLC was spouting about Denver looking to trade Bly before his contract got redone ...it was all JLC speculation, not even Blys agent knew anything about it . Also does anyone know who he is talking to when he quotes NFL officials ? Does that include parking attendents...janitors... who ?...and tell me what professional journalist gets into slanging matches in the media with guys off a message board ?

JLC is good on occasion but there are better sources ...one other thing that struck me and put the final nail in the coffin for me is as an english man i hat e, HATE, soccer it is a game for girls, homosexuals and homosexuals who want to be girls ...ahem....and anyway Jason is a BIG MLS fan gushing over the appearance of David Beckham for Galaxy in Washington this past week ....shesh

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[QUOTE=bedlamVR;343324]One of the worst things that has happened to the WP in the last 6 months is Howard Bryant has left . JLC is one step away from Sally Jenkins ...he is only happy when it rains he had made his mind Heyer was going to suck before he took a snap and only last week was advocating trading Brunell for a fith and then using that to trade for Kendell, so by his logic a valuble backup and a draft pick and ensuing cap hit is less harmful than a 5th/possible 4th pick -- okay whatever

JLC also has a tendency to ermm make stuff up...ayone else remeber hearing anything other than what JLC was spouting about Denver looking to trade Bly before his contract got redone ...it was all JLC speculation, not even Blys agent knew anything about it . Also does anyone know who he is talking to when he quotes NFL officials ? Does that include parking attendents...janitors... who ?...and tell me what professional journalist gets into slanging matches in the media with guys off a message board ?

JLC is good on occasion but there are better sources ...one other thing that struck me and put the final nail in the coffin for me is as an english man i hat e, HATE, soccer it is a game for girls, homosexuals and homosexuals who want to be girls ...ahem....and anyway Jason is a BIG MLS fan gushing over the appearance of David Beckham for Galaxy in Washington this past week ....shesh[/QUOTE]

I'm anxious to see how Jason Reid from the LA Times does as the new Redskins reporter for the Post.

If you don't like soccer, you don't like soccer. I don't know why you want to try to knock those that do

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[QUOTE=Daseal;343322]Also, as an organization I think the Redskins have burned a lot of bridges and made plenty of folks mad. Remember when the skins got rid of all the season tickets the Post owned? Sure JLC wasn't happy about that.[/QUOTE]

Well I will say that, as someone who was part of the local DC media for 5 years, the Redskins were far and away the most difficult team to deal with. I know a lot of people who grow up fans and then become part of "the business" and suddenly they're not fans anymore. Didn't happen to me (except in the case of Green) but I used to see it happen all the time.

A big reason is that the Redskins have always known they're the shit in DC. No matter what, it's a Redskins town. But what happened in the late 1990s, early 00s was that the Redskins had to start sharing their space in the local sports media with others-the Terps became national champions, their football team was in legit Bowl games, the Wizards got Michael Jordan, the Caps and their hotshot young owner got Jagr, and so on. So the Redskins started pulling back on giving inside scoops locally and, well I don't want to on a long-winded rant here. Just saying that, yeah you're right Daseal, there have been some burnt bridges in the past several years.

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[QUOTE=Daseal;343322]

Also, as an organization I think the Redskins have burned a lot of bridges and made plenty of folks mad. Remember when the skins got rid of all the season tickets the Post owned? Sure JLC wasn't happy about that.[/QUOTE]

But hang on half of the reason the Skins took away the season tickets was the rash of irresponsible reporting by the post (anouncing players had been cut who hadn't trying to stir up ticking issues that didn't exist etc etc...) and the other part of it was the people from the Post rarely used the tickets, handing them off to friends family memebers and touts . Historically the Skins only gave season tickets to the Post following a falling out between the JKC and other media outlets in the area and the Post became the unoffical voice of the team .

As the Post changed and the Skins were sold the relationship changed....


I also don't get the hatred for Snyder on here it makes people sound like jilted ex-girlfriends...do people not remember Norv ...how are we going toscrew things up this year...Turner reign of terror between 1993 and 2000

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[quote=70Chip;343299]Meh, he could be digging holes for a living. It's not like he's hand digging a tunnel on the Transcontinental Railroad. He's got a sweet gig.[/quote]

atta boy great analysis.....JLC is a clown and freaking wessel, he cant even get an interview inside that locker room. that says alot when players and coaches wont even talk to him. he gets all his quotes from other interviews and other "excutives". i think as a beat reporter you would want to develope a good relationship with the team you are reporting on, not this clown.

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there's definitely a rift, but hasn't Snyder went out of his way to seperate the team away from the Post? The Red Zebra radio station doesn't have any limitations of access to the team like other media outlets. I can't recall any one on one interview with JLC and team players...

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;343325]I'm anxious to see how Jason Reid from the LA Times does as the new Redskins reporter for the Post.

If you don't like soccer, you don't like soccer. I don't know why you want to try to knock those that do[/QUOTE]

Try living in a country where it is the only game in town where the NFL is looked upon as steroid ridden a joke and depite the fact that it regulary draws in a TV audience for the superbowl of around 4 million viewers (at 4am on a february monday morning) it gets less press than the womens soccer world cup ...which has about as many people playing as spectating ...i may have come across as a little bitter....but look if thats your thing its fine there is nothing wrong with it soccer is what it is but this guy is supposed to the beat reported for the Washington Redskins and takes time out to talk soccer

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[QUOTE=Daseal;343322]The folks who annoy me are the people that act as if the skins do no wrong.[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure why you get annoyed by people that act as if the skins can do no wrong and do not gripe about the people that act as if the skins can do no right. Kinda hypocritical.

[QUOTE=Daseal;343322]Part of the reason I hate listening to games on Redskins radio, too one sided.[/QUOTE]

Come on, you can't really expect anything different. I wouldn't expect Ford to run ads on TV saying, "Our cars break down within 5 years because they are P.O.S., but buy em anyways."

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[quote=Daseal;343322]Im with Beemn. No one will agree with everything these guys say, but you'll agree with some of it. I totally see, and somewhat agree with what a lot of national media says about us, and JLC probably is a little bitter and I understand why. The folks who annoy me are the people that act as if the skins do no wrong. Part of the reason I hate listening to games on Redskins radio, too one sided.

Also, as an organization I think the Redskins have burned a lot of bridges and made plenty of folks mad. Remember when the skins got rid of all the season tickets the Post owned? Sure JLC wasn't happy about that.[/quote]

I think they were selling some of those tickets.

The Post as an institution has a somewhat distorted view of itself. They're just a newspaper. They seem to think they hold some sort of sacred public trust but they don't. They are a business like any other business. I love the fact that the Redskins broadcast the player and coaches interviews "unfiltered". I can draw my own conclusions from the primary source without having to be limited to two-sentence sound bites or the unnecessary acumulation of adjectives that is the hallmark of a reporter who has had his feelings hurt or feels slighted.

Also, Bramm Weinstein took JLC's side against Gibbs on the radio yesterday, much to the annoyance of Larry Micheal. Bramm works for the Skins (for now).

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I am no huge fan of the Post as a paper, but whether or not the pulling of their season tickets by the Skins was justified, it came across as petty and vindictive. Back to the original post about JLC:

a) Most of the gripes expressed here come from comments posted on the Redskins Insider blog, which is where I believe he has more latitude to express his own point of view.

b) The Skins deserve to be criticized when they do dumb stuff and they do dumb stuff a lot. I love the Skins, but I do get sick of people in this town that see them as incapable of doing anything stupid or wrong. It's refreshing to me have a somewhat critical eye cast upon them and that view expressed in the local media.

c) Again, I love Gibbs, but it was a bad move by him to go after JLC at a presser. It is actions like this that reinforce the Skins as being vindictive.

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Anyone consider the fact that Gibbs may be trying to protect the young undrafted rook? Gibbs may feel that the Skins NEED Heyer around this year, and can you think of any more of a confidence boost for an undrafted rookie than to have a 3-time Super Bowl champion coach personally defend you? Now Heyer feels more confidence, and more importantly, more of a sense of obligation to the team. If that's the case, coaching brilliance.

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No, I don't feel he doesn't like the Skins, however he doesn't like how the FO operates. He feels we needed to make this move, but shouldn't have been put into this position in the first place.

If we hadn't wasted away several draft choices and drafted a decent guard or tackle we would have solid young depth ready to go. Instead we have an aging offensive line that we need to draft desperatly in 2008.

Now, we need DE, OL (guard and tackle) and depending on how Golston and Montgomery do we may even have to draft another DT.

We hope our fo comes through and resigns Cooley or else that will be a giant hole we will need to fill as well. In 2008 we will probably have to restructure Taylor and possibly Campbell in 2009 also.

The FO has a lot of work to do on some major impact players in the next couple of years. Will they come through, I don't know, but I certainly hope they do, before it is too late.

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[quote=SmootSmack;343290]I think, more than anything, he has a gripe with the people at ES. (By the way, good news. The mods there encourage personal insults. So have at it with those winners over there :)! ).

But anyway, I think this animosity he has developed with ES tends to project to the Skins, because he probably thinks "Here I am, a professional and I have to take a back seat to Arturo?")[/quote]

I think you're on to something

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There's no problem between JLC and Coach Gibbs:

[url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/]Redskins Insider[/url]

[I]I guess I was wrong.[/I]

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[quote=70Chip;343367]There's no problem between JLC and Coach Gibbs:

[URL="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/"]Redskins Insider[/URL]

[I]I guess I was wrong.[/I][/quote]

HA!!! I'm hearing: "I have no problem with Coach Joe b/c even though he doesn't believe what he's saying, he's saying it anyway to sell tickets!!!" Wow! If that's not the most backhanded "everything is cool" statement I've ever seen... LOL!!! Cool my ass!

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Ummmm, gee, this entry doesn't sound bitter or anything... HAHAHA!!!!

[B]Kendall Reax/Hello Fred Beasley[/B]

[FONT=Times New Roman,times,serif] Skins have agreed to terms with FB Fred Beasley from what I hear - more on that in a minute.
As for Kendall: In a nutshell, the Redskins overpaid for a 34-year old guard - same ol story there - and have again taken aim at a future year's draft, but that's a vicious cycle that might never end at this point, so let's not even get into it now. I'll put the exact compensation in my story in tomorrow's paper, but it's substantial for a stopgap guy.
But the bottom line is because of their doing - poor drafting in the past, inability to develop a yoing O Lineman, failed experiment trying to bank on Todd Wade becoming a guard, failure to lock up Dockery in the summer of 2006 when he could've been had more cheaply - they HAD to make this trade. I don't envy the situation they put themselves in - desperate for a starting guard a few weeks before the start of the season - but applaud them for going out and finally doing something about it and getting the best guy they probably could so late in the game.
Yeah, teams have gotten Pro Bowl starting quarterbacks for less recently (Trent Green comes to mind), but the Skins were in a bind. Maybe at some point they'll draft someone to fill this role - you can find starting-caliber young guards all over the middle of the draft every year - but for the sake of Jason Campbell's development alone, you gotta solidify the left side of the line.
Okay, Beasley hasn't played in a year and is going on 33 - starting the Over The Hill Gang, Part Deux around here lately - but they had nothing behind Mike Sellers. Schmidt and Bell are nice prospects, but you don't want them second on the depth chart right now. We'll see how much Beasley has left in the tank.
First thing that came to mind for me, though, was the wide receiver, Brandon Lloyd. You may recall Beasley being one of the guys to rip him a it there in San Francisco, saying in 2004 that the team lacked anyone with the fortitude to be a big-time wideout - a shot at Lloyd - and also tore into his mentality.

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JLC is a company man. It's about time people around here start seeing JLC for what he is. I brought this up before and pretty much everybody jumped all over me. JLC is a reporter for the Washington Post and while he has very good access to the team on certain levels he will never be an "insider" IMO. The Post hates Snyder and Snyder hates The Post. JLC is an extension of that grudge. He does get some great tips and he is a quality reporter, but I don't like him.

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[quote=GMScud;343372]Ummmm, gee, this entry doesn't sound bitter or anything... HAHAHA!!!!

[B]Kendall Reax/Hello Fred Beasley[/B]

[FONT=Times New Roman,times,serif]Skins have agreed to terms with FB Fred Beasley from what I hear - more on that in a minute.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman,times,serif]As for Kendall: In a nutshell, the Redskins overpaid for a 34-year old guard - same ol story there - and have again taken aim at a future year's draft, but that's a vicious cycle that might never end at this point, so let's not even get into it now. I'll put the exact compensation in my story in tomorrow's paper, but it's substantial for a stopgap guy. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman,times,serif]But the bottom line is because of their doing - poor drafting in the past, inability to develop a yoing O Lineman, failed experiment trying to bank on Todd Wade becoming a guard, failure to lock up Dockery in the summer of 2006 when he could've been had more cheaply - they HAD to make this trade. I don't envy the situation they put themselves in - desperate for a starting guard a few weeks before the start of the season - but applaud them for going out and finally doing something about it and getting the best guy they probably could so late in the game.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman,times,serif]Yeah, teams have gotten Pro Bowl starting quarterbacks for less recently (Trent Green comes to mind), but the Skins were in a bind. Maybe at some point they'll draft someone to fill this role - you can find starting-caliber young guards all over the middle of the draft every year - but for the sake of Jason Campbell's development alone, you gotta solidify the left side of the line.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman,times,serif]Okay, Beasley hasn't played in a year and is going on 33 - starting the Over The Hill Gang, Part Deux around here lately - but they had nothing behind Mike Sellers. Schmidt and Bell are nice prospects, but you don't want them second on the depth chart right now. We'll see how much Beasley has left in the tank. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman,times,serif]First thing that came to mind for me, though, was the wide receiver, Brandon Lloyd. You may recall Beasley being one of the guys to rip him a it there in San Francisco, saying in 2004 that the team lacked anyone with the fortitude to be a big-time wideout - a shot at Lloyd - and also tore into his mentality.[/FONT]

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Now I'm really starting to wonder about JLC. Just a few days ago he said the Skins should trade Brunell and then turn around and trade for Kendall to shore up the LG spot. Now that we actually have him he's griping about the contract, which really isn't that unreasonable considering there were a few teams in line for his services and he was bound to get paid by someone.

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;343334]I'm not sure why you get annoyed by people that act as if the skins can do no wrong and do not gripe about the people that act as if the skins can do no right. Kinda hypocritical.[/quote]

Well played sir

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There has been much more to criticize than cheer during Gibbs 2.0, and I think that sets the negative tone that guys like JLC, Czabe, and BMitch run with. Hell, I've been very critical on this board over many FO moves, mostly the trading of high draft picks. That said, I feel that Gibbs has done a good job bringing in some key cornerstones to build a winner - he traded up for Campbell, Cooley, and McIntosh, he also drafted Landry, Taylor, and Rogers. He got great value in Moss for a disgruntled L. Coles, and set his ego aside when cutting his losses with Archuletta. If he puts more emphasis on the draft, and re-signs our key young players (Cooley is coming up for FA), I still feel optimistic that Gibbs can set us on a winning path for the long term.

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JLC is just another worm trying to get a story at any cost. He'd sell his soul for a penny to get a story.

I personally don't give any credibility to him or any of those TRASH writers. I have my own opinions about my team, mostly based on facts. I don't pay any attention to the bullshit that JLC or any other tard writes about my team!

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[quote=skinsfan_nn;343478]JLC is just another worm trying to get a story at any cost. He'd sell his soul for a penny to get a story.

I personally don't give any credibility to him or any of those TRASH writers. I have my own opinions about my team, mostly based on facts. I don't pay any attention to the bullshit that JLC or any other tard writes about my team![/quote]


Well, I wouldn't say he doesn't have credibiltiy; that would definitely be going over board. And to be honest, he is sort of between a rock and hard place, professionally speaking. He's employed by the Post (isn't he?), yet he's supposed to be unbiased in his reporting from a fan perspective.

Personally, I don't read his stuff simply because I get 90% of what I need here.

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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;343286]Let me start by saying that I think that the Washington Post's Jason La Canfora is a good reporter and he seems like a pretty good guy. I read his blog quite frequently as it is informative and interesting. [B]His articles are well written[/B] and, apparently, well researched...[/QUOTE]

Have you tried to read his blog posts? Jeeze, he kant spel an it vary hard too reed. Isn't JLC from "Balmer" anyway and a closet Ravens fan? Maybe that would explain some of his negativity towards the 'Skins. He not too long ago compared The Raven's and 'Skins front offices and said something to the effect that the Ravens FO was a much better run organization. No surprise there I guess. Anyway, I do share some of his thoughts on how the Redskins are managed overall and even though I live and die by how the 'Skins perform every season, they deserve criticism where it is due.

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I'm going to give respect were respect is due here and the Ravens are a very efficiently ran. They are always in contention.

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JLC wrote: "The compensation is steep -- on par with what teams have given up for veteran former Pro Bowl quarterbacks in recent years such as Steve McNair and Trent Green -- and it bucked Gibbs's recent trend of trying to retain as many draft picks as possible. Kendall had been signed through 2009 -- with a base salary of $2 million in 2008 and $2.4 million in 2009 -- but sources said he signed a new two-year deal with Washington, worth $2.7 million this season and $2.3 million in 2008..."

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/23/AR2007082302298.html]washingtonpost.com[/url]

I'm no expert, and not as knowledgeable as other posters here, but Kendall's compensation does not sound "steep" considering he will be protecting our QB's ass. I'll disagree w/ JLC on this point.

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Didn't he just say the other day the Skins should trade a 5th rounder for Kendall?? Now the price is steep?

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[quote=Mattyk72;343499]Didn't he just say the other day the Skins should trade a 5th rounder for Kendall?? Now the price is steep?[/quote]

He's obviously letting personal feelings find their way into his blog. It's unfortunate that someone in such a position can't be more professional. When Coach Gibbs made his statement, I think he was circling the wagons. Maybe trying to give a little us vs. them mentality to his group. That's the way I choose to look at it and I think JLC would be better off looking at it that way. He's not going to win any spitting contests with Coach Gibbs.

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[quote=70Chip;343508]He's obviously letting personal feelings find their way into his blog. It's unfortunate that someone in such a position can't be more professional. When Coach Gibbs made his statement, I think he was circling the wagons. Maybe trying to give a little us vs. them mentality to his group. That's the way I choose to look at it and I think JLC would be better off looking at it that way. He's not going to win any spitting contests with Coach Gibbs.[/quote]

He can say what he wants but his tone has definitely changed recently. I'm frankly a little disappointed in him.

Re: Does the Post's Jason La Canfora Hate the Skins?
 

[quote=Mattyk72;343510]He can say what he wants but his tone has definitely changed recently. I'm frankly a little disappointed in him.[/quote]


What's his relationship with ES anyway?