Comments on: From the Vault of WaPost's True Colors, Exhibit no. 106

By: Gustafsson

Gustafsson — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:53:08 +0000

Amazing how brave people are behind the keyboard and cower when meeting face to face.
Although people who do not allow comments on their site and say they don’t care about others, surely must — or they wouldn’t feel the need to comment on everyone else’s.
There is a reason some people are on a short leash.

By: Caps Nut

Caps Nut — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:28:48 +0000

Ah yes, deleted once again…
Why I am not surprised???
Whatever you do guys, please, please don’t ever prove my point for me…
Because we all know that ingoring me will make me go away sooner…

By: B.ORR4

B.ORR4 — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:12:36 +0000

Sounds like Caps Nut works for the Post.

By: Gustafsson

Gustafsson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:27:58 +0000

I fail to see what the New York Sports Media has to do with Washington or this blog.
We are a hockey blog.
He is a ‚Äúsports‚Ä? professional paid to write about ‚Äúsports‚Ä?. Unless his contract reads ‚Äúevery sport except hockey.‚Ä?
I would say we are more professional allowing the reader to express his or her concern/comments/warped view with not only ourselves, but our readers. Something others, for whatever reason, fail to do.

By: Caps Nut

Caps Nut — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:55:56 +0000

“Unprofessional” huh? Interesting choice of words there…
So this blog has never been “unprofessional” and bashed a local professional sports team?
It isn’t “unprofessional” to attribute the well-known and well-documented beliefs of a single columnist to his entire sports department and publication?
Tell me, what do you think of the “professionalism” New York Sports Media which makes a cottage industry of bashing their local professional sports franchises?

By: Shmee

Shmee — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:25:47 +0000

I’ve just completely stopped reading him. Its ridiculous that he gets paid money to dicuss sports, but doesnt bother to see AO for over a year, while living in DC.

By: Grooven

Grooven — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:08:27 +0000

It’s fine if he doesn’t pay attention to hockey. Instead of making himself look bad by saying that coaches change all the time, he should say:
“Let me tell you, I have no idea how coaching changes affect hockey players or a team. I used to follow hockey, but no longer do. You should ask someone like Tarik who understands much more of the nuance of the sport than I do.”
He may be a very smart guy about some sports, but when it comes to hockey he certainly makes himself seem like a moron. And even if he follows soccer, his knowledge of it is about as bad as hockey too. He basically jumped on the Beckham bandwagon.

By: OrderedChaos

OrderedChaos — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:27:11 +0000

Zack, he doesn’t have to be a hockey fan… but as a professional sport in his hometown market, being so dismissive of the Caps is, well, unprofessional.

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:13:39 +0000

Why should we fault Wilbon for not being a hockey fan? I respect him for always being open and honest about his feelings, including when they may be perceived as controversial (see Sean Taylor comments).

By: VT Caps Fan

VT Caps Fan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:47:59 +0000

1st off Wilbon’s an idiot. He proved it earlier that chat with his comments about Taylor.
2nd) wasn’t Wilbon the one who called out all of Washington sports fans for not going to see Patrick Roy earn his NHL record for victories; then called the caps a disgrace for not being able to sell it out.
WILBON YOU WEREN’T AT THE GAME. YOU GET FREE TICKETS.
and another thing, Wilbon, you are what is wrong with the sports media; you claim Chicago is the greatest sports town in the world (I do not believe he follows the ‘hawks, and there own attendance issues) but that’s why you pissed a lot more people off when you became a White Sox fan when they were in the world series.
Wilbon’s worthless.