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Hog's Breath · 05-14-2007, 08:45 PM

Here is the email I wrote her last night and her two responses.

"I just finished reading your column on Sean Taylor and Shawn Springs.My question is this...Have you ever written anything good about the team? I can't remember a single article you've written that had something positive to say. Where does this bias come from? And why, if you hate the team so much, do you continue to write articles about it. How could you possibly quote Chris Carter in your article? What has he done that you feel he is an expert "insider" and knows exactly what different coaches are doing? Have you seen him on HBO? His opinions are a joke and I feel it reflects on you as a columnist that you would use his opinion. It is obvious you were just looking for some filler for your article. At least, for your sake, I hope that is the case. Because if it isn't, you've lost all credibility as far as I'm concerned.Please do us all a favor and and stick to covering cycling or whatever it is you write that no one cares about. I don't know of anyone that likes your columns or respects your opinion."

Her response-

"I don't set out to offend Redskins fans. Believe me, it's a lot more fun to write about a winning team. I simply think the Snyder-Cerrato-Gibbs tenure has been a failure.
I've written plenty of nice things about individuals with the organization. If you go back and look, I think you might be surprised. In fact, I'd never written a critical word about Gibbs until Friday. And I probably praised Brunell and Ramsey far past the point of reason. Stephen Davis leaps to mind as a player I always wrote glowingly of, as does Gregg Williams, Champ Bailey, Laveranues Coles...
That said, I'm not sure I've ever writte anything positive about Snyder or Cerrato, for the reason that I think they deserve criticism, not praise, based on the record.
Fans tend to take things personally. I understand that. I'm simply more dispassionate about the team than you are.

But I thank you for reading the Post.

Best, Sally J."

"PS-I wrote tons of nice things about Steve Spurrier. I actually thought that, in time, Spurrier would have grown into a good NFL coach. He was fun and so was his team. I was in the minority on that, but I wrote it consistently."

05-14-2007, 08:45 PM	#52
Hog's Breath Special Teams Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 418	Re: Here comes Sally Here is the email I wrote her last night and her two responses. "I just finished reading your column on Sean Taylor and Shawn Springs.My question is this...Have you ever written anything good about the team? I can't remember a single article you've written that had something positive to say. Where does this bias come from? And why, if you hate the team so much, do you continue to write articles about it. How could you possibly quote Chris Carter in your article? What has he done that you feel he is an expert "insider" and knows exactly what different coaches are doing? Have you seen him on HBO? His opinions are a joke and I feel it reflects on you as a columnist that you would use his opinion. It is obvious you were just looking for some filler for your article. At least, for your sake, I hope that is the case. Because if it isn't, you've lost all credibility as far as I'm concerned.Please do us all a favor and and stick to covering cycling or whatever it is you write that no one cares about. I don't know of anyone that likes your columns or respects your opinion." Her response- "I don't set out to offend Redskins fans. Believe me, it's a lot more fun to write about a winning team. I simply think the Snyder-Cerrato-Gibbs tenure has been a failure. I've written plenty of nice things about individuals with the organization. If you go back and look, I think you might be surprised. In fact, I'd never written a critical word about Gibbs until Friday. And I probably praised Brunell and Ramsey far past the point of reason. Stephen Davis leaps to mind as a player I always wrote glowingly of, as does Gregg Williams, Champ Bailey, Laveranues Coles... That said, I'm not sure I've ever writte anything positive about Snyder or Cerrato, for the reason that I think they deserve criticism, not praise, based on the record. Fans tend to take things personally. I understand that. I'm simply more dispassionate about the team than you are. But I thank you for reading the Post. Best, Sally J." "PS-I wrote tons of nice things about Steve Spurrier. I actually thought that, in time, Spurrier would have grown into a good NFL coach. He was fun and so was his team. I was in the minority on that, but I wrote it consistently."