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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
I was just tossing that out there, otherwise I'm still confused why some, including yourself, are acting so dicky towards him.
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The point has been well covered by others, but I think the problem that some of us have with this particular blog post is that Tanner appears at least as "unprofessional" as Randy Moss. When you lead with the line "I'm Chris Cooley's brother, can I get an interview" that is meant to garner access based upon your relation to Chris Cooley. That is fine, I guess, since much of life is about who you know, but as Skinny Tee mentioned, the "professional" thing to do would probably be to identify yourself as representing thecooleyzone.com. "I'm Chris Cooley's brother" implies that you expect some access based upon your identity and why should that mean anything to Randy Moss? Sure he could have responded better, but it is certainly not a surprising response.
But the real issue is that none of us should ever have known about that interaction. To go out of your way to Tweet, Facebook, and Blog about it is unnecessary. You had a bad experience with a professional athlete. If you were just another individual and that happened to you then I think you probably could blog all you wanted about it and that would be fine. But you are representing Chris Cooley (as you yourself made clear in the locker room) and you should not be getting into personal pissing matches with other professional athletes on his website. It is just bad policy and, frankly, unprofessional. You don't need to call Randy Moss a "dick" on Facebook or write long diatribes about your experience. It is just not a very mature of professional response. It was a mistake on his part. It is also ironic for him to then come on to this website and say that if you have a problem with it that you should email him directly rather than posting your response in a public forum.
And all of that is not a personal attack on Tanner Cooley. It is a critique of this one blog post. That is what HooSkins, SkinnyTee, and others were saying. He made a mistake. He should learn from the experience.