Randy Moss = no class

[SC Skins Fan]

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.

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.

[roth74va]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

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.

Very well said, I totally agree. Like I said before, if you cant stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

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.

I can certainly understand that point of view. I guess I just don't see where it was a huge deal either way. Moss was a prick and someone blogged about it.

The part I find interesting is those that seem to justify Moss being rude. I'm not sure that what Tanner did was so out of line to justify someone treating him like that. Perhaps he could have just brushed it off as no big deal and moved on, but I guess he was thinking it would be something worthwhile to blog about, and based on the amount of discussion it's generated I have think that it was.

Also, we're talking about a blog here, not a legit news source. If this was Jason Reid of the WaPo posting stuff like this I would agree it's way out of line.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Also, we're talking about a blog here, not a legit news source. If this was Jason Reid of the WaPo posting stuff like this I would agree it's way out of line.

I agree with your statement but also think it shows the problem. Moss is a douche bag, no one should be surprised, and he has done this before quite assuredly but reporters don't ever write about it because they can't. If Reid were to write about about a similar incident he'd lose some cred with players making it haredr to do his job. In the end Moss should've just said no interviews and Tanner should have just let it slide. I don't think it's like the Cooley brothers to chill on something like this though. They're not exactly reserved. And they still run the best player site in the league.

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I can certainly understand that point of view. I guess I just don't see where it was a huge deal either way. Moss was a prick and someone blogged about it.

The part I find interesting is those that seem to justify Moss being rude. I'm not sure that what Tanner did was so out of line to justify someone treating him like that. Perhaps he could have just brushed it off as no big deal and moved on, but I guess he was thinking it would be something worthwhile to blog about, and based on the amount of discussion it's generated I have think that it was.

Also, we're talking about a blog here, not a legit news source. If this was Jason Reid of the WaPo posting stuff like this I would agree it's way out of line.

I agree...they both should have done that so this subject topic could have remained blogless and threadless.

I think it's funny the written intention of the blog was to make Moss come off as a dick but the opposite ending up happening to the writer. It a good thing Tanner's going to med school and not becoming a novelist.