Gotta love Ray Diddy – Tells it like it is.

Obviously, Reid is the one with all the info, so…
It would make sense that if you do what he asks, you get what he has.
You don’t work for him, but it’s supply and demand.
The more you go around him(which could take a while)
The harder you make it on yourself….
Suck it up and play ball Ray.

this isn’t something new either. get the sand out of your vag Ray. the media in this town is THE worst, its all a bunch of entitled toddlers.

that you must act like a journalist? I thought you went into sporstwriting to avoid that hard stuff. My heart weeps.

Reporters of all people should know not to push buttons with the guy that feeds them their stories. I dont know if Andy lays down a lot of other ground rules like this, but i highly doubt it. I dont think his request was outrageous, and i think that his reply was perfect. “You didnt do as i asked, now i wont tell you anything.” A nice, professional “F.U.”

Clap, clap, clap. Great response, Andy. Treat yourself to a cheesestaek!

The problem is that the info given in the press conferences is not solely for the reporters. It is for us, the fans. In spiting the reporters whom he felt crossed a line, Andy also slighted the fans, who deserved to hear the official word on whether or not of their beloved players had a season ending injury.

To anyone siding with A.R. on this did you even read the article?

I guess you would have preferred to wait all day for Reid to confirm the injury… right?

Why did the reporters seek to confirm the news of this injury?
Umm, because its their job to provide Eagles fans with news ASAP.

We are the reason, bottom line.

If i were in his position i’d have done the exact same thing. Stop acting like Reid wasnt going to confirm the Bradley injury under normal circumstances. But some (or several) idiot reporters had to try to jump the gun to be “the first one to break the news”

That would have pissed me off too. Andy is pretty vague normally in his PC’s. Ok vague isnt really the word :)… but he has promised time and time again to be truthful and open about the injury front as long as reporters wait to get it from him. Remember how NOBODY had any official word on the TO injury until 2004… then we all gathered around the TV to watch the PC with Reid and Burkholder. Thats because thats the way it should be. Let everyone come to one sourse at the same time and get the right story. In theory that should remove any chance for a story to be reported incorrectly.

Andy Reid for the win

yes Belichick was who i was referring to. and 700level and green have said what i was going to..

It really irks me the way that outlets like ESPN pretty much crucify anyone who ever mentions anything bad about the media. Its like they are all this big club that thinks there should be no private business in the world. Like, “How dare so and so not tell us this or that”

Face it. The media LOVES to start stuff, even if its not true just to get a reaction. Then they act like they’re the most innocent people on the earth. Just for the people or whatever. BS

It was a pissing match between Andy and the reporters. Andy was childish, but all this crying and whining by the local media is as well.

In the end, fans are the only ones who suffer.

While Andy Reid’s actions may be discourteous to reporters, this article is the only thing “unprofessional” that has happened.

They’re acting as if this information would’ve never been disclosed if they didn’t squeeze it out of Bradley ASAP.

Yeah i know someone else is going to reply to this about whether or not athletes and coaches would have jobs without fans and reporters, but Didy lost my respect a little with this

i honestly can see both sides of the story. i really respect ray diddy. i think he has a tremendous knowledge of the game and is one of the finest eagles historians in the country. however, his article did seem a tad childish. he could have voiced his opinion a little differently.

having said that, reid is renown for withholding information from the fans who deserve to know the goings on of the team. i want to know about stewart bradley’s health straight from the horse’s mouth. i don’t want to be punished because some reporters crossed the line. i’m not in 2nd grade anymore. i shouldn’t have to put my head on the desk because three other kids were talking too loudly in class.

case in point. jason said it best…

It was a pissing match between Andy and the reporters.

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Totally agree with Andy’s actions on this one. It’s not “unprofessional” to set some ground rules, in fact it’s just the opposite. It’s not like he was saying they’ll never get the news, he just wants to create some order out of the chaotic one-upsmanship that takes place in the media. Didinger just sounds like a whiny bitch in this article, and most of the time he’s complaining about the treatment of himself and other reporters, not the fans. What I find unprofessional is Didinger wasting his time with a retaliation article, as well as reporters basically harassing StewBrad after an injury that was surely devastating to him. Love Didi on the post game show, but he can shove it on this issue.

To me, the most fascinating part of the article was learning that R Diddy doesn’t own a cell phone. Wow.

Maybe he can trade in one of those god-awful brown suits of his and buy a damn phone!