PFT: LaCanfora to NFLN

Could this be the next Insider?

D.C. Sports Bog - Meet Tracee Hamilton, New Sports Columnist (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/05/meet_tracee_hamilton_new_sport.html)

Just reminding everyone to watch a new dawn on NBC Saturday at 7 it's about our past season and expectations for this year with zorn

Just reminding everyone to watch a new dawn on NBC Saturday at 7 it's about our past season and expectations for this year with zorn

Thanks Nick. This is the first I've heard about it.

My sarcasm meter was broken, giving BHA a hard time because of the length of his posts.


yea i know. i was just messin with you. :food-smil

He's still there, unless something has changed the past few months that I missed.

But it's like this. We (the media) are admittedly constantly pushing the limits of our relationships with teams, players, coaches, etc. Likewise they with us. So we could, for example, maybe go a little too far with the Washington Wizards as far as what we report. And we'd get a call "Hey, we said that in confidence. We don't appreciate what you did..." Ok, sorry. We apologize, forgive, and move on. With the Skins though, and keep in mind this is from my experience with them from 7 years ago, one mistake and that was it. You were done. There was no opportunity to explain or justify. Once they thought you had wronged them, you were persona non grata. You and I both kind of know that first hand.

Any idea why? Did they treat the media this way during the JKC years? 7 years ago would put us right around the whole Spurrier fiasco, and not too far removed from disastrous signings like Carrier, Deion, etc. Possibly this led to a frustration filled, low tolerance approach by Danny and Co? Just my speculation, but I'd love to hear what you know (or at least what you're willing to divulge).

I live in Southern California and i watch the Washington Post show everyday. JLC IMO seems negative towards the Redskins Organization. It's like he enjoys the Redskins lack of success. I think Redskins should try to keep some information from the media , like New England does. Somethings us fans do not need to know. If we find out so does all the other 31 teams. This is the age of lets see who can break the story first. Sorry but I wont miss JLC reporting info my Redskins.

fubu? seriously? wow.

I didn't even know you could still buy fubu.

I always got the feeling he's a super douche for some reason. Now maybe it was just the stench of poseur.
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He was probably the kid who got cut from every sport he tried out for.

Any idea why? Did they treat the media this way during the JKC years? 7 years ago would put us right around the whole Spurrier fiasco, and not too far removed from disastrous signings like Carrier, Deion, etc. Possibly this led to a frustration filled, low tolerance approach by Danny and Co? Just my speculation, but I'd love to hear what you know (or at least what you're willing to divulge).

I was pretty involved with them during the final Norv years, the Marty year and the first Spurrier year so I don't exactly know what it was like with JKC. But as I understand it, and from what I've been told, this low tolerance approach had something to do with the Redskins wanting to get more presence on the national stage as cable and Internet was starting to emerge and local sports (what I was working on) was starting to fade away. So whereas under previous regimes were the local guys where the first to get the scoop on many rumors, that was becoming less and less the case. So when we would get information off the record, (we being the local media) in our zeal to get some scoop, we'd often report it. Which is absolutely the wrong thing to do. Off the record is off the record. Ultimately, a balance was struck but at the beginning I know it was pretty tense.

I was pretty involved with them during the final Norv years, the Marty year and the first Spurrier year so I don't exactly know what it was like with JKC. But as I understand it, and from what I've been told, this low tolerance approach had something to do with the Redskins wanting to get more presence on the national stage as cable and Internet was starting to emerge and local sports (what I was working on) was starting to fade away. So whereas under previous regimes were the local guys where the first to get the scoop on many rumors, that was becoming less and less the case. So when we would get information off the record, (we being the local media) in our zeal to get some scoop, we'd often report it. Which is absolutely the wrong thing to do. Off the record is off the record. Ultimately, a balance was struck but at the beginning I know it was pretty tense.

Gotcha. So it's a combination of a bit of poor journalism ethics by some local folks and some thin skin from the, um, Skins.

Am I understanding you correctly that you guys (the local media I mean) felt you were being intentionally bypassed by your sources so they could give the first dibs on leads/stories to the national guys (presumably to gain more favor on the national media stage)?