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Originally Posted by irish
What I am saying is those nuggests are fed to the fan by the media. Its second hand info that may or may not be accurate. Fans can be very knowledgeable but that knowledge has a high potential to be inaccurate. Unless that fan or media person is actually sitting in the team meetings (which they are not) they dont know for certain what the team is really doing.
Warpath fans have a level of inside access that non-warpath fans dont. That said, I think the average sam sixpack fan has no inside access and never had more conversation with a player or coach than "can I have your autograph".
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Regardless of what comes from the media, we also watch every game, and a lot of us watch every game 2-3 times and pick apart every play. I'll take a well informed fan's opinion over Joe Schmoe Yahoo.com sports writer any day.
The fact is most fans have a better idea of what's going on with their team than most journalists in the media, unless we're talking about local journalists that are focused on the Skins like the Wash. Post, Wash. Times, etc.