Nice rant, thunder.

I actually think Tim Russert was a horrible journalist, in the “Shape of the earth: opinions vary” kind of way. His journalism was just stenography: writing down what both sides said, even if one side of the story was ridiculous, and calling the result fair. A good journalist doesn’t present everything as a he-said/she-said story. Instead, she does some work and uncovers new information. Tim Russert didn’t report, he mediated.

Woody’s latest thing is taking shots at blogs. Not really sure why—he can’t possibly feel professionally threatened. I think he’s just being an ass.

Thats Woody’s problem. He thinks that he is entitled to access to McD. Shanny gave him access why shouldn’t McD? Shanny used Woody, Woody used Shanny. McD comes in doesn’t play that game, Woody does the only political thing he can do. Bash McD.

can’t stand his disingenious fan support……go cry in your weeties at home whiner…..talkin to Woody there…..appreciate the post!

When (or if, I guess) Orton starts, people will just roll their eyes and smugly retort that, obviously Orton’s the starter, McD is too proud to admit he was wrong on Kyle.

Of course, starting Quinn will also mean McD is wrong – seeing as the man he traded our franchise QB for is nothing but a backup.

When McD was hired to be an NFL HC, he was only 32. I bet some writers in the media have some deep-rooted resentment for any young man making much more than they will ever see. I bet this goes to the root of the vitriol directed at McD.

And when some of these same people thought Cutler was the answer in Denver, watching him get traded just added fuel to the fire that was already burning.

THere are many people, including Woody Paige and MANY of his colleagues, who are just jealous of Josh McDaniels because he was hired as an NFL head coach at the ripe age of 32 years old. This is a HUGE reason why so many fans hate McDaniels as well. They believe that because he is young, he is not capable of making executive decisions.

Couldn’t be more wrong. McDaniels knows what it takes to build a winner, and people who are older than him simply cannot stand it. I know a guy who is a HUGE Broncos fan, always has been, who consistently makes references to our head coach wearing diapers and saying, “you can’t havea KID making decisions”.

In a word. BULLCRAP. If McDaniels wasn’t the right man for the job, Bowlen would have never hired the guy. He would never have given him the vote of confidence that he has. There’s a guy over at Bleacher Report named Chaz Mattson who holds an enormous grudge against McDaniels because this guy (Chaz) felt he was a better candidate for the Broncos’ vacant head coaching job.

Baloney. Josh McDaniels is a very, VERY smart man, and not just about football. People like Chaz, Woody, my friend, and other McD haters cannot be objective because he simply is younger than they. It’s unfair and I think we can all agree: IT’S ANNOYING.

There seems to be quite a bit of ranting going around these days, but I definently agree, Woody is a bit off when it comes to something he is supposed to write about.

With little or no real news to write about it seems the opinion column is all that is left. I take those with a grain of salt because they have no ‘real’ meaning to them. Woody’s opinion might not agree with ours, but he is man enough to say what’s on his mind if he wants to. The Denver Post has a group of writers over there who make me think that there allegance is to sale papers in any way they can and when there is a slow down of anything worth reporting they resort ot the opinion side of it. When I go over to the Post it is for nothing other than news, the rest of their garbage goes in the trash.

I don’t read woody Paige unless he’s in horse tracks

He found a niche, let him exploit it. MHR is more concerned with the overall product.

Seems to me Woody could have benefited greatly from a recent MHR topic regarding name calling and finger pointing. I wrote him an e-mail to that effect a couple of weeks ago and let’s just say his response was immensely underwhelming. Of course, I did mention that MHR was gaining more and more of my attention and less and less of his:O) If he and the Post want to keep digging their own grave all he has to do is continue in the current vein.

last night too. I was just as angry as you are. That comment about McD not admitting he was wrong REALLY ticked me off. Woody is acting like a child. He is not acting like a professional. If I wanted to read people bash about McD I would go to a Chargers blog.

everything McD does but its his team that chaz dude needs to get madden 10 and let the growup run denver i have farth in him to win games

They’ve lost creditability with me as a Broncos Fan. Seems they don’t do enough research or lack the ability to communicate with the Front Office of the Broncos. I no longer go to DP for my updates until the very last after browsing MHR and Internet first. Sad, I can remember when the press in Denver stood behind the team all they’ve done now is alienate the franchise. Sad DP doesn’t have anyone who can get the scoop from the people who know [McD’s staff].
Thank you MHR.

You also have to remember that with Main stream media they do not always have a choice as to the article written. For instance, the editors often come to them and say “write a piece on why McDaniels is great” publish it on monday, and have another Journalist write a piece on why McDaniels is terrible to be published on tuesday. I am not saying these guys are always accurate, or even honest, just saying it is not in there control.

I have exchanged e-mails with several of the Denver Post journalists during the season last year (Woody actually posted part of our correspondence as a mailbag question)http://www.denverpost.com/woodysmailbag/ci_13613687. Most of them try an report what they can, but often it is out of thier control.