Laughing in the face of a loss or why reporters get a bad rap

We'll all look back on this in a few years and laugh.

 

That's what I was thinking, and I like to think that's how I would have answered if I were Derek Anderson. I also like to think I wouldn't stare at my receiver for five seconds before throwing him the ball if I were Derek Anderson.

 

C'mon. That's just reverse psychology. The defense thinks he's a decoy if you're locked on him for a millennium or so.

 

It just sounded to me like the reporter knew the answer he was waiting for, and he wasn't going to let up until he got it. Unfortunately for him, he got it the first time and kept pushing the issue.

 

How did he get the answer the first time? Anderson said he wasn't laughing. That was a flat-out lie.

 

Why is that unfortunate for him? His name and voice are all over the place today.

 

There should be a fine line between acting like Anderson and acting like Vince Young.

 

So his name and his voice are all over the place? With split results. Half the people, journalists included, think he's a douche. Just another case of the writer making the story about himself.

 

I fully understand what he was doing. He probably went a little too far with it, but I'm sure most of us have at some point if we didn't get the answer we wanted.

If the Cardinals had fans, they would shred Somers for it.

 

it was a fair question and the follow only went the way it did because Anderson dodged, he turned it into "you're saying I don't work hard" when the actual question was what's funny? Truth is Anderson probably didn't even know. For all the people all over the reporter, just as many would probably be criticizing him for going soft if he let him off with the the lie and no follow.

 

His story is probably being linked all over the place. You think he really gives two shits if a few people think he's a douche? Would you?

Anyway...

 

I get that the reporter probably was in a tough spot. I think it says more about the sports-viewing world in general. Here in the Northeast, Sox fans are all over JD Drew because he doesn't show much emotion, whether he's hitting a grand slam or into a double play in the ninth.

So the guy was laughing after a bad, bad loss. It happens. He's human. If we had a monster typo in a 100-point headline after the paper goes to press, can we not laugh about it when all is said and done?