Jay Mariotti has a column again, for some reason

[buckweaver]

Is that his own website or did some supposedly rational human decide he was an asset?

It's Jonathan Eig's site. It's been pretty good ... until this.

 

[Meatie Pie]

The self-pity in the Pearlman piece is off the charts. Even a video of a guy burning his book.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Soon to be back in full coach-firing mode.

Same old bore.

In business to stoke the "fire the manager/coach" flames in all Hannity-loving-variety loosars.

 

[Dick Whitman]

BTW, that site also includes a wah-wah from Jeff Pearlman that not enough Chicagoans bought his book.

Were there any left to buy after you organized that book-burning? :)

 

[Dick Whitman]

Really, Pearlman only has Sports Illustrated to blame for the Chicago reaction. I mean, he has stupid Chicago people to blame, too. But between battling SI and battling human nature, SI would have been the easier fight.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Why can't I see the reader comments?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Why can't I see the reader comments?

Are you checking it on your phone? I couldn't find the comments there either. On my computer they were Facebook comments on the right side.

 

[Joe Williams]

Hadn't read the comments. But just checked and they're there. They're doozies too.

Aside from the one-time clicks that might be generated by the morbidly curious, can't see the upside in this for ChicagoSide. This guy was more despised than appreciated by most Chicago sports fans who paid any attention to him at all. A cynical move by this otherwise forward-thinking Web site.

 

[Meatie Pie]

The L.A. County posturing was guaranteed to go over just great on a Chicago sports site.

 

[poindexter]

The L.A. County posturing was guaranteed to go over just great on a Chicago sports site.

Everything Jay has written for three years includes love letters to the Santa Monica bar scene. When he defended himself on Whitlock's podcasts, it was clear his life revolved around the stupid bars visits. Being a barfly in trendy So Cal dives is hardly a way to build credentials after a career flameout.

Dude needs counseling. Or at least a serious image consultant.

 

[LongTimeListener]

It sounds like he has turned into the stereotypical ex-jock. Which is funny considering he never was the jock.

 

[Moderator1]

Why can't I see the reader comments?

Are you logged into Facebook?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Why can't I see the reader comments?

Are you logged into Facebook?

No... That might be it...

 

[Moderator1]

You can apparently rip him through Yahoo, too

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Yeah, I saw them... The first one is the best one...

 

[spikechiquet]

Yeah, I saw them... The first one is the best one...

Written by a Boiler nonetheless. Must be a Chicago native. But it was well done.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Yeah, I saw them... The first one is the best one...

Written by a Boiler nonetheless.

Who helped him edit it into a coherent post?

 

[Zeke12]

For anyone familiar, that first graph might as well have been written by @DadBoner of Twitter fame.

Of course, DadBoner is a parody.

 

[tmr]

One of the proprietors of the site noted in the comments that the person who wrote this _ "From one huge jackass to another... I guess Mariotti was perfect for this topic." _ "gets it." For a site trying to get a foothold in the city, this was a coup.

 

[Double Down]

This comment is truly the best of the bunch.

Jay is right. Doesn't watching Cutler's Bears just make you want to tear your girlfriend's hair out?