Peter King

[goalmouth]

Moved to Boston to get closer to Brady, Belichick and Co., and the best he can do in MMQB is a wire service snippet quote from Brady? But that didn't stop him from giving Brady cover in Audigate in a bid to curry favor with the Pats.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I've never gotten the sense that King is as tight with Brady as he is with Favre or Manning. Actually, I've never gotten the sense that Brady is tight with any writers, but I could be wrong.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

That's why he moved to Boston, eh?

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

curious, goalmouth, why do you say he gave Brady cover for the car accident?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Back in my day, Brady enjoyed civil, even pleasant relations with all reporters, but confided in none. Smart man.

 

[DanOregon]

I thought he moved to Boston because of Dave Loggins.

 

[JohnnyChan]

Bravo, Dan

 

[JC]

Moved to Boston to get closer to Brady, Belichick and Co., and the best he can do in MMQB is a wire service snippet quote from Brady? But that didn't stop him from giving Brady cover in Audigate in a bid to curry favor with the Pats.

Cover from what? If there's a story, you're a reporter, write it.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Re: Peter King

I guess he'll try Denver and LA next

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Back in my day, Brady enjoyed civil, even pleasant relations with all reporters, but confided in none. Smart man.

Very smart.

 

[Pancamo]

Is his daughter still working for the Seahawks? I'm sure she got that job on her own.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Is his daughter still working for the Seahawks? I'm sure she got that job on her own.

For some reason, I remembered this buried in MMQB a few years ago, so I googled:

I think in the interest of full disclosure, I want to report that my daughter, Mary Beth King, has taken a PR internship with the Seattle Seahawks for the season. It's going to sound hollow to say I had nothing to do with it, but I didn't. She applied without telling me. New family rule: Mary Beth does not share conversations with Matt Hasselbeck or Mike Holmgren with her father.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/07/20/mmqb/2.html

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Is his daughter still working for the Seahawks? I'm sure she got that job on her own.

I don't think she is.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

She could have applied without telling him and he still helped her get the job.

That's not her fault. That's not his fault. That's just reality.

 

[BYH]

I've never gotten the sense that King is as tight with Brady as he is with Favre or Manning. Actually, I've never gotten the sense that Brady is tight with any writers, but I could be wrong.

That's the Patriot Way.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I've never gotten the sense that King is as tight with Brady as he is with Favre or Manning. Actually, I've never gotten the sense that Brady is tight with any writers, but I could be wrong.

That's the Patriot Way.

I wonder how much of it has to do with Belichick and how much has to do with his two high profile relationships.

Whatever he's doing, he's doing it right because he seemed all but given a pass for ditching the pregnant girlfriend, although it probably doesn't hurt that she has a rep for being a nutjob. Maybe his people started that rumor.

 

[Boom_70]

I've never found King to be on his knees for The Pats like he does for some other teams.

 

[BYH]

I've never gotten the sense that King is as tight with Brady as he is with Favre or Manning. Actually, I've never gotten the sense that Brady is tight with any writers, but I could be wrong.

That's the Patriot Way.

I wonder how much of it has to do with Belichick and how much has to do with his two high profile relationships.

Whatever he's doing, he's doing it right because he seemed all but given a pass for ditching the pregnant girlfriend, although it probably doesn't hurt that she has a rep for being a nutjob. Maybe his people started that rumor.

Brady's getting a pass for that hideous haircut too.

And that is the Patriot Way: Polite but extremely distant. Don't give anyone any ammo for the "Patriots hate the media" storyline, but don't offer up anything other than distant professionalism. Drew Bledsoe had his guys in the press. That didn't work out all that well for him in the end.

Nobody says anything of note and everyone toes the company line. It's really admirable how Belichick has done this in the age of 24/7 media. I'm not sure anybody else could pull it off. Or maybe it is pulled off but in smaller markets and I don't notice, I dunno.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

There have been candid Patriots in the Belichick era -- Rodney Harrison, Corey Dillon, Tedi Bruschi, and, when he talks, Randy Moss. The thing is, however, when a team is winning and winning big, what is there to talk about that isn't plain vanilla in terms of newsworthiness.
Happy families are all alike. Goes for football teams, too. And happiness, while a cherished condition, is seldom exciting copy.

 

[BYH]

But even Moss got called into the principal's office and then did damage control afterward.

I bet Dennis Green, Norv Turner, et al, are wishing they had the Belichick magic potion when it comes to dealing with Moss.