Revis takes a break from shutting down WRs to shut down Fatcesa

[Uncle.Ruckus]

I'm surprised anyone from the Jets has anything to do with his show.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7132369/new-york-jets-had-darrelle-revis-hang-wfan-francesa

 

[YGBFKM]

Slightly off topic, but Rex Ryan is quickly becoming his father -- a guy who was a hell of a coordinator but whose mouth got the best of him as a coach. Granted, Rex already has had a lot more postseason success than Buddy, but his schtick is losing its effectiveness by the sound byte.

 

[playthrough]

Mushnick will slightly enjoy this.

 

[outofplace]

The only mistake the Jets PR guy made was actually apologizing to that asshole. Well, that and not telling Revis to hang up sooner.

 

[SixToe]

Why is this **** even considered news? It's not.

Revis hung up on a guy. Big ****ing deal.

 

[imjustagirl]

Ian Begley is a YFS.

 

[Moderator1]

I saw Ian recently at a Redskins game. Didn't know he'd moved on to ESPN-NY, which I thought was a full-time gig for him. Not sure I understand why it was a "special" tag.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

The "Special to ESPN.com" is a complicated one... There are a lot of full-time ESPN employees that get that tag because they don't technically work for the dotcom. They're very territorial there. I think Peter Gammons was always a "Special to" and John Clayton might have been as well...

It's idiotic, but it's ESPN...

 

[imjustagirl]

A.) I don't know why it's "special to" either for Ian.
B.) Neither Gammons nor Clayton were "special to." They were bylined.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gammons/story?id=2009468

 

[imjustagirl]

I've never seen that layout or those colors. I have no idea what that page is or when it's from..

But anything that appeared on ESPN.com, at least for the past several years has looked like this:

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/columns/story?columnist=gammons_peter&id=4713658

So, probably not "was always."

 

[Boom_70]

Here is interview. Seems like Francesa thought he was having loose banter with Revis and Revis misunderstood and thought he was being badgered.

The Jets have egg on their face for this one. Having the PR guy jump in seemed a tad big brotherish.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/?podcast_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.podtrac.com%2Fpts%2Fredirect.mp3%2Fnyc.podcast.play.it%2Fmedia%2Fd0%2Fd0%2Fd0%2FdZ%2Fd1%2FdL%2FdF%2FZ1LF_3.MP3%3Fauthtok%3D5561594259604811554_zuCm4fvJpL4g2Q0C9zcdYLAbpZA&podcast_name=Darrelle+Revis+-+With+Mike+Francesa&podcast_artist=Mike+Francesa&station_id=91&tag=&dcid=CBS.NY

 

[outofplace]

Here is interview. Seems like Francesa thought he was having loose banter with Revis and Revis misunderstood and thought he was being badgered.

The Jets have egg on their face for this one. Having the PR guy jump in seemed a tad big brotherish.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/?podcast_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.podtrac.com%2Fpts%2Fredirect.mp3%2Fnyc.podcast.play.it%2Fmedia%2Fd0%2Fd0%2Fd0%2FdZ%2Fd1%2FdL%2FdF%2FZ1LF_3.MP3%3Fauthtok%3D5561594259604811554_zuCm4fvJpL4g2Q0C9zcdYLAbpZA&podcast_name=Darrelle+Revis+-+With+Mike+Francesa&podcast_artist=Mike+Francesa&station_id=91&tag=&dcid=CBS.NY

Sorry, but not buying it. Francesca knew exactly what he was doing. He does it all the time. And if he's pissing the player off, I have no problem at all with the PR guy stepping in, though the more professional option would be to ask Francesca to move on.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

 

[SixToe]

Part of the PR guy's job is to protect his players or staff, make sure they don't say anything idiotic and to help them with the interview (if he's with them).

He shouldn't apologize for telling Revis to hang up if the radio guy was being a prick. It would be no different than an SID suggesting a coach or player move along to avoid a more combative situation. In some instances it's just better to stop and regroup later than to dive into a morass of **** that won't be good for the person or program.