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Originally Posted by Arky
McClain (if you believe him)
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You'd be an idiot to believe anything he says.
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Originally Posted by barrett
He would never report anything the Texans didn't want reported because his employment depends on access.
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It shouldn't be like this. Despite being an idiot he has, as BOB would say, a lot of juice. Before the Texans came along to ruin all of our lives Pancakes was the NFL reporter for what passes as the local newspaper. And unless I am very mistaken for the first few years of the Texans' existence he was not in fact the beat reporter; he remained the NFL at-large guy. Then the paper reigned him in, or, possibly, demoted him, and he became a Texans beat reporter.
It pains me to say it but he knows something about football and his rolodex is incredibly impressive. If he wanted to he could be a real journalist and maintain his access to the team. Plenty of real journalists push back against the people and entities they cover and find themselves continuing to cover their beat well. But, of course, he doesn't want to, and the media culture in Houston is such that consumers do not demand it.
This is not a chuck-Bob spat, though. I mean, sure, I dangled a worm and he took the bait. Big deal. It's easy to make him dance, especially after all these years. (He did call me a bigot. That was cool. Getting called a bigot by Bob makes me tingly all over.) As Arky points out this story is everywhere. And whatever our differences Bob and I aren't even disagreeing about the main points in the story line, at least not as far as I can tell. As barrett mentioned, the central thrusts of Bob's narratives can be challenging to unpack.
But you have to admit, this is fun, right? (It reminds me of the 1993 Oilers in a way. Team Turmoil. Of course the '93 Oilers had a quarterback.) The Texans are lining up for the firing squad. We all know it. If they get by Oakland (and if they don't that will be hilarious and the aftermath great fun to witness) they will be summarily executed by New England. My guess is that Belichick will show no mercy at all. And none will be warranted. At least now we have something entertaining to talk about. And it might even be real.