Comments on: Surviving the Offseason, Part 3: The Nuances of Development https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2016/02/08/surviving-the-offseason-part-3-the-nuances-of-development/ An Introspective Steelers Site Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:20:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Surviving the Off Season, Part 5: Trashing Tomlin | Going Deep: https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2016/02/08/surviving-the-offseason-part-3-the-nuances-of-development/#comment-3017 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:20:24 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=4579#comment-3017 […] Surviving the Offseason Part 3: The Nuances of Development […]

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]]> By: Surviving the Off Season, Part 4: Someone’s Got to Pay | Going Deep: https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2016/02/08/surviving-the-offseason-part-3-the-nuances-of-development/#comment-2987 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 11:32:52 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=4579#comment-2987 […] Surviving the Offseason Part 3: The Nuances of Development […]

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]]> By: mtsnot https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2016/02/08/surviving-the-offseason-part-3-the-nuances-of-development/#comment-2943 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:20:27 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=4579#comment-2943 In reply to roxannafirehall.

I do the same thing. That site is basically dead to me now.

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]]> By: roxannafirehall https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2016/02/08/surviving-the-offseason-part-3-the-nuances-of-development/#comment-2938 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 21:06:41 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=4579#comment-2938 Not too harsh. Maybe not harsh enough. Such behaviors and enablers is why many, if not most of us are here. I rarely check in at the old place. If I do, it’s to check on breaking news, etc. I’ve taken away their ability to piss me off any more. Maybe a wry chuckle and a click to another site.

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]]> By: Bill S. https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2016/02/08/surviving-the-offseason-part-3-the-nuances-of-development/#comment-2937 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 18:20:58 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=4579#comment-2937 Eh…the Steelers will draft who they draft, I will read up on said players and move on until camp. Not even the steelers have any idea who they are going to take at this point. All of this mock draft stuff is just garbage.

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]]> By: elpalito https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2016/02/08/surviving-the-offseason-part-3-the-nuances-of-development/#comment-2936 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:32:35 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=4579#comment-2936 They do what they do to get the ‘clicks’. Kiper regrades a draft class because ESPN wants him to put out more content. It isn’t about quality, it is about quantity…of articles, of opinions (believed or not), of eyeballs.

Media – and it isn’t limited to the new venues, radio is just as bad — is about speaking to the lowest common denominator, because that’s where the most reaction will come from. It is about being able to blurt things out anonymously to continue an argument. Look at all the articles today on how Cam Newton is a terrible person for not ‘being classy’. The man just lost the biggest game of his life, in part because he played poorly. Yet the media wanted him to stand up there and be smiling? I am glad he showed his true emotion. We want the players to care, but when they show it… knock em down. That’s what gets clicks. That is what will get air time. I am sure Skip Bayless will be all over it. And the masses will revel in it.

The argument is about supply and demand. Childlike reactions are in because people want to hear childlike reactions…and because everyone can add to the fray.
I suppose that all sounds depressing…but I haven’t turned ESPN on in over 6 years and haven’t visited espn.com in over 4 years. My enjoyment of sports has increased since I did that.

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