Ingram re-signs with Saints merged

AsthmaField · Mar 7, 2015

Dave_in-NC said:
He's always so confident that he's hit the mark. like he has all the inside info. Then when he misses he comes right back arrogant.
Makes no sense.

Really, that's my only complaint about Broaddus. When he is simply giving his opinion, like he did on Marinelli going to tampa, he states it like it is a fact. Like, "Marinelli is a loyal guy. He's going to want to be in Tampa with Lovie. Too bad because he's a great D Coordinator. He was just getting things going in Dallas. They will probably promote Eberflus who I think will be pretty good."

Like it is a foregone conclusion or something. That is bad enough if it is just Joe Blow out here on the message boards... but when you write for Dallas Cowboys.com and state opinion like it is fact, then there are going to be gobs of people who start spouting off what was initially just a gut feeling as if it came from Stephen Jones himself. He can tell people at the beginning of his tirade that it is his "gut feeling" all he wants, but many will hear it as real inside info and believe it to be the truth.

*shrug* I don't know man, but when I was growing up my Father told me to be very clear if I wasn't sure about something because if you state it like you know for 100% fact, people will believe you. Then when you're proven wrong, it will hurt your credibility. Even if you are almost sure, be careful to tell people that you don't know for sure. If you don't then when you're telling something that you know is a sure enough fact, people will still doubt you.

So, I guess this probably rubs me the wrong way more than most... but it is a for sure pet peeve of mine.

It would be more tolerable if he would just say, I don't know for sure but I really do think Marinelli goes to be with Lovie in Tampa. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I think right now. I haven't heard anything but if I had to guess, I'd say he moves.

Dave_in-NC · Mar 7, 2015

AsthmaField said:
Really, that's my only complaint about Broaddus. When he is simply giving his opinion, like he did on Marinelli going to tampa, he states it like it is a fact. Like, "Marinelli is a loyal guy. He's going to want to be in Tampa with Lovie. Too bad because he's a great D Coordinator. He was just getting things going in Dallas. They will probably promote Eberflus who I think will be pretty good."

Like it is a foregone conclusion or something. That is bad enough if it is just Joe Blow out here on the message boards... but when you write for Dallas Cowboys.com and state opinion like it is fact, then there are going to be gobs of people who start spouting off what was initially just a gut feeling as if it came from Stephen Jones himself. He can tell people at the beginning of his tirade that it is his "gut feeling" all he wants, but many will hear it as real inside info and believe it to be the truth.

*shrug* I don't know man, but when I was growing up my Father told me to be very clear if I wasn't sure about something because if you state it like you know for 100% fact, people will believe you. Then when you're proven wrong, it will hurt your credibility. Even if you are almost sure, be careful to tell people that you don't know for sure. If you don't then when you're telling something that you know is a sure enough fact, people will still doubt you.

So, I guess this probably rubs me the wrong way more than most... but it is a for sure pet peeve of mine.

I just watched a show no more than an hour ago where he was so sure Ingram was going to be a Cowboy. He almost had me convinced.
Then this. Guys a jerk.

Nightman · Mar 7, 2015

AsthmaField said:
Really, that's my only complaint about Broaddus. When he is simply giving his opinion, like he did on Marinelli going to tampa, he states it like it is a fact. Like, "Marinelli is a loyal guy. He's going to want to be in Tampa with Lovie. Too bad because he's a great D Coordinator. He was just getting things going in Dallas. They will probably promote Eberflus who I think will be pretty good."

Like it is a foregone conclusion or something. That is bad enough if it is just Joe Blow out here on the message boards... but when you write for Dallas Cowboys.com and state opinion like it is fact, then there are going to be gobs of people who start spouting off what was initially just a gut feeling as if it came from Stephen Jones himself. He can tell people at the beginning of his tirade that it is his "gut feeling" all he wants, but many will hear it as real inside info and believe it to be the truth.

*shrug* I don't know man, but when I was growing up my Father told me to be very clear if I wasn't sure about something because if you state it like you know for 100% fact, people will believe you. Then when you're proven wrong, it will hurt your credibility. Even if you are almost sure, be careful to tell people that you don't know for sure. If you don't then when you're telling something that you know is a sure enough fact, people will still doubt you.

So, I guess this probably rubs me the wrong way more than most... but it is a for sure pet peeve of mine.

It would be more tolerable if he would just say, I don't know for sure but I really do think Marinelli goes to be with Lovie in Tampa. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I think right now. I haven't heard anything but if I had to guess, I'd say he moves.

My Dad said "If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging"

These media guys just double down and grab another shovel.

Dave_in-NC · Mar 7, 2015

bkight13 said:
My Dad said "If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging"

These media guys just double down and grab another shovel.

Truth.

casmith07 · Mar 7, 2015

Broaddus is a blowhard.

WPBCowboysFan · Mar 7, 2015

bkight13 said:
My Dad said "If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging"

These media guys just double down and grab another shovel.

Its not just the media guys. We have posters here that double down on their double downs.

LatinMind · Mar 7, 2015

Then romo should take out his checkbook

AsthmaField · Mar 7, 2015

Dave_in-NC said:
I just watched a show no more than an hour ago where he was so sure Ingram was going to be a Cowboy. He almost had me convinced.
Then this. Guys a jerk.

He just doesn't do a very good job of giving the disclaimer that it is merely his opinion. He states fact and opinion with equal enthusiasm and it is very hard for the fans out here to differentiate between the two, and too often his opinion is getting bandied around like fact.

mattjames2010 · Mar 7, 2015

LatinMind said:
Then romo should take out his checkbook

He's already done as much as a player can do to help the Cowboys sign FA's.

mattjames2010 · Mar 7, 2015

CyberB0b said:
Which he will flat out tell you. He is paid to give his opinion, so he must be doing something right.

Yeah, that's modern day reporting for you. Paid for "opinions".

Dave_in-NC · Mar 7, 2015

LatinMind said:
Then romo should take out his checkbook

Yeah, he hasn't done enough.

cowboyvic · Mar 7, 2015

LatinMind said:
Then romo should take out his checkbook

Not his job. it's Jerry's job to take out his checkbook. Pay Murray and Dez, and go win a championship for the first time in 19 years.

Avery · Mar 7, 2015

Sign Murray and Peterson and we would run the ball 50 times a game.

Mansta54 · Mar 7, 2015

casmith07 said:
Broaddus is a blowhard.

Yes he is and if you listen closely he really says absolutely nothing, he starts topics and doesn't finish them, he hmmms and hummms on and on without saying a damn thing. The guy is really full of himself.

Dave_in-NC · Mar 7, 2015

WPBCowboysFan said:
Its not just the media guys. We have posters here that double down on their double downs.

Yeah, not the same to me though. We double down on our convictions. We don't get paid to know what's going on. We know only a handful of posters actually know "sources" Those guys act like they get every thing right out of the front office, then when it goes bust it becomes their opinions.

dogunwo · Mar 7, 2015

MichaelWinicki said:
And the interest moves to Spiller/Mathews...

It will be interesting to see what he signed for.

As much as I love Spilled, would we even use him right? Dunbar is a poor man's version of him, and we barely saw him.

dillinger319 · Mar 7, 2015

MichaelWinicki said:
True.

I think Mathews (who's a decent back) could come into play here.

I hope not, he doesn't know how to stay healthy.

cej757 · Mar 7, 2015

Wolf2k5 said:
Damn. Guy can't make a prediction w/o everyone getting all up in his case about being wrong. Wish I knew how to post the beating a dead horse animation lol

Broaddus deserves to get ripped by fans. He constantly calls out fans on his show or on Twitter.

CyberB0b · Mar 7, 2015

mattjames2010 said:
Yeah, that's modern day reporting for you. Paid for "opinions".

He's not a reporter. Never has been. His title is football analyst/scout. He is paid to give his opinion, not report fact. He's no more a reporter than Kelsey Charles is. He's on a show called Talkin' Cowboys. That is what he does.

Kevinicus · Mar 7, 2015

So...I guess the draft is over? And I guess somehow the Saints re-signing Ingram means the Cowboys weren't very interested?

I don't understand this logic.

Ingram re-signs with Saints *merged*

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