(04-20-2020, 04:23 PM)jagshype Wrote:

(04-20-2020, 04:17 PM)JagsorDie Wrote: IMO this is stupid for yan to attempt to provoke the office in this manner. But i also don’t think the owners son/ a member of our front office should be engaging a player in a public arena. I don’t care what is said, let him stick his foot in his mouth and don’t respond.

I think the old saying goes “ never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you will experience.”


It isn’t helping anything. If he wants to act like the bigger/more mature side, pick up the phone and call him. this didn’t make his stock go up so there isn’t a winner in this. IMO The jags may have lost value in a player and the player may have extended his stay. Neither come out on top when they act like this.

Players with social media have entered the narrative building arena. Sports media builds narratives based on players social media.

Teams and owners no longer have that monopoly of controlling the media narrative.
Only way to get it back is to enter the social media arena.
Tony had to step up and defend and he did it well.

I guess that is where we see it differently. I don’t think entering these types of exchanges makes them a winner or in control. They already hold the keys to his career with his contract, why do they need to win a meaningless argument on social media? I also don’t think they need to regain a foothold on the social media side of things. At least not the front office. I just don’t think it yields a winner on either side. And given our recent history in the front office, I just don’t think it looks good. 

Maybe some fans will side with him, but do you think players around the league are looking at this positively? Some might say that doesn’t matter, but I think it does.

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