Am I A Blogger In the Basement In my Underwear?

Great post. And, thank you.

funny story: I am currently working 30 hours a week while going to school full time to eventually attain the same type of degree mr. feaster currently holds.

yes, I do spend a fair amount of time in the basement in my underwear. this time is called “sleep”.

also arik I heart you and we will be friends for ever

We can all thank the immortal Eklund for the never dissipating stigma that sticks to bloggers due to his rumor mongering. That doesn’t excuse those in the MSM and front offices that casually toss it out as if it were accurate, of course.

Bloggers seem to have that reputation with a lot of different leagues, it’s not just the Flames and their management

while i might be guilty of rumourmongering for a laugh on a single, solitary occasion (and it might’ve involved jarome), i find the “blogging-in-underwear” stereotype as bullshit as so many racial epithets that have come before.

also ? if feaster was referring to me, specifically, making up rumours i think that’s AWESOME.

And, I’m talking about Feaster’s press conference.

I hate how he Americanizes the pronunciation of Giordano.

He says, Gee-or-don-oh. And, right after they re-played that scrum, the doofus doing the update on 960 said the same thing,

With all due respect to Arik and any other Americano’s … it’s Gee-or-DAN-oh.

These are the real issues, gang.

Great piece AJ.

Feaster should really apologize for that kind of comment, and is clearly not in touch with the currrent media world.

As you noted several of these “basement dwellers” on SBN are journalism students. I guess he also doesn’t realize that James Mirtle was one of the first SBN hockey guys.

Not sure where your overall relationship is with the Calgary media, but we’ve earned a great amount of respect from several key Montreal guys who recognize and acknowledge our work.

I had the chance to meet Haley at the Heritage Classic and she did a great job there. At the same time, I dug up a couple pieces of info/asked some good questions in the scrums before the MSMers could. I got some good response from the “big boys” for my work.

They know that I and the EOTP crew do this as a part time basis, and are scattered across Canada, and they also know that we give them equal respect, even if our opinions differ.

What separates SBN, and other good blogs, from the MSM is their ability to think outside the box in terms of analysis, and they don’t just look at the score sheet.

Unfortunately the Canadiens do not offer creds to online media (team policy), but do keep us on their press release lists. It’s a step in the right direction for us.

Montreal has the biggest rumor mill going in the NHL, and it’s fueled by MSMers. So fortunately for us, Pierre Gauthier can’t call out anyone, especially bloggers in that manner.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go upstairs and put on my pants.

I’m a little late for the dance on this one but nice post Arik. Its holiday party season. Feaster is such a puppet that speaks out of his rear that I’m glad his true colors are starting to come out. And honestly, he does what he’s told and it wouldn’t surprise me if in fact they were considering trades for Jarome. This is just spin if you ask me…but its a poor job of it. But to throw bloggers under the bus is absolutely bushleague…it’s an easy way out for a guy who doesn’t want to piss off the mainstream hockey media because he doesn’t know just how soon he’ll become a part of them again. I wonder if he was in his basement and underwear when you used to blog nonsense for THN (his job prior to becoming K Squared’s lieutenant).

Way to go to bat for yourself and the whole community Arik!

I just heard about Feaster’s comments during the game last night (had the Flames feed online) and did a silent facepalm. You give a great rebuttal and I appreciate your passion for blogging and desire to see it shown more respect.