Re: Did anyone hear Leo Papile on the radio last night?

[Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- You wrote:
+++ It's typical of stupid people to think that everybody else is stupid and
they are smarter than anybody else. It fits Wallace and Papile to a T.
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Yes, perhaps.  Don't take this the wrong way, but you must see how that
statement could apply to all of us?  We all think ourselves smarter or more
knowledgeable than we really are at times.  If y'all think Wallace and Papile
are total idiots, you must see the irony in your own statement, right?
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I considered it while writing it. But the difference is, I don't think
everybody else is stupid, just that Wallace and Papile are. And even they are
stupid only in a limited sense  - in some ways, W & P are probably really
clever, such as knowing how to schmooze the owners and the media and being able
to sell your ideas to them, no matter how dead wrong they are. Only that can
explain their getting and retaining their jobs, as well as the honeymoon with
the media that lasted for years. 

--- You wrote:
+++ That one wasn't a group decision, it was all Red.
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You're so sure of this because you read it on the Internet?  I know the reports
that said Forte was Red's pick.  I know the reports that refuted it.  How can
you be so sure?
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I was being sarcastic. They've blamed it on Red numerous times, and maybe it
WAS his pick. I don't  know for sure. But who's running the team, Wallace or
Red? If they thought Red was wrong on Forte, why did they pick him?

--- You wrote:
P.S. You gotta think Chris Wallace and Leo Papile are gone at the end of the
season, anyway, don't you?  I mean, the impression I get (and I admit it's only
an impression) from the new owners is that they'll want to bring it their own
guys.  New owners always bring in their own guys, eventually.  Not mid-season. 
And, you know, unless Baker starts playing much better, or Wallace pulls off
another season-saving trade (he doesn't get nearly enough credit for the
Delk-Rogers trade) I don't see how he's going to have enough evidence to save
his job... .
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The Rogers-Delk/Johnson trade was fine, but 1) it only came about in the first
place because JJ was a bad pick; 2) Wallace didn't foresee that that he
wouldn't be able to sign Rogers. So, is Delk for the #10 pick such a great
trade? I don't know. To use Wallace's second favorite retort, who would you
rather have, Delk or Jefferson/ Parker/ Randolph?  
Anyway, I hope you're right about Wallace's status. The latest 'no comment'
from Grousbeck is encouraging. Let's hope that the earlier statements of
support for the BDT were just good manners. 

The BDT must go!

Kestas