So, some of 'yous are pissed at me. Think I'm "KRONing" you? Think I have it in for you? No, not at all, Pixers, you've done a pretty good job of being the top pinata yourself. How so?
You undermine, embarrass ,and pull the rug out from under your own top sports guy. You let the 49ers bully you and make CBS look utterly foolish. You have lost almost all credibility in ANY matter involving Singletary, the team, its relationship with you and by extension, your relationship with your viewers.
I have NOTHING to do with that, so if you have issues with me, I'm not your thorn, YOU are.
And please, enough with the nonsense of trying to figure out where I'm getting my info from. Good luck. Fact is, you have good people over there, some damn good reporters and anchors, and a few lousy ones too.
Nobody's perfect, but mind the ship and worry about keeping them happy before the next round of layoffs take place.
I'm the least of your worries. You managed to pull off the unthinkable: You let an 0-2 coach with a rousing two years of stripes bully DOD; you pulled that video from your website, (with orders from somebody); you removed DOD from the 49ers gig and replaced him with a non-compelling amateur, and well....you know the rest...
So don't go off on me.
I'm fully aware that millions and millions of dollars are at stake here, with much too much money to warrant alienating the cash king in Santa Clara; but at what expense? Throw your man under the bus--I mean, a partnership is just that--PARTNERSHIP. Yes, you need them and make lots of money. I get it, but you guys don't know how the hell to work things out and you were EXPOSED.
You want the problem? Look in the mirror.
Go Dude
ReplyDeleteI just recently found this blog- enjoyed reading your items on SFgate previously.
ReplyDeleteI used to work for one of the SF stations and I cannot believe how badly KPIX and the Niners absolutely failed in the public relations department. Yahoo is now featuring the item about KPIX/49ers railroading a VERY sympathetic dennis o'donnell with the video.
This move literally helped NO ONE. KPIX looks like wimps, the 49er organization looks paranoid, and worst of all singletary has literally killed off any goodwill he had. Now even old Bear fans think the guy is an A--h---.
If the niners PR is reading this board- they should think seriously of having singletary make a very public apology to Dennis O'Donnell, not for the sports anchor but to just stop the tarnishing of their head coach and their brand.
this is ugly guys.....
When Sing's closing in on 1-4 does Murph get replaced by Smokin Hot Sara? Walter Cronkite is rolling over in his grave!
ReplyDeleteThe thing is with sports, some wins will shut everyone up and it will be business as usual. The Niners keep losing or don't improve on 8-8, this will be kept alive all season until a decision or lack of one happens in the off season.
ReplyDeletejust "discovered" this blog after doing a search on John Kessler. it's now a daily "must read". informative, smart, no nonsense. LOVE it. keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteYahoo sports goes over this again today-and the take is much more to the point than what the local writers who either are afraid to upset the 49ers, or Singletary are writing. They DO understand it's a paid relationship and that the 49ers have input..but like I and the rest of the countrys media says,KPIX's over the top backstabbing of its own sports anchor,taking down of video,and allowing Singeltary to say he was baited when in fact he wasn't at all,without a word of support for DOD,is terrible sports reporting at the least.Corporate journalistic pandering at its worst.
ReplyDeleteRich, keep up the good work in covering the DOD/49ers fiasco its needed. Your coverage of the pathetic local media is spot on. Keep up the good work!
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