Comments on: An Interview with Buzz Bissinger

By: MODI

MODI — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:56:08 +0000

TBL, great interview… crookednose, I thought that the tangents were worth the read. It gave a broader picture IMHO

…Everyone agrees that Bissinger was out-of-line. EVERYONE. Even himself. And he comes off as quite sincere. We have all acted the fool and felt bad afterwards. Not everybody owns up.

But after a week of bashing Buzz and Bob, it is time for the discussion to evolve and have bloggers collectively look inward to see how we can elevate the medium to a higher level of respect. And Will is the main guy who can change that. With all due respect to TBL, Will is the off-line face of blogging.

“Good Will Hunting”: Deadspin’s Debt to Blogciety
http://sportsonmymind.com/2008/05/05/good-will-hunting-deadspins-debt-to-blogciey/

By: Crookednose

Crookednose — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:11:16 +0000

Nice get, Jason, but this needed to be edited down. Too many tangents and much too much self promotion on Bissinger’s part.

By: chedabob

chedabob — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:31:26 +0000

a week ago i would have said, “who the fuck is buzz bissinger?”.
now i know who he is.
what a slutbag whore. if money had a cock this guy would be a flaming fag. no offense.
this guy knew if he did this, he would be on every sports blog the next couple of weeks.
try not to feed into his shit anymore, tbl.
rochester, NY

By: Patrick Imig

Patrick Imig — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:04:32 +0000

I honestly don’t understand how he went from raving lunatic to openminded blog visitor in the span of 5 days. I don’t buy it.

By: The412

The412 — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:33:04 +0000

Again, it was a very well done interview… But, the one question TBL failed to ask of Mr. Bissinger that was on all of our minds: Tyra or Leila?

By: dmothe30

dmothe30 — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:28:45 +0000

Well done and well researched, TBL — especially the point on the Imus article’s profanity.

Mr. Bissinger, put me in the group that was terribly disappointed with your tone and head-in-the-sand approach last week — particularly because I’ve enjoyed some of your work so much. Your thoughts and candor here are appreciated, but they ring at least a bit hollow.

Bottom line: Would you ever have agreed to do any interview with a blog before last week? I argue no, and that’s too bad, because there are plenty of other mainstreamers who have for blogs like mine and TBL’s and dozens of others. As fans, it gives us perspective on the games we love and new respect for the work done covering them.

By: JWM

JWM — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:25:06 +0000

the initial response he got was quite positive? what a shock! who would he have heard from the would have said otherwise?

By: Jesus

Jesus — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:00:52 +0000

The power of Christ compels you, the power of Christ compels you!

Ha ha, funny guy.

And for the record, if there is going to be comment moderation, who better than J.C. to be that moderator? I think I know the difference between right and wrong and I love you all. Everyone last one of you, even the sinners. I kind of have to, but I would even if it was part of the job.

Just saying – keep it in mind.

By: coop247

coop247 — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:15:05 +0000

I love how people are saying “too bad we didn’t see this Buzz on TV”, well we didn’t see this guy because this Buzz is the corporate spin guy trying to limit the damage to his career and reputation. The Buzz we saw on TV is the real person, an old, rich, obnoxious elitist prick.

Please note that he says “I believe in what I said…But I made a terrible mistake in the manner in which I said it.” So his position has not changed, he thinks that TBL and every one of us are completely incapable of coherent thought and quality prose. He just should have said it nicer, well isn’t that downright generous of him.

Congrats on the interview though.

By: Glass Yard Dog

Glass Yard Dog — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:11:47 +0000

Good stuff.

What’s Buzz’s commenter name???