If I had an agent and were going into a contract year at Newsday, I'd have him let the bosses know that we are on quite a roll of back page pieces. With today's article about Tom Coughlin and Bill Belichick's roots back to the Bill Parcells era, that makes five straight weekday back pages dating back to last Tuesday.
That's the column we wrote while snowed in at the Milwaukee airport. It was about how the Giants had "it" and why "it" could be a huge factor in their chances against the Patriots this Sunday. We've scored every weekday back page ever since. And if we don't screw up our story for tomorrow, we might make it six in a row.
I generally despise people who draw attention to themselves in this fashion, and I'll understand completely if you feel the same way after this self-indulgent babble. But Neil Best, who has a scoop about nothing that is currently the lede story on our website, has told me that life is inherently unfair and that the only way to make it is to draw attention to yourself and thus get more page views. Thus, the more self-indulgent prattle you can produce, the greater your chances for career enhancement.
Another blog-is-life truism.
Comments (5)
Congrats on the awesome streak of making the wood!
Wow!
"the more self-indulgent prattle you can produce, the greater your chances for career enhancement."
It sounds like you've been talking to way too many wide receivers...
Do you know what H-U-M-B-L E spells?
You can't spell humble without b-u-m.......
Who makes the choice on the back page anyway? Those editors you all love so much? When you mention the hot streak you are on, isn't sort of saying you approve of the job they are doing in picking that back page and approving of the horrible job the headline writers do? "Super Spawn?" You now can no longer complain about their work since they are at least partially responsible for this hot streak.
Of course, that is quite the feat, so congrats!! I'm guessing you wrote your pieces outside at the stadium because unless you are outside in a stadium when discussing football, you really aren't too reliable of a source of information.
Don't forget, Alan Faneca to the 'Boys or Texans. You heard it hear first (and now second).
BBiB!
Back pages are editors' choice all the way. We can just sit back and hope.
Tenn Tom:
You're right. No more self-indulgent prattle. Even if it means fewer page views.