closg00 wrote:Ruzious wrote:payitforward wrote:They probably deleted them because Ted asked them to. In a nice tone of voice.
I remember when Ted was going to be available to fans, do you? There was an email address -- obviously it would be staff reading/replying but so what? Plus his blog allowed comments.
Then he started getting emails that were critical, so he closed that email account. Then he started getting critical blog comments, so he stopped allowing comments on the blog.
It's easy to always be right; just shut down your critics.
"Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the smartest one of all?"
"Why you are, Ted darling. Pay no attention to wins & losses; those are determined by chance. Good decisions, on the other hand, are determined by who makes them. When you make them, Teddy dear, they are good. Ernie's too -- because after all, his decisions are just your decisions decided by someone else. You hired him to make your decisions -- not bad decisions, your decisions!
It's so disheartening because he started out sounding like the PERFECT owner - this guy was going to make the Zards a model franchise... and then... well, we see his true colors.
In all my years of reading Wiz coverage in the Post, I have NEVER seen them delete comments. The comments were the usual critical comments, no cursing etc. The one thing that was different is that someone had posted the link to the Jay Glassie article, where Jay eviscerated Ted/Ernie, including a quote where Ted had called Jay into his office after Jay had given the Wizards a bad mid-season? review. So-yeah, Ted was probably on the phone quick to his people at the Post.
Wow.. that's crazy. I went on the site and it looks like they deleted dozens of comments.
I hate to allude to recent unfortunate events of yesterday , but there is a very worrying trend in this country of people intimidating and antagonizing the press. There's no doubt in my mind that Leonsis & Grunfeld are a protected class in this city as a result of their control over the media. Someone alluded to it earlier, in a city like NYC or even Philly there's no way they'd get away with this. Grunfeld would have been ran out of town years ago.
By deflecting all negative attention away from the Wiz management it allows Ted to maintain the status quo - which is to use the Wizards as an investment vehicle/side project while he focuses on his true passions. Grunfeld is the perfect executor for Ted's wishes, he does just enough to keep the team competitive without ever really rocking the boat.
