We get it man, you love Magary.

I’m not suggesting that Simmons doesn’t have power, I’m suggesting that claiming that power is why Deadspin has such a hate boner for the guy is nonsense.

lol u mad

I went to Journalismism school at the same time that Seth Wickersham and Wright Thompson were there. And I say “with” purely in the sense that we were all enrolled in J-school at the same time and they wouldn’t know me from Adam, given that the most important thing I learned at J-school is that I wasn’t going to make…

They posted two articles saying basically the same thing. I think I’m entitled to a few comments in exchange for my skimming. But you’re right. I’m becoming what I’ve beheld.

I initially thought you were talking about Drew (someone who does no actual reporting) questioning Simmons.

You’ve gotta pace yourself. The Pats will probably win at least one more game and maybe as many as three more. There’s plenty to fisk before it’s all over.

You really don’t want to come off as shrill. I mean, you’d have to calm down 400 percent to even get back to shrill, but you might want to aim for a level below…

Dude. Maybe...maybe there’s something else going on here? What the hell does “cockfaced” mean? Take a breath, everyone agrees with you, to some extent, about Simmons. But the breathless, spittle-fueled tantrums about his opinions of Boston sports are depressingly miserable.

Drew you are deadspins best guy hands down. But there is such a weird infiriorty complex this whole site seems to have with Simmons. I am a fan of both and do not have a dog in this fight. But I’m curious if you could elaborate on deadspins fascination with Simmons. He’s second only to trump in your sites hierarchy of…

All of the above is true, but I call bullshit on the “Because he’s the most powerful, blah, blah” There is clearly a personal element involved here, just like that movie from the 80's

You spent all morning on this? Considering the blank checks you’ve bitched about, I hope you’re at least charging him high rent for the space he has in your head.

I like my home sportsball team because I live close-ish to their stadium. All other sportsball teams are bad, run by corrupt, heinous people. I believe all good things I read about my sportsball team; I disbelieve —loudly and vehemently— all bad things I read or hear about my beloved sportsballers. Any bad thing…

TL:DR — Simmons turned Magary down for a job

Drew is very much Not Mad Online about everything Bill Simmons. Never.

Honestly, Deadspin’s manifesto is “ESPN is shit - until they write a poorly-sourced column that makes the Patriots look bad.”

He also actually looked at the salary cap implications of either keeping both QBs or cutting Brady and keeping Jimmy, something which Wickersham never addressed.

I get that you guys can’t stand Simmons (though I’ve never fully understood why it runs so deep around here), but the following doesn’t strike me as the ravings of a frothing lunatic:

Easy now Tommy Boy, Simmons might be your boss in the not too distant future. Netter tone it down and start watching John Hughes movies post haste.

Uh... Maybe we have something called empathy and can feel terrified because we know he is.

The fuck is wrong with you?