Apparently I'm "so dumb"
Last night I posted the video of Michael Crabtree asking Dr. Lou for advice about his agent situation. I did not see it live and it turns out the question had been pre-recorded from before the draft. As the young kids like to say, "My bad."
While that proved to be a bit of a waste, it did lead to one hidden gem. The site's traffic checker can tell me where people are linking to NN articles. So, when another site links to us, I like to see udner what context the link is listed. Once in a while somebody at the 49ers.com messageboard will put up a link for discussion of one of our articles. Earlier today, somebody posted a link to the Dr. Lou post with the following comment:
Niners Nation is so dumb. They talk about it like it was a legit question shot live on TV. How should we break it to them? They got SERVED!
I realize there is not much to be gained by this comment, and I probably shouldn't provide any free publicity to these kind of comments. But I have to say, I've never been SERVED before. I think my life is complete now. Anyways, I just felt this was something worth sharing with the NN community. We can enjoy our idiocy together.
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yes you did
There was just some baffling confusion on my part
by David Fucillo on Sep 18, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey don't be hard on yourself.
I had hope for a second during the game till I remembered that ESPN interview.
Yeah Fooch..
I think a lot of people had been duped by it. I sure was, but I still think it’s setup for this weekends game.
LOL, .com calling you dumb. You don’t know how a lot of people, including myself, had exposed that board as the lowest common denominator of 49er fans.
Well, we're waiting....
[Site Decorum] happens
if you didn’t make the occasional error we’d think you were super human.
Truth has a well-known liberal bias.
Still has a better track record than ESPN!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Sep 18, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We don't share idiocy
That’s all u buddy lol
by 49ersAllTheWay on Sep 18, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions
LOL...
But to have “49ers unsigned draft pick” underneath it? Did they catch that?
BTW, .com’s message board is pretty horrid. I think Chrissy Mauck had to put a moratorium on Derek Smith hate threads there a couple of years back.
Well, we're waiting....
Don't sweat it Fooch!
When I re-discovered this sport, and the 49ers in general, after a long absence, I looked around for a website to chat to fellow fans. Basically, they are all full of idiots squabbling with each other like little girls. Until I got to this one, which seems to be full of adults. The people calling you out on the MBs over at 49ers.com have probably now moved on to looking up photos of Britney Spears on Google Images and dreaming of the days when they will get a date that isn’t their own hand.
"This could be another Very Special Team" ... Superbowl winning Niners lineman Dan Audick ...
by LondonNiner on Sep 18, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
You're not dumb Fooch
Simple error which happens. That you admitted to it on your own says good things about you. That they get a high out of servage or pwnage, well, that says a great deal about them. You the man. They some boys.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
Who cares?
It’s still good advice, even if it was given when Crabtree was in high school still.
Fooch, you’ve never played Tennis or Volleyball?
I'm sure
99 out of 100 people who watched that clip got SERVED by that vid…
I’m sure that people that aren’t 9er fans are still under the impression that it was a live feed.
I was one of the 99 in that percentile until I read this….so…it obviously wasn’t just you. Nobody’s perfect
Still wonder...
who actually uses the saying “got served”
by return2greatness on Sep 18, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions
Probably process servers.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Sep 18, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
ESPN's Responsibility
I was one of the duped ones, not thinking it was live, but that it was recent. I put the responsibility squarely on ESPN for running a clip that would be taken in a completely different context than they anticipated when it was taped.
They basically just wanted to shake things up and create a bit of buzz from Dr. Lou’s comments, ignoring any impact it would have on any 49ers or NFL fans who have a bit of emotion tied up in the whole thing. On top of that, nowhere have they stated that it was recorded back in April, outside of a Twitter post sent to MM.
This up and down stuff with Crabtree is killing me.
by Quiet Fool on Sep 18, 2009 12:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
That's a good point ...
… as someone who works in the media myself, I would have thought a certain amount of flak here needs to go not to Fooch, or any of ESPN’s audience, but to the business themselves. They are not stupid, they obviously knew what they were doing, and it doesn’t really do you any favours with your audience if you deliberately dupe them.
"This could be another Very Special Team" ... Superbowl winning Niners lineman Dan Audick ...
by LondonNiner on Sep 18, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I had a dream last night
that Crabtree had signed with us. I even remember loging on to NN.com and reading the post about it. Something like “Crabtree has agreed to the offer made to him by San Francisco and apologized for the long negotiations. He promises to give 110% for the remainder of the season in hopes of helping the 49ers win a championship”
When I woke up I felt so empty. I even jumped onto my laptop to make sure it was in fact a dream. I curse my brain for playing such a cruel trick on me….
by return2greatness on Sep 18, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I had that same dream
the night before the Cardinals game. I flew out to Arizona and stayed with a friend and went to the game (first NFL game by the way). I woke up the morning of the game and got on his laptop to see if my dream came true. Sadly…I got served.
by Haggardninja on Sep 18, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
We both did...
Although maybe they are premonitions instead of dreams…
by return2greatness on Sep 18, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
we should write to the ESPN ombudsman
ESPN needs to get served!
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
by wjackalope on Sep 18, 2009 2:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I blame ESPN
It just shows how the media can cut and splice video’s so they’re taken out of context. They obviously knew people would assume it was a recent question from Crabtree. But you know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of u and Crabtree.
Don't trust this guy. He lies.
Agreed
It really is an ESPN error. There should be some “editor’s note” or some other tagline that just says it was taped, oh, six months ago!
Of course, the real surprising thing is that they care enough about the west coast to even come out and video tape Crabtree. Of course, they could’ve done this while he was still in Texas, or New York, or whatever. Now I don’t know what to think.
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question
what’s worse? gettin’ served or Rick rolled…lol
I’m more focused on our “D” anyways.. keep up the good work fooch.. NN has mad my workdays much brighter!!!!
by nacho49 on Sep 18, 2009 2:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Finally, McShay says something real...
Someone needs to explain to Crabtree that the juice is not worth the squeeze anymore. By re-entering the draft in 2010, he risks falling several spots, and based on this year’s rookie contracts, Crabtree could stand to lose somewhere in the ballpark of $8 million, if he falls out of the top 20. Look no further than this year’s No. 22 overall selection, WR Percy Harvin, who settled on a deal with the Vikings guaranteeing him $8.4 million. Plus, Crabtree loses money even if he gets selected at that same No. 10 slot again next year because he’s one more year away from free agency. Simply put, if Crabtree elects not to sign a deal with the 49ers (reportedly near $15 million) he will never make that money back. Hopefully someone in his inner circle is making that fact perfectly clear.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/insider/columns/story?columnist=mcshay_todd&id=4484207
by return2greatness on Sep 18, 2009 2:44 PM PDT reply actions
Hey Fooch and all NN
I was listing to KNBR last evening and Ralph Barbieri made a comment that he had visited “A NINER BLOg” and did not clarify if that was NN or not. The point is that he said the read a lot of fan noise about support for the Niner Org rather than " just sign the guy" and such. His point was that he thinks the Niners need Crabtree to accomplish what we need to do this year and they ( the Org) should suck it up and pay the man.
So Fooch, we are all in this together and I appreciate your views..
Interesting
I haven’t checked out what folks are saying at the message boards at 49ers.com and 49ersWebzone.com. Whether they’re crazy or not, I’d be curious to see what they’re saying about all this stuff.
by David Fucillo on Sep 19, 2009 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Ralph
Now it’s time to figure out how to get on the Razor and Mr. T show!
by David Fucillo on Sep 19, 2009 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Call in...
And pimp it.
I used that call into that show when I lived in SF. Asked Billy Beane about “MartatheBall” when Beane was a co-host once. Great show, and I stream it at home.
Radnich will just ask you what you think about him, and tell you what he thinks about him.
Well, we're waiting....
Inside info on Crabs negotiations
These two articles are the most inside info I have seen on the Crabtree negotiations so far.
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Getting-inside-the-Crabtree-negotiations.html
There was also another article from the same author that had a paragraph or two about Crabtree’s negotiations in it…
scroll down with this link ,to get more .
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Wednesday-whys-The-reason-for-veteran-signings.html
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Just as most of us thought,the Niners are and have been doing everything the right and proper way !!! Parker is the problem !
Good job Jed and Scott and Paraag ,hang in there .
by TOP_CAT on Sep 18, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Agreed TOP_CAT. That is my read as well.
We have a trophy to win with or without this unsigned draft choice.
MR. Crabtree “…tear down this wall…”.
by WC-Ninerhead on Sep 18, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions

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