Gonzo pities a fool

I like how the inquirer and espn is making a big deal about this. if gonzo or one of the espn anchors bashed their respective organizations on their facebook pages, i think that we would see the same result

It's a joke. It's such a non-story.

When people are being laid off for purely economic reasons why should I shed a tear for this moron?

Do you think this would make espn.com and the like if it was in a market like K.C.? How about Buffalo? I'm all for taking shots at organizations/corporations when they deserve it, but we're making this guy into Rosa Parks.

I heard this guy say the Eagles "took his dream away from him". Oh really. Dream bigger or take some online courses. I just want to open the sports page and actually read about sports once in awhile. That's my dream.

Seriously, the guy should have know his limitations. For instance, he could have said something like "So sad to see Dawk go." or something to that affect. Going the "retart" route was clearly over the top. Btw...no sane person should consider ripping their job on a public website. Trust me, it happens all the time, and corporations usually find out about it, and respond the same way. This is really par for the course. Perhaps that is an indictment on corporations, but it is what it is. You should expect to be fired if you rip your employer on a public website. Trust me.

Actually if this was his dream he took his dream way from himself. People are dumb. This just proves my theory that most people are morons. It's not like this is the first case of facebook biting people in the ass, you hear it on the news more than I'd like to (since I'd like to hear about it never).

This is just a part of the larger issue that people tend to say and do things on the internet they'd NEVER do in real life, and if more people thought like that stupid crap like this wouldn't happen.

If he just said 'what would my boss think if i said the eagles r retarded' to their face? Then I better not say it online either. When you work for someone you can criticize them all you want but don't expect not to be fired if you get caught.

And I think this would be news anywhere regardless of team because of the 'novelty' of the avenue in which the guy was fired, they love this crap - and i hate social networking so things like this make me feel a little better.

The whole "ESPN hates Philadlephia" complex has to stop

I didn't mention it in the post but the Gonzo story also brings up that Leone has a physical affliction - I guess to make the Eagles look even worse (Look they fired a handicapped guy!). Meanwhile it has ZERO bearing on the event. If I were Leone I'd be disgusted with the reporting.

Bad job articulating my point earlier. Sorry if it sounded like I was implying "espn hates Philly". I like to think I'm more objective than the guy who blogs in his Mom's basement while waiting on hold to talk on WIP. My point is the locals made a story out of a total non-story. People like to bemoan the fact that Philly has a bad national rep, but sometimes the wounds are self inflicted, This doesn't make it to ESPN unless one of the local scribes make it a big story.

Not sure I still made my point. My degree is in marketing, so I'm swimming upstream here...

Bob - I get your point - there are a lot of nitwits that perpetrate the nonsense heaped on the fanbase as a whole.

Like Cataldi and all of his callers.

John - I'm not getting your point.

Most people who call Cataldi = dumb
Most people who peruse this blog = smart