Jason LaCanfora Approval Rating Poll

[elkabong82]

This idea was presented in another thread, and I am interested to see the results.

Any time one of La Canfora's blogs is posted on ES, it seems the approval/disapproval is about split in half.

JLC has provided some very good inside info, and good articles as well. However, he has also provided a fair share of articles and blogs which came off as biased, and he does give off a persona of someone with an axe to grind at times, which ideally you shouldn't find in a journalist. It got so bad at one point, the Post even put a retraction in one of JLC's blogs. I guess he should have been focusing on the upcoming NFL draft, rather than harping on the past over an issue many have debated ad nauseum.

Anyways, vote how you want, and feel free to post comments and/or justifications in here.

[ucfSKINS]

So far, not so good for JLC. Apparently, the five of us, I mean you (lol), that have voted don't care for him.

[Morneblade]

Not much of a fan of the guy. I'd mind less if he was a homer, but he's kinda the opposite. I wouldnt even call him "opjective". So no, I dont think he's all that good, and he doesnt do a good job with his sources either.

[sideshow24]

Disapprove! It was funny listening to him trying to trap Randy Thomas into highly praising Heyer recently. You know he was gonna spin that into "Skins don't need Jansen" according to Randy Thomas.

Way to shut him down 77!

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

i like la canfora. some of you get way too worked up when he makes little comments about the team. theyre never as bad as some of you make it out to be.

[chow184]

Not much of a fan of the guy. I'd mind less if he was a homer, but he's kinda the opposite. I wouldnt even call him "opjective". So no, I dont think he's all that good, and he doesnt do a good job with his sources either.


all troo

and my prior poll says this poll wont end up well for JLC

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=247748

[BALLz]

He does have some decent inside info from time to time but the rest of his blog seems like agenda driven bull ****. He looks for reasons to take cheap shots and when he can't find them he'll invent one.

[ArmchairRedskin]

I think he slants too far negative and I think he ought to keep his crap personal stuff out of his blog. It's a Redskins insider blog. I don't give a rat's ass what he's up to in his personal life. Keep that separate.

[Xameil]

I don't think he is relevent anymore. Maybe he got good info once, but from what I read, he has been wrong mre often the right, and he is actually second or third to report some things. I think he has burned his bridge with the team and doesn't have the inside info anymore. Maybe he gets a bone thrown to him occasionally now...but thats it.

[Xempt]

im kinda split on this, mixed feelings. on one hand, he has the one of the best redskins blogs to get info from on the net, unlike most bloggers JLC actually reports stuff instead of just recapping what others reported. on the other hand is his propensity to focus primarily on the negative things and not many of the positives going on. a balanced mix of both would be nice. personally i think the guy has really had a rough year with family things and such as he has taken a lot of time off. but then again i think he has taken too much time off as he has stated he is gonna use up all his vacation and comp time hours that he can during the next few weeks before training camp. i think he will get it together soon and settle back down. i would put family first over work too, but does it really take 3-4 months to move? regardless of his spin, i think he does a good job overall and i agree that some people take the smallest things he says and blows them out of proportion...

[elkabong82]

So far Snyder has a higher approval rating

[Fifty Gut]

He can be biased all he wants, it's his blog, it's his articles. I prefer Jason Reid's writing, but overall, I do enjoy reading his blog for better or worse. The bias is obvious though, even sometimes annoying.

[BALLz]

Also, I can't beleive he attended 2 weeks of OTAs and all he could tell us was who's sitting out. Not one peice of info on any play that was ran in 2 weeks. Everyday i'm seeing news on other treams about certain players doing well and all i got from him was "same people sitting out, Springs isn't here"

[BAFGA]

i like la canfora. some of you get way too worked up when he makes little comments about the team. theyre never as bad as some of you make it out to be.

That says it all right there. Some people have some really thin skin around here to let anything a beat reporter says bother them. I'm a fan, I cheer for the team on the field. I could care less about the drama.

[DarrellsMyHero28]

I don't dislike him because he's negative.

I dislike him because he tries to make himself out to be this "Redskins' Insider" with all these "sources" and most of the time his stuff is total crap.

Plus I think his writing sucks, and I'd rather have a homer than a hater...but thats just me.

[chow184]

That says it all right there. Some people have some really thin skin around here to let anything a beat reporter says bother them. I'm a fan, I cheer for the team on the field. I could care less about the drama.

thin skin would be us discussing a beat reporter and BLC and yourself jumping out to defend him :rotflmao:

[ArmchairRedskin]

He can be biased all he wants, it's his blog, it's his articles. I prefer Jason Reid's writing, but overall, I do enjoy reading his blog for better or worse. The bias is obvious though, even sometimes annoying.



I like Reid's writing too. His videos are a different story, though. I can't sit through them.

[ouvan59]

Plus I think his writing sucks, and I'd rather have a homer than a hater...but thats just me.

I'd rather have neither. Objective would be nice. He should sit down with Tarik El Bashir for a week or so and learn a thing or two. Personally I think he needs to move on to another beat. His disdain for the Skins and Snyder are way too transparent and it leaks into everything he talks about. Let him cover the United for a while.

[No Excuses]

He seems way to biased and a negative nancy to be a beat reporter. I don't have a problem with what he writes but hes the beat reporter, not the critic person.

[stoney26]

Honestly though, you could put up any beat writer the Redskins have had in the past 20 years and he would get disapproved. Im guessing the only fans that would approve of their beat writers are the ones of teams who consistantly have a good record.

[TK]

Honestly though, you could put up any beat writer the Redskins have had in the past 20 years and he would get disapproved. Im guessing the only fans that would approve of their beat writers are the ones of teams who consistantly have a good record.
Mark Maske. :)

[DarrellsMyHero28]

I'd rather have neither. Objective would be nice. He should sit down with Tarik El Bashir for a week or so and learn a thing or two. Personally I think he needs to move on to another beat. His disdain for the Skins and Snyder are way too transparent and it leaks into everything he talks about. Let him cover the United for a while.

Well obviously an objective sports writer would be the best, but those are hard to find.

Wilbon, being a Chicago fan, seems to do a decent job of writing un-biased columns (though I'll never forgive him for the ST comments he never apologized for).

[terpfan]

I really don;t mind him. Some people are too paranoid.

[Buford]

Mark Maske. :)

Wish I could believe that.

But, it doesn't matter. Any writer local or national who isn't a homer will be hated here.

To the point where people start having these unrealistic expectations of journalists that never existed.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

So far Snyder has a higher approval rating


im disappointed in you elkabong. you definitely understand why snyders approval ranking is that high, the dudes poll is specifically "do you approve of snyder over the last 90 days". i mean give me a break.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

thin skin would be us discussing a beat reporter and BLC and yourself jumping out to defend him :rotflmao:


im sure if he wrote more like larry michael talks, youd be in the approval group.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

Wish I could believe that.

But, it doesn't matter. Any writer local or national who isn't a homer will be hated here.

To the point where people start having these unrealistic expectations of journalists that never existed.


is mark maske Om?

[phatSkins27]

i have said it before and i will say it again

I WOULD NOT LINE A WEASEL CAGE WITH WHAT JLC WRITES

[Thinking Skins]

Ima say this. There are known knowns and known unknowns, but there are also unknown unknowns. See, the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The truth is that as annoying as JLC can be, I know what to expect from him, so I put him into similar regard as Czaban. I know he's going to find reasons to complain (and say they came from an unspecified source). The thing about his comments are that many times - with or without a source - they're things we kinda suspect are true. I'll be the first to admit that I prefer Woody much more as a reporter, but I find JLC's work kinda funny and something to hold me over until the Regular season starts.

[[[ghost]]]

Not at all. He brings very little to the table. Occasionally, I'll read something from him that didn't feel like a waste of time, but considering his resources, I'm very very disappointed by his work.

[TomE]

His straight stuff for the Post is not bad but his blog is a little overblown bit of pseudo investigative reporting and he seems to be viewing Ashburn as some sort of Watergate.

[BG]

I really don't give a sh*t.

He's not that horrible, but he's not good either.

[SkinSabbath]

]']Not at all. He brings very little to the table. Occasionally, I'll read something from him that didn't feel like a waste of time, but considering his resources, I'm very very disappointed by his work.

I'll agree with you, and say that i find his more recent reportings kind of lazy. He's just reporting stuff that can be learned by watching the NFL ticker or reading the transactions column in the post. Not enough DETAIL (at least recently)

Also, I find the reports that he makes are minimal as far a football insight. I certainly don't know how tough it is to be an NFL beat journalist, but I know he needs to at least add some Xs and Os talk.

Here's my prime example: All of his OTA reports are so brief, and he usually just talks about WHO ISN'T PRACTICING. He needs to address the PERFORMANCE of the players who are ON THE FIELD. Tell us what WE AS FANS are yearning for.
:2cents:

[chow184]

im sure if he wrote more like larry michael talks, youd be in the approval group.

your ignorance continues

I dislike larry michael's blind homerism as much as I despise JLC's lack of objectivity in his negative writing about the skins


it's littered in my post history why don't you look it up.

[bubba9497]

I thought this was about Nunyo?


:whoknows:

[redskns21]

I just want him to have 1 named source and 1 spell checker. Honestly, I find myself visiting the blog at least daily to check for updates but often am left wanting something either less biased or with more meat.

I'm loving the Cooley blog though :).

[elkabong82]

im disappointed in you elkabong. you definitely understand why snyders approval ranking is that high, the dudes poll is specifically "do you approve of snyder over the last 90 days". i mean give me a break.

I was actually referencing the new poll that brought attention to that old poll. The old poll only covers the past couple months, the new one (which is in Art's thread on the 1st page and came from Dan Steinberg in the Post blog, not ES) has Snyder at 40-something %.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/06/dc_approval_ratings_daniel_sny.html

I'm dissappointed in you for believeing I could be that bad with stats. You should know better by now.

[elkabong82]

im sure if he wrote more like larry michael talks, youd be in the approval group.

Just as I'm sure you wouldn't be as big a fan of JLC if you two didn't share the same agenda.

[Chump Bailey]

I like the guy and enjoy reading his blogs - always have...

[nace14]

JLC writes exactly like he looks....like a guy who never played football and has no idea what the game's about and always tried to kiss the arses of the people who did. that's how i feel about the little oompa loompa

[milliondollarslim]

he's lazy, doesn't know football and has a grudge which is easily visible in his work. Jason Reid is already better. Whether Snyder is a a-hole or not give me some da#n football coverage without the snarky drama attached.

[Norvitis]

A reporter's job is not to endear himself to delusional homers.

[SkinsNatsFan]

Maske was great.

[Buford]

A lot of ESers read his stuff. Either in print, at WAPO.com, or at ES.

Either way, I'm sure he and his bosses are happy about that.

[DCsportsfan53]

I like to think, for a fan at least, I'm generally objective. Therefore, I really tire of his negative nancy routine, digging and picking always to find something to ***** and moan about. It's gets really old and his sources are obviously people who have axes to grind, as does he. People here and elsewhere who know know I'm far from a homer and have had plenty of gripes with the organization, it's just so tiresome watching him try to create drama out of thin air.

Just to add, I dislike Larry Michael probably ten times more, just to give a comparison from the opposite side of the spectrum.

[Walking Deadman]

I don't like some of his opinions and at times he goes out of his way to bash the team, but I tend to get more breaking news from RI than Redskins.com and even here.

so I'll approve JLC.

but I liked Maske better when he covered the Skins.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

your ignorance continues

I dislike larry michael's blind homerism as much as I despise JLC's lack of objectivity in his negative writing about the skins


it's littered in my post history why don't you look it up.


dont care enough to look it up. guess i figured wrong. you hate larry michaels homerism, you hate JLCs lack of objectivity. exactly who do you like reading/listening to?

[SkipJackSkin]

I think JLC is fine for his getting the news to us on his blog. You can disagree with his opinions or who his "sources" are, but it's not like the stuff he tells us isn't true (97% of the time haha).

If you don't like him/his blog/whatever, don't read it. After all, it's his blog.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

I was actually referencing the new poll that brought attention to that old poll. The old poll only covers the past couple months, the new one (which is in Art's thread on the 1st page and came from Dan Steinberg in the Post blog, not ES) has Snyder at 40-something %.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/06/dc_approval_ratings_daniel_sny.html

I'm dissappointed in you for believeing I could be that bad with stats. You should know better by now.



well i was indeed wrong. just confused because theres two polls going on right now. kinda dumb theres two polls so similar, but oh well.

[mardi gras skin]

Honestly though, you could put up any beat writer the Redskins have had in the past 20 years and he would get disapproved. Im guessing the only fans that would approve of their beat writers are the ones of teams who consistantly have a good record.

Bull. Maske was the man.

[redskns21]

Does anyone know exactly why Maske got put on the far less important WP NFL beat? Cause he was too favorable in his coverage of the 'Skins?

[Muzzah]

Wheres the "Don't know, Don't Care" option haha. I never read his stuff.

[BillyKilmer]

i like la canfora. some of you get way too worked up when he makes little comments about the team. theyre never as bad as some of you make it out to be.


God even a broken clock is right twice a day ...

[Whiskeypeet]

Jason's blog can be informative but he is just way to biased. As a fan of the team I actually want to hear both sides of the story but when you read Jason's blog it generally seems to have a negative tone.

However, as others mentioned its his blog so he can do what he like. Its just not for me.

[Ford]

If everyone on here thought he was just swell, he probably wouldn't be doing his job.

[ouvan59]

im sure if he wrote more like larry michael talks, youd be in the approval group.

Larry Michael is worse than JLC just in the opposite direction. I hate it when people think that the reason JLC is disliked by most is because he is negative about the Skins. The reason I don't like him is because he goes out of his way to be negative about the Skins. The Skins and Snyder have done plenty of things wrong in the last few years but every single thing they have done hasn't been bad. When they do something well report that they did something well without then adding that it doesn't matter because they made a stupid trade two years ago.

[Whiskeypeet]

If everyone on here thought he was just swell, he probably wouldn't be doing his job.

Can we make the same argument for Dan in his poll?

[ArmchairRedskin]

I think most of us would just like the facts reported. We can make up our own minds if we like or dislike whatever's happening. We don't need to be led. In either direction.

[bubba9497]

I think most of us would just like the facts reported. We can make up our own minds if we like or dislike whatever's happening. We don't need to be led. In either direction.



yep



if he could just do that, he would be well liked, or at least not be ridiculed

[GSF]

i like la canfora. some of you get way too worked up when he makes little comments about the team. theyre never as bad as some of you make it out to be.
I agree 100%. I don't think JLC is that negative, though I haven't read all of his stuff. What I have read I thought was pretty good though.


I think most of us would just like the facts reported. We can make up our own minds if we like or dislike whatever's happening. We don't need to be led. In either direction.
Exactly why Maske was the best.

[skinsfan190]

I disaprove of JLC. He doesn't do anything in my opinion. All he does is post second hand info we already know. He's no insider. In that case I'm the Redskins Insider. I prefer Jason Reid. But, it's ok. Hopefully I'll be the new Redskins Insider in the next 4 years.:D

[fansince62]

This idea was presented in another thread, and I am interested to see the results.

Any time one of La Canfora's blogs is posted on ES, it seems the approval/disapproval is about split in half.

JLC has provided some very good inside info, and good articles as well. However, he has also provided a fair share of articles and blogs which came off as biased, and he does give off a persona of someone with an axe to grind at times, which ideally you shouldn't find in a journalist. It got so bad at one point, the Post even put a retraction in one of JLC's blogs. I guess he should have been focusing on the upcoming NFL draft, rather than harping on the past over an issue many have debated ad nauseum.

Anyways, vote how you want, and feel free to post comments and/or justifications in here.

I trust JLC for unbiased info about as much as I trust...errrrr....you!!!!

[jimster]

Larry Michael is worse than JLC just in the opposite direction. I hate it when people think that the reason JLC is disliked by most is because he is negative about the Skins. The reason I don't like him is because he goes out of his way to be negative about the Skins. The Skins and Snyder have done plenty of things wrong in the last few years but every single thing they have done hasn't been bad. When they do something well report that they did something well without then adding that it doesn't matter because they made a stupid trade two years ago.


That sums it up for me. Just because I want to hear both sides of the story, doesn't mean I'm a blind homer (you guys didn't know me during the Norv years :silly: ). You've got guys like Larry M at one side of the spectrum, which he doesn't bother as much as some you guys act - he's no different than Sonny a lot of the time. Then you have guys like JLC and Czaban at the other end. Mark Maske I thought was probably the best reporter recently.

[Veretax]

Write in. Who cares about JLC anyways? He gets paid to do a blog, Consider the medium.

[Wrenkels]

Jason has some good stuff at times. I do read his blog everytime I go to Washington post .com. As of late I think it has been lame, with this video thing he's got know. But then again we are all blogging here and I think the press do not like bloggers. The internet is causeing problems for the beat writer. We use the search engine and get our information off line now and come at them with more stats and better reporting.

[Wrenkels]

:notworthy yesterday a cheerleader, today the waterboy? What is their stages I have to go through to get some respect in this Redskins .com?:notworthy

[DarrellsMyHero28]

:notworthy yesterday a cheerleader, today the waterboy? What is their stages I have to go through to get some respect in this Redskins .com?:notworthy

You will learn young grasshopper, you will learn the ways of the avatar.

[SkinsHokieFan]

Has an occasional great article (such as the one on Morroco Brown, excellent work there) but too many pot shots, cheap shots, and crap that I don't care about (such as how many contracts have been re-structured and why that is DOOOM)

Stick to stories like you did on Mr. Brown, and you will be A O K

[skinfan2k]

I trust JLC for unbiased info about as much as I trust...errrrr....you!!!!

so true.:laugh:

[Wrenkels]

You will learn young grasshopper, you will learn the ways of the avatar.

That is so not right!!!!!

[laxpck]

Wow, the way this poll is going if JLC were on the Democratic Ticket he would get the nod.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

another thing regarding JLC. i personally just read his blog to get info on:

who we sign
who we let go/cut
who is "in the building"
how practice went
injury news of players

thats pretty much it. if he wants to take a few harmless jabs at the team in a joking way while still reporting all this info, so be it. i dont read his blog for his opinion on anything because i could care less.

[Merlin Emrys]

You have too few options. What happened to responses like:


1. "I don't give a :pooh: . He's just a reporter. I'm more concerned about the team than the media."

2. "Neither approve or disapprove."

3. "Who the hell is Jason LaCanfora?"

[skinsfan190]

:notworthy yesterday a cheerleader, today the waterboy? What is their stages I have to go through to get some respect in this Redskins .com?:notworthy

Finally I'm not a Waterboy anymore.. Camp Fodder here I am!:D

[fansince62]

yep



if he could just do that, he would be well liked, or at least not be ridiculed

why should he care?

in the event....blogs occupy a low rung on the ladder.....these guys will come and go as their careers progress/decline. we spend too much time fretting over simple minded stuff on this board, IMO, and not the action on the field.

[Wrenkels]

why should he care?

in the event....blogs occupy a low rung on the ladder.....these guys will come and go as their careers progress/decline. we spend too much time fretting over simple minded stuff on this board, IMO, and not the action on the field.

Sports reporters have access to players and coaches. But why would jason start a comment blog for his articles? Why would he care what Joe Fan thinks. Next question does he read his blog or is it a joke to him seeing people like yourself posting?

[fansince62]

Sports reporters have access to players and coaches. But why would jason start a comment blog for his articles? Why would he care what Joe Fan thinks. Next question does he read his blog or is it a joke to him seeing people like yourself posting?


1) I don't post to his blog. In case you missed the subtle distinction...I was responding to what others...seemingly over-wrought by JLC...have posted.

2) I repeat..who gives a rat's patout what his state of mind is? that matters to me about as much as whether you care if I am sad, happy or distracted when I post to ES. intent matters a bit more....but in a blog....eh.

3) Did JLC "start" the blog or was this a business practice of the WP? WP has been doing this across the board...if you look at the opinions section you will find all manner of blogs where "respected" WP reporters pretty much do the same thing..more often than not worse than JLC.

4) As an abstraction...one imagines every reporter cares what Joe Fan thinks. He just can't (or shouldn't) allow that to influence what he sees as "the truth". Everyone seems to assume that blogs are for reporting facts or they are there to service the egos of the blog-o-ship. au contraire...the very informality of the medium lends itself to opinion and speculation.

the blog-o-sphere is huge....pick and chose what you like if you can't stomach JLC.

[Wrenkels]

Don't get me wrong I read the WP online at work every morning. I tend to go to Jasons articles and read them, but do I go on and post in the WP blog. No, I never had any reason to. Like I said (contrary to popular belief) I read the sports page. Now question my motive for being in with a bunch of blog-O-ships. Just trying to learn more about the game I love from people that may know more about it then I do.

Whats the next avator after water boy?

[TK]

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[downbeat87]

because hes losing i posted a poll about who you like more, jreid or jla.

[Wrenkels]

because hes losing i posted a poll about who you like more, jreid or jla.

Really?
I just ran out of rum and percocet's, so I had to climb out of the offseason bunker and get more supplies. How many more weeks till football starts? If this keeps up I'll need rehab during preseason.
:cheers:

[HateYanksDukeCowboys]

aside from being an egotistical condescending little arrogant twit, he's just not that good.

[fansince62]

Don't get me wrong I read the WP online at work every morning. I tend to go to Jasons articles and read them, but do I go on and post in the WP blog. No, I never had any reason to. Like I said (contrary to popular belief) I read the sports page. Now question my motive for being in with a bunch of blog-O-ships. Just trying to learn more about the game I love from people that may know more about it then I do.

Whats the next avator after water boy?

you're doing fine.

I can't wait for all this off-season horse*hit to end. in the end..there is ONE and only ONE common dominator: the anticipation/expectation/whatever of seeing our team win. on that, I can comfortably assert...WE ALL AGREE....no matter how old/young/optimistic/pessimistic/self important/infantile/adult/profound/ludicrous/factual/opinionated we may individually happen to be.

[HogNose]

I think Bubba should take his place. JLC's blog never seems to have any substance to it. How much does he get paid?