Fishing For Tuna

If I lived in the New York area, I doubt that I could stomach the New York Post. It's difficult enough being a continent away. It's one of the tabloids posing as a newspaper. They care little for truth when chasing a story. A recent catch was the Tuna, Bill Parcells. The clowns at the Post reported that Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf made Parcells a "name your price" offer to coach and run the team. Cool story but the Post didn't say anything about when the offer was made. They reported it as if it just happened. They "claimed" that Parcells was using Wilf's offer as a bargaining chip in his possible recent talks with the New Orleans Saints. I have no doubt that Zygi Wilf had an interest in Bill Parcells. Wilf grew up as a New York Giants fan. Hiring the Tuna to coach his would be like a dream and two Super Bowl wins presents a nice resume. Wilf probably had a discussion, or more, with Parcells in 2006 before Brad Childress was hired. He probably checked in again last year before he hired Leslie Frazier. Either or both occasions may have included that "name your price" offer. Neither happened recently, if at all. It would be irresponsible for the Post to assume that Wilf would pursue Parcells while committed to Frazier and general manager Rick Spielman. The Post doesn't really care much about reporting responsibly. It's just ridiculous to report what might have happened in the past as something that happened recently. The Vikings have denied that any such talks have taken place recently. Recently! They wouldn't even have to respond if the reporter had done some work and fact checked the story. Now the "news" has percolated into much of the rest of the media. Carrying a Post story as a real story is as pathetic as the Post running the story in the first place. I guess that every one's out fishing.