Let me preface this by stating that I actually like the D&C's Sal Maiorana. He's usually entertaining on Twitter, I enjoy his brand of negativity/crotchetiness, and he's always insightful and a good listen when he joins the Breakroom in the mornings.
But man, did Sal Maiorana throw himself quite a little pity party on Twitter today. It didn't last very long, but it was spectacular.
It started when he tweeted that Bills' head coach, Doug Marrone "has decided not to cooperate with the media." It was an innocuous tweet, giving Bills fans insight into his world. And, more importantly, letting us know why there hasn't been much noise coming from Marrone.
His next tweet, while still harmless, gave a little hint as to why Sal decided to bring up Marrone's lack of cooperation.
Marrone is conducting press conferences, but isn't saying anything that's useable in print or for a sound bite. No one quite understands why
— Sal Maiorana (@salmaiorana) August 5, 2014
You can sense Maiorana's frustration a bit in that statement. No soundbite. Nothing usable for print. He's whining, just a tad, that Marrone is not making his job easy. Twitter is a great place to complain about such things, so nothing to bat an eye at. Yet.
Then things snowballed. Actually, they didn't really snowball as much as you blinked, and a two ton snowball magically appeared.
Dont know. This camp he has decided to say nothing. It's embarrassing to franchise. Not a good message. RT @JDiProjetto: @salmaiorana why?
— Sal Maiorana (@salmaiorana) August 5, 2014
Just read that absurdity again. "It's embarrassing to franchise." Doug Marrone, highly respected head coach of the Buffalo Bills is not giving me, sports reporter, any soundbites, which is an embarrassment to the franchise. EMBARRASSMENT TO THE FRANCHISE. Because he's not giving me long winded quotes that I can fill a column with.
That tweet was an embarrassment to Twitter. And many of his followers rightly called Sal out on it. Most, me included, brought up the Belichick comparison. The Patriots coach gives the most bland, useless pressers in the entire league. Have you ever heard anyone, apart from Spygate of course, refer to Belichick as an embarrassment to New England? Of course not. And Boston has some of the most self-serving, drama-seeking sports reporters in any city.
Someone asked Sal why it was an embarrassment, and he tried to give a reason.
He's a very visible representative. Not a good face to show. RT @NickZelko: @salmaiorana @JDiProjetto why is it embarrassing to franchise?
— Sal Maiorana (@salmaiorana) August 5, 2014
It's a stupid reason. See: Belichick once again. But what makes it even more absurd is that Sal's pretending as if he's simply looking out for the best interest of the Buffalo Bills. That this little tirade has nothing to do with Marrone not tossing him softball column ideas. Marrone not taking 30 minutes to answer questions on the first Tuesday in August is putting the Bills in a bad light.
<Insert chortle here>
But the pity part was just getting started.
It baffles me how the media is always the bad guy. We are the conduit from players/coaches to you fans. I'd think you'd want more from them
— Sal Maiorana (@salmaiorana) August 5, 2014
Sal is baffled -- BAFFLED, I tell you! -- that Bills fans aren't as outraged as his is that Marrone isn't opening up like he's a guest on Oprah. If fact, Bills fans are not only not revolting against Marrone on the heels of this terrible news, they're actively questioning why Sal is so upset.
Like any good politician, Sal knows what's best for us. And what's best for us is Marrone taking the time to answer, in depth, any question Sal might want to ask. Why are we too stupid to realize this?
But just in case you didn't feel bad for Sal Maiorana: Defender of truth, justice, and the American Way, he's going to try to guilt you into doing so.
Yes, snipe at me for letting you all know what's happening here. I'll go back to tweeting about exciting blocking sled drills.
— Sal Maiorana (@salmaiorana) August 5, 2014
That's a pretty poor attempt at a guilt trip, but it's an attempt nonetheless. He might as well have said that he was going to take his ball and go home.
Which is pretty much what he said next, in the piece de resistance of his little tantrum.
Cuz I'm willing to tell you. But clearly given reaction I won't anymore. RT @WNYorker: @salmaiorana why are you the only one reporting this?
— Sal Maiorana (@salmaiorana) August 5, 2014
I replied to that last bit of nonsense saying that reporting on the relationship between Marrone and the media is great. Whipping out the "embarrassment to franchise" line because Sal wasn't getting his way was where people, rightfully, turned on him.
But he didn't reply to me, or anyone else on the topic after that. So we're left to assume that Sal will stay true to his word and only report on blocking drills for the rest of camp.
Also, let the record show that Sal's Twitter banner is Bruce Springsteen.
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