Idiot Peter King Cheap Shot on G Mattison
So, I was reading MMQB at CNN/SI as I often do, and I came across this gem from Peter King on page 4:
Coach of the Week
Baltimore defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano. Nothing against Greg Mattison, who kept the defensive coordinator seat warm for a couple of post-Rex Ryan years, but the Ravens have the right defensive brain to choreograph their defensive plan in Pagano.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:41 PM ^
Done, I have not read anything from him in a decade anyways, so it was easy.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:41 PM ^
This isn't that bad. Chill bro.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:41 PM ^
Mattison coaches for us now.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
I think he just means that Baltimore is a more natural 3-4 defense, which I agree with. Mattison did a great job in Baltimore, and all of the players will tell you that. But, to a man, they'd all prefer to be running a 3-4.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
Before you go off the handle you should probably look at the stats from the Ryan and Mattison years and see who led them the best.
November 28th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
G Matt was there for 3 years from 2008-2010 their defensive ranks are 2008: 3 in Pts 2 in Yds, 2009 3 in pts, 3 in yards, 2010: 3 in pts, 10 in yards. In 2011 the Ravens defense ranks 3 in pts and 3 in yards. So Gmatt was better or at least the same in 2 out of 3 categroies and theres still games to play in the 2011 season.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:44 PM ^
He's still writing? It's been so long since I cared about that....
November 28th, 2011 at 6:58 PM ^
Agree. His column is garbage, and thus, could give two sh*ts about what he wrote.
November 28th, 2011 at 9:52 PM ^
He's the same hack who brought up Brett Favre to the Houston Texans last night. He's basically resorted to being a humor rag/throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks.
November 29th, 2011 at 3:34 AM ^
I'm not saying I'd bring in perennial clubhouse cancer Favre in, but I wouldn't be shocked to see him come in for a workout.
November 29th, 2011 at 11:28 AM ^
Yes, but Favre hasn't played in over a year. There are plenty of guys who have played since then.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:46 PM ^
Seriously? This is getting you this pissed off? I'd hate to see what would happen if someone actually insulted Mattison.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:48 PM ^
This board loves proposing boycotts. Chill out. He is just stating his opinion, rational or not.
November 28th, 2011 at 6:59 PM ^
read another Sckon comment again. Who's with me?
November 28th, 2011 at 7:01 PM ^
I am, we don't appreciate his rationality here. Mods, you know what to do.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:37 PM ^
Sckon, what a dbag. He is up there with the Freep. He does not "get it"
November 28th, 2011 at 6:48 PM ^
Wouldnt call this a cheap shot. Mattison wasn't there that long, and I see nothing there that's any kind of insult.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
Ryan is a damn good defensive coach, bro.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
Baltimore has had great defenses with every single coordinator who has come in. They are all riding the coattails of Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and a bunch of other awesome players. This whole pretend analysis by King is dumb to begin with.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:05 PM ^
Whatever the merits of this particular comment Peter King is one of the all-time blowhards of the sports journalism profession. I tuned him out years ago.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:22 PM ^
My thoughts exactly
November 28th, 2011 at 7:17 PM ^
What's a Peter King?
November 28th, 2011 at 7:17 PM ^
Eh, if the biggest knock on Mattison is that he doesn't pick the optimal way for people to line up in a three point stances then I'll be pretty happy. He's about getting to the football and smacking someone when you do, which is really obvious, but gets lost in the process at a lot of places it seems like. (The pratice videos from Florida in their prime are just vicious, it will be awesome (more awesome than it has been) once Mattison has fully sunk in here.)
November 28th, 2011 at 10:28 PM ^
Did you just put parenthesis inside of parentheses? Nice. I can't remember the last time I saw that outside of math.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:30 PM ^
This is nothing to be mad about.
The gif on the other side of this link, however, is infuriating:
November 28th, 2011 at 7:30 PM ^
keeping the seat warm for this guy...
November 28th, 2011 at 7:33 PM ^
Peter King obviously doesn't follow Michigan football... he must be too busy coming up with "Ten Things I Think I Think"... yeah I use to read his articles... I hate myself for it now.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:42 PM ^
A peter-king is a guy that loves gobbling down penis. Peter King may or may not be a peter-king.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:50 PM ^
I don't see this as anything to get mad about.
Unless Mattison is your dad. In which case, fuck Peter King.
Fuck Peter King anyways. He is a guy who has made a career talking about something he knows nothing about. His knowledge of football is exactly equal to that of my dad, who really and truly believes that there are two plays in football (run and pass). And he only talks about quarterbacks, despite not knowing the difference between the mesh and sail concepts. Am I right?
BUT, I'm a Jet's fan as well as a Michigan fan, and I can tell you that Rex Ryan is a certifiable defensive genius. So chill out about the fat foot-fetish guy being outcoached by Mattison. What is important to us is that Mattison has done a great job with our team and that he is, by all accounts, a great recruiter. He's got Rex Ryan in that department.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
but I will also never vote for Congressman Peter King.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:59 PM ^
Greg Mattison is a Broyles Award Finalist...guys like dont warm the seat for nobody!
November 28th, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
them. Not just for this either. I have HATED Peter King for the fact he use to ask other H.O.F. voters to not vote for Art Monk because he didn't meet his standard to get in. Fuck that fat fuck.Art Monk has the longest standing ovation EVER at the H.O.F. so suck peter king.
November 28th, 2011 at 8:10 PM ^
I think you're reading too much into this one. I don't think it's that bad. I actually think he just meant that GMat wasn't there that long. The Ravens D has been dominant for many years now, and all the D coordinators had something to do with it. But their talent trumps that, even though we've seen how much coaching matters firsthand.
And don't hate me, I do read Peter King. I think he brings some different angles to NFL stories.
November 28th, 2011 at 9:10 PM ^
Peter King is an alumnus of the actual Ohio University and the reason why I don't care if they find it annoying that we call the school in Columbus "Ohio."
November 28th, 2011 at 9:10 PM ^
Don't post it here.
Just go HERE and start reading.
November 28th, 2011 at 9:37 PM ^
November 28th, 2011 at 10:48 PM ^
huh, that is kind of a jerk move. I do love greg mattison though. I wouldnt say he is some god defensive coordinator but i will say he is really good and probably one of the best in college football.
November 28th, 2011 at 10:55 PM ^
And I thought that Peter King was a good sports writer
November 29th, 2011 at 3:42 AM ^
The Ravens Thursday night threw the same kind of unbalanced blitzes at San Francisco that made Ryan so hard to figure out over the years, and it resulted in those nine sacks that had a very good team, San Francisco, reeling all night. The key to the Ravens' blitz was taking big, fast and mobile guys like Suggs and Jarret Johnson, overloading one side of the field on one play and looking regular the next, and then never giving the offense a read about where the rush was coming from.
He at least qualifies his point in the second paragraph and gives a little bit more evidence to support his claim in a third paragraph. The "keeping the seat warm" part was a bit douchey, but I lived near Baltimore for the past 10 years and this year they are more aggresive and creative with their blitzes.
November 29th, 2011 at 7:52 AM ^