John Herrera (Raiders Exec) vs Tim Kawakami Old YouTube Video
Did a quick search and didn't see this posted. A quick video of our good pal Tim Kawakami having a brush up with John Herrera.
Tried to embed, but I don't think it worked. Here is a link.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^
Celebrity Deathmatch: NFL Media and Executive Edition
December 17th, 2014 at 3:04 PM ^
Kawakami deserved to get his ass kicked.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:08 PM ^
I get the impression that he might enjoy it.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
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December 17th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^
December 17th, 2014 at 3:21 PM ^
Brian has a reputation to protect. However, I could care less...
December 17th, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^
It would look and sound like the "Hunter Lochmann is Out" post.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
December 17th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
Tom Kawasaki strikes again!
December 17th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
December 17th, 2014 at 3:39 PM ^
December 17th, 2014 at 3:45 PM ^
I'm got blocked for daring to disagree with his opinion on JH's next move. Seems rather sensitive for an NFL writer.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:47 PM ^
he's doing regular reporting stuff now, the sparring with M fans seems to be over. I just don't understand how him and the rest of the NFL types are so utterly dismissive of the possibility of Harbaugh to M. His argument against it was literally "You can't win a super bowl at Michigan". That's it.
Same argument really ought to rule out the Raiders, too...
December 17th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
December 17th, 2014 at 3:15 PM ^
What is the backstory?
Generally, I've dealt with stringers, columnists and quasi-celebrity TV reporters ot his ilk. It's best to avoid them - they're looking to feed off outbursts like this.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:26 PM ^
December 17th, 2014 at 3:43 PM ^
The Raiders guy was throwing a fit over Lane Kiffin? Pick your battles, bro.
December 17th, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^
Herrera (the Raiders exec) was saying Kawakami was a liar, and that no Raiders person had ever distributed an article to the press critical of Kiffin. (That's what that other woman was saying about that her paper's beat reporter had also got one).
FWIW, Kiffin was fired one week later. So I'm not exactly going to hold this against the reporter. Oakland is/was an insane organization.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/sports/football/01raiders.html
December 17th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
December 17th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
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December 17th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
And he's a professional writer.
His editors must love him.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
The Raiders management shoujld be less worried about negative columns and more worried about their ungodly $h!tty teams. If you win, you won't see bad press.
People like that moron Ferrera who are taller and bulkier and hope to intimiate by getting in people's faces are simply the smelly poop of society. I don't care who was right or wrong in that discussion. No person should disrespect his organization and league by acting like that. The NFL should have been embarrassed and should have fined that jerk. If you have a difference of opinion, say it across the room, with a table between you and the other guy, don't go stand in his face menacingly and lean over him and try to look like you're gonna whup him. What is this, central Ohio? Grow up, stop acting like a mad 8 year old. Pathetic. Really pisses me off to see grown men -- even ex football players at a really bad team -- behave that way.
December 17th, 2014 at 10:09 PM ^
Raiders have a history of doing things like this. Every few years, they pick out a reporter to publicly berate in the hope other reporters will cower and think twice before writing anything negative.
On the other hand, when the Raiders were in LA, they used to invite every podunk paper in SoCal to travel to road games with the team, all expenses paid. Another version of trying to convince people to write positive.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
so we're not the only ones.
December 17th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^
This has all gotten so strange, my mgoblog is spawning mgoblogs within itself.
December 17th, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^
You've entered into...the Fifth Demension!
#Aquarius
December 17th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
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December 17th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
Double post