Like Brittany said... it's my prerogative

I've always heard that it was a woman's prerogative to change her mind. Without being a woman or knowing exactly what the word prerogative means, I can't say whether or not that old cliche is true or just a bunch of hogwash passed down from sitcom to sitcom.

What I do know is this: it's a hockey blogger's right to change their minds and being one of those and fully understanding the multiple definitions of the word right, I feel that I can speak with some authority here.

Recently I posted an entry which was not entirely kind to Flyers captain Mike Richards in regards to his spat with the local media. I pretty much ended up in"just shut up and play for the love of God" territory.

And you know something? That's just what the guy has been trying to do but those crum bums over at the Inquirer just don't seem to want to let him. Imagine my surprise when I saw that Bob Ford had decided to chip in his two cents on the Flyers in today's paper! Naturally I assumed the Flyers had traded for Michael Vick or Flyers was just a new nickname for columnist John Gonzalez, who is now officially the best thing going for the paper. Well, him and Kate Fagan, who does the beat for the 76ers.

I mean, Bob "Buttons" Ford writing about the area's hockey team? What could have caused such a thing? Of course, the answer to that was Ford just couldn't pass up the opportunity to jump in the dog pile of local journalists ripping the Flyers captain who ripped them for ripping his team.

We're going to need a sewing kit with all this ripping going on.

The point is, Richards didn't bring this upon himself. He said what he said and the local media won't let it die. No, instead they (read: King Crum bum and all around mediocre writer Sam Carchidi) keep picking at him and picking at him. Read this for the real origins of the beef.

So Carchidi could have just let things alone. I mean no one says that the beat writers and the team need to be best friends. Actually I feel like you'll get more honest reporting if the exact opposite is true. Look no further then WIP's Howard Eskin for proof that being in a team's pocket may work for a little while but sooner or later people will see you for the stooge you are and next thing you know you'll be splitting time with Ike Reese, who is somehow less of a homer than you.

All that said, factor in the near constant typos and factual errors which appear in Carchidi and Seravalli's reporting and I'm switching sides. I'm backing the captain here. Sure, some of the media's points are interesting but Carchidi has turned this into a personal vendetta and it needs to stop. Leave that playground garbage where it belongs or at least start writing your stories in crayon with a few letters backwards here and there so we know what we're getting in too.

Long story short, I'm joining Richards in his local media boycott. I'm done with the Inky sports section (outside of Gonzo and Fagan). At least until Carchidi grows up and leaves well enough alone. You're a professional... act like it or for the love of God quit and stop taking up space. There are plenty of great sports writers out there who would actually LOVE to cover the Flyers not just hold pissing contests with them.