Fletcher better put some respect on McNamara's name!

Behind the scenes, Fletch knows his stuff is sensational. Gets him far more clicks, and people keep falling for it. He's not as crazy as you might think. It works for him, and I am all for it if it keeps him earning a paycheck. Mason and I had a good laugh about it

If other Pelicans writers are losing the battle of public opinion to Fletcher Mackel, those folks need to look for a new line of work.

yea, he's a shock jock, he's pretty bad at it, but the sad part is he has started to believe a lot of what he types. Other wise he wouldnt get defensive like he has today, esp bringing up your name. He is upset people dont take him seriously

He gets paid to do it. And more than the guys that people have respect for.

I think the guy who feeds his family is winning the battle over the ones who "get respect". Good for him. I think reporter was voted either the 2nd or 3rd worst job in America. Might as well get paid as much as you can for such a terrible job

One other thing I will say about writers - Go ahead and try to come up with thousands of words of original content every week.

Yes, TigerinATL is a great poster. I have said so many times. I respect his opinion. But its a whole different thing to write 3-5 original pieces a week that nobody else is writing. Do the research, the re-writing and editing. That is a whole different game.

Sometimes (often times) you have to write things you don't necessarily believe or care about. You have to stay ahead of the curve, because once you write about something that is already being discussed on a message board or on another blog, nobody cares.

That is the part you gotta respect. That's the hard part. On top of that, you are always held accountable when you are wrong, because people can google and it pops right up. I am sure Tiger has been wrong hundreds of times (everybody has), but its much harder to call him out on something he was wrong about 4 months ago because its so much harder to find.

ANyway, I digress...

I know a guy that works with Fletch

Fletcher honestly thinks he's NOT trolling. He actually calls people who respond to his twitter posts trolls, as if his tweets are innocent

I hear he's a real cool guy though

Man, I praised you and you found like the two parts where I just used you as a random example of the difference between a poster and a writer

See how easy it is to be sensitive about things?

Again, I have often said you are the best poster. My entire point was that you gotta respect how hard it is for all those guys to write 200 articles a year. It's just different

I don't have a problem with Mason. He is the least petty and most open minded of that bunch. He only really seems to get into silly arguments with Fletch who baits him pretty hard. Madison and others are much worse.

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Man, I praised you and you found like the two parts where I just used you as a random example of the difference between a poster and a writer

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And I acknowledged and expanded on that. Yes it is hard work, both in the amount of time involved and some of the potential pitfalls created by the difference in the writers relationship with his readers vs. my relationship with other posters.

What I posted wasn't an attack, that was feedback. We like what y'all write about the team and don't want the distraction of the other stuff. All of that hard work to earn a good reputation can quickly be undone by the petty stuff.