07-17-2010, 07:26 AM
A Voldemort campaign directed by an SID is fundamentally different than one from the grassroots. A lot of sportswriters bombarded with pitches over the Voldemort-worthiness of a player are going to ask, "Well, can I talk to him?" That\'s what SIDs do, provide access to players. And unless the player is comfortable with doing a much heavier load of interviews (and photo sessions and TV appearances and all the rest of the blah-blah-blah), the SID is trying to shovel water with a fork. That\'s the department was really asking Toby last year -- are you willing to sign onto all this -- and his answer was no.
On the other hand, everybody understands that a grassroots campaign is informal. I would assume that nobody asked you to set up a phoner or a photo op, GoodGrief. I suspect that what gave your campaign a lot of its power was its simplicity and informality: I have nothing at stake here, and I\'ve really got nothing to offer except some statistics and my honest conviction that this player is terrific.
On the other hand, everybody understands that a grassroots campaign is informal. I would assume that nobody asked you to set up a phoner or a photo op, GoodGrief. I suspect that what gave your campaign a lot of its power was its simplicity and informality: I have nothing at stake here, and I\'ve really got nothing to offer except some statistics and my honest conviction that this player is terrific.