Derrick Henry Misses First Day Then Blocks Paul Kuharsky On Twitter

[ChesterCopperpot1]

Just now, wiscotitansfan said:

He isn't stirring the pot but PKs job is to make something out of nothing, why do you have such an issue with something so innocent? Every single thing you ever hear a coach say and other players say is ignore what is being said in the media. Henry is literally having twitter ignore it for him. What's the issue with that?

It makes Henry look soft. Like he can't handle criticism -- and mind you, there wasn't much criticism here at all. PK actually corrected earlier reports about Casey putting Henry on blast for not showing up. 

[siamesedinasour]

2 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot1 said:

How in earth is this PK stirring the pot? He wrote an article on a notable absentee from the first day of workouts. He tweeted out said article and tagged the subject of the article, which is common as fuck. 

The article was not scathing. PK was just doing his job. Henry is creating more attention for blocking PK. 

I alluded to it earlier, but I think my earlier comment might actually be correct - PK, nor probably anyone, knows when Henry blocked PK. It may very well have been during the season or earlier. Either way, this is stupid of PK to bring it up because he's clearly pedaling the idea that Henry got upset at PK's story and blocked him over it. In reality, PK's tweet said, "Not positive, but I think this is a new development." 

In other words, he has no idea when Henry blocked him, but it would be ideal for PK to indicate that it just happened, making Henry come across as petty. But, PK will say, accurately, "I never said he did this as retaliation or anything." 

[titaninpgh]

PK has been compromised by the ESPN hottake machine. Similar to the footwork drill, in this situation he wrote an article based on a single piece of decontextuallzed evidence, leaving plenty of room for speculation and perceived innuendo (and then hammers readers for participating in his game). If he waited to press submit, he could have used his Columbia journalism skills to gather insightful context on both the footwork drill and Henry's absence. If I were Henry, a low key guy who also won the Heisman, I'd say enough is enough with PK creating drama through his hot take impatience. 

[TF_Titan]

7 minutes ago, CreepingDeath said:

If my work has a voluntary meeting to discuss possible changes to software we use, I shouldn't have to "check in" if I'm not going to attend.

At your work if you don't show up for a voluntary meeting it's not going to be reported by the news media. So no, you likely wouldn't need to head off negative press by giving your boss a heads up, but it would probably still be a good idea.

[wiscotitansfan]

4 hours ago, ChesterCopperpot1 said:

It makes Henry look soft. Like he can't handle criticism -- and mind you, there wasn't much criticism here at all. PK actually corrected earlier reports about Casey putting Henry on blast for not showing up. 

The footwork video that was tweeted last year made Henry look uncoordinated. At the end of the day I don't give a damn about what twitter makes Henry look like. If he gets peace of mind and ease by blocking someone who's job is to report every little thing and usually make something out of nothing go right ahead.

During a game, I can't imagine anyone besides JJ Watt caring about what goes on in the twitterverse.

[ChesterCopperpot1]

1 minute ago, siamesedinasour said:

I alluded to it earlier, but I think my earlier comment might actually be correct - PK, nor probably anyone, knows when Henry blocked PK. It may very well have been during the season or earlier. Either way, this is stupid of PK to bring it up because he's clearly pedaling the idea that Henry got upset at PK's story and blocked him over it. In reality, PK's tweet said, "Not positive, but I think this is a new development." 

In other words, he has no idea when Henry blocked him, but it would be ideal for PK to indicate that it just happened, making Henry come across as petty. But, PK will say, accurately, "I never said he did this as retaliation or anything." 

PK actually said on the radio this morning  "I don't know when Henry blocked me." 

[NewsToTom]

24 minutes ago, MikeTn said:

I don't tweet, so what does this "tagging after blocking" mean?

If you block somebody, they can't see you. The point of tagging people (including their username, like PK did Henry's) is to so your tweet shows up in their mentions tab. If you tag somebody who's blocked you, they won't see it, and it's kind of pointless, at least if you want their attention.

[Sifublue]

5 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot1 said:

How in earth is this PK stirring the pot? He wrote an article on a notable absentee from the first day of workouts. He tweeted out said article and tagged the subject of the article, which is common as fuck. 

The article was not scathing. PK was just doing his job. Henry is creating more attention for blocking PK. 

I feel like finding out 'why' to a is part of your gig as a journalist. Or at least doing it well. 

I could write an article about how some parent yelling at thier kids looks bad, but without context or an attempt to find out the why, you can be rightfully accused of stirring the pot. 

Henry doesn't have to give PK access to his twitter profile. If you think somebody is pulling one over on you, why would you give them free access to your stuff? The 'blocking PK's profile' criticism is even more absurd than the original article. 

[wiscotitansfan]

2 minutes ago, Sifublue said:

I feel like finding out 'why' to a is part of your gig as a journalist. Or at least doing it well.

That's why journalism through twitter is the worst thing to happen to "investigative" journalism (yes I know, sports isn't and rarely ever was that). The whole concept of twitter is get as much shit out as quickly as possible. PK just wants as many possible articles to get hits. He doesn't give a damn about the why until people start talking about and clicking his shit.

[Dinx81]

Just do like any other petty ex gf would do and make another account. 

[Sifublue]

Exactly. Don't be surprised that people get mad when you fail to do due diligence in your race to plaster the Internet with more shit.

I know we're lacking in content these days and we're all sick of waiting for the draft, but y'all are killing me with the 'is Henry gonna be traded?' 'JRob ain't gonna stand for this' 'what a prima Donna' for missing a voluntary workout shit. 

Y'ALL EAT THIS BULLSHIT UP. AND THEN BITCH ABOUT THE MEDIA ABOUT FEEDING YOU BULLSHIT. 

[NashvilleNinja]

35 minutes ago, NewsToTom said:

If you block somebody, they can't see you. The point of tagging people (including their username, like PK did Henry's) is to so your tweet shows up in their mentions tab. If you tag somebody who's blocked you, they won't see it, and it's kind of pointless, at least if you want their attention.

If someone blocks you all you have to do is log out of your account and search for the person who blocked you. Unless they've turned their privacy settings on to make all their tweets private you'll still be able to read them.

Whether or not PK is bright enough to realize this is up foe debate. But I doubt he cares if he has Henry's attention. He just wants everyone else's.

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I'm betting PK is a whole lot more emotionally invested in Twitter than Henry is.

[EarlofDuke]

1 hour ago, titaninpgh said:

PK has been compromised by the ESPN hottake machine. Similar to the footwork drill, in this situation he wrote an article based on a single piece of decontextuallzed evidence, leaving plenty of room for speculation and perceived innuendo (and then hammers readers for participating in his game). If he waited to press submit, he could have used his Columbia journalism skills to gather insightful context on both the footwork drill and Henry's absence. If I were Henry, a low key guy who also won the Heisman, I'd say enough is enough with PK creating drama through his hot take impatience. 

Can we be a little more thin-skinned?  PK posts a video of one single Derrick Henry footwork drill that didn't go well and says that Henry had a footwork drill that didn't go well...  "ZOMG PK TRYING TO SAY HENRY SUCKS OMG OMG OMG FIRE HIM OMG!!!"  PK says that everyone showed up for the 1st day of OTAs except for Henry and some guy I've never heard of, and it's "OMG PK IS TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK REALLY BAD OMG OMG OMG BAD JOURNALISM WHY IS HE SUCH A MEANIE???  OMG!"

 

[EarlofDuke]

1 hour ago, Sifublue said:

I feel like finding out 'why' to a is part of your gig as a journalist. Or at least doing it well. 

I could write an article about how some parent yelling at thier kids looks bad, but without context or an attempt to find out the why, you can be rightfully accused of stirring the pot.

And you can rightfully say that you're simply stating what you saw and that you think it looks bad.