Dear Diary,
Today was the final day of interviews before the Super Bowl. Jimmy Garoppolo gave a formal press conference for the first time this week — he had been sitting at a podium for an hour each day answering questions from journalists who shouted at him from five feet away. A formal press conference allowed my fellow sports writers to speak quietly into a microphone one at a time and remain civilized human beings.
When I was watching Garoppolo’s press conference, I noticed he gives a little nod to punctuate the end of every answer he gives.
The Jimmy Garoppolo Nod. pic.twitter.com/7C28HpItRP
— Iggy (@grantcohn) January 30, 2020
The nod is a brilliant tactic. It shows he really means what he says and makes everything sound reasonable. It makes me nod and feel I understand what he’s saying even if I don’t. I’m going to start using the nod in my daily life.
After Garoppolo finished talking, the media dispersed to interview the rest of the team. I find it fascinating to see which players the national sports writers find interesting and which players they couldn’t care less about.
They love Richard Sherman. They crowd around him five people deep every day.
They love Garoppolo. One “reporter” asked him to marry her. He dodged that bullet.
They love, love, love Raheem Mostert even though they surely hadn’t heard of him two weeks ago. They swarmed him daily and asked the same questions about the chip on
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