WKUFan518
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(08-30-2014 10:16 PM)Hilltopper2K Wrote: (08-30-2014 09:10 PM)dahbeed Wrote: we have a similar situation with our beat writer. he's a real bag that digs up every negative factoid he can. he'll present positive but for every one he presents he for whatever reason feels the need to 'balance' it with something negative. a real weasel and i hope someone takes him of the local rags hands.
he's a ga southern grad and i believe he's always resented that western went fbs long before his eagles did. i'm not looking for a cheerleader out of a beat writer. but he's the worst to ever cover western.
I know there is a lot of angst out there against Chad but I just don't see it. I think overall he is not quite as good as the last guy but not as bad as he is made out to be. It is like some people have latched on to like one or two lines he wrote at one point (maybe even when he first started fresh out of college?) and ignore all the good work he has done. He has broken a lot of news about recruits and such. I think he is fine.
I disagree, all he does is search Twitter 4 or 5 times a day for #WKU and retweets any recruiting news based on his search, a trained monkey could do that.....Jordan Wells at Scout actually researches, talks to people, does real interviews and has the real inside scoop on WKU recruiting...All Chad does is use Google and Twitter, he does not write any personal stories concerning WKU, for those you have to read Michael Grant or Bozich in Louisville.....Chad sucks, I am sorry....WKU has come a long way in 3 or 4 short years in football, but you would not think so reading the garbage CB produces every day....Also anytime you bring up attendance, he responds by using #excusetrain....
Hoping Jordan is beat writer one day for BG Daily News if he wanted it...
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(08-31-2014 12:21 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: FIU has had issues with the NCAA over various rule violations. Is there any possibility that the Miami Herald writer was one of the ones who ratted them out? That would be my first guess, and the FIU AD is getting back at him.
FIU is a public institution so everthing is available and therefore a molehill can easily be turned into a mountain if one were so inclined. Now the dirty little secret in Coral Gables is handeled with kid gloves by that media outlet. Agenda? I guess it depends on your point of view.
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(08-30-2014 07:02 PM)MUther Wrote: I would love to see Landon denied press credentials for a season or two. That would be the funniest **** ever.
No you wouldn't. When he was in Charleston back in the 90's the Wheelers/Ally Cats did it because of some stuff he was saying. So Chuck bought tickets to the games and then really started to write on them out of spite. He made their lives miserable. You have to keep Landon at arms length at all times. You think he takes shots now. Wait and see how bad it would get if we took his credentials. As we know the H-D never edits him. We just need him to retire away.
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
Just from reading threads here and there on FIU it seems to me you all have an Athletic Director problem.
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09-03-2014 11:11 AM |
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(09-03-2014 11:11 AM)MUsince96 Wrote: Just from reading threads here and there on FIU it seems to me you all have an Athletic Director problem.
I have thought this all the way back to when they hired Isaiah Thomas and said this was not a publicity stunt.....I hope FIU gets their act together as they are really sucking at everything they do down there...
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09-03-2014 11:51 AM |
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
We at UTEP know exactly where you're coming from. We had a sport writer for the Times named Meunch who didn't give UTEP credit when it was due. He was a Enemas U. alum if I'm right. He retired but now only does political columns.
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
Fiu is a black eye on cusa. Did he write about fius recird or oost a box score? Media across the country are backing the exiled beat writer and bashing fiu
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(09-03-2014 12:44 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote: Fiu is a black eye on cusa. Did he write about fius recird or oost a box score? Media across the country are backing the exiled beat writer and bashing fiu
Pretty sure the complaint was about the negativity surrounding FIU, though that's unavoidable when the entire AD is a dumpster fire.
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
So FIU people, so what is the real reason Neal was not issued press creds ?
Is it bc he treated athletes badly or was it bc he made the youtube video about FIU attendance reporting and that AD got 19K bonus?
Either one could be valid excuse.
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09-03-2014 01:11 PM |
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(09-03-2014 01:11 PM)Sideshow2313 Wrote: So FIU people, so what is the real reason Neal was not issued press creds ?
Is it bc he treated athletes badly or was it bc he made the youtube video about FIU attendance reporting and that AD got 19K bonus?
Either one could be valid excuse.
He was trying to dig up dirt on the athletic program by going straight to the athletes. Of course, he would have taken any slip by an 18 year old kid and made it into front page news. That's all those Herald types do, yellow journalism, when it comes to anyone who dares challenge their favorite pet (as filthy as it may be).
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(09-03-2014 01:18 PM)FIUFan Wrote: (09-03-2014 01:11 PM)Sideshow2313 Wrote: So FIU people, so what is the real reason Neal was not issued press creds ?
Is it bc he treated athletes badly or was it bc he made the youtube video about FIU attendance reporting and that AD got 19K bonus?
Either one could be valid excuse.
He was trying to dig up dirt on the athletic program by going straight to the athletes. Of course, he would have taken any slip by an 18 year old kid and made it into front page news. That's all those Herald types do, yellow journalism, when it comes to anyone who dares challenge their favorite pet (as filthy as it may be).
Oh wow then I can see FIU point but why backtrack ?
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(09-03-2014 02:56 PM)Sideshow2313 Wrote: (09-03-2014 01:18 PM)FIUFan Wrote: (09-03-2014 01:11 PM)Sideshow2313 Wrote: So FIU people, so what is the real reason Neal was not issued press creds ?
Is it bc he treated athletes badly or was it bc he made the youtube video about FIU attendance reporting and that AD got 19K bonus?
Either one could be valid excuse.
He was trying to dig up dirt on the athletic program by going straight to the athletes. Of course, he would have taken any slip by an 18 year old kid and made it into front page news. That's all those Herald types do, yellow journalism, when it comes to anyone who dares challenge their favorite pet (as filthy as it may be).
Oh wow then I can see FIU point but why backtrack ?
We didn't; the spin is just a way for them to save face.
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
Is this the same AD that hired Ron Turner? If so fire him.
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RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(09-03-2014 05:32 PM)Bleeds_Purple Wrote: Is this the same AD that hired Ron Turner? If so fire him.
Wasn't Garcia the GM of the Cleveland Browns at one time ?
I think our former color commentator Kelly Holcomb was friends with Garcia--ripped his arse about the lack of pressbox, however.
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Re: RE: FIU administration refuses beat reporter media credentials for game day.
(09-03-2014 11:51 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote: (09-03-2014 11:11 AM)MUsince96 Wrote: Just from reading threads here and there on FIU it seems to me you all have an Athletic Director problem.
I have thought this all the way back to when they hired Isaiah Thomas and said this was not a publicity stunt.....I hope FIU gets their act together as they are really sucking at everything they do down there...
One of the more shocking things for me personally in 2014 has been that we were able to push our AD out an air lock before FIU
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