HCPP, DEZ, 'Taking a knee'

[ZooCougar]

LOL. Des asked P why he didn't go to the v formation at the end of the game. What more do you want him to do?

If somebody gave you a answer to a good question would you stop there?

These guys are soft!

 

[ZooCougar]

Water board him till he gives an answer that is acceptable and is in lock step with a majority of the BY!

That would be a decent start.

 

[johnhuskies95]

If somebody gave you a ****ty answer to a good question would you stop there?

These guys are soft!

Des would violate basically every sports journalism rule if he went further. You ask a question and then get the response. You don't tell the subject to answer a different way.

 

[ZooCougar]

Des would violate basically every sports journalism rule if he went further. You ask a question and then get the response. You don't tell the subject to answer a different way.

Where is that rule written?

Did you watch the Mike Leach press conference that was posted here? Those guys must not have had the same rulebooks that you are referring to.

 

[gioff23]

John,

give up. the masses have their pitchforks and they will not be happy until someone is hung. reason went out the windows weeks ago.

 

[junglehusky]

This is getting silly. We're talking about sports media, not reporting on issues that actually affect people's livelihoods. But whatever, we can probably keep this useless thread going 20 pages without saying anything new. Have at it.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Know nothings like you are why we up here in the Northeast are looked down upon by fanbases who actually know a little something about football. Keep it up.

Really? Are you sure it isn't because we're terrible at football? Because I'm pretty sure it's because we're terrible at football.

Also, because our attendance sucks.

I think, "Some fans lack an encyclopedic knowledge of football" is not that high up on the list. I know Bama/Auburn fans. I'm sorry, but they ain't all football geniuses.

 

[Husky25]

This is getting silly. We're talking about sports media, not reporting on issues that actually affect people's livelihoods. But whatever, we can probably keep this useless thread going 20 pages without saying anything new. Have at it.

Doesn't it though? You have over 1,700 posts in a little over a year and a quarter. It seems that you have allowed what goes on with this school's teams (and how they are covered by extension) to affect your life in some way, shape, or form.

I agree it is getting out of hand, and said as much this morning, but make no mistake. We all let it affect our lives.

 

[junglehusky]

To be more specific, whether the sports beat reporter ask the football coach a question once or twice, or more or less aggressively, isn't as important as whether the other reporter uncovers a story on corruption or people being screwed by the government or a sleazy business. That's what I meant by reporting and livelihood, but you are right that UConn football does affect my personal life (hopefully not to the point where it affects my job performance /livelihood!)

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[mattp]

I don't think I even understand this thread. Are people complaining about the play calls themselves, or Dez not giving P a harder time about them? The calls were terrible and add to the list of poor clock management issues, but it's not Dez's job to grade P on his play calls. He asked about it, which to me means he realizes it was the wrong call, but I don't see why anyone would want him to badger P about it until he loses his access to the coaches. How does that do anyone any good?

I definitely agree that Dez responds to way too many of his posters. It makes him seem insecure in his thoughts that he feels the need to constantly defend them to a bunch of nitwits on the internet. He's got to realize you're never going to satisfy everyone on the internet, and just speak his piece and leave it at that.

 

[ZooCougar]

I see your point. However, I don't think Silver and Conner need to get all "John Stossel" on Pasqualoni in order to get to the bottom of why he doesn't know when to call a time out.

To be more specific, whether the sports beat reporter ask the football coach a question once or twice, or more or less aggressively, isn't as important as whether the other reporter uncovers a story on corruption or people being screwed by the government or a sleazy business. That's what I meant by reporting and livelihood, but you are right that UConn football does affect my personal life (hopefully not to the point where it affects my job performance /livelihood!)

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[ZooCougar]

I don't think I even understand this thread. Are people complaining about the play calls themselves, or Dez not giving P a harder time about them? The calls were terrible and add to the list of poor clock management issues, but it's not Dez's job to grade P on his play calls. He asked about it, which to me means he realizes it was the wrong call, but I don't see why anyone would want him to badger P about it until he loses his access to the coaches. How does that do anyone any good?

Why not? He grades everyone but the coaches after every game in his "blog".

 

[mattp]

Why not? He grades everyone but the coaches after every game in his "blog".

I didn't realize he did this as i don't generally go to his blog. I guess he kind of opened up that can of worms on his own .

 

[huskymedic]

Why not? He grades everyone but the coaches after every game in his "blog".

... And Mulcahy grades the coaches pass/fail based on win/loss and gets railed for that here. No win.

 

[BlueMAB]

Des would violate basically every sports journalism rule if he went further. You ask a question and then get the response. You don't tell the subject to answer a different way.

HUH? Where in the world are you getting this from? The best journalists will rephrase questions in an attempt to get an honest answer. It's bad journalists that don't bother to ask follow up questions.

 

[ZooCougar]

I didn't realize he did this as i don't generally go to his blog. I guess he kind of opened up that can of worms on his own .

It's very, very strange that he doesn't grade them.

 

[ZooCougar]

... And Mulcahy grades the coaches pass/fail based on win/loss and gets railed for that here. No win.

Not by me. I think that if one actually read Mulcahy all season, we could infer what his grade of the two stooges would be.

 

[johnhuskies95]

HUH? Where in the world are you getting this from? The best journalists will rephrase questions in an attempt to get an honest answer. It's bad journalists that don't bother to ask follow up questions.

You do realize that this was a press conference, right? The beat writers don't get their own individual sit downs with the coaches. There isn't a back and forth in a press conference, you get called on by the moderator and then ask your question and get a response.

It isn't the job of the beat writer to try and shape the coach's opinion.

 

[Dann]

lets make this simple

coach fucks up again- beat writer asks simple question about something and gets answer but ignores the big issues...

its like when a msnbc writer goes to the white house and asks Obama about how the kids lunch program is going when we have the middle east up in flames

 

[junglehusky]

Well Dan, you and I will have to disagree whether how bad coach P sucks is a "big issue" or not. I agree that we'd be better off with a different HC but I gotta back up Dez on this one - what he and Jacobs and every other member of the media write or don't write about the football coach does not factor into Warde and Susan's decision. If there's a ton of bad press about a sucky football coach and then he winds up getting fired, he wasn't fired because of the press, he was fired because the AD ascertained the coach sucked at his job. The newspaper articles are a lagging indicator, not a leading indicator. And in comparison to Syria or the economy or even local town issues, nothing in sports is anywhere near as important, period.

 

[johnhuskies95]

And in comparison to Syria or the economy or even local town issues, nothing in sports is anywhere near as important, period.

I'm not sure why you keep bringing this up. Is anyone suggesting otherwise?

 

[junglehusky]

I'm not sure why you keep bringing this up. Is anyone suggesting otherwise?

No, I brought it up and Dan sort of used it for a different analogy.

 

[Srqhusky]

First of all I am proud we did not do the lame ass victory formation. It is weak. They may as well call it the pu55y formation. We are really advocating sitting on the ball for over a minute is ridiculous and the sport is becoming too soft every day. Wtf. Hockey and basketball do not let u sit on the puck/ball why is football. The play should be ILLEGAL. People pay for sixty minutes of football
Also why are we harping on the coach for trying to score more points. We are ded last in offense. I have been waiting for a. Offensive outburst all season and now people want the coach to kneel and run up the middle. WTf

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

First of all I am proud we did not do the lame ass victory formation. It is weak. They may as well call it the pu55y formation. We are really advocating sitting on the ball for over a minute is ridiculous and the sport is becoming too soft every day. Wtf. Hockey and basketball do not let u sit on the puck/ball why is football. The play should be ILLEGAL. People pay for sixty minutes of football
Also why are we harping on the coach for trying to score more points. We are ded last in offense. I have been waiting for a. Offensive outburst all season and now people want the coach to kneel and run up the middle. WTf

This post serious?

 

[Srqhusky]

This post serious?

Tell me how exciting it is to watch a qb kneel three times with the ball