Mike DiMauro, Jeff Jacobs, & Joe Zone want to meet u guys

[formerlurker]

I have to be honest, I read this thread on the train today because it was "new".

I live in the ffld cty part of the state where I get my news via the NY channels and not the locals like 8 & 3. I miss those days actually.

Anyhow, I had no clue what a Joe's Zone was until this thread and then I see a local commercial on TBS during the tournament.

Is this the infamous Joe's Zone?

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He looks like Norm McDonald, if he were Newman and Ron Popeil's baby.

 

[Northbound]

Mike DiMauro sitting posture reminds me of Billy Bob Thorton's character in Slingblade? Seriously, if they are going to put print guys on TV please give them some basic media training and hey CPTV that set doesn't help them out any. Put a desk in front of those people so they are hidden from the waist down, there's a reason that it's done like that. I'm not local so this is my first exposure to this show, but good god it looks like its a farm report.....I was waiting for the update on corn and hog futures.

 

[partial]

Internet forums are like a work in progress and the anonymous aspect allows people to go beyond normal conventions that every once in while create interesting, witty or highly entertaining things. It also gives equal footing to everyone which is probably not a good thing in discourse, however it is kept in check by the masses berating each other. That is the essence of the personal attacks that go on. Journalists are single voices that poke at the bear with impunity so the flaming will be probably be even worse for them, the best response would be not to give any legitimacy by commenting on it. Although I’ll admit it's more entertaining if they do comment.

 

[John]

I'm on my iPad and don't think I can make a direct link, sorry.

DoggyDaddy and diggerfoot, who post most frequently on the women's board, went on CPTV's Beyond the Beat show to respond to DiMauro's on air comment that the Boneyard had the "dumbest" fans. Theface to face meeting is in a video tacked to the top of the women's board. Anyway, it seems their biggest beef is with you guys (Jimmy Serrano got called out by name). They'd be interested in having the Boneyard on again and mentioned bringing someone from the football board. It could probably be arranged.

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/beyond-the-beat-by-version-direct-link-included.54617/

Try this link to the thread with the video.

Hey, it's a Convention! I'm not going.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I actually tried to watch the video. I started from the beginning and it wasn't very interesting for me. Then I ffw'd to the section that somebody gave the cliffs notes version on, and it's just amazing, and I didn't finish that part of the video either.

We are a very unique sports culture here in CT around our huskies. Jmoney summed it up perfect I think. What a strange video. Where else does this happen? Anywhere in the country? Nope.

You know what I kept thinking watching it? I don't remember the actual game, but at some football game in the not too distant past, Geno went out on the field at half with the microphone and gave some kind of rally speech, and the crowd went nuts. I do remember having some friends w/ me, that were incredulous that the women's basketball coach would be at the game, let alone on the field at all, and never mind be speaking to the entire crowd from the field, and firing them up. Where else other than CT?

We're all Huskies though. Us. Them. Everybody.

"Enjoy the show and please remember people, that no matter who you are, and
Whatever you do to live, thrive and survive, there are still some
Things that make us all the same:
You, me, him, them -- everybody, people, everybody!

-Elwood Blues

 

[Waquoit]

You know what I kept thinking watching it? I don't remember the actual game, but at some football game in the not too distant past, Geno went out on the field at half with the microphone and gave some kind of rally speech, and the crowd went nuts. I do remember having some friends w/ me, that were incredulous that the women's basketball coach would be at the game, let alone on the field at all, and never mind be speaking to the entire crowd from the field, and firing them up. Where else other than CT?

Anyplace that has a team as successful as Geno's. They love Summitt in Tennesseee and that's SEC territory. But we get your point, women's sports are to be treated with derision. I disagree.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Anyplace that has a team as successful as Geno's. They love Summitt in Tennesseee and that's SEC territory. But we get your point, women's sports are to be treated with derision. I disagree.

Who's we? And why such tone? Why do you assume I meant something negative? There was nothing negative in anything I wrote - unless you are looking for something to harp on because you are insecure for some reason about women's athletics. I'm not. I'm very proud of our women's athletics program, and the women's basketball program is second to none in the entire country.

What Geno did that day and for the life of me I can't recall what game it was - that's alarming because it's totally blank........but no matter - he did do it, and it was impressive....made big impression in a good way. Only somebody with some negative issues would immediately assume what I wrote was meant to be negative toward women's athletics.

Tennessee is probably the only place that would even come close to the intercollegiate sports culture that we have involving women's athletics, although I think Notre Dame is probably closer these days, and I know that Pat Summitt is battling some serious health issues and that stinks. When was the last time that Pat Summitt addressed the entire crowd at Neyland Stadium from the field in a close game? How about McGraw? Is she making gameday speeches in the shadow of TD Jesus? If either has, it's news to me.

What we have in CT is an entirely unique intercollegiate sports culture around the Huskies, and it's good to be unique. What we lack is sports writers that seem to know much about the sport of football -but they are writers, not fans.

 

[intlzncster]

Who's we? And why such tone? Why do you assume I meant something negative? There was nothing negative in anything I wrote - unless you are looking for something to harp on because you are insecure for some reason about women's athletics. I'm not. I'm very proud of our women's athletics program, and the women's basketball program is second to none in the entire country.

What Geno did that day and for the life of me I can't recall what game it was - that's alarming because it's totally blank...but no matter - he did do it, and it was impressive....made big impression in a good way. Only somebody with some negative issues would immediately assume what I wrote was meant to be negative toward women's athletics.

Tennessee is probably the only place that would even come close to the intercollegiate sports culture that we have involving women's athletics, although I think Notre Dame is probably closer these days, and I know that Pat Summitt is battling some serious health issues and that stinks. When was the last time that Pat Summitt addressed the entire crowd at Neyland Stadium from the field in a close game? How about McGraw? Is she making gameday speeches in the shadow of TD Jesus? If either has, it's news to me.

Totally agree with this. The only other similarity I can think of was Maggie Dixon standing up in front of all the cadet's at West Point to talk about the need for Women's support. They packed the house out for Army's games after that. Really unfortunate she passed away.

 

[ZooCougar]

I actually tried to watch the video. I started from the beginning and it wasn't very interesting for me. Then I ffw'd to the section that somebody gave the cliffs notes version on, and it's just amazing, and I didn't finish that part of the video either.

We are a very unique sports culture here in CT around our huskies. Jmoney summed it up perfect I think. What a strange video. Where else does this happen? Anywhere in the country? Nope.

You know what I kept thinking watching it? I don't remember the actual game, but at some football game in the not too distant past, Geno went out on the field at half with the microphone and gave some kind of rally speech, and the crowd went nuts. I do remember having some friends w/ me, that were incredulous that the women's basketball coach would be at the game, let alone on the field at all, and never mind be speaking to the entire crowd from the field, and firing them up. Where else other than CT?

We're all Huskies though. Us. Them. Everybody.

"Enjoy the show and please remember people, that no matter who you are, and
Whatever you do to live, thrive and survive, there are still some
Things that make us all the same:
You, me, him, them -- everybody, people, everybody!

-Elwood Blues

Carl,

Your friends sound like troglodytes. Geno is a nationally known coach, he's pretty much transcended sports.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Carl,

Your friends sound like troglodytes. Geno is a nationally known coach, he's pretty much transcended sports.

Troglodytes. I like that. I will use that. "The Troglodytes." FWIW: I don't recall writing that anyone was asking me who he was when I conveyed the story. I agree that Geno is right popular. Well known.