The sorry state of sports media

[Happy Panther]

14 hours ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

Welcome to the democratization of media. It has it's pros and it's cons. You've just encountered an undeniable con.

This. Media is not necessarily journalism. When every joe has a voice you hear everything. Like this week when I posted a tweet from a guy who said his sources say the bears are working to trade for Cam. It was apparently an unfunny joke from an asshat. Oh well

[1of10Charnatives]

19 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

This. Media is not necessarily journalism. When every joe has a voice you hear everything. Like this week when I posted a tweet from a guy who said his sources say the bears are working to trade for Cam. It was apparently an unfunny joke from an asshat. Oh well

Why does this guy not have a higher rep with his post count? As near as I can tell everything he says is either smart or funny. Oh and he generates zero drama from what I can see. Huddle needs to step up. 

[!stUp]

15 hours ago, 4Corners said:

Holy crap - that play call by Cutcliffe at the end of the UNC game is one of the worst decisions you will ever see. QB guru my ass lol. 

Zac Roper made the call.

[1of10Charnatives]

7 minutes ago, GreensboroPirate said:

This was random

A moose once bit my sister.

 

Mind you, moose bites can be nasty.

[4Corners]

6 minutes ago, !stUp said:

Zac Roper made the call.

So he is The moron Coach Brown should send the thank you card to?

[4Corners]

12 hours ago, Peppers90 NC said:

Basement podcasts shouldn’t be considered “the media”

Neither should anyone on wfnz 

[mc52beast]

Most of the sports media is just like the MSM, straight up trash. Would rather listen to grass growing.

[ellis]

On 10/26/2019 at 7:33 PM, Black&BlueBubba said:

Ok.  I have a little rant here.  I was doing some work around the house today so I put on a podcast of a local panthers media website.  By 15 minutes into the podcast I was sitting there yelling at these idiots.

First off the one guys was talking about he watched some tape and it was obvious to him that Cam over the final 8 games of last year and the first 2 games of this year was such a better QB than Allen has been.  He even clarified that he was talking about the last 8 games of Cams career and not how he looked to begin the 2018 season.  Now let’s be clear.  Do I think a 100% Cam is better than Allen?  HELL YES!  But how Cam played at the end of last year and  against TB this year is not better than Allen.   I have no idea what he was watching.   

Then they went on to describe the the 49er defense and were talking about how good the secondary was with Sherman and Witherspoon.  Witherspoon has been out for weeks?????   One of the guys did look at the injury report and he did notice Witherspoon didn’t practice this week and the said he might not play. Dude if you haven’t played in 3 weeks and you haven’t practiced at all this week there isn’t a chance in hell you are playing.  I’m a casual fan and can figure what’s going on with our next opponent. How is it the guys that actually do this for a living don’t have a fugging clue????

Here’s the point:  Just because you have the ability to put up a website and can get 2 of your buddies to sit down and do a podcast does not make you a viable sports media resource.  I’m tired of the 135lb. soaking wet guys with the athletic ability of a fuging toothpick who think they know something about athletic attributes of players and teams.  They should stick to analyzing cross country.  

Bottom Line:  I will continue to give my clicks and support to guys like @ellis who spend a great deal of time paying attention to details and providing true quality content that is informative, educational, and entertaining.  

Rant over.  Cheers.  

I had some guys on Twitter today giving me some crap....the juvenile name-calling, trying to drum up a beef. I addressed it, but I honestly don’t have time for a beef. That’s for high school girls. I’ve got three kids and a wife, and plenty of crap on my plate.

I just got a kick out of somebody re-tweeting one of my hundreds of tweets from the week, and doing an autopsy on it. Apparently, I was trying to support my bias. This is coming from analysts who threw out LOL and ROFL on their tweets any time Kyle made a bad play.

Hey, what the hell ever. Knock yourself out. Have a ball.