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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 11:02am
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I'm telling you in general the coach is a good guy, you're making a call about his character over the Internet based on a few paragraphs. I have definite knowledge. You're making a 'call from the other side of the gym'.......an analogy
Ironic that you make the above comment, then call the article writer a hack, based on
what he's written....
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 11:06am
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Ironic that you make the above comment, then call the article writer a hack, based on what he's written....
How is that ironic?

In the byline, it says "SPECIAL TO," which means this writer is not an employee. He's most likely a stringer starting out.

I did stringing decades ago, before computers, and the staff used to rewrite my stuff all the time. It appears this guy's writings goes directly to the webpage, without any review. I wonder if that's how that do that today. (I certainly hope not.)
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:17pm
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How is that ironic?

In the byline, it says "SPECIAL TO," which means this writer is not an employee. He's most likely a stringer starting out.

I did stringing decades ago, before computers, and the staff used to rewrite my stuff all the time. It appears this guy's writings goes directly to the webpage, without any review. I wonder if that's how that do that today. (I certainly hope not.)
You're making a couple of really hasty assumptions.

1) That just because the writer is a stringer, he has very little to no experience.

2) That the stringer's writing doesn't get edited before going live on the website.
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:33pm
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Great discussion about a legitimate basketball situation.
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:48pm
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How is that ironic?

In the byline, it says "SPECIAL TO," which means this writer is not an employee. He's most likely a stringer starting out.

I did stringing decades ago, before computers, and the staff used to rewrite my stuff all the time. It appears this guy's writings goes directly to the webpage, without any review. I wonder if that's how that do that today. (I certainly hope not.)
He writes for a very small town publication that is owned by the SunTimes In this era of consolidation and cost cutting, his 'byline' appears not only in his little town paper but also the parent company Sun Times.
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:51pm
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He writes for a very small town publication that is owned by the SunTimes In this era of consolidation and cost cutting, his 'byline' appears not only in his little town paper but also the parent company Sun Times.
You still haven't demonstrated why he deserves to be called a hack based on just what you've read of him. So are you saying that any writer that writes for a small, hometown newspaper is, by definition a "hack"?

Funny how you get so defensive about some coach who berates an official and then goes on the record blaming a loss on the official, but then you'll call a local writer a hack without any justification.
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:58pm
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How is that ironic?

In the byline, it says "SPECIAL TO," which means this writer is not an employee. He's most likely a stringer starting out.

I did stringing decades ago, before computers, and the staff used to rewrite my stuff all the time. It appears this guy's writings goes directly to the webpage, without any review. I wonder if that's how that do that today. (I certainly hope not.)
He writes for a very small town publication that is owned by the SunTimes In this era of consolidation and cost cutting, his 'byline' appears not only in his little town paper but also the parent company Sun Times.

He is a mediocre at best space filler for his paper. Of course just my opinion

'the ref handed the ball to the shooter'....................Really? the coaches called time out.........Really? Only AC did, hence no timeout. Did he ever ask the obvious question Why didn't he grant you a TO? Of course not. Why let facts get in the way of a good story.
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 11:15am
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Ironic that you make the above comment, then call the article writer a hack, based on what he's written....
You're assuming fullor hasn't read anything else from the writer in question.
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:44pm
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You're assuming fullor hasn't read anything else from the writer in question.
Bingo!!!
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:43pm
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Ironic that you make the above comment, then call the article writer a hack, based on
what he's written....
As a matter of fact, I've read and follwed his stuff for years and have met him. There's a reason he's at a small publication, there's other stuff that doesn't need to be written about here.

Now, don't you look stupid?
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