krazikarl said:
amazing what passes for journalism these days. i'm pretty sure that guy woke up in the monring, decided he wanted to play 36 holes, banged out 1000 words in 12 minutes 28 seconds, ran spell check, and faxed it in.
Sportswriters like STODA take a look at trends and then decide to play devil's advocate so they can "stir it up" and "create" a story. Case in point, 2 years ago Ricky quit and LeBatard (being Ricky's friend) defended him after everybiody ripped him, it gave LeBatard so much juice that it elevated him into nationsl prominence.
Stoda's no fool. If ESPN reported that at dinner with Brees last night Saban had Chocolate Ice Cream Stoda would ask, "Why not Vanilla?"
It's actually EASY to think like a sportswriter! You can do it. Just take an event or upcoming event in which there is a CONSENSUS (very important) opinion and then force yourself to sit down and write a dissenting opinion. While all the fans FLAME your column, they're also READING it and COMMENTING on it, maybhe if you're lucky your column is QUOTED elsewhere, and those are the things that matter to Sportswriters. The facts or their actual opinions on things come out eventually, but initially they like to stir it up.
Look for these idiots to start posting the following stories very soon:
BREES AND CULPEPPER TOO RISKY, SABAN SHOULD WAIT
SABAN WOULD BE WISE TO TRADE UP FOR JAY CUTLER
SABAN SHOULD CUT RICKY AND SAVE FACE
SABAN SHOULD RE-SIGN DAVID BOSTON, SETH McKINNEY
APPARENTLY FA CHARACTER NOT A CONCERN FOR SABAN
TIME FOR SABAN TO DEAL ZACH or JT FOR DRAFT PICKS
Mark my words, you'll see RIDICULOUS stories like these before April's draft and wonder what these guys are smoking. They're perfectly rationale and they are just pushing your buttons.
If most fans agree we SHOULD do something, the sportswriter will DISAGREE. It's in their nature.
Stoda is a buffoon like all of them.
Go PHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!