A good Politi article
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Say what you want about him but Politi has been on point for the past couple of months with the articles about how flood/herman should be fired and the new articles on the fresh new perspective with ash. I don't remember the last time I completely disagreed with him
Politi is a hack. He'll write one "positive" story and then spend the rest of the year shitting on everything we do. He's a spin doctor of the worst kind.
This, the number of times people are fooled by him is mind boggling. He will pounce with the slightest scent of blood in the water.
Politi is not a 'journalist/reporter', but a columnist. His job is to get the pulse of his audience (which isn't exclusively Rutgers fans) and to write stuff that reflects the general mood. There is a Politi in every city across America. When times are good, he will write positive stuff, when times are bad, he will kick sand in your face. That is his job.
Considering the enthusiasm around a new coach, it isn't surprising that he would become more positive, but the first time Ash makes a mistake, expect Politi to wag his finger at him. That is just what a columnist does.
Considering the enthusiasm around a new coach, it isn't surprising that he would become more positive, but the first time Ash makes a mistake, expect Politi to wag his finger at him. That is just what a columnist does.
How capable can he be if he gets his columns from this board?
yes, unfortunately I do. There is something wrong with.
And we shouldn't pounce. Maybe, just maybe, this board feeds the monster.
Well, the Star Ledger...
- Got rid of Mulcahy
- Helped ESPN get rid of Pernetti
- Did all they could to get rid of Herman from day one.
Hopefully they finally found a Rutgers Athletic Director they can live with for a while.
- Got rid of Mulcahy
- Helped ESPN get rid of Pernetti
- Did all they could to get rid of Herman from day one.
Hopefully they finally found a Rutgers Athletic Director they can live with for a while.
I swear we have the most obtuse fans or gullible take your pick. Stevie Phallus is a hack and will always be a hack. He will over dramatize stuff, call for people's firing etc to pump his ego with the thought "I am the puppet master of RU athletics". Additionally he knows the more drama the more eyeballs.
People on this board fall for it everytime. The poster above just made a great comment:
Mulcahy
Pernetti
Rice
Herman
Flood
And it didn't matter who the AD was in the previous search, Phallus head had an article a week before RU announced the new AD he already had info on Herman and the guy from Wisky.
The guy from Wisky's issue was some sort of underage drinking by players at a bowl game and reckless spending, lol.
So regardless of which way we went he was going to call RU out.
It has really nothing to do with RU but evrything to do with RU. Meaning the articles are written to maximize readership, the trigger point is RU because we make it easy.
i havent opened the article yet but there is no such thing as a good steve politi article. death, taxes, awful articles by Steve Politi.
...you also thought Flood was going to be our coach, in 2016, until the Ash presser. :smiley:
Seriously though don't be fooled by Politi. The moment he finds something - anything - to turn on, the dime, he will.
Oh, I know. We gave them stuff to write about. I'm half kidding in the sense that I think Hobbs is the right guy to be the AD at the moment and I think Ash was a solid hire.
The Star-Ledger did NONE of those things. Not one of them. Rutgers did.
In the third case, someone who really shouldn't have been hired. In the second case, someone who was thrown under the bus by Barchi but who also hired the coach who caused the problem in the first place despite the fact there were enough red flags even Fordham declined to hire him. In the first case, someone who was not found to have done anything wrong, just without answering to anyone.
If Rutgers learns something from Ledger reporting and makes a decision, I have no problem with that. If Rutgers is just afraid of the Ledger being mean to it, the problem is with Rutgers, not the Ledger.
The Ledger cannot fire anybody at Rutgers. If it can, it has a lot more power than anyone on this board likes to admit.
But if you're into conspiracy theories, Hobbs coming from Seton Hall should insulate him, right?
The ad mentioned in this linl doesn't show anymore, but this shows what type of coverage that rag has given RU for years.
The way the Star Liar spun their coverage of Rutgers concerning its ADs put pressure on the RU Administration to get rid of them
Conspiracy theory: http://uselesstriviaandmindlessrants.blogspot.com/2008/12/rutgers-fans-versus-star-ledger.html
I certainly was wrong about Flood staying. I'm happy I was wrong.