Holy crap is this headline real?

[bulldognation]

Per the CL: Joe Moorhead aims to rectify years of mediocre Mississippi State football

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[patdog]

You know what, just 17 them in the *******. I was halfway willing to give them another chance after Lardburger left, but 17 them.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

This should go w/o saying... But we litterally just had one of the best 10 year stretches in program history. Mediocre? The guys in Nashville don't follow us that closely.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

17 that propagandist troll rag. 17 them hard.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

their newspaper is less than mediocre. I always advise everyone i know to cancel their subscription to that joke of a newspaper. I'm not sure why anyone still reads or pays for their garbage.

 

[patdog]

their newspaper is less than mediocre.

You're being too kind.

 

[RPOdawg]

Mediocre lolz

 

[maroonmania]

Mediocre lolz

Exactly, they would need some significant improvement to even reach the less than mediocre level.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I have no problem with the article at all. It discusses Mullen's tenure and how State fans became accustomed to 7 and 8 win seasons. Moorhead is aiming for Moor (couldn't resist). The headline is a bit negative, but the truth is we WERE mediocre under Mullen...it's just that before Mullen we were pretty terrible.

 

[Xenomorph]

I keep tellin' y'all... the last copy of that paper you should buy is the one where they're signing off.

 

[Xenomorph]

So.. the headline could've read "Joe Moorhead aims to build on most successful decade in MSU football history."

In other words... 17 the CL.

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

I have no problem with the article at all. It discusses Mullen's tenure and how State fans became accustomed to 7 and 8 win seasons. Moorhead is aiming for Moor (couldn't resist). The headline is a bit negative, but the truth is we WERE mediocre under Mullen...it's just that before Mullen we were pretty terrible.

I think that's the issue. Our headlines consistently lean negative, even if rooted in truth. Ole Miss' lean positive. It's just a fact at this point.

I think it's a pretty good metaphor regarding our fanbase too. We might be the most negative one out there, meanwhile Ole Miss thinks it's a good thing that they had a WR transfer to UCF and dominate a game last night.

 

[$altyDawg]

Clarion Ledger sucks the sweat off a dead man's balls. Haven't even look at that piece of crap in years.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

That headline is suboptimal at best.

 

[Junction John]

3 out of 4 9-win seasons and 8 bowls in a row is mediocre? Pfft. GTFOutta here.

 

[Philabustered]

Better than, "Matt Luke aims for rectum of mediocre Ole Miss boosters".

 

[johnson86-1]

I have no problem with the article at all. It discusses Mullen's tenure and how State fans became accustomed to 7 and 8 win seasons. Moorhead is aiming for Moor (couldn't resist). The headline is a bit negative, but the truth is we WERE mediocre under Mullen...it's just that before Mullen we were pretty terrible.

The article is actually pretty decent. It definitely has a negative focus, but it's shockingly not terribly written. Sucks for the Clarion Ledger that they don't have competent management. If they did, the headline would have been better and they wouldn't have the history of needlessly antagonizing a big chunk of their potential readership.

 

[tbaydog]

and what is going on with the media, print and TV, across the USA, this bothers you?

 

[fishwater99]

I think that's the issue. Our headlines consistently lean negative, even if rooted in truth. Ole Miss' lean positive. It's just a fact at this point.

I think it's a pretty good metaphor regarding our fanbase too. We might be the most negative one out there, meanwhile Ole Miss thinks it's a good thing that they had a WR transfer to UCF and dominate a game last night.

Yep.. Compare to the other schools headline today.


https://www.clarionledger.com/story...otball-searches-sustained-success/1084430002/

[h=1]Ole Miss football is 'setting the course for a long-term approach'[/h]

 

[Dawgzilla]

4-4 in the SEC is the definition of mediocre. Mullen exceeded that exactly once. Yeah, I'm saying we have been mediocre, but that is a still a step up from where the program was.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I think the problem is that you guys see "mediocre" as an insult. Mediocre means "average" or "unexceptional", but it doesn't mean "bad".

 

[fishwater99]

4-4 in the SEC is the definition of mediocre. Mullen exceeded that exactly once. Yeah, I'm saying we have been mediocre, but that is a still a step up from where the program was.

^^^ This

We are medicare, not that anything is wrong with that. it could be much worse.

How many championships have we won? How many times did Mullen beat Bama?

 

[Dawgg]

We are medicare

Dammit fish, we're not talking about our basketball fans, this is about football.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

If the last ten years have been mediocre, then here's to ten more years of mediocrity!

 

[RightOfCenter]

I hope they stay in the business for a while. That paper along with the USA Today combination are perfect fuel to start my charcoal chimney. That is about the extent of the CL worth.

 

[AlCoDog]

I won’t even use the clarion ledger to catch parakeet ****.

 

[DawgInThe256]

Blame Nashville!

 

[Philly Dawg]

According to Miriam-Webster, it's worse than average or unexceptional, it means "of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary, so-so." You think that is a fair characterization?

 

[Pilgrimdawg]

The solution is to do what you can to help them go out of business. I purchased my last C.L. In about 1983 over the very same treatment that we get today and I have encouraged countless others to drop that rag as well. If every single Bulldog refused to buy the paper or click on their links and encouraged others to do the same, it just might be enough to end it. Also, it would not hurt my feelings if John Cohen refused to allow the C.L. Access to our staff and players in ALL sports. Fake news indeed!

 

[bulldogbaja]

We have the second most wins in the entire SEC over the last decade. Here's to mediocre.

 

[FlotownDawg]

The problem with a headline like that is it turns people off from even reading the article. It might be a glowing article about Moorhead and MSU but you’d never know because the headline is so negative it turns people off from reading it. The Ole Miss headline is much more positive sounding, even though a “long term approach” basically means to me they’ll suck in the short term. But it sounds more positive, so OM fans will be sure to read it.

 

[Cap'n Geech]

I agree that the headline and paper are trash. That's why I encourage you not to link to their content and give them clicks. Use screenshots. Or in this case just type the headline. People don't buy newspapers anymore. News publications generate revenue via clicks. Expect more content like this as long as angry State fans are giving them clicks.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

I haven’t read the article but when I saw this post and the headlines I didn’t see it at all like most of you did. Maybe I’m being a bit too positive but I saw it that coach Jo was saying that to him it’s been mediocre. Makes me feel like he’s saying we can do better under him.To me that was kind of a jab at Mullen.

 

[MSUDawg25]

sucks the sweat off a dead man's balls.

I hereby name this act a “SaltyDawg.” Somebody urban dictionary it to make it official.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

The fact they can print that when we have outdone OM in every category since conference expansion in 91 should tell you that you should never give them another chance.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

I haven’t read the article but when I saw this post and the headlines I didn’t see it at all like most of you did. Maybe I’m being a bit too positive but I saw it that coach Jo was saying that to him it’s been mediocre. Makes me feel like he’s saying we can do better under him.To me that was kind of a jab at Mullen.

Headlines are not taken from quotes within the article. A Headliner will simply review the article and then he will craft an appropriate headline. This is what should happen in theory. The reality is that headlines are click bait or they are intended to draw the reader's attention generally through a negative reading. Spinning positive is for Ole Miss articles, we get the negatives. Its been this way for decades and I don't see it changing in the future.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

“Moorhead’s goal... Take the Bulldogs from Good to Great” would have been a better title.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Whether it is true or not, it is very ****** and erases any doubt left where their loyalties lie.

Can you imagine if the shoe was on the foot of the Land Grennels? The plantation would explode.

Glad I don't have to deal with all their crap anymore. I dropped them on a Sunday morning years ago when I still lived in Mississippi over a similar article title. I'd be lying if I said which it was but it was in the Sherrill era and I had enough.

 

[msu84grad]

Would not be surprised to see that the "Nashville" headline writer once worked at the C-L and is an TSUN grad... Gannett just moved him or her there...

 

[thf24]

Based on his reply to the criticism, looks like we're back to having the usual passive-aggressively hostile beat writer. Cool.