Why on earth would someone do that when the upside is just about nothing and the down side is lose his job and render himself basically unemployable?
Eisen defending Michigan. Cringe-worthy
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Why on earth would someone do that when the upside is just about nothing and the down side is lose his job and render himself basically unemployable?
Nah. Unfortunately, this technique isn't really that uncommon. The writer is basically writing an opinion column based on popular opinion and logic, while using fake anonymously sourced quotes to phrase his opinion. This is like Athlon's yearly 'Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes' articles. It's click bait for an interesting read. Depending on the publication, some editors might not even view this type of thing as unethical. I'm sure it's fine, even applauded at The Athletic.
Did they bother to contact Ryan Walters? He wasn't afraid to go on record.
Jayson Blair, Gabriela Miranda, Jeffrey Goldberg, Philip Bump...
Not all media are bad. Doesn't take many bad actors to severely damage public trust though.
Your seeing it all over the country with the Palenstein protests. We the ones under attack, not the group who had their children beheaded and burned. Denial can be an ignorant path!
No I get it, his quotes weren't even remotely believable. Not a single one of them apparently called him sir, appeared to be in tears, or started the conversation by praising his performance.
Well the Athletic is owned by the New York Times, so....
But in any event, you still don't make any sense. The idea that a well known guy from a national publication can't get a bunch of coaches to comment on what is the biggest topic in the sport at the moment so he just makes shit up is really dumb.
I mean it's theoretically possible, but like I said, the upside is almost nothing, and the down side is complete disaster. You'd have to be an idiot to do what you just assume that he did.
It's the same thing Athlon's does every year. I don't think there is much risk to a downside here. Zero chance anyone could prove the quotes are fake, and zero chance anyone will ever try to prove they're fake.
And the premise the writer is going with isn't controversial. We all know what was going on and think the head coach had to know.
Perhaps, but for a profession where head coaches are contractually obligated to answer a softball question leaving the field at HT, I find it hard to believe anyone on a P5 staff would jump return a call from The Athletic.
In college towns they will chirp like crazy to trusted radio hosts and print media, but this type of thing I find suspect, mainly because of the number cited. I don't doubt that a few would talk. 50? I don't buy it.
That's awesome. Like when Mike Leach left the fake play script on the field during warm-ups when he was an assistant at OU.
Won't somebody think of the players. Harbaugh didn't know. B1G Commissioner acted without any real information.
What a clown. This is the same guy that said that the Astros players and coaches should get "the hammer" and their entire careers should carry a stain for cheating and stealing signs.
What a clown. This is the same guy that said that the Astros players and coaches should get "the hammer" and their entire careers should carry a stain for cheating and stealing signs.
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By the way, Michigan dropped their court case against the Big Ten, agreed to the suspension, and fired their linebacker coach today. Why? Because the NCAA has evidence that a booster paid Stallions to go to the games, and the linebacker coach was apparently telling people to not cooperate with the NCAA's investigation and was attempting to destroy evidence.
"Lack of Institutional Control" seems to be very much on the table at this point.
"Lack of Institutional Control" seems to be very much on the table at this point.
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