I thought that Pitt had a partnership with point Park, where journalism people are allowed to go there and take some classes and be a part of their program?? I could’ve sworn I heard of some guys doing that like Dan Marino……
Journalists who work in Philly can tell themselves they're just one step away from the big leagues - either NY or a national publication. Journalists who work in Pittsburgh have basically maxed out and hit their ceiling. They're here and often resentful of that. Plus for whatever reason, even though there are a bunch of schools in town we seem to get nobody local to cover Pittsburgh sports teams. It's all Syracuse, Penn State, WVU, and especially the Penn State branch campuses.
A guy like Yohe commenting on football is no different than you or I. He's not covering the team closely and he can sit back and take cheap shots all he wants.
Perhaps having a reputation as being an a-hole boss hurts the quality of employees willing to work for him?
No. What a terrible idea. Engaging with him is exactly what he wants. The only option is to not follow or engage with these dudes.
He actually had two good ones that were on the pitt beat. Larry something and I think Chris Carter did pitt for him for a year but I might be wrong.
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The fact he has Corey Giger doing the PSU coverage kind of automatically kills any hopes that Nits will pay attention.
Kaboly is a different breed of bad Pittsburgh sports journalist. Madden and Yohe play heels and talk crap on every team except their precious perfect Penguins. Kaboly is just a shameless Steelers mouthpiece who would happily wipe Rooneys butt if he was asked to.
It's odd he doesn't do a better job tapping into the college world. While the professional teams obviously get a lot of the attention, college fans can be borderline obsessive. If his site covered a bit more recruiting and took the weekly college football coverage more seriously the traffic would increase.
From what I remember, yohe and rossi did a hit piece on Hextall once he was fired. I think there were a couple of events that they claimed happened that didn't.
You didn't see his post-game article this week? Don't remember that James Harrison kind of went after him in the locker room? He even had Minkah pissed at him this fall. Guys like him cover the team daily and are in the facility all the time. Yes, there's a bit of a fine line they have to walk or they will struggle to get players and staff to talk to them but it's not like he is any sort of shameless mouthpiece.
I go with Mid-Atlantic. Mid-east sounds too much like we are in someplace like Syria.
I can’t stand the Pittsburgh media. Why can’t people just enjoy a win without all the drama?
He’s wrong because it’s not Pitt fans, it’s Pickett fans. There are Pitt fans who realize Kenny isn’t very good. There are Steelers fans who will defend Pickett, Harris, and others no matter the performance on the field and discredit others along the way.
This Andy Capp hat wearing since won’t just stfu too.
It's weird because they also claim there aren't any Pitt fans. Need to pick a lane.
Exactly. They claim no one cares about pitt but at the same time pitt has a secret cabal pulling the strings. Which is it?
It’s laughable when a PSU hack accuses any one of going out of their way to protect their own. Not too long ago I remember how the cult did everything they could to protect Joe Paterno’s legacy.
