Says he hasn't been to a game in over 2 years.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...-ACC-Big-East-Conference/stories/201801290019
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...-ACC-Big-East-Conference/stories/201801290019
Ron Cook bashes Pitt's basketball program in his column
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A piece devoid of any insight whatsoever.
What do you want him to write, something positive? The same fans who are bashing Stallings and the program everyday are now likely bashing Cook for bashing Stallings and the program.
You people are funny.
You people are funny.
A lot of people don’t like to admit it but Cook was always complimentary of the program
He used to say it’s the best entertainment sports dollar in Pittsburgh because you will see a contending team that is almost guaranteed a win.
He takes a few dickish jabs, but the general narrative is not wrong. And it’s written by someone who was very positive for many years
He used to say it’s the best entertainment sports dollar in Pittsburgh because you will see a contending team that is almost guaranteed a win.
He takes a few dickish jabs, but the general narrative is not wrong. And it’s written by someone who was very positive for many years
I don't expect him to write anything positive at all.
But c'mon ... the entire point to the article can be summed up by saying: "Pitt basketball has gotten very bad very quickly."
Well, duh?
I don't disagree with a word that he's saying, but what Cook came up with here could have been written by literally thousands of people in the city who know very, very little about Pitt basketball.
I think what you are trying to say is that Ron Cook is the master of the obvious. Well yeah, that's what he's spent a couple decades building a career on. Does anyone ever expect anything different?
you are the only person here who actively still reads cook & smizik, not surprisingly.
Ron Cook is borderline illiterate and has never written one word that was breaking news of any kind. I don't care if he ever was complimentary of Pitt basketball. Some 9th grader would do a better job writing the obvious than he does.
According to a his radio commercial, he always sleeps in the nude.
Enjoy your breakfast.
Enjoy your breakfast.
Ron 'I don't root for any team' and 'I refuse to believe' Cook was a media friend of Jamie and mostly did support him, not Pitt. He's kind to his friends-see Bradley, JayP, Ben etc. otherwise you get the same article regurgitated from the eighties with a couple different names and dates pasted in.
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Oh....no doubt he has retained his column spot at the PG by union seniority. The last time he had a hot take, or an interesting view point, Kevin Stallings had hair.
In his defense, he somehow made it to Northwestern. I just think he is typical of some of the older sports columnists in this region where I am no longer sure they even like sports.
Yeah, I know he is a NW grad. Which is impressive in itself. But I still have some questions about his originality and if he even does any research for his columns. Maybe he's just sour and lazy now.
He's a little cranky this time of year. His weekly call with Ben where he kisses his ass for 20 minutes is over.
His comment on the uniforms was stupid. Name another college athletic department that has F-d up a classic uniform, repeatedly, for the past 20 years.
Think of the outrage if Cookie's State Pen aborted their classic uniforms, repeatedly, for 20 years. What does he think the outcry would be in Crappy Valley? Or Columbus? Or Ann Arbor? Or Tuscaloosa? etc etc.
Think of the outrage if Cookie's State Pen aborted their classic uniforms, repeatedly, for 20 years. What does he think the outcry would be in Crappy Valley? Or Columbus? Or Ann Arbor? Or Tuscaloosa? etc etc.
The sports op-ed writer is a pointless job. Maybe it always was.
Beat reporter? Yes, that's important.
Analyst? Maybe that's what should replace the op-ed guys. I don't need Ron Cook's opinion and resent having part of my newspaper subscription going to pay for his dumb ass.
Beat reporter? Yes, that's important.
Analyst? Maybe that's what should replace the op-ed guys. I don't need Ron Cook's opinion and resent having part of my newspaper subscription going to pay for his dumb ass.
Why is a beat writer important? You watch a game, do you need some sportswriter to transcribe what happened for you?
1. I don't watch every game of every sport.
2. They attend press conferences and ask questions of coaches.
3. They (in pro sports) ask questions of players in locker rooms etc.
4. They use their media credentials and full time salaries to get access to more events than most of us can.
5. They build relationships with people in athletic departments so when we have various things blow up, they have sources we might at least somewhat trust. Even a guy who is known to spout off like Zeise was actually pretty valuable during the Pitt coaching search drama for getting some scoops.
It's definitely more "value adding" than someone getting to rant their opinion like Cook.
Beat writers have become mundane. Every game is televised or on the radio or internet. Teams have their own web presence to give back stories on players and coaches. I haven't heard an interesting question asked in a press conference with a coach or player since Bill Parcels changed the whole press conference game into a combative relationship between coaches and the press where rambling incoherent responses devoid of any real content render every question meaningless.
There's something seriously wrong with you, if you claim to be a Pitt fan and you DON'T want this program bashed in a brutal, ugly and embarrassing manner! You should want the public perception to be that the athletic department is incompetent and the program is total garbage, you should want pictures of empty seats during blowout losses SEEN EVERYWHERE BY EVERYBODY! Why? So that maybe the A-holz running the thing into the ground get embarrassed and DO SOMETHING TO CHANGE IT!
Yeah, I like reading Op/Ed stuff more than story recap or "feelgood" pieces on a player. That being said, if they are poor or lazily done, well......
I can't believe anybody HONESTLY likes those "uniforms" They look like the generic aisle at the Dollar Store.
Partially agree. But the good beat writers build enough of a relationship to get a coach to actually say something interesting every once in a while. Seems to happen more in the pros than college unfortunately.
I didn't say I liked them, but they are one of the classic uniforms in college football.
I didn't mean you, I just mean in general, Penn State and the Cleveland Browns are the worst sports uniforms ever conceived of. And I'll add Alabama, which is just Penn State in red.
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