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Reynolds article

Da Coach said:
So it might be concluded that they are trying to keep this non-story in the news to hurt the program.
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Or it might be concluded that Dave wrote an article that many people are asking about.

ESPN's local show on Saturday has had two straight weeks of a ton of BU speculation callers.

The PJStar editorials have seen letters from both sides of the discussion.

This message board and the PJStar board have been full of Jim Les discussions.

I think the article tried to gauge Jim's thoughts on the topic. I also think Jim answered the questions in the best way possible.
 
Beninator said:
But, it isn't necessary in this situation. There is already a built in story that people on both sides of the issue are curious to see what the resolution will be. If Reynolds had asked the questions to the administrators at the game and received the predictable "no comment" response, then he is set for at least two more articles down the road.8)
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Exactly Beni! Any grade schooler could write this story full of speculation. A journalist's job is to dig and ask the hard questions of people that the reader might not have access to. This story is incomplete without at least a "no comment" from Glasser and Cross. Les even tried to help him by telling him he was asking the wrong guy.
 
houstontxbrave said:
I am more curious about the fact Reynolds left Warren off his first team all MVC.

I do not see how anyone could watch Warren all year long and determine he is NOT one of the top 5 players in the MVC this season.

He deserves serious consideration for MVP, leaving Warren off his 1st team is just horrible.

Antoine Young over Warren, really?
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This baffled me too - everywhere else I'm hearing that Warren is 1 of 3 that is a lock for Valley 1st team. Nobody on mvcfans site disputes that.
AW had an incredible season and the rest of the league was keying in on stopping him & harrassing him every night. Yet AW found ways to do a little of everything on the court, having a team-first mentality EVERY time BU stepped on the court...as a last-place team.
Not to take anything away from Young, but Warren deserves it as a senior who had a stellar season and was just better than Young.
Josh Young got 1st team last year for a Drake team that finished 8th or 9th I think. And Warren's season was far better than JY's IMO.
 
BradleyJD said:
Or it might be concluded that Dave wrote an article that many people are asking about.

ESPN's local show on Saturday has had two straight weeks of a ton of BU speculation callers.

The PJStar editorials have seen letters from both sides of the discussion.

This message board and the PJStar board have been full of Jim Les discussions.

I think the article tried to gauge Jim's thoughts on the topic. I also think Jim answered the questions in the best way possible.
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The timing is really ridiculous....quite frankly when Dave asked the questions and got those answers from JL...you don't really have an article.
You still have a conference tourney to prepare for and try to win...and that's what he should have been talking about since that is what's next for Bradley....
 
BradleyJD said:
Or it might be concluded that Dave wrote an article that many people are asking about.

ESPN's local show on Saturday has had two straight weeks of a ton of BU speculation callers.

The PJStar editorials have seen letters from both sides of the discussion.

This message board and the PJStar board have been full of Jim Les discussions.

I think the article tried to gauge Jim's thoughts on the topic. I also think Jim answered the questions in the best way possible.
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I have read from the PJ Star apologists for years that the PJ Star works at a much higher set of standards than message boards, and call-in sports talk radio shows. But now you are saying that they don't? They do not need to check sources, or report the facts? They are nothing different than a message board poster or caller to a radio show?
 
Braves4Life said:
It still doesn't mean this was a good story. As a former journalism major I can tell you that he laid an egg with this one.
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Fair enough. Timing is curious, but perhaps he was told to write it. Who knows. He's succeeded in getting people talking about it. As JD said, it's not like people haven't been talking about this for a while.
 
BradleyBrave said:
Fair enough. Timing is curious, but perhaps he was told to write it. Who knows. He's succeeded in getting people talking about it. As JD said, it's not like people haven't been talking about this for a while.
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Told to by whom?

And why are things different from last year? There were lots of buyout rumors last March that some of us here knew were completely false, but that didn't stop people from talking about them. I commend Dave for not taking the bait then and writing about it. I also commend KW for blasting the rumors as total falsehoods in his March 30, 2010 column. Why the 180?° change now?
 
I understand it is a hot topic of discussion, so I don't mind the subject, but it could have been much more efficiently covered in two sentences at the end of a more relevant article. "Jim les won't comment about his future" or something like that would have been a solid Braves Brief.
 
Da Coach said:
Told to by whom?

And why are things different from last year? There were lots of buyout rumors last March that some of us here knew were completely false, but that didn't stop people from talking about them. I commend Dave for not taking the bait then and writing about it. I also commend KW for blasting the rumors as total falsehoods in his March 30, 2010 column. Why the 180?° change now?
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Maybe they believe that the situation is different now.
 
Da Coach said:
Told to by whom?

And why are things different from last year? There were lots of buyout rumors last March that some of us here knew were completely false, but that didn't stop people from talking about them. I commend Dave for not taking the bait then and writing about it. I also commend KW for blasting the rumors as total falsehoods in his March 30, 2010 column. Why the 180?° change now?
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I don't know, you tell me. I'm just a fan.
 
DR sits next to KW at all games (and probably at work).
KW talked with MC for 10 minutes at the Braves Club pre-game party.
DR knows more about the story - PERIOD!
 
Air Petey said:
DR sits next to KW at all games (and probably at work).
KW talked with MC for 10 minutes at the Braves Club pre-game party.
DR knows more about the story - PERIOD!
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If that's true then this confirms even more that this was just a poorly written story. It is a journalists responsibility to dig for the truth, ask questions, and report the answers even if it means "no comment" or "from a source who asked not to be named". Otherwise, the story should not be written.
 
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Braves4Life said:
Exactly Beni! Any grade schooler could write this story full of speculation. ....
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I checked but the Pantagraph doesn't have a column where the beat writer confronts Jank with multiple questions whether he's going to get fired or be back next year....with subsequent numerous speculations about what would happen if......and maybe he'd be replaced by....

Gotta remember, they finished last with their whole team healthy often putting up 40's and low 50's on the scoreboard
 
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