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Topic: Is Urby In Trouble Here?

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SuperMario

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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #336 on: August 05, 2018, 12:36:34 PM »
For someone that has disdain for UM, I’ll admittedly say I was more on the side of take him down on the onset.

My position wasn’t solely formed from one incident, but years of seeing a dishonest man masquerade around as a moral example of integrity. I’m willing to guess many calling for his head weren’t do so from one incident, but from what they’ve witnessed over a career. Certainly there are capitalists pouring on for self interest, but also man the former cannot be ignored.
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« Reply #337 on: August 05, 2018, 12:37:23 PM »
Correct, and media is more than just the bombastic commentary. Much, much more. It’s an economic engine, a service industry, many companies that aim to provide for consumers. 

So we’re mad not at “the media,” but at the smaller things we’re mad at, which we then project onto some larger canvas. And then we must ask, why would I let a person I dislike, don’t know, don’t have to read affect my mood and outlook at all?

(Mass media does have plenty of issues, just far more esoteric ones. Perhaps that’s not such a leap from universities and football teams to be honest)
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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #338 on: August 05, 2018, 02:15:03 PM »
Well, I have disdain for much of sports media outside showing actual events.

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« Reply #339 on: August 05, 2018, 02:19:50 PM »
It's our own fault, they've responded to ratings.  Skip Bayless was an award winning journalost at one point, who saw what it took in the business to get paid.  He knows people hate him.  He's the king of awful hot takes.  But he's laughing all the way to the bank, while Sports Reporters isn't on anymore.  It's a business, and good sports journalism seems to be bad business, and that's our fault.  Our clicks and our eyeballs tell ESPN what to air, and we told them to scrap real sports journalism in favor of hot takes and sensationalism.
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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #340 on: August 05, 2018, 02:29:42 PM »
I think the "feedback" loop is amplified versus "back in the day".  Media outlets now get almost immediate feedback on items in terms of how much attention it garners.  They learn to emphasize stories that generate clicks.  Back in the day, they had to wait for ratings to come out later and covering the whole week.

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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #341 on: August 05, 2018, 06:22:40 PM »
To ELA who do you know who actually watches Skip Clueless or Stephen A,really I know of no one who would reference them.And I don't think Skip Clueless is an act,I'd see him pout and scream when some one was working him and he knew it.Sounded like some one was taking an air hammer to his backside.How this misguided skragg pulls in that kind of coin really gives pause to questioning the big picture,SMDH
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« Reply #342 on: August 05, 2018, 08:41:08 PM »
Bad look in Columbus. Defenders are saying don’t jump to a conclusion because we don’t have all the facts yet... then go start an online petition and plan a rally to save Meyers job, essentially saying waiting for the facts doesn’t matter. 
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« Reply #343 on: August 05, 2018, 10:55:24 PM »
So we're at a point where we can say this. We want to wait for the facts to come out. We can probably also agree it's not a great imposition that Mr. Meyer be on leave until the facts come out. He remains absurdly well compensated. His overstressed employees probably have a bit more stress. The Ohio State football machine is hurt, but in the grand scheme of the real world, no big deal. 

OSU came out today and said the investigation will go 14 days. Interestingly, the school said it will share the results. That might be very good or VERY bad, assuming the school is honest. It seems the school seems to feel it owes the public more than its coach did. I'll be interested to see how that falls.  
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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #344 on: August 05, 2018, 11:44:30 PM »
Just don't get Louis Freeh to do it....EEEESH.

Sorry, having a PTSD moment...

Also, my condolences to the OSU fans.  I don't think OSU is getting a fair shake in the media right now.
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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #345 on: August 05, 2018, 11:57:55 PM »
Meyer survived the knee-jerk reaction of the planet....he'll keep his job.  It's stupid that the initial reaction is the danger moment...the eventual revealing of the evidence should be.  


We're so backwards as a society.
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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #346 on: August 06, 2018, 06:51:05 AM »
Mary Jo White to lead the investigation. She Ezekiel Elliott cas for the NFL, Jerry Richardson case and the New Orleans Saints' "Bountygate" scandal. 
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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #347 on: August 06, 2018, 08:06:23 AM »
I wouldn't go to a Meyer rally either (even if I were a fan).  The facts COULD be rather bad here.

Putting him on paid leave is very appropriate.  Fourteen days sounds like it's long enough (to me).

My guess is they make him throw three Hail Marys in the first game and donate money to some cause.

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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #348 on: August 06, 2018, 08:43:55 AM »
Good to see Big Beef - you said tOSU fans aren't getting a fair shake.Ya know something tOSU isn't getting their money's worth from Urban Frank Meyer.I've always felt he was arrogant and condescending.More so than most HC's in his position.He preaches a whole slew of virtues that seem to escape his grasp.Be prepared he blathers on well what the +@!$#&% was he thinking two weeks back - and I'm not speaking in hindsight either.Is he that full of himself that he didn't think the yapping jackels in the rumor rags weren't going to ask him about a recently dismissed member of his staff because of domestic violence/tresspassing charges?Even if he followed protocol/procedure - which I think he did BTW he definitely sullied any good intentions/rep on the part of the Program/University - IDIOT
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Re: Is Urby In Trouble Here?
« Reply #349 on: August 06, 2018, 09:09:36 AM »
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