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Yeah, I sure miss Mr. Towers!
Read the room Mike. Most of this crew, myself included, care way more about winning football and a happy/focused coach than "good" journalism.
And for the folks not happy, let your reading do your talking. Mike/Connor are judged in part by the views & interactions their stories get. Stop clicking on their stories and market principles will take effect.
This. I cant remember the last time i made the mistake of reading an ajc writer with the exception of Jeff.
Mike can read the room…content matters. He’s a good journalist who not only covers football but does a great job covering other UGA sports like basketball. I would hope most of dawgnation reads his work and appreciates it.
As for the people who don’t care about good journalism, there’s always the YouTube wannabe relevant content providers who can fill the void in the absence of good journalism. Nothing but opinion with those guys anyway.
Of course, they couldn’t sniff a fact on their own if they tried. CKS or anybody associated with UGA wouldn’t give them the time of day anyway. Any facts that they could provide would come from the good journalism that guys like Mike and Connor provide to content consumers on DawgNation.
So keep on watching football and not reading “good journalism.” Just remember…the next time you’re talking **** about the latest recruiting news and how strong our recruiting class will be next year, there’s a strong possibility that info came from our recruiting insider who is a good journalist.
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Ummmm….Connor just wrote an article about how we need JT to compete for the championship. We just flattened Arkansas the number 8 team without JT. Bad timing? Or wanting to stir?!? If the score was 20-16 maybe but 37-0 come on man
We do need JT to keep competing for one. Stetson is one hit away from having to go to Beck or Brock. Do you think that either have what it takes, at this time, to take us there?
I cringed every time Stet took off running yesterday.
It is better to have JT for sure but we have the benefit of having two really good qbs and we just won 37-0. And the article was comparing the two. Bad timing to me.
I no longer click on Connor. I still click on Mike but not on his grading articles.
Yep. Late at night, typing on an iPhone and don’t claim to be a journalist.
Still kinda funny
Irony usually is.
Making a complaint about typos with a typo? Agreed
I never said people don't care about good journalism, I said people care more about good football and a happy/focused coach. Additionally, I put good in quotes because it's debatable how useful it is for 5 different folks to ask the same question just reworded all in hopes to get the coach to say something they can twist into a headline. "QB controversy at UGA".... "Coach says UGA can't win it all without JT".... That's not good journalism, that's gotcha/click bait BS. Now, Connor didn't ask the same question. But he did ask an obvious question trying to provoke a reaction from Kirby. Personally, I thought CKS actually handled it well and gave a great answer. Doubt Connor will use it or the great comment on Dan Jackson that coach gave though because... it wasn't what he was looking for.
Finally, I love our recruiting coverage. But that's probably because 99% of it is done by Jeff. I think both Mike and Connor could both learn a lot from Jeff about journalism and writing for the Dawgnation audience.
Wasn’t actually complaining, just stating facts. A lot more than typos with those guys. But as long as I made your weekend, I’m happy. Sure you’re as giddy as a schoolgirl. You and Billy are important to me.
You would have to pay me to click on either one and even then i would click but not read.
Whatever makes you feel better bud. I literally could not care any less. Just have fun teasing you complaining about free articles. Have a good night.
So do you really think the "fans want to know why Kirby gets agitated when asked about JT"? Connor was not asking about the health of one of the nation's top QBs. He was asking a question that served a purpose to incite Kirby. It was a classless move by Riley when he could have used the limited time for questions to ask a question that matters to the fanbase. I assume you think that the general public (even those with numerous degrees) would have a tough time understanding the difficult life of a sports journalist. Give me a break and get over yourself. You are pouting because Kirby will not give you complete access to everything you want. I do not blame him at all the way the media completely blows up everything to push a narrative for more clicks.
When it comes to the way Kirby does his job, I will quote you "So, please, stop ripping people for doing their jobs -- save your criticism for someone else."
Thanks for posting. I actually thought the question was reasonable, and it gave Kirby a chance to direct the media sharks towards something positive. And that's the team guys putting in the work and getting the results.
Whoa! They beat writers around here?