(07-06-2017 09:16 PM)HuronDave Wrote:  In fairness to the writer, you have to give context and can't just reference issues and not state the issues. I think it was a more passing glance than in the past and the HBO story is getting further and further in the rearview mirror for both the media and the general public.

Agree, Dave.

Writers tend to write like this, "after many years of losing (rear view mirror context statement) the 2016 EMU team posted a winning record and received its first bowl bid in over 25 years."

That introductory phrase is NOT meant to be negative, but context to compare the losing ways of the past with the current successful, turnaround season.

Folks should not try to be too sensitive.

It is no different than a statement like: "After the Great Recession, which saw millions of Americans lose their jobs and homes, the country made a slow, steady economic recovery and now has a low unemployment rate and a fairly strong housing market."