(03-01-2017 02:18 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote: (03-01-2017 12:22 PM)posterformerlyknownasthedoctor Wrote: And, on the same hand, if you think that if ETSU finishes 4th out of 4 teams in some event is the same as if there were 12 teams in that event, then so be it. But clearly that *should* make a difference to you, or you wouldn't have brought up the different number of conference games when comparing years' records last year (3-7-16). CONTEXT MATTERS.
That is seriously comparing apples to oranges. If ETSU is in a match of some sort then yes they should say who won, in something like golf I don't think it needs a lot of ink.. Team X won the 12 school event with a score of... and Team y was 4 shots behind. Player 1 won with a score of.. That is about all we need, spend the space on telling us how the ETSU players did, good or bad. SoCon hands out awards sure mention who won (they did) but that is all the ink that needs, ETSU fans aren't going to care. Spend the time on the important stuff, OUR players. I don't get your logic..(used loosely) that ETSU needs to spend time on THIER website touting the accomplishments of another schools players. Not what it for. NEVER has been for that and I haven't seen any school who DOES do that.
But see........they don't even give that. In the golf story I posted, no recognition of the winning team (team X); no recognition of the winning individual; no idea who she lost to; no idea by how many strokes; no idea how many teams in the tournament. Were we playing against Milligan, King, and UVA-Wise, or against more highly regarded teams?
To read your response, even *you* agree with me - just not on the extent.
I think that story is totally inexcusable.
Without context it's nearly meaningless. Yes, I could click on the link here in cyberspace, but you know they send the same press release to the
JC Press and all other print and broadcast media, where that info can't be accessed.
And hey - even Steve Forbes in the video about his salary and cutting the nets down and so forth used the term "SID". *HE* agrees with me, apparently!
Will we be treated to a story from Asheville like: "
ETSU fell short in their bid to reach the NCAA tournament over the weekend, tying for 3rd in the Southern Conference Tournament, but T.J. Cromer had 17 points in the losing effort. Tevin Glass and A.J. Merriweather each had 8 rebounds." Blah blah blah. Really? Does not that sound absurd? That's *exactly* how that golf story reads.
Total spin just drags down the meaningfulness *and* credibility of the releases. You can add positive slant, and accentuate the ETSU stuff - but
make it mean something while you're at it. Come on, Mike - you know I'm right. The truth will set you free.