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OT - UH baseball coach and beat writer not on speaking terms
Joseph Duarte had some interesting tweets. Apparently Coach Whitting is mad about JD's unflattering story on Seth Romero a few days back.

JD's tweets...

After today's game @UHCougarBB coach @toddwhitting tells @HoustonChron "I've got no comment... I'm not talking to you.'

Though SID, @UHCougarBB coach @toddwhitting says players not allowed to talk to @HoustonChron. #Talkwhen win #Talkwhenlose

When asked why he wasn't going to talk, @toddwhitting says 'You threw my program under the bus ... I've got nothing to say to you.'
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JD's a great guy and I find him to be a straight shooter. Obviously underlying issues at Cougar Field.
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Whitting is channeling Raynor.
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RE: OT - UH baseball coach and beat writer not on speaking terms
(05-07-2017 06:47 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Joseph Duarte had some interesting tweets. Apparently Coach Whiting is mad about JD's unflattering story on Seth Romero a few days back.

At least UH had an article written about them.
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RE: OT - UH baseball coach and beat writer not on speaking terms
If by "threw my program under the bus" he meant "wrote a factually correct story about my program," then yes, that's correct.
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Not a good look for Whitting.

Duarte simply wrote a factual story and according to his twitter feed, gave Whitting multiple opportunities to read/respond prior to print (to which he declined).

Whitting has now blocked him.

Seems Whitting has confused "beat writer" with "marketing personnel."
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Maybe Whitting should blame the player who committed the violations rather than the reporter who wrote the story. When the top pitching prospect your school has produced in the last 20 years is suspended for multiple violations....that's a story worth writing. Duarte did nothing wrong.
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(05-07-2017 09:29 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  Maybe Whitting should blame the player who committed the violations rather than the reporter who wrote the story. When the top pitching prospect your school has produced in the last 20 years is suspended for multiple violations....that's a story worth writing. Duarte did nothing wrong.

I agree with most of your thoughts but I don't think Romero is their best pitching prospect in 20 years. Brad Lincoln was the #4 overall pick of the 2006 draft and they've had other first round picks too who were pitchers. I don't think any turned out to be particularly great professionals but I'm not convinced that Romero will do any better than any of their other 1st round picks.

Here's the story on Romero that Whitting claims threw the team under the bus.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/c...116406.php
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(05-07-2017 09:53 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  [quote='Owl1998' pid='14320391' dateline='1494210589']
Maybe Whitting should blame the player who committed the violations rather than the reporter who wrote the story. When the top pitching prospect your school has produced in the last 20 years is suspended for multiple violations....that's a story worth writing. Duarte did nothing wrong.

I agree with most of your thoughts but I don't think Romero is their best pitching prospect in 20 years. Brad Lincoln was the #4 overall pick of the 2006 draft and they've had other first round picks too who were pitchers. I don't think any turned out to be particularly great professionals but I'm not convinced that Romero will do any better than any of their other 1st round picks.

Here's the story on Romero that Whitting claims threw the team under the bus.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/c...116406.php
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Lincoln was a very good player so debating who was the better prospect wasn't the point of my post but I can tell you that many scouts believe that Romero, without his off the field issues, would be considered a top 5 pick. Big lefties that throw mid 90s with A+ breaking balls don't just fall off trees.
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(05-07-2017 09:53 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  
(05-07-2017 09:29 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  Maybe Whitting should blame the player who committed the violations rather than the reporter who wrote the story. When the top pitching prospect your school has produced in the last 20 years is suspended for multiple violations....that's a story worth writing. Duarte did nothing wrong.

I agree with most of your thoughts but I don't think Romero is their best pitching prospect in 20 years. Brad Lincoln was the #4 overall pick of the 2006 draft and they've had other first round picks too who were pitchers. I don't think any turned out to be particularly great professionals but I'm not convinced that Romero will do any better than any of their other 1st round picks.

Here's the story on Romero that Whitting claims threw the team under the bus.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/c...116406.php

Ryan Wagner. His presence worried me to no end in the Supers in 2003.

The Supers may have, in reality, been for the national championship. A lot tighter than our series with Stanford. Nerve-wracking.

Great pitcher. Came up with the Reds and was lights out until he injured his arm.
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To me the truely hilarious thing is that I have found Duarte to be quite the promoter, IMHO crossing the lines at times..........
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(05-07-2017 11:46 PM)texowl2 Wrote:  To me the truely hilarious thing is that I have found Duarte to be quite the promoter, IMHO crossing the lines at times..........

Well he is a UH grad.
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It's not like Duarte came out with this, although he would have been entirely correct in doing so!
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I am sure the major league scouts knew about the problem even before the Chronicle story came out. It is a mistake to refuse to speak to reporters because then your side of the story does not come out. Also, reporters can provide positive publicity and not just negative. If Cougars stories do not make the paper, then they will run Astros and Rice stories.

(05-07-2017 09:29 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  Maybe Whitting should blame the player who committed the violations rather than the reporter who wrote the story. When the top pitching prospect your school has produced in the last 20 years is suspended for multiple violations....that's a story worth writing. Duarte did nothing wrong.
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(05-08-2017 02:45 PM)75src Wrote:  I am sure the major league scouts knew about the problem even before the Chronicle story came out. It is a mistake to refuse to speak to reporters because then your side of the story does not come out. Also, reporters can provide positive publicity and not just negative. If Cougars stories do not make the paper, then they will run Astros stories.

(05-07-2017 09:29 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  Maybe Whitting should blame the player who committed the violations rather than the reporter who wrote the story. When the top pitching prospect your school has produced in the last 20 years is suspended for multiple violations....that's a story worth writing. Duarte did nothing wrong.

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