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RE: Evan Barnes, New Tiger Beat For Commercial Appeal
(02-14-2018 03:30 PM)salukiblue Wrote: (02-14-2018 02:51 PM)3601 Wrote: (02-14-2018 11:51 AM)salukiblue Wrote: (02-14-2018 11:36 AM)MEMPHIS TIGERS Wrote: (02-14-2018 11:11 AM)salukiblue Wrote: Yep.
Hopefully the rednecks who want 24/7 football news in February recognize there isn't 24/7 football news in February.
who you mad at..
Me? Absolutely no one.
Well, except for the mopeheads who go to the self checkout line with 20+ items. They should burn in hell. But I digress.
I think Evan has done just fine in his first few weeks. There's more to being a beatwriter than pumping out fluff pieces about how allsome things are in February. He has to build a rapport with the staff, players, and those truly important to the team. The stories come after that.
How do you feel about folks who still write checks at the grocery store?
Just have your damn checkbook out and ready to go.
Also tire of the people that, after an item is scanned, they look at the price all surprised then want it taken off. Or they bring $20 and buy $27 worth of stuff then have to play The Price is Right to take off the best combination of $7.01 worth of crap.
People are stupid.
Yea. They are. People are way stupid even before they get to the register, but I can walk away.
At the register, they strive to hold everyone hostage....until I had this epiphany. Why not open IPhone to ORG while stupid peeple fish 83 cents out of the nooks and crannies of their purses or manbags.
lol
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RE: Evan Barnes, New Tiger Beat For Commercial Appeal
(02-14-2018 02:06 PM)Titans3775 Wrote: (02-14-2018 01:36 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote: Pffft. Mark G is going a better job covering Tiger football than the actual beat writer. Maybe Evan should cover the marching band since he loves music so much.
This is true. The new guy has been a worthless follow at this point.
I said people were gonna ***** and moan about this the day he was hired.
He's a great follow...just doesn't "stick to sports" 24/7 like so many around here demand.
(This post was last modified: 02-14-2018 04:46 PM by HornLakeTiger.)
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RE: Evan Barnes, New Tiger Beat For Commercial Appeal
(02-14-2018 11:07 AM)btiger Wrote: seems like a sharp guy. Looks like a good addition to what is left of our newspaper
When I visited over Christmas, it looked like about 20 pages.
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RE: Evan Barnes, New Tiger Beat For Commercial Appeal
I wish him success and hope he enjoys Memphis. I look forward to reading more of his articles.
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RE: Evan Barnes, New Tiger Beat For Commercial Appeal
(02-14-2018 02:09 PM)mphsfan Wrote: Hey btiger, they are starting to bite.
I think he was hoping to land some bigger fish.
#butthurtandblocked
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RE: Evan Barnes, New Tiger Beat For Commercial Appeal
The biggest "get" was the successful re-recruiting of Mike Norvell. Whereas he could have turned tail went home crying when some of recruits didn't come his way early in the day, Norvell and his coaches stayed with it, rallied, and picked up some guys who can come in and chase down quarterbacks. Keeping Brannon was big. After viewing an interview, when it came down to it with him, everybody else was playing catch up to Memphis the whole time. The big boys were waaaaaaay late getting with him, whereas Memphis was on him for the longest and he let it be know he much that meant to him. Memphis is beginning to really get it going in Oklahoma.
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RE: Evan Barnes, New Tiger Beat For Commercial Appeal
Meh. I've read him in the LA Daily, USA Today, and CA - and followed his tweets for a while. Not impressed so far. He tries to be about culture, but has no awareness of the local culture. His writing has potential. But the approach to the UTK signing day story was bizarre for a Tigers beat writer. Probably pulling double duty for Gannett, but if that's the case and the approach he will take, the experiment will not go well here. Unless it's just about trolling for clicks.
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RE: Evan Barnes, New Tiger Beat For Commercial Appeal
(02-16-2018 02:30 PM)Tiger87 Wrote: Meh. I've read him in the LA Daily, USA Today, and CA - and followed his tweets for a while. Not impressed so far. He tries to be about culture, but has no awareness of the local culture. His writing has potential. But the approach to the UTK signing day story was bizarre for a Tigers beat writer. Probably pulling double duty for Gannett, but if that's the case and the approach he will take, the experiment will not go well here. Unless it's just about trolling for clicks.
Here at good ole MTO, it's called fishing, you know, throw out the bait and see how many will bite. From what I can tell, the OP has a pretty good pond to work from, never goes home empty handed.
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