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(05-21-2014 12:14 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  It does not pay more.

Hard to believe it wouldn't (especially if we are to believe your and others' claims of their income being hugely tied to their comments/hits) ...but even if it doesn't...the ceiling is much higher for him at his new gig than it is at his old one.

Wesley Sinor was moved to cover Auburn FWIW.

(05-21-2014 12:16 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(05-21-2014 12:14 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  It does not pay more.

Hard to believe it wouldn't (especially if we are to believe your and others' claims of their income being hugely tied to their comments/hits) ...but even if it doesn't...the ceiling is much higher for him at his new gig than it is at his old one.

If he's gotten a raise, they haven't told him about it yet. At UA, he will be one of many (Cecil Hurt being the King), at UAB, he would have the chief, and made a name for himself (more than he already has)........kind of like what Bill Clark is about to do.

What I'm saying is, if these writers' pay structures are tied to hits/comments as some seem to say...then he has a built-in opportunity for more hits/comments by covering Alabama.

That's not even factoring in that he graduated from Alabama and might enjoy covering is Alma Mater since he had no connection to UAB before taking his previous job anyway.

I wish him the best! He's a great writer and a hard worker.

(05-21-2014 12:48 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  What I'm saying is, if these writers' pay structures are tied to hits/comments as some seem to say...then he has a built-in opportunity for more hits/comments by covering Alabama.

That's not even factoring in that he graduated from Alabama and might enjoy covering is Alma Mater since he had no connection to UAB before taking his previous job anyway.

I wish him the best! He's a great writer and a hard worker.

Yeah, I'll still support him, for sure. You never know, we might get him back later on.

(05-21-2014 12:52 PM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  

(05-21-2014 12:48 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  What I'm saying is, if these writers' pay structures are tied to hits/comments as some seem to say...then he has a built-in opportunity for more hits/comments by covering Alabama.

That's not even factoring in that he graduated from Alabama and might enjoy covering is Alma Mater since he had no connection to UAB before taking his previous job anyway.

I wish him the best! He's a great writer and a hard worker.

Yeah, I'll still support him, for sure. You never know, we might get him back later on.

As the old saying goes, "Be nice to those you encounter on the way up as you may see them again on the way down". I hope the UAB beat assignment will become a coveted post one day to be aspired to as a summit to be attained rather than a stepping stone.

(05-21-2014 12:52 PM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  

(05-21-2014 12:48 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  What I'm saying is, if these writers' pay structures are tied to hits/comments as some seem to say...then he has a built-in opportunity for more hits/comments by covering Alabama.

That's not even factoring in that he graduated from Alabama and might enjoy covering is Alma Mater since he had no connection to UAB before taking his previous job anyway.

I wish him the best! He's a great writer and a hard worker.

Yeah, I'll still support him, for sure. You never know, we might get him back later on.

I'll continue to support him too, when he covers UAB again or a school other than Alabama or Auburn.

(05-21-2014 01:07 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(05-21-2014 12:52 PM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  

(05-21-2014 12:48 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  What I'm saying is, if these writers' pay structures are tied to hits/comments as some seem to say...then he has a built-in opportunity for more hits/comments by covering Alabama.

That's not even factoring in that he graduated from Alabama and might enjoy covering is Alma Mater since he had no connection to UAB before taking his previous job anyway.

I wish him the best! He's a great writer and a hard worker.

Yeah, I'll still support him, for sure. You never know, we might get him back later on.

As the old saying goes, "Be nice to those you encounter on the way up as you may see them again on the way down". I hope the UAB beat assignment will become a coveted post one day to be aspired to as a summit to be attained rather than a stepping stone.

The man did nothing wrong. As far as I'm concerned he did everything as right as he could. I'm just not gonna contribute to that school to the west.

Who said their income was tied to their hits? Not me. The hits and comments are how they judge the popularity of things. That's a fact.

Also never said the ceiling wasn't any higher.

(05-21-2014 01:26 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Also never said the ceiling wasn't any higher.

I never said you did. Why are you so defensive?

There's a pretty good chance AL.com won't assign anyone to cover UAB, and simply rely on wire reports and media releases.

And in turn the school should make things difficult for al.com in other areas of the university.

No it will be Crenshaw.

(05-21-2014 03:04 PM)Grammar-Nazi Wrote:  There's a pretty good chance AL.com won't assign anyone to cover UAB, and simply rely on wire reports and media releases.

paranoia, they destroy ya

(05-21-2014 01:26 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Who said their income was tied to their hits? Not me. The hits and comments are how they judge the popularity of things. That's a fact.

Also never said the ceiling wasn't any higher.

See post 6

I think he was referring to AL.com not the individual. I could be wrong.

(05-21-2014 01:26 PM)rook360 Wrote:  The man did nothing wrong. As far as I'm concerned he did everything as right as he could. I'm just not gonna contribute to that school to the west.

A contribution to join the Blazer Club at UAB will get you some school recognition and some benefits. A similar contribution "to that school to the west" won't even make the "petty cash" list. The only things we have in common is a state boundary and a BOT, and the latter is no advantage.

(05-21-2014 03:26 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  No it will be Crenshaw.

+1
Even a chance that Cheryl Wray might help him some.