Gannett's new high school sports sites -- and robotic story writing?

Baron Scicluna · Aug 29, 2010

pressmurphy said:

Stitch said:

It would help if high school statisticians, usually a couple of giggling girls on the sideline, did their job so coaches can send it stats quickly.
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I understand what you're saying here, but the giggling girl factor has always been a factor and always will be. A bigger issue here is that Gannett thinks it's going to be able to tell coaches they have to do it online.

Problems will be multiple, not the least of which is that Podunk Tech coach will report that the Tumbleweed Poly running back carried 21 times for 88 yards, which is what will show up in the paper Saturday. Tumbleweed Poly coach will attempt to correct that to 23 carries for 119 yards and expect that correction to appear in Sunday's paper.

That's always been an issue in the business. But the new wrinkle is that he'll have the ability to change it online -- if not in the game recap, then certainly in the season stats. Goodbye, consistency.
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And just wait until the Podunk Tech coach writes that his running back ran 11 times for 999 and 11 touchdowns against Bumblefuck, then have all the Bumblefuck parents call and say that the running back ran 8 times for minus 16 yards and fumbled three times.

Ace · Aug 30, 2010

Baron Scicluna said:

pressmurphy said:

Stitch said:

It would help if high school statisticians, usually a couple of giggling girls on the sideline, did their job so coaches can send it stats quickly.
Click to expand...

I understand what you're saying here, but the giggling girl factor has always been a factor and always will be. A bigger issue here is that Gannett thinks it's going to be able to tell coaches they have to do it online.

Problems will be multiple, not the least of which is that Podunk Tech coach will report that the Tumbleweed Poly running back carried 21 times for 88 yards, which is what will show up in the paper Saturday. Tumbleweed Poly coach will attempt to correct that to 23 carries for 119 yards and expect that correction to appear in Sunday's paper.

That's always been an issue in the business. But the new wrinkle is that he'll have the ability to change it online -- if not in the game recap, then certainly in the season stats. Goodbye, consistency.
Click to expand...

And just wait until the Podunk Tech coach writes that his running back ran 11 times for 999 and 11 touchdowns against Bumblefuck, then have all the Bumblefuck parents call and say that the running back ran 8 times for minus 16 yards and fumbled three times.
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Who cares? As long as he worked as hard as anyone else.

fossywriter8 · Aug 31, 2010

Just be sure to get all their names in.
More names equals more scrapbooks equals more sales.

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