Oklahoma State coach Gundy blasts Oklahoman columnist

Wow. If you don't want to piss people off, you're in the wrong business (assuming you're actually in this business). Sometimes it's your job to tell people what they don't want to hear.
Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Ever hear of that?

 

You didn't?

Hmmm...

 

Well, we are apparently going to disagree on that one. Tolerance for pain is not a part of your character to me.
How you handle adversity is.

 

So it was Jenni Carlson's job to tell Oklahomans that Bobby Reid was a pussy? Must have missed that class in journalism school. My point was, just because something is so, does NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT. Every college writer on this beat knows shit about the program they cover that they would never put in print. Ever. That's the nature of this game.
There has to be a balance. Assuming YOU are in the business, I would think you would understand that.
Pissing people off just for the sake of pissing people off serves no one. We all have to write unflattering things from time to time, thats the nature of this gig, but to go out of your way to call a college player a mama's boy --- even if it might be a somewhat accurate description --- is not the job of a journalist, in my opinion. Apparently, you disagree. Oh well.

 

Calling him a pussy accurately describes why the kid was yanked by his coach, even if Gundy never would say it.

 

No way in hell Chilidog works in this profession. He's far too protective of the athletes. He's gotta be an SID or a student still.

 

As a journalist, do you purposely try to piss people off?

 

or he's 12.

 

Mark Whicker with his usual excellent take on things... and too many others with their less-than-intelligent take.

http://www.ocregister.com/sports/bonds-strong-steroids-1131860-whicker-media

 

But too many people think that IS the job.

 

I hope you're not saying that people who disagree with you are unintelligent. I can't think of a more unintelligent thing to say.