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Paging Lynn Hoppes ...

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Riptide, Jul 11, 2012.

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  1. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Yes.
     
    imjustagirl, Jul 20, 2012
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  2. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Sad but true.
     
    BDC99, Jul 20, 2012
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  3. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    Member Lynn_Hoppes was last active three hours before this thread was posted, at 9:22 a.m. ET on July 11.
     
    Versatile, Jul 20, 2012
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  4. Frank_Ridgeway

    Frank_Ridgeway Well-Known Member

    I'll cop to this a little bit maybe 10 years ago or whenever. But remember, at one time the APSE Bulletin was ripping SportsJournalists.com in print, so Hoppes was at least going the other way, for whatever reason. I have to give him that, but that's as far as that goes now.

    Good to see Carrie back here.
     
    Frank_Ridgeway, Jul 20, 2012
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  5. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    I know Mizzou and a few others praised his talent for finding good journalists, and there have been some good folks pass through there. But I think that was mostly because the paper was so good under McKenzie that good journalists wanted to work there.
     
    BDC99, Jul 20, 2012
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  6. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    He has sock puppets, surely, and I'm inclined to think one has posted on his thread.
     
    wicked, Jul 20, 2012
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  7. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    You think carrie is one?
     
    LongTimeListener, Jul 21, 2012
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  8. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    :D
     
    imjustagirl, Jul 21, 2012
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  9. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    I'll take that Ace. Thank you.
    Now about Lynn Hoppes, I believe if nothing has been done by now, he's still safe at ESPN. The outrage of it all.
     
    Drip, Jul 21, 2012
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  10. Pancamo

    Pancamo Active Member

    So Van would be rolling in his grave but he missed the boat on Hoppes? I am not defending Hoppes at all, since I believe he should be fired, but if Van was the genius that is believed, how the hell did he have such a fraud sitting next to him?
     
    Pancamo, Jul 21, 2012
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  11. SockPuppet

    SockPuppet Active Member

    Wicked, you might be correct ... but to be clear I'm Mr. SockPuppet, no imitators. :)
     
    SockPuppet, Jul 21, 2012
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  12. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Pancamo - I can't speak to this situation because I don't know. What I do know is hiring is an inexact science. Kind of like drafting. You do everything you can to make the right call. If you do enough of it, you'll whiff here and there. I've hired a lot of people at my two stops. I'm pretty proud of my track record in that department. I'd hire almost all - but not all - of them again.

    Now everyone I hired who happens to read this is likely thinking, "Is that sumbitch talking about ME?" NO, not you!

    Reminds me of a story we did in Richmond years ago on Dave Robbins - the writer asked for his all-time team of those who had played for him. He listed four guys and said, "I'm going to leave it at that and let everyone else think he's the fifth guy."
     
    Moderator1, Jul 21, 2012
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