So, what does your sports editor do for a living?

No exceptions. Insideman and I did make nice and apologize.

 

My SE's kinda hot. ;D

 

My computer crashed after it saw the phrase "My SE is hot." I'm very grateful it didn't flat out die. 'Hot' as the lone word, it does not compute.

Those questions and observations certainly did not seem out of line. How many of us read that and saw familiarities?
But a hot SE? You throw that at us and offer no picture or description? Oh, that's just unprofessional.
Wait, your SE is a female right?

 

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sf - if anyone believes for a second that person's se enjoys the meetings s/he attends, they're high, and i can accept that. but for someone to suggest their se is lazy because s/he attends mandatory meetings -- and contributes nothing at those meetings -- is fucking ignorant.

in the age of cutbacks and newsroom restructuring, that person should be pissing his pants because he's so ecstatic knowing someone has his department's collective back behind closed doors.

 

We criticize what we don't understand.

 

This SE, for one, spent 14 hours on the job Saturday, starting with a triathlon at 7 a.m.

My previous SE worked his ass off, setting the tone for my current level of activity in a job I only started three weeks ago.

A year from now, after I have had a chance to get things run ning smoothly, I intend to get home in time for dinner with my wife, etc., etc., but right now I've got too much on my work plate. Not much slacking in this corner.

 

Newbie, fetch me a beer. There are people here who get that little joke. You're not one of them.

 

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Yeah, Tom, but I didn't read his post that way. It was "if" your sports editor is attending those meetings and contributing nothing. And if that's the case, he's hiding out.

I agree, however, that many/most sports editors who are any good are in their pitching their departments and helping their people and the paper.

 

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sf - i saw IF differently than you. for me, his IF was more like i MIGHT have a cocktail tonight since it's my day off. or, i COULD do little more around the house today other than head to the backyard and throw baseballs to the petty youth. or, since it's my day off, i'm THINKING about ATTEMPTING to talk mrs. petty into performing despicable acts this evening.

i'm GUESSING bobby brady -- or whatever the hell his name is -- MIGHT of been ripping his boss a new asshole ... but that's just my opinion, i could be wrong.

 

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Just sos you knows, sometimes the best way a sports editor can help his department and his people is by keeping his trap shut in those meetings. It's like a press conference. You don't hit 'em with the important stuff in front of everybody. You catch 'em alone.

 

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I'll give you this...since he was a hit and run guest, you might be right.

I think I MIGHT now go have one of those cocktail things IF I can find the bar I go to every day.

 

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No doubt about. One of the most useful traits you can have as a manager is when to sit on your hands and when to bite your lip.

The more I look at this thread and the more I think about it, the ability to delegate may be the most important thing for an SE to grasp.