University of Alabama beat writer: The Birmingham News

so, the Beaudry guy -- a giant of a man I'm told -- was not offered the job.
Shocking.

 

Kendall would do a great job, but he does have a lot on his plate right now. Shame because I would have liked seeing him around more often.

 

"Dude" as in a Georgia beat writer.

 

This is the best jobs thread ever.

Has all the key elements: Mizzou pimping someone who doesn't want the job, then being days late with that revelation; rampant misinformation; at least one Beaudry reference; a Kyle Veasey reference, a cursory "I'm not _____.", which was Ian R. in this case; my official realization that every beat writer in the SEC has an SportsJournalists.com handle.

Thanks for the memories.

p.s.: Who's getting the job?

 

don't forget every ex-sec beat writer

 

how come hoops isn't/wasn't up for this gig?

 

And blowhard fanboys.

 

The job has been accepted. Film at 11.

rb

 

I've been told that Ian Rapoport of The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., has accepted the job.

Congrats to Ian. He'll do a great job.

 

Ian's worked very hard in Starkvegas.

He'll do a great job in T-Town.

Big ups, mi compadre.

 

Apparently me trying to break this story before all the details were ironed out did no permanent harm.

 

Good for Ian.
Good for the News.
Not so good for the C-L and one of our favorite posting SEs, Rusty Hampton, who has to find a new beat writer for one of his primary beats just three weeks before the season opener.
Guess we need to start a new thread for the Starkpatch job, huh?