Recent content by BigJim5190

I don't see the issue with eating - especially before the game - but that was a bizarre request for him to make. I don't do the 50/50 raffles or the "pass the hat" during the games because I'm trying to be impartial and don't want to be seen as "giving money to one school over another" kind of...

Our tab has been getting downsized every year as we deal with staff cuts and other silliness. I came back from a one-week vacation (the only one I'll probably get to take this year, as I generally leave two weeks on the table every year... sigh) and was told that our tab was going to just be...

This. I remember once sending a guy to cover a summer league baseball final. It just so happens the game came down to one of the top pitchers in our area against one of the top hitters - and the pitcher won the battle and his team won the game. Our guy doesn't bury the hitter, but the story...

Came in today and smiled a little when I saw the big envelope. Can't wait to pick through these sections and see everyone's hard work. I really appreciate Toby for taking care of this!

I look forward to this every year. I'm in again. Thanks, Toby, for running this once again.

Ours just came out and got extra copies Friday. Will be in the mail early this week. Thanks for taking care of this again. I loved it last year.

Haven't really tried the Twitter yet. Our news side has and I'm not sure if it's really been THAT big of a boost. We have Facebook and it's been the cat's pajamas. Great interaction, we post stories and shepherd people to the web site. Also works great with checking names for the roundups. Can't...

I'm jealous of you guys for getting it done. I've been circling the runway for about a month because practices don't start until next week around here. I have about 10 previews done already, but expect the bulk of them to come in this weekend and next week. I'll be scrambling. Stories due a...

Thanks pressboxer, I totally whiffed on seeing that thread.

We're cutting back slightly in our coverage - not covering some of the "fringe" towns in our circ. Kind of sucks, but it's more of a space concern. We just can't send anyone out to cover their games - and with 70 prep teams playing Friday night, it had to be done. Our stringer budget has been...

Anyone putting together a tab trade this year? I loved how it worked out last year. I loved stealing looking at how each paper was laid out and what content they used.

I must have been drinking, but I pushed for a 12-page tab with capsules on 60 prep teams and six feature stories and one cover story to be blown out into a 30-page preview with articles on every team and all that good stuff. Don't know if they can sell it, but I'm not going to let the ineptness...

I'm in the semi-dead zone where practices don't officially start for a few weeks, so any coach I call can only give me vague ideas about who is starting. Some are obvious picks, but for the most part, many of my previews have three players vying for time at RB1. I know I'm going to be making...

I have to have an "us vs. them" mentality, but it's hard not to. We cover about 60 prep football teams in our area, so it's a decent coverage zone. Last year we went from featuring the divisions in the dailys to putting them all in a tab and it was met with a lukewarm response from the ad...

Exactly. I'm hoping the trend continues, because it's really nice to see. That being said, I have a feeling they just have a new copy editor at the WWL that has never posted breaking news at 11:30 p.m. before. Once the bosses wake up, he'll be fired for doing it.