A break from the beat

[HanSenSE]

Doesn't exactly fit into the MLB thread, but good for Ryan. Can't imagine what covering any pro or big college beat would be like

 

[I Should Coco]

Good for him … the Seattle Times already has a second writer covering the M's (Adam Jude), and Tim Booth certainly knows the ropes from his time with the AP.

It's always been tough to take time off during pro sports seasons as a beat writer, but now they have almost become like that year round. Good on the Times for letting Ryan step away for a few months.

 

[Alma]

Agreed. Good for him, and The Times.

Pro and college beats basically never end anymore.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Agreed. Good for him, and The Times.

Pro and college beats basically never end anymore.

One thing that has changed about some college beats: The recruiting season has changed somewhat. In college basketball, it has transferred from fall to spring. But in the pros, it never ends. Imagine covering the NBA season through the finals in June. Only to have the draft and the free agent signing period. No thanks.

 

[HanSenSE]

Seems like only recently where a college writer would handle both football and basketball. Now, you need one for each sport if you're going to do it justice.

NFL seems crazier. It's almost like one goes from the Super Bowl directly to the combine, and oh, how editors like mock drafts. Mini camps, camps and finally the season and we start all over again.

 

[Alma]

One thing that has changed about some college beats: The recruiting season has changed somewhat. In college basketball, it has transferred from fall to spring. But in the pros, it never ends. Imagine covering the NBA season through the finals in June. Only to have the draft and the free agent signing period. No thanks.

Yes, you're right. A CBB beat has a little bit of downtime in the summer after the portal closes and in the runup to the season. NBA is nonstop.

 

[John]

This doesn't seem like a good time to give any paper any reason to cut your position. But I admire his willingness to do this and the paper's willingness to let him do it. If I was him, I'd try to write something every week or two about the experience of coaching legion ball after years of covering the majors. Might be a book in it.

 

[40nabulsi]

There is no offseason anymore

 

[micropolitan guy]

He's a Havre Blue Pony. One of the great high school nicknames.

Of course there will be snow in Havre until mid-June. Highway 2 across Northern Montana is a pretty drive, but also pretty desolate.

 

[I Should Coco]

He's a Havre Blue Pony. One of the great high school nicknames.

Of course there will be snow in Havre until mid-June. Highway 2 across Northern Montana is a pretty drive, but also pretty desolate.

Driving U.S. 2 straight through from Everett to St. Ignace, Mich., is on the bucket list.

I've driven just about all of it through Washington, Idaho and in northwest Montana to Glacier N.P., but in bits and pieces. And the first house we ever owned was two blocks off U.S. 2 when I lived in the U.P.