Oklahoma State coach Gundy blasts Oklahoman columnist

[ADifferentOkie]

From that column:

Based on voices, however, from inside the Oklahoma State football compound (no, not fans), there was not one thing in that column about a benched quarterback that was not true. The facts were right.

I made that same point about a week ago.
I'm telling you, the facts were correct.

Whether the facts were correct or not doesn't mean you run that column --- not that rumors and rumblings and rumblings and rumors should count as "facts" anyway. Not everything you know about the inside of a football program and it's players is for public consumption. Most is. Not all. But there is a balance. There has to be. Unless of course you want to Pish off the program, fan base, the readership and the entire state, then by all means have at it and write columns like this one.

Wow. If you don't want to Pish people off, you're in the wrong business (ashuming you're actually in this business). Sometimes it's your job to tell people what they don't want to hear.
Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Ever hear of that?

 

[shotglass]

I didn't realize toughness was a part of your character.

You didn't?

Hmmm...

 

[ADifferentOkie]

I didn't realize toughness was a part of your character.

You didn't?

Hmmm...

Well, we are apparently going to disagree on that one. Tolerance for pain is not a part of your character to me.
How you handle adversity is.

 

[chilidog75]

From that column:

Based on voices, however, from inside the Oklahoma State football compound (no, not fans), there was not one thing in that column about a benched quarterback that was not true. The facts were right.

I made that same point about a week ago.
I'm telling you, the facts were correct.

Whether the facts were correct or not doesn't mean you run that column --- not that rumors and rumblings and rumblings and rumors should count as "facts" anyway. Not everything you know about the inside of a football program and it's players is for public consumption. Most is. Not all. But there is a balance. There has to be. Unless of course you want to Pish off the program, fan base, the readership and the entire state, then by all means have at it and write columns like this one.

Wow. If you don't want to Pish people off, you're in the wrong business (ashuming you're actually in this business). Sometimes it's your job to tell people what they don't want to hear.
Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Ever hear of that?

So it was Jenni Carlson's job to tell Oklahomans that Bobby Reid was a pussy? Must have missed that clash in journalism school. My point was, just because something is so, does NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT. Every college writer on this beat knows ship about the program they cover that they would never put in print. Ever. That's the nature of this game.
There has to be a balance. ashuming YOU are in the business, I would think you would understand that.
Pishing people off just for the sake of Pishing people off serves no one. We all have to write unflattering things from time to time, thats the nature of this gig, but to go out of your way to call a college player a mama's boy --- even if it might be a somewhat accurate description --- is not the job of a journalist, in my opinion. Apparently, you disagree. Oh well.

 

[wickedwritah]

So it was Jenni Carlson's job to tell Oklahomans that Bobby Reid was a pussy? Must have missed that clash in journalism school. My point was, just because something is so, does NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT. Every college writer on this beat knows ship about the program they cover that they would never put in print. Ever. That's the nature of this game.
There has to be a balance. ashuming YOU are in the business, I would think you would understand that.
Pishing people off just for the sake of Pishing people off serves no one. We all have to write unflattering things from time to time, thats the nature of this gig, but to go out of your way to call a college player a mama's boy --- even if it might be a somewhat accurate description --- is not the job of a journalist, in my opinion. Apparently, you disagree. Oh well.

Calling him a pussy accurately describes why the kid was yanked by his coach, even if Gundy never would say it.

 

[sportschick]

No way in hell Chilidog works in this profession. He's far too protective of the athletes. He's gotta be an SID or a student still.

 

[pallister]

If you don't want to Pish people off, you're in the wrong business

As a journalist, do you purposely try to Pish people off?

 

[Tom Petty]

No way in hell Chilidog works in this profession. He's far too protective of the athletes. He's gotta be an SID or a student still.

or he's 12.

 

[Moderator1]

If you don't want to Pish people off, you're in the wrong business

As a journalist, do you purposely try to Pish people off?

No. But it comes with the job.

 

[Birdscribe]

Mark Whicker with his usual excellent take on things... and too many others with their less-than-intelligent take.

http://www.ocregister.com/sports/bonds-strong-steroids-1131860-whicker-media

 

[Ira_Schoffel]

If you don't want to Pish people off, you're in the wrong business

As a journalist, do you purposely try to Pish people off?

No. But it comes with the job.

But too many people think that IS the job.

 

[Ira_Schoffel]

Mark Whicker with his usual excellent take on things... and too many others with their less-than-intelligent take.

http://www.ocregister.com/sports/bonds-strong-steroids-1131860-whicker-media

I hope you're not saying that people who disagree with you are unintelligent. I can't think of a more unintelligent thing to say.