Hartford Courant ditches last pro beat....

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003933341

unreal that theyre down to a staff of 10

 

Heck, there'll be some suburban shoppers that have better sports coverage. I hope that 10 doesn't include copy editors

 

IF I lived in Hartford, perish the thought, I wouldn't get the paper. Just the Times and Wall Street Journal.

 

Ugh. Another reason the paper isn't worth getting anymore.

 

As Peter Reigert said, in Animal House:

"A new low . . . "

 

Is it really?

If cutting those pro beats gives the paper a chance to cover college sports and UConn in general and do so in a professional, big time way, I don't know that it is such a bad thing.

It is from the standpoint that there have been cuts in staffing -- but as far as using the resources to make sure the bread and butter is taken care of, I don't think this is the most horrible thing I've read.

 

Sad, of course . . . but the city doesn't have a pro team.

Did whoever was covering those pro beats at one time regularly beat the NY and Boston writers for stories? If not, then the only thing lost is the "our guy was there" mystique that always was more window dressing than substance anyway.

 

The Wolf Pack are a pro team. Or do they not count because it's the American Hockey League rather than the NHL?

 

I used to work for Continental Airlines. Our CEO at the time was Gordon Bethune.

Gordon had a saying that you could, “continue to take ingredients off of a pizza to save money but at some point it’s no longer a pizza.”

If you want someone to buy your pizza, there better at least be some cheese and sauce on it.

If you want someone to read your sports pages in New England, you better have some Red Sox coverage in it.

 

They already covered UConn in a professional, big-time way.

Must wean my dad off the habit of reading The Courant. I just must.

 

Yes, because god knows, we don't want original reporting or writing in any of our local newspapers about anything except events we can hit with a rock from the front steps of the office.
Why the hell shouldn't the beancounters believe they can do this, if so many people in our business essentially agree with them?

 

Exactly.

And yes, I'm agreeing with YankeeFan.