Inappropriate?

The Gwinnett Daily Post decided to send Jeff Francoeur off with a parting gift...does anyone else think it's inappropriate or am I off base?

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=62060

 

I like the big typo in the graphic. Unless the paper moved to Lawrencweville? Oh, wait, that's a different thread...

 

PG: I don't have a problem with this, only because all the paper is doing is providing the vehicle for it to get done.

In this day and age, any kind of good news -- or good will -- should be trumpeted.

Then again, I could be full of spit

 

It's an odd thing to do for sure. Never heard of another paper doing anything like this.
But the dude was a huge, huge, HUGE star in high school and the GDP considers itself - rightly - the hometown paper of Gwinnett County. Thereby, the hometown paper of Jeff Francoeur, who is still beloved in that part of the state.
It's a nice goodwill gesture.
I'd be interested to know how many people actually stopped by to sign it. And how they present it to him.

 

What the fuck is a "Gwinnettian?"

 

If this is wrong, so are all the homer stories of when a team wins a title. No more signs promoting the team and the paper either.

 

Nothing the matter with this. On the contrary, it's a wonderful example of how a newspaper can serve as the voice of a community in a positive way.

 

Love the typo.

 

It's sort of like when papers put out for championship papers/fliers for local high school teams. It's providing an avenue for the community to express their support. It also it is promotional for the paper.

 

It's pronounced "Gwin-EE-shun," by the way.

AF
Proud former Gwinnettian

 

Hmm, maybe it's just me then. My paper covers nothing but prep sports and I just imagine doing this for any of them...seems like it would be incredibly awkward.

 

I figured it'd be some sort of "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out" sort of thing.