Rick Morrissey to Chicago Sun-Times

Apologize if this is a D-B, but I didn't see this anywhere.
How is this possible, considering all the trouble that Jay Mariotti, like him or not, has allegedly had getting hired at the Chicago Tribune following his Sun-Times exit?

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/1921828,chicago-sun-times-rick-morrissey-120409.article

 

Is this a DB?
Stop me if you think you've heard this one before.
(Morrissey reference.)

 

That joke isn't funny anymore.

 

Do you think he made the right decision this time? ;D

 

Which paper is in worse shape right now? Aren't both going through bankruptcy?

 

I thought this was a weird move for that very reason. If you're a virtually bankrupt company that needed saving, why spend money on a columnist, much less one who isn't all that great? Why not use that money for some more reporters? It's not like this move is going to gain that many readers. I could be wrong, but I'd be really shocked.

 

Seems like a boys-and-their-toys move to me.

My first thought: This is Sun-Times payback for the Tribune recently hiring away the S-T's sports editor.

My second thought: Maybe Morrissey caught wind that Mariotti is going to be hired by the Tribune after all.

Otherwise, stretching for a six-figure hire at a time of cutbacks and bankruptcy is odd. Almost seems to do the competition a favor, clearing that off their books. Unless the hire is, oh, Royko.

 

It's been all downhill since Bernie Lincicomb and Bob Verdi stopped writing columns for the Trib.

And from what I've read, Bernie landed on his feet after the Rocky shut down. Wish that was true for everyone who worked there ...

 

This does give the Mariotti rumor some credence.

Maybe the Tribune told Morrissey to look around for a new job ...

 

Maybe the Trib figures since the Cubs are now fair game and not part of the empire, they might as well hire a fire-breather.

 

Lincicome, and Verdi still writes a Sunday column, IIRC, but I agree with your overall point. Opinion hasn't been a strong suit of the Trib in a while, though I like David Haugh more than most.

 

Fixed.