Since We Like To Generalize About The Business On This Board...

What about the college SID who has three guys scheduled to play in the NCAA tennis tourney, including one who's twice been an All-American, and can't be bothered to 1) send a release or 2) answer his phone or return calls about said tennis players?

Not that I'm hostile or anything.

 

hey sportschick,

how's the snow?

 

Which kind? The cold, wet stuff or the coke?

 

I think I can generally speak for preps writers everywhere when I say y'all are spoiled to have SIDs and PR people to rely on for info in the first place. And if they don't come through, there are always website, media guides, etc. Generally.

 

the cold wet stuff. I thought it was snowing in your neck of the woods

 

Nothing but a standard May snowstorm. It happens. It's the ones in July that are scary.

The coke storms are scarier. Ask Steve Howe's ghost

 

Yeah I agree man you can't complain. I do preps 90% of the time and now that its summer time I get to cover a minor league baseball team with stats and info galore. I feel like I'm doing nothing since I don't have to keep stats, etc.

 

Anyone who is working with SIDs and PR people now likely had to do the preps thing before, so they can feel your pain. But trust me, every step you take up the ladder, there is a different flavor of bullshit to chew on.

Plus, some people just like to complain.

 

Ha ha.

I must incorporate this into my lexicon.

 

Good to see you too, FH.

Yes, bad PR people suck. Farm animals. Hard and fast. They also swallow.

Just remember the good ones who bail you out by getting you that interview you need or that information you have to have at the last minute. They put the farm animal fellators in their proper place in PR hell.

Passing on the cock-high fastball sitting there of making rash generalization about lazy, high-maintenance reporters from tiny papers who are more trouble than they're worth...