Solomon's final column on the WWL

Missou,
You might be a little off base here. I know George Solomon had one ear, and that's Vince Doria. If you're going to have one ear on the news side, that's the one.
George and Vince go back decades. Those private conversations are where changes are made -- granted, if any -- not the ramblings of an ombud's column.

Calling George's work a "waste" may be a gross overstatement, too. Everytime he posted a column, it was a thread here -- sometimes multiple threads -- and on other journalism sites, too. People noticed and read because it was George. Maybe a little too inside for the general reader. But, his work was hardly a "waste."

 

There are other journalism sites? blasphemer

 

Clearly it didn't raise awareness of the spelling of ombudsman.

 

He was actually an ombundtsman, in charge of making cakes in the commissary. I realize he was probably thought of as a nuisance by the "talent" and nothing he said was ever overtly dealt with, but I agree he was there for a reason. And one reason he left is that his contract was probably up; ombudsmen usually only stick around a certain period of time, a year or two, for very good reasons, much like Daniel Okrent at the Times.

Since I don't think they ever replaced Darren Rovell, they should have a joint business/media reporter like Richard Sandomir.

 

The "talent" there were told to ignore his column...

If you think he made such an impact, I would like one example of how ESPN has improved journalistically in the last 21 months...

 

I said he was there for a reason, not that he had any impact.

 

OK, we're in agreement then...

 

Really? Did I say he "made such an impact?"
But, to discount him is another matter, isn't it? It is George Solomon.

 

Whoops...Mixed message.

 

No, actually it undercut everything that came before. I assume he did that in lieu of an F-You.

 

My first thought after readiing this was 'what took him so long?'

 

He did mention egos.. maybe this was his shot at Stuey...