Toledo Blade columnist

From what I'm told, Musselman wasn't canned because he is a prick, but because his columns sucked. I read a few of them online, and they were pretty much devoid of opinion, information or emotion.

 

Another shout for Hack. Good guy, good work.

 

Update: Sources tell me Musselman had a local media piece in today's Peach section.

 

yup

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070117/ART18/701170392

 

So is the step up or a step down...or sideways? I liked the last media columnist...Russ Lemon he wasn't bad

 

Hack is a writer's writer. Great guy, easily approachable and always willing to help. When I covered the MAC I learned a lot from him.

 

Just another chime for Dave Hackenberg. ... When I was still a snot-nosed college kid, I covered a few MAC Tournaments up in Cleveland and normally ran into Hack. He was always open to conversation and invited me to join him at his table more than a few times. When you're 19 or 20 and still breaking in, that's kinda neat. The promotion couldn't have gone to a nicer guy -- and a very good writer.

 

Musselman was in Miami Tuesday and wrote something about Grossman for the sports front. I wonder if he'll be writing columns for the Peach and Sports sections?

 

The content isn't bad, but the design of that paper makes me think of someone just vomiting a whole bunch of stories on a page and calling it a day.

 

I agree.

 

Don't know anything about the Toledo job, but I feel compelled to post here to defend Musselman. Yes, he can be prickly in his opinions --- even if his opinions don't really show up in his columns --- and he was a pretty polarizing figure in our newsroom a few years back, but for me he was always one of the more helpful guys around. Plus, he was always a blast when he expounded on our dysfunctional shop. I was sad to see him leave us when he did, and I hope things work out for him.

 

Being an hour away from Detroit is a selling point — if you don't mind trailer-park life. Being at the Blade? If you can stand the job cuts and a crazy family running the joint. The Guild money probably eases the pain. For now.