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Which athletes/coaches do you think get a free pass from the press?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Mizzougrad96, Jan 22, 2009.

  1. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    I think "free pass" is vague and often in the eye of the beholder, subject to thinking in terms of generalities. Coaches often assess the media that way (in terms of generalities, not with specifics), and we hate it when they do.
     
  2. micke77

    micke77 Member

    Joe King...sorry, I meant the elder John Thompson.
    what about Lou Holtz? does he fall into the department of "loathed by beat writers, but loved by every now and then media types?"
     
  3. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    I am just throwing this name out there because I never rubbed shoulders with him, but maybe some of the older board members could chime in this person.

    Valvano
     
  4. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    That's so incredibly awesome.
     
  5. If it's true.
     
  6. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

  7. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Valvano is a great one -- he cheated his way to a national title, got caught, got the school put on probation and then gets cancer and becomes a hero and this symbol of courage and greatness while guys like Tark an John Calipari are treated like outlaws for doing or allegedly doing the same stuff.

    And here is another one -- Jim Leyland -- perhaps the most overrated coach in any sport, ever.

    And more to the point -- he bailed on his contract when things started going south in Pittsburgh. He bailed on his contract when things started going south in Florida and in Colorado and it is only a matter of time when he'll bail on his contract in Detroit.......

    He is no different than the Nick Sabans and Bobby Petrinos of this world and yet they are viewed as traitors and scumbags and Leyland is treated as some sort of high character guy and mostly because the media likes him.

    What he did in Pittsburgh, Colorado and Florida is no different and no less shameful than what Petrino did in Atlanta except the fact that Petrino left a few weeks before the season ended.
     
  8. Rhody31

    Rhody31 Well-Known Member

    How about Tony Dungy?
    Yes, he won a Super Bowl, but his career playoff record is 9-10 overall, 7-6 with Indy and if you take away the 4-0 postseason where the Colts won the Super Bowl, that's 5-10, 3-6, which would rank among the worst for coaches who've coached that many games. His talked about by the media like the greatest coach around, but his postseason record proves he's mediocre.
     
  9. It's true. The chick's stage name was Kylie Ireland. It might not have been reported in the Trib or Sun-Times when it happened, but everyone knew about it.
     
  10. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    Kobe Bryant.
    LeBron
    Lance Armstrong
     
  11. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Yes, it is horrible to go to the postseason ten years in a row, to win like 77 percent of your games, to win a Super Bowl and to win seven division titles.

    And I'm sure he'll think of you during his acceptance speech in Canton a few years from now.......
     
  12. Del_B_Vista

    Del_B_Vista Active Member

    Taking away a guy's Super Bowl season seems to make sense in evaluating his record.
     
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