Bill Conlin update

[somewriter]

Hopefully, we each can own a condo like this someday:

http://deadspin.com/sports/old-old-men/its-important-that-you-know-bill-conlins-compensation-326411.php

 

[SheaSeals]

"Know what, pal? Bash this. . .Tell your bloggers, my career against theirs ..."

This line wins the award. You're a sportswriter (so am I, for the record). You're not THAT important, big boy. You certainly wouldn't want to measure the worthiness of your career against the doctors, lawyers, plumbers, pimps who might be blogging on the side.

 

[Double Down]

Bill Conlin craps bigger than Will Leitch, apparently.

 

[wickedwritah]

I would think the budget-conscious Philadelphia Media Holdings might not enjoy word of Mr. Conlin's largesse getting out there. Wonder if he's still Guild, as many Philly columnists are apparently (see Smith, Stephen A.).

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

How is this whole mess interesting?

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Fenian,

I'm amazed by how Conlin handled this. I mean, it's unbelievable.

 

[OnTheRiver]

Fenian,

I'm amazed by how Conlin handled this. I mean, it's unbelievable.

It's really *that* amazing?

The guy's a gruff, old columnist who's got **** You money.

I'm surprised he didn't have the blogger killed while he was at it.

 

[playthrough]

The Sports Reporters was far more interesting when he was on it.

 

[ballscribe]

Every time I see that guy on TV, I keep thinking he's going to go into cardiac arrest right that second, on air. He can barely breathe.

 

[Ace]

Conlin slips when equating bloggers negatively to pamphleteers. Sure, probably most of them were annoying blabbermouths back in the day, but without guys like Thomas Paine we probably never would have had the support to win the Revolutionary War.

Oh, and proving he's hasn't lost his fastball by saying he makes a lot of money is like comparing apples and, uh, well, gold bullion.

 

[armageddon]

Conlin slips when equating bloggers negatively to pamphleteers. Sure, probably most of them were annoying blabbermouths back in the day, but without guys like Thomas Paine we probably never would have had the support to win the Revolutionary War.

Oh, and proving he's hasn't lost his fastball by saying he makes a lot of money is like comparing apples and, uh, well, gold bullion.

Ignoring his personality and whether he is a nice person, I didn't read the latter point that way.

If his bosses worked hard to keep him, in part because his columns are still read by the masses, that IS proof he hasn't lost his fastball.

And that is the main point he appeared to be making. The financial angle was piling on, in my opinion.

 

[Ace]

Conlin slips when equating bloggers negatively to pamphleteers. Sure, probably most of them were annoying blabbermouths back in the day, but without guys like Thomas Paine we probably never would have had the support to win the Revolutionary War.

Oh, and proving he's hasn't lost his fastball by saying he makes a lot of money is like comparing apples and, uh, well, gold bullion.

Ignoring his personality and whether he is a nice person, I didn't read the latter point that way.

If his bosses worked hard to keep him, in part because his columns are still read by the masses, that IS proof he hasn't lost his fastball.

And that is the main point he appeared to be making. The financial angle was piling on, in my opinion.

I disagree.

I don't read him, but just because you are popular doesn't mean you are good. And certainly doesn't mean you are as good as you once were.

And if he wanted to make the point that the bosses wanted him, he could have simply said they kept asking what it would take to keep him instead of throwing money and condos around.

He comes off sounding like a thin-skinned blowhard if you ask me.

 

[BBJones]

Every time I see that guy on TV, I keep thinking he's going to go into cardiac arrest right that second, on air. He can barely breathe.

I have the same thought. When I saw the title thread, I thought "he finally had the big one."

 

[RedHotChiliPrepper]

Conlin slips when equating bloggers negatively to pamphleteers. Sure, probably most of them were annoying blabbermouths back in the day, but without guys like Thomas Paine we probably never would have had the support to win the Revolutionary War.

Oh, and proving he's hasn't lost his fastball by saying he makes a lot of money is like comparing apples and, uh, well, gold bullion.

Ignoring his personality and whether he is a nice person, I didn't read the latter point that way.

If his bosses worked hard to keep him, in part because his columns are still read by the masses, that IS proof he hasn't lost his fastball.

And that is the main point he appeared to be making. The financial angle was piling on, in my opinion.

I disagree.

I don't read him, but just because you are popular doesn't mean you are good. And certainly doesn't mean you are as good as you once were.

And if he wanted to make the point that the bosses wanted him, he could have simply said they kept asking what it would take to keep him instead of throwing money and condos around.

He comes off sounding like a thin-skinned blowhard if you ask me.

Uh ... he is a thin-skinned blowhard.

 

[Ace]

Well, then he made his point. I apologize.

 

[beardpuller]

He is INDEED a thin-skinned blowhard. And a better writer than Will Leitch will ever be.

 

[Stone Cane]

Uh ... he is a thin-skinned blowhard.

that's the only thing thin about him

has become irrelevant in philly

 

[poindexter]

From deadspin:
sharply reduced travel and a mandate to write mostly commentary.

Yep...nothing at all like a blogger there Bill.

 

[Joe Williams]

Not sure I can generalize about the blowhard part, but I have found a surprising and disappointing number of big-time sportswriters to be thin-skinned. Doesn't reflect well on the business when guys like Conlin, Lupica, Albom and a dozen others you probably can think of scream bloody murder or overreact at the first hint of criticism or questioning. Considering all that they dole out.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Conlin pulled a huge thorn out of my paw in 1992 at the Albertville Olympics, when I was going it alone, sleeping on floors, etc.

Tossed me the keys to his huge corner suite when he decided to leave a weekend early, said "have fun."

Gets a lifetime pass from me.

I'd still like to grow up to be him, for that matter.