Movement in Milwaukee

[Moderator1]

From The Pipeline, springing back to life after the holidays:

- Anthony Witrado from preps to Brewers backup
- Rick Braun from Brewers backup to Packers Plus (where he was before being moved to Brewers, a spot he had been pleased to end up)
- Interviews under way for preps gig

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

Witrado is pretty solid.. He's had quite a few prep columns run on the sports front and I've often enjoyed them. However, Braun was really good on the Brewers beat. Witrado has big shoes to fill there.

 

[Angola!]

Hasn't circulation for the Packers Plus free-fallen? If I'm Braun I am not happy about the move. You go from covering the Brewers to working for a weekly?

 

[King Of All Media]

Braun got ****ed.

 

[thegrifter]

Hasn't circulation for the Packers Plus free-fallen? If I'm Braun I am not happy about the move. You go from covering the Brewers BACK to working for a weekly?

That's better.

 

[King Of All Media]

As was previously pointed out, Braun did a great job covering the Brewers.

My guess is they ****ed him because the regular Packers Plus guy took a buyout.

 

[Mira]

Dave Boehler has been doing part-time preps for years. IMO, he would be ideal for the full-time preps slot. Rick did a great job on the Brewers beat.

 

[lantaur]

Dave Boehler has been doing part-time preps for years. IMO, he would be ideal for the full-time preps slot. Rick did a great job on the Brewers beat.

Don't you know that in the newspaper world, even if you do Herculean work as a part-timer and/or kick ass, you still have to go prove yourself at another paper before you're hired at the one you currently work for?

 

[mike311gd]

Dave Boehler has been doing part-time preps for years. IMO, he would be ideal for the full-time preps slot. Rick did a great job on the Brewers beat.

Don't you know that in the newspaper world, even if you do Herculean work as a part-timer and/or kick ass, you still have to go prove yourself at another paper before you're hired at the one you currently work for?

That's why I left my first paper. It's not that I wanted to end my career there, but I didn't think, no matter what I did, I'd ever simply be promoted to full-time.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Any movement in Milwaukee that is not in the direction of Jim Hegarty's leaves me unimpressed.

 

[awriter]

Dave Boehler has been doing part-time preps for years. IMO, he would be ideal for the full-time preps slot. Rick did a great job on the Brewers beat.

Don't you know that in the newspaper world, even if you do Herculean work as a part-timer and/or kick ass, you still have to go prove yourself at another paper before you're hired at the one you currently work for?

True. Now, where does that logic rank on the list of reasons why the newspaper biz is in the ****s?

 

[AreaMan]

Witrado's good. As long as he doesn't have to do anything resembling those god-awful prep video interviews, he'll be fine.

 

[Mr. Homer]

And I thought this thread was about some dude taking a dump in the old cheese state. Sorry. Time to MOVE on.

 

[Mira]

Yeah lantaur, that's a good point. But I still think Boehler should be one of the front-runners and deserves a fair shot at the gig.

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

It should be noted that Braun has been reassigned as a general assignment guy in sports with the biggest need being to fill in on Packers Plus for now. He is not doing Packers Plus exclusively.

 

[Pulitzer Wannabe]

What is "Packers Plus"? A fan mag put out by the MJS?

 

[lantaur]

Yeah lantaur, that's a good point. But I still think Boehler should be one of the front-runners and deserves a fair shot at the gig.

I don't disagree with you. I was just trying to point out how newspapers have been acting for years and years and years (yes, I went through the same thing once).

 

[Joe Williams]

It should be noted that Braun has been reassigned as a general assignment guy in sports with the biggest need being to fill in on Packers Plus for now. He is not doing Packers Plus exclusively.

If, for all of your hard work and creativity and years of servitude, your professional life still comes down to being reassigned by Garry Howard -- to anything, particularly if it's against your wishes -- then it might be time to do something else for a living.

 

[Lyman_Bostock]

It should be noted that Braun has been reassigned as a general assignment guy in sports with the biggest need being to fill in on Packers Plus for now. He is not doing Packers Plus exclusively.

If, for all of your hard work and creativity and years of servitude, your professional life still comes down to being reassigned by Garry Howard -- to anything, particularly if it's against your wishes -- then it might be time to do something else for a living.

You don't think highly of Mr. Howard, I presume? (I don't know him but have heard mostly positive things.)

 

[thegrifter]

It should be noted that Braun has been reassigned as a general assignment guy in sports with the biggest need being to fill in on Packers Plus for now. He is not doing Packers Plus exclusively.

If, for all of your hard work and creativity and years of servitude, your professional life still comes down to being reassigned by Garry Howard -- to anything, particularly if it's against your wishes -- then it might be time to do something else for a living.

Thanks for chiming in Mr. Braun