Worst SID ever?

[SEC Guy]

The best SID thread should be a short one because anyone who has ever met him knows it's Claude Felton.

How about worst?

 

[Moderator1]

Moddy!

Someone had to say it. Might as well be me.

Now carry on with the rest of the thread.

 

[93Devil]

The guy who used to eat out of a huge bowl of peanut M&Ms 24/7.

I don't want to mention names.

 

[SEC Guy]

I've covered college football and basketball for two decades and the football SID, Steve McClain at Florida is the worst I've ever dealt with.

Florida has bad access in general, but the previous SIDs at Florida were about 1,000X better than McClain. Jeff Kamis and John Humenik were both professional. McClain is despised by the beat writers.

 

[Flip Wilson]

I was an SID at two schools before beginning my teaching gig, so I'm going to checking this thread regularly, hoping, hoping, hoping, that my name doesn't show up. I thought I did a good job, but you never know what others think.

 

[Moderator1]

I'll rent you the delete key for a price.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Flip Wilson ****ing sucks.

 

[whatwoulddamondo?]

define "worst."

there are some people who will say "xxxx is never helpful." well, xxxx probably has to bend over backward to appease the football coach, who would love nothing more than to see the pesky media avoid post-game press conferences and stop calling into that pesky mid-week teleconference.

 

[93Devil]

Worst for me would be inflating stats, say assists in basketball, for their home team. I'm thinking DIII and other lower levels tweeking stats.

For example, I remember seeing conference leaders in soccer and a certain keeper had like 200 saves in 12 games. The next closest had like 80. They were seemingly saying every time she touched the ball in play it was a save.

 

[Batman]

Peter Forest.
Used to be the SID at Alcorn State and Grambling. You'd set up an interview with a player, show up, and he'd just point you toward the practice field (assuming he remembered you were coming). Football media guides would routinely come out in November, the basketball guides in January. Somehow, it was always an issue with the printers. He'd drop off your credentials in person the night before instead of mailing them. If you asked for a photo pass, he'd always ask you to send him pictures.
And, somehow, he was once SWAC SID of the year. I'd say he had pictures of someone, but he probably would've just mooched them off somebody.
Just a nightmare in every aspect.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Worst for me would be inflating stats, say assists in basketball, for their home team. I'm thinking DIII and other lower levels tweeking stats.

For example, I remember seeing conference leaders in soccer and a certain keeper had like 200 saves in 12 games. The next closest had like 80. They were seemingly saying every time she touched the ball in play it was a save.

So every SID at a non Division I school?

 

[PeteyPirate]

I was going to say chlamydia, but then I read the thread title again.

 

[bueller]

SWAC SID of the year.

An esteemed group, for sure. Some of that is because of lack of support from the schools.

After one football game in that league, I did my interviews and headed back to the press box. Halfway there, the SID crew met me walking the other way and carrying my computer bag. They said they were closing the press box, but I was welcome to write from their office across campus. No, thanks.

At least the SWAC people brought my things. In the non-SWAC department, I had a D3 game once where I returned to the press box to find just my stuff. Luckily, the phone lines still worked.

 

[Batman]

SWAC SID of the year.

An esteemed group, for sure. Some of that is because of lack of support from the schools.

After one football game in that league, I did my interviews and headed back to the press box. Halfway there, the SID crew met me walking the other way and carrying my computer bag. They said they were closing the press box, but I was welcome to write from their office across campus. No, thanks.

At least the SWAC people brought my things. In the non-SWAC department, I had a D3 game once where I returned to the press box to find just my stuff. Luckily, the phone lines still worked.

Well, that was never a problem with Peter. He didn't have his stats done until 2 hours after the game. You had time to do your interviews -- assuming you grabbed anyone other than the coach on the field, because he only ever got the coach in the interview room -- and write your gamer, sidebar and second-day story before he finished the game book.

 

[Bubbler]

At least the SWAC people brought my things. In the non-SWAC department, I had a D3 game once where I returned to the press box to find just my stuff. Luckily, the phone lines still worked.

Happened to me at a high-level FCS school ... and the phone lines DIDN'T work.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Any SID who sends out a results release after the game and either A). Forgets to put in the score. or B). Forgets to put in who won the game.

 

[slappy4428]

Past tense...
Bid Nangle at Northern Illinois and Ken Hoffman at Michigan State... two bigger assholes you'll never find.

 

[hondo]

I've covered college football and basketball for two decades and the football SID, Steve McClain at Florida is the worst I've ever dealt with.

Florida has bad access in general, but the previous SIDs at Florida were about 1,000X better than McClain. Jeff Kamis and John Humenik were both professional. McClain is despised by the beat writers.

McClain was very bright, eager and helpful when he was the baseball SID. If you don't work for the WWL, he doesn't give a **** about you now.

 

[Lester Bangs]

I've always felt bad for the SWAC SIDs. Those guys have **** jobs.

 

[SoCalDude]

Don't really want to name names here.
I've covered about two dozen Rose Bowls, every Big Ten SID ties for last. One time there was a news conference at Tournament House, me and a few others approached the SID to set up some interviews for the next few days. He said he had to go, he had to drive the coach back to the hotel. I said, why are YOU doing that? Are you the PR guy or the chauffeur? He didn't like that.