Well said!!! I have been reading more Joey Johnston from the Trib. He is a USF alumn and is not bashing as much. He kind of calls it like it is which is fair. Hopefully the others get better next season as I will give them a one year break being their 1st year covering USF.
Just to be fair, and since I'm curious, I'd like to see an example of where either of us have been "bashing" or "disrespecting" the program in any way. Or "created breaking news" for that matter. Once again, it's our job to report on what's going on with the athletic department at USF, whether that's things that are positive, negative or neutral. I'm not sure what more I can say. But, regardless, thanks for reading.
Don't get all reporter on me with your "it's our job to report the facts" nonsense. Joey Knight is teaching you the WRONG way to cover a local team and if you continue to follow his model, you BOTH will be out of a job in the future. Nobody is asking you to be a homer...but unbiased, fair, and no cheap jab reporting would be nice. Articles insinuating there are enough USF fans are calling for Taggart's head to even write about and asking instigating questions to Shaw about the run game (what the hell were you trying to do there? Pit him against the Coach?) come to the top of my mind since they just happened.
Its the way you write about the facts, not what you're reporting that is irking people. Do yourself a favor and call Greg Auman for pointers and tips, don't emulate Knight.
Think he already told us that they weren't his questions. Chill out.
From above:
"For the record, neither of us asked the questions. It's a circle of reporters that conduct the interviews during practices and we report what each player and coach says. As seen above, I cited the questions asked and the player's response in a quote."