TallyBull Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 3,685 Reputation: 1,186 Days Won: 14 Joined: 01/19/2011 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Latest Martin Fennelly swipe at USF: Lights, Camera, Crickets - Charlie Strong Adjusts to a Different Fanbase Oh, and let me just put this right here: Score Martin Fennelly on JournoCheck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skingraft Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 743 Content Count: 13,357 Reputation: 2,482 Days Won: 63 Joined: 12/11/2006 Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) I thought this was a thread for a new adults only site for mute Edited April 13, 2017 by Skingraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hopefully people will take time to actually read the article. The headline is typical, but the article itself is actually pretty spot on by Fennelly. I will not knock him for this latest work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azmodi Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 12 Content Count: 3,233 Reputation: 1,169 Days Won: 8 Joined: 10/17/2013 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Can someone post the CliffNotes so I don't have to give him a click? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,610 Content Count: 74,511 Reputation: 10,799 Days Won: 422 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted April 13, 2017 14 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said: Hopefully people will take time to actually read the article. The headline is typical, but the article itself is actually pretty spot on by Fennelly. I will not knock him for this latest work. Agree completely .... One of Toad's more benign columns on USF and hard to find much fault with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,610 Content Count: 74,511 Reputation: 10,799 Days Won: 422 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted April 13, 2017 14 minutes ago, Azmodi said: Can someone post the CliffNotes so I don't have to give him a click? Kind of sums it up There is still so much out there for USF. The school has never played for a conference championship, much less won one. It is still looking for its first New Year's Day bowl game. And there has never been sustained excellence. That's on the radar. In fact, it's in demand. ... "Whatever I need to do, I'll do it," Strong said. "I want our guys to get the recognition. … We don't want to be second fiddle. We don't have to be second fiddle." We've heard that tune fall on deaf ears before in this fickle, easily distracted sports town. Charlie Strong wants to make USF so good for so long that there will be cameras everywhere, so many that he'll have to shut them out of practice. USF football could use a problem like that. "You got to win," Strong said. "People follow winners." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azmodi Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 12 Content Count: 3,233 Reputation: 1,169 Days Won: 8 Joined: 10/17/2013 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Thanks Trib. From what you've posted I'd have to agree it's fair. Not your usual hack job by Fennelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorbull325 Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 119 Content Count: 6,518 Reputation: 2,692 Days Won: 28 Joined: 09/02/2014 Share Posted April 13, 2017 I thought it was a nice article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JupiterBull Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 85 Content Count: 5,431 Reputation: 770 Days Won: 16 Joined: 02/08/2009 Share Posted April 13, 2017 2 hours ago, GaUSFBull said: Hopefully people will take time to actually read the article. The headline is typical, but the article itself is actually pretty spot on by Fennelly. I will not knock him for this latest work. I'm glad you posted it, as I wouldn't have read it otherwise. I was expecting snark, and there really wasn't any. Some of it hurt a bit, but it wasn't wrong. And I don't think he went out of his way to poke USF (like he & Tom Jones sometimes do). The crickets title was kinda crappy, after reading attendance is up big (a relative term, I know), but it conveys the point. I will say that I went to a UT-WVU a few years ago, and it was DEAFENING! Not only do we not put enough butts in seats, but many are docile, and even get upset at standing & screaming (note: it was MUCH better last year, likely because that team was so exciting to watch). It's hard to say last year's team was the best ever (11-2 notwithstanding), given the competition wasn't the toughest ever (though not bad). So, I hope we can get that buzz back, and the team can play to 13-0 goal, and not have let downs. I'm really looking forward to this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallyBull Posted April 13, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 3,685 Reputation: 1,186 Days Won: 14 Joined: 01/19/2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 The swipe was the suggestion that the fanbase = crickets The article was rather benign, but the title was not. Unlike news articles I believe the columnists choose their titles. Also, I hate Fennelly's writing style, so it's easy to find fault with him, even when his columns aren't factually misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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