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Message: [QUOTE="Fjoinkay, post: 365562, member: 604"] Wow! Of all the days I pick to wait to check this board until the late afternoon I picked this one. You are a very good reporter. I respect you for that very much. As an alum I also respect the institution of higher learning that is Syracuse University. Call me loyal because I own that. I bleed Orange. If you are familiar with my posts over the years you are also familiar that my main and consistent point or theme, other than praising you for good reporting, is what I see as your propensity for a "doom and gloom" attitude that certainly under the last regime spiraled downward with an incessant hammering of stats without reporting on the kids playing the games and going to classes. Everyone knew the former coach was a disaster, and you were stuck on it without any release in my opinion. I don't see that as healthy for the community or for the university and certainly not for the student athletes busting their humps. Thankfully, until this game I've seen great reporting for a good long stretch probably going back to the Rutgers game last year. You mention support from fellow board members and being called a homer rather than a critic. Am I supposed to take a poll every time I post my opinion? Do you? Is that your operating principle as a journalist? How do you see your role as a journalist covering student athletes? Are you supposed to inform the community in CNY that the SU student-athletes fell flat on their faces in Minneapolis? Look, I'm very glad you want SU football to succeed, and you do a great job most of the time. I just have an issue when you go negative because in the past I've seen you go very low and you didn't let go. As for you adding the phrase... on the bad luck piece... I apologize because I had no idea you did that. Your video and your response after the Minny game ...falling flat on their faces piece... speak for themselves. As a journalist you have a tremendous influence on the perceptions of a lot of people in CNY, especially people who are very busy and who have no time to dig deeper themselves. [B]I take it personally[/B] when I feel like you are spreading doom and gloom as the program is trying to dig itself out of a whole. A lot of people want this program to succeed and look to you for the status. In the end, the University decides who to hire as the coach and the bottom line is wins and losses. It's pretty simple and in the end pretty obvious even to people who are too busy to pay much attention. You can express anger, doom and gloom all you want to when your expectations are not met, but as a loyal SU alum who bleeds Orange I'm going to call it how I see it especially when I think it is redundant and excessive and becomes harmful and unprofessional and yes, perhaps even personal on your part. Peace! [/QUOTE]

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