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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 2523140, member: 837"] I don't think there's any question that these guys were green when they were thrown into this and that's based on budgets at newspapers -- which by the way comes back to the issues with the general public not actually wanting to pay for information but having an insatiable thirst for any and all information. But I digress ... What I will say is that they seem much improved and seem to provide solid info. I was a reporter for 9 nine years and if I was covering this program I'm pretty sure people would hate my coverage b/c, while I love looking for a positive angle, most of what has gone on here since McNabb's graduation falls into one of two categories -- bad or promising but unproven. Nice moments during the Marrone era and it feels like Dino has things headed in the right direction, but we haven't been a program approaching any sort of sustained success for a looooonnnnngggg time. If Dino gets to 6 wins this year, there will be more positive coverage and greater expectations going forward. Also, the most important thing to note here is this: If you are a journalist covering this program you have the unenviable task of basically covering a program that wants zero coverage. And, you're doing it in an era where you are supposed to be giving insight and developing interesting stories on basically a daily basis (at least if you include recruiting and spring practice, etc.). Bottom line: It's tough to say -- give us great information when there is basically a massive wall built around the entire program. It's tough to say give us positive stories when the bottom line is not only that cuse football has basically sucked for going on 20 years, but also in a world of college football where the economics and geography make it tough to envision a scenario where we are annually a top-25ish team. [/QUOTE]

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