Stephen Bailey ... out

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[CuseGrad94]

I didn’t know if this was out already, but I’m going to miss SB’s coverage.

 

[TheHaze315]

Weird timing it seems? Mid season random Thursday, wonder what happened.

 

[BigNastyJon]

I don’t understand - someone should have him on the payroll just for his Twitter value

 

[CuseGrad94]

I just posted this, should never doubt you OX. My apologies.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I just posted this, should never doubt you OX. My apologies.

I beat you by what, 40 seconds?

We'll call it a draw.

 

[721Comstock]

he gone.


Which sucks.

 

[690West]

Can we pay him to finish the season? Like a go fund me for SU football coverage. Lol. I mean this is nuts. He’s by far the best Cuse football content person and it’s not even close.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Can we pay him to finish the season? Like a go fund me for SU football coverage. Lol. I mean this is nuts. He’s by far the best Cuse football content person and it’s not even close.

You mean like an NIL for reporters?

 

[steve deberg]

Feel for SB - seemed like he was doing a great job there.

This is personally frustrating, because when I tried to pay for a subscription to 247, I was told they don’t provide subscriptions to Canadian “customers.”

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

He’s fantastic at what he does. Too bad there’s not room at the Post Standard. He’d be a great Syracuse correspondent for the ACC Network.

 

[tep624]

Should have happened a long time ago. They need to put their resources towards a recruiting minded grinder who will go out and do the dirty work to get information. You effectively had a website that's primary focus was recruiting information without a person dedicated to that at the Syracuse site. Made zero sense and I'm sure they lost a lot of subscribers because of it.

You could have Stephen there and a recruiting guru and have them split duties and that would have worked well. Having just Stephen there with little if any recruiting content from a Syracuse perspective was never a sustainable model because most of his information is publically available. He's a good writer but I'm not paying $10 a month to read information I mostly already know packaged up in a well written package.

I also don't know if casual fans who probably would benefit most from Stephen's info would become subscribers there for that.

 

[orangepassion]

He was a much better fit for the Post-Standard than 24/7. He has excellent practice reports and some good coverage of the team, but never seemed psyched about recruiting. I do feel bad for him and wish him the best.

 

[djorange1989]

he definitely was not dialed in with SU recruiting, not in the least, he is a good reporter who brought well written(unlike the painful to read and grammar nightmare writings elsewhere) articles, but 24/7 is supposed to be about recruiting and he didn't bring that at all. Only reason I am subscribed there is the free Paramount Plus that comes with it, so basically 24/7 is free and I am paying for Paramount Plus. hopefully they bring someone in who fits the bill better.

 

[tep624]

he definitely was not dialed in with SU recruiting, not in the least, he is a good reporter who brought well written(unlike the painful to read and grammar nightmare writings elsewhere) articles, but 24/7 is supposed to be about recruiting and he didn't bring that at all. Only reason I am subscribed there is the free Paramount Plus that comes with it, so basically 24/7 is free and I am paying for Paramount Plus. hopefully they bring someone in who fits the bill better.

If you go back in time, effectively you had a subscriber base there that was more concerned about Syracuse related recruiting information and less concerned about how it was packaged, and they effectively transformed the site overnight into the PS part 2 with no inside recruiting information. It was never going to last, because the content he provides in my opinion isn't enough for casual fans to subscribe in high numbers to replace the subscribers interested in recruiting information they couldn't get elsewhere.

I get that he was hired as a beat writer there, but you also have to read the room, and it was pretty obvious there was a steep decline in Syracuse related recruiting information. If it was me I would have immersed myself into it for the good of the site. At the end of the day, people are paying for a product they can't get elsewhere, not who has the best grammar.

And timeliness was an issue as well. This is the internet age, you can't publish information as if we're still in the print age. I always got the impression he was just going through the motions there. He'd publish articles about a new commitment 3-4 days after other competing sites, and it really takes nothing more than connecting with a recruit to do that.

 

[Moontan]

They should’ve let him finish the season.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

He's already covered 4 games.

He has to sit out the rest of the season so he can redshirt.

 

[Chip]

Saves me $10 per month. Just cancelled.

 

[djorange1989]

They should’ve let him finish the season.

he had a 2 year contract and it wasn't renewed so guess that is why there is an abrupt departure, I assume it was through the end of this month(tomorrow)

 

[orangefog]

Saves me $10 per month. Just cancelled.

Going to use it for Millhouse's Only Fans?

 

[Chip]

Going to use it for Millhouse's Only Fans?

That seems way overpriced, but I'll consider.

 

[orangefog]

That seems way overpriced, but I'll consider.

Nah, it's surprisingly well worth the money.

 

[JKinPhilly]

If I divert that subscription money appropriately I can be part of the Legends Club in 2,500 months.

 

[Finwad32]

Stephen is the best Syracuse Football beat writer currently here.

I didn’t always agree with his writing style, especially early in his career, but he grew on me. I respect his dedication and I’m sorry that he’s moving on.

 

[sutomcat]

I hope Stephen lands somewhere nice. He is a really good writer and a really good guy too.

I think he has always really wanted to cover basketball. Maybe he will get that chance now.

Thanks for all the great work Stephen. Happy trails!