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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 1, 2018 20:56:26 GMT -6
Im going to try and link the coversation that took place after Davis wrote the article that we all hated on Whitford. If the link does not work just find the article on Davis's twitter and read the individual comments. A Basketball Ad from Xavier starts it at some point Kyle Mallers jumps in(this might have been deleted). Davis is such a douche feel free to jump in and bash him
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 1, 2018 20:58:49 GMT -6
I Think if you click above you should be able to scroll up and see most of the conversation. Then click on a individual comment and read more.. Some good stuff in there
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Post by TakeMeBackto2008 on Mar 1, 2018 21:05:54 GMT -6
I was going to post about this earlier this week. He tried to get a comment from Whitford about the Sean Miller situation and Ball State basically said "thanks for your concern, but we don't want to make a story where there isn't one." He also said Whitford refused to comment about Miller.
Things we now know Shitbird sucks at:
1) Conditioning
2) Learning from past mistakes
3) Recruiting post players
4) Addressing a potentially toxic situation like a professional
Alas...the Shitbird era marches on. The joys of being a Ball State fan, watching your two main revenue sports run by newbies having to learn the ropes of their professions and sucking out loud at them...
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Post by cardfan on Mar 1, 2018 21:08:11 GMT -6
Good lord what a small man. He covered bsu “out of the kindness of his heart?” And then pulls that personal shit on Whitford?
Doucherific. If he never writes another word about BSU, fine!
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 1, 2018 21:10:27 GMT -6
Good lord what a small man. He covered bsu “out of the kindness of his heart?” And then pulls that personal shit on Whitford? Doucherific. If he never writes another word about BSU, fine! Fucking snake
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Post by cardfan on Mar 1, 2018 21:22:50 GMT -6
No reporter should act like that. Certainly not publicly. He made the story about him.
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Post by redbirdman on Mar 1, 2018 21:24:55 GMT -6
I read somewhere that Davis coached for 6 years. Did he coach at Butler? I also assume his family had some connection to Ball State that was not good & that is why he likes to stick a knife in us every chance he gets. Anybody know anything about his personal history before he became a writer.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 1, 2018 21:32:32 GMT -6
He went to Yorktown and I believe swam at Butler
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Post by kwatson2009 on Mar 2, 2018 6:53:24 GMT -6
Where is his article about Clemson and his friend and former colleague Brad Brownell? They were named in the Yahoo report.
Davis is always going on about his contact with coaches at ND and Butler like it validates him in some way. I've never seen that from other reporters. Now if Miller is proven to be not guilty he will be there proclaiming he knew it all along and had said so from the beginning.
If he was as good a journalist as he thinks he is, he wouldn't have spent 20 some years at a newspaper in ft wayne.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 7:06:07 GMT -6
With Miller denying and ESPN only attributing the info to an "anonymous source", I'd say a "no comment" to ANYONE is a prudent move at this point.
I can't believe Arizona would let Miller come out like that (and coach last night), after discussing internally and waiting a few days to make a statement, if there wasn't some kind of ground to stand on.
ESPN better hope their source is legit.
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Post by 00hmh on Mar 2, 2018 7:30:11 GMT -6
I'll defend ESPN for reporting what is undoubtedly newsworthy.
No defense for Davis. That's just a cheap shot add on as he tries to stretch a story, at best.
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Mar 2, 2018 10:29:09 GMT -6
So basically, Davis tried to strong-arm Whitford for an interview, by indicting him by association with Miller with the first column.
"Oh, do an interview with me and we can clear your name!" A name that was smeared by Davis in the first column.
Whitford says no thanks.
Now Davis is being a punk because Whitford wouldn't play that game, and even went to the StarPress, as a way of sending a message to Davis.
Whitford played it perfectly, and Davis is crying because he didn't get his way. This is what passes for journalism?
Tom Davis, if you're reading this: Do better. Don't be a hack. Use your platform to be a journalist, not a manipulative punk.
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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 2, 2018 11:19:18 GMT -6
Is Tom Davis, like, six years old....or what?
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Post by 00hmh on Mar 2, 2018 11:28:43 GMT -6
Davis thinking he would get priority over the Starpress is crazy. He obviously thinks he has great influence in FW. But, what this influence in FW MIGHT provide can't be as important as the local support of the Star Press.
Does he really think the AD, Prez, BOT, Muncie supporters would somehow understand Whitford bypassing the local press to favor him? Does he think he deserves equal priority even? That Whitford didn't respond initially to his requests for comment is totally understandable.
Ft Wayne is reasonably important as a market for us, the city does have BSU supporters and alumni. Still Davis is hardly the guy who makes such difference, despite his own high opinion of himself, and what this slur against Whitford shows is he is clearly a fickle supporter at best.
Why he thinks this is about him, or ought to be, I have no clue. Whitford has responded to the reports, used the outlet you would expect him to use.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 2, 2018 11:41:48 GMT -6
Ive been telling you guys for two years he is snake..
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