AA News: Hire Brian Cook
Dear Ann Arbor News,
You have a job to fill. Sports columnist. The problem with your last one (Jim Carty): not enough of a homer. You could go the traditional, boring route: hire some other dude with the "right" credentials. And watch us all hate him.
Or you could hire Brian Cook. Brian, as you may know, happens to run the best damn Michigan blog in the land. He would make an excellent hire, and would make a splash (the mixing of new and old media, and all that).
So, a choice. Hire some lame dude/dudette. Or hire Brian (if he's willing). Don't miss the opportunity!
Your pal,
Coach Schiano
These words are here in order to meet the 200-word diary minimum that Brian so ruthlessly enforces. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Especially these words: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:41 PM ^
October 8th, 2008 at 8:16 AM ^
nevermind. carry on brian.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:04 PM ^
Quick story: I was living in Ann Arbor two years ago or so, walking my dog and found some Ann Arbor News Sports Reporter's Portfolio laying in the ground. It had lots of notes and important information, so I called expecting a sports fan like me.
He showed up at my apartment and was A. pretty much a jerk and B. clearly not a sports fan. My apartment was filled with Tigers and U of M memorabilia and we sat there and made very awkward small talk. First of all, he didn't notice or care about any of the sports stuff I had which is fine but it would would have relieved our awkward conversation "hey looks like your a sports fan" and we could have talked about michigan for 2 minutes. 2nd it was very clear that he was a typical writer who wanted a job in journalism or wanted to write a book and didn't care about sports, but it was a job and he took it. The tweed jacket, scarf and driving cap said it all.
I thought I was being a good Samaritan, by finding and returning a lost item on a Sunday, and the guy looked at me like I stole his stuff. This is the type of writer that writes sports in newspapers. People who want to write about other stuff, but get stuck writing sports and end up hating sports and everything else. (Drew Sharp I'm looking at you.)
This is exactly the type of guy who will be promoted to Carty's job. So unfortunately Brian who likes sports and writes about something he likes, and doesn't try and find people to rip doesn't qualify.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:26 PM ^
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October 7th, 2008 at 10:42 PM ^
Brian,
I can't tell if that's an indictment of the journalistic career field or a statement to the phat lootz you are pulling in.
Which one?
October 8th, 2008 at 1:29 AM ^
October 8th, 2008 at 2:12 AM ^
If you started working for the News you'd have to become The Man. And your editor would demand that you lie to players and humiliate them by posting their GPA and whatnot.
Thankfully this unpleasant scenario will never come to pass!
October 8th, 2008 at 10:02 AM ^
October 8th, 2008 at 7:02 PM ^
I just assumed you were a robot that was fed data and then cranked out charts. I thought the humor and analysis was a sheer anomoly. That ruins my whole theory on robots taking over sports and the world.
October 7th, 2008 at 11:14 PM ^
Schiano is always worried that Brian is underpaid. Now at least Schiano knows Brian makes more than Carty. Schiano is happy. Schiano does wonder, though: is it mostly adsense revenue? It can't be the T-shirts.
-Coach S.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:08 AM ^
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October 8th, 2008 at 8:06 AM ^
Brian admits to not making Jay-Z cash money. Personally, I don't buy it.
Honestly BC-- I used to be in the newspaper business, and staying out is about the best advice I can give you. It's a dying animal-- you might as well become a pay phone repairman. These interwebs things are the future.
Love the site, love the community you've built here. No one around me felt the pain this weekend, but at least I could turn to MGoBlog.
GO BLUE
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