I have a good feeling about
We have a good shot at
We have a good shot at landing Harris, but I was more impressed by what his father said. They seem to be a grounded family with their priorities straight. If we are fortunate enough to land Drake, it sounds like we will be getting a high character kid who will represent Michigan Football in a positive manner both on and off the field.
His dad did a nice job
His dad did a nice job addressing the negative feedback coming from State fans and explaining how they support Drake. Too bad all recruits don't have parents like that.
well
According to rcmb, this kid has sketchy character, so are we so sure we wants him now! Zomg what if he is just a bad kid...
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Every kid that has ever decommitted
has terrible character according to that teams fanbase. And almost every kid that a team has a really good shot at has great character according to the fanbase of the team that has a good shot at him. Fickle fans are fickle, go figure.
"Drake's entire family is fed
"Drake's entire family is fed up with the decommitment reaction from Sparty Fans."
What, why?
I thought Sparty didn't care he's not a commit anymore?
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Mike Valenti's blog post
Mike Valenti's blog post yesterday was ridiculous. He said he didn't care about recruiting, and then on his Twitter, he commented on MSU's new basketball commit...for the class of 2016.
Valenti is such a
Valenti is such a disingenuous hypocrite. He and Foster will say anything to angry up their radio audience and boost ratings. The man just completely lacks any semblance of integrity.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
Wow...hypocrite seems to be a
Wow...hypocrite seems to be a common description for Valenti. I agree with your point about how they "angry" up their listeners.
It's the equivalent of reading a Drew Sharp article (which I have not read in years). For some reason they believe that they can get more callers/readers/page clicks by being negative.
I don't get it. I refuse to read Sharp's columns and I find my ability to listen to Foster & Valenti is declining by the day. I've only been able to tolerate it because of a lack of local sports shows in Detroit at that same time. I can only handle their show now for a few minutes before I turn it off.
Glad to hear Harris decommitted from Sparty. It sounds like there's still a long way to go, but I have faith in Hoke & company.
I stopped listening to 97.1
I stopped listening to 97.1 because of their stupidity.
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Valenti's annoying when it
Valenti's annoying when it comes to college sports, but he seems pretty clear eyed with the area pro teams. I just turn the station when they start talking college, but think they're good for pro. If nothing else it's better than music radio on my drive home from the office.
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order because it is better organized.
The guy is clueless when it
The guy is clueless when it comes to baseball.
I'll second that.
He wanted the Tigers to dump V. Martinez one month into the 2011 season.
Eating is murder.
Based on your posts in the
Based on your posts in the Boesch thread, I'd say that you know a clueless baseball fan when you see one.
Yes, I'm generally able to
Yes, I'm generally able to tell if somebody knows what they're talking about pretty quickly.
No. When they don't have
No. When they don't have listeners calling in, he resorts to banging on "how bad Detroit is as a sports town".
Detroit is a great sports town. It's just that most fans don't feel the need to call in and talk to an idiot.
A dudes gotta eat, right? It
A dudes gotta eat, right? It just reinforces that fact that he's not a very talented broadcaster and only knows one way to put proverbial "butts in the seats".
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
He also went on a rant
about cars and said he would never buy one built in the USA. Then he insulted autoworkers that called in. I thought he was going to get fired for that. I pretty much stop listening to his show after that.
Eating is murder.
97.1 goes off @ 2pm
Am not in the area now, but whenever I was the radio was immediately tuned from 97.1 to another station @ 2pm after Karsh & Anderson as I couldn’t stand the way they played their audience to incite people to call in. I have to admit even I was duped @ the very beginning of their show’s run 5-6 years ago.
How ironic you just made me angry
I think that's what the words "Drew Sharp" do to me. I mean, despite all the Mike Rosenberg douchebaggery, that cannot trump years and years of him bagging on anything UM or Detroit sports related.
Thing is, other cities have reporters that go too far the other way trying to not sound like a homer, but this guy sounds like he has a vendetta. When we beat Sparty in hoops, it doesn't matter because they still have a better program and one or two wins don't change that. But when they beat us in football, there was a changing of the guard and our program is overrated.
Valenti sucks, but he is still the author of "The Rant" with HR Puff 'n Stuff after the ND game in 2006. For that, he will always have a place in my heart.
Who are the two names you mention?
Sounds like you need to help reduce ratings by not paying any attention. Let sparty be sparty and continue to follow us on TV, radio, blogs, boards etc.
Go Blue !!!
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boosting ratings is what they are supposed to do
sensationalism is what is selling for the most part these days. it generates listeners, viewers, page clicks and all that leads to ad revenue associated with those audiences. Most stations will have someone drumming up controversy somehow because it drives interaction see Jim Rome, Skip Bayless, Stephen A Smith. They dont care if you agree with them and they probably dont actually agree with most of what they say but that is the face they present to the public and it gets people talking about their show/channel/youtube clip
Right, keep hearts pounding, keep eyeballs
glued--it's all about the clicks and views. I question whether, as driver of our mediated lives, that's a real good thing for the country, how we view our problems, pretty much anything. Does not--in any case--lead to calmly considered opinion. The thoughtful media types--oh wait, there aren't any.
Indeed
Indeed. Broadcasters in the mold of JP McCarthy, Paul W. Smith, Paul Harvey, Walter Cronkite or Edward R. Murrow are anachronisms in today's 140 character, sound bite, social media society.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
That's exactly what I
That's exactly what I thought. Mike Valenti is a self-serving hypocrite. It's hard to believe anything that comes out of his mouth.
Here's the thing. It isn't
Here's the thing. It isn't that they are stupid. It's that most of their listeners and callers are. I don't think THEY believe half the stuff they say. They just know what pisses people off and how to articulate it in an intellectual-sounding way.
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
I don't know if I would go so
I don't know if I would go so far as to call it "intellectual-sounding". The only currency radio talk hosts have is the perception of authority and the perception of credibility. People who think they are going to call into a radio show and out-argue the host when that is the one thing a radio host can't allow, it's funny when you think about it. Those guys control the phone line, those guys control the volume of the microphones and the phone speakers. They can spin any call anyway they want to ensure they come off better than the caller.
Mike Valenti is a blithering idiot. You only have to read his blog to confirm that. The man can barely spell. Still, no caller into his show is ever going to be allowed to make him look bad, otherwise the show loses the perception of credibility.
The smartest thing you can do is follow the advice several other posters have already made and just don't listen. If they don't have any listeners, they won't be on the air.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
Tell me about it. I was
Tell me about it. I was listening to his rant. He was so pissed that Drake didn't call the State coaching staff himself (Valenti said that his HS coach called MSU to break the news). He said that if that was his kid we would drive him up there himself and make the kid tell Dantonio to his face.
He kept complaining that all these kids are getting too much attention too soon and it is going to their heads. Drake would be in the next class correct? And this class recruiting is done correct? How the hell is that too soon?
He sounded like an ex-girlfriend. It was pretty funny.
The State coaches needed it
The State coaches needed it to be spelled out that he was decommitting? It was obvious this ball was going to drop and it only enrages them more that he will probably commit to Michigan. According to Valenti, if you want to win a National Championship you must commit to Bama. While I agree they might be the closest thing right now to a sure bet, these things eb and flow. Florida State, Nebraska, Tennessee, USC, Texas, LSU, now Bama.
state coaches
Reportedly already weren't counting him as a commit. It's their fans who apparently didn't see it coming.
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Actually, what Valenti said
Actually, what Valenti said was if Harris' goal was to sign onto a program that can compete for a National Championship, then Michigan doesn't belong on his list, along with Michigan State, because neither of those programs, "play in that pool". Typical straw man logic that he likes to employ to present the appearance of objectivity while pissing off the rival fanbase and getting people to call him and yell at him.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
I guess I was hoping for a celebratory
and rockin' block M on that glorious pink pony, not the sad desecration and demise now shown. I'm now sad on a few levels.
"He stood there like the house by the side of the road, and watched that one go by"
Hey man, I held a posbanger
Hey man, I held a posbanger for photoshoppin that puppy. I have no skill at doing things like that myself, and the only pony with a Block M on it ended up being a Blue one. The dead OSU pony won by default really.
Won by default??
Won by default?? Come on, man, I put like 5 minutes of my blood, sweat, and tears into that thing!! Give me some credit here.
Here is your credit
http://www.freecreditreport.com/
Also, I appreciate your work and proudly put it on display about 10 times a day (roughly as many times as I post in a single day).
[edit:] ....well, not anymore I guess...
ok, but lacking skills aside...
Level one; dead ponies are sad.
Level two; unless this particular pony made the practice squad, she probably had to pay for that tattoo.
Level three; regrettable mistakes in life by sweet ponies are unfortunate, but shouldn't lead to suicide.
"He stood there like the house by the side of the road, and watched that one go by"
You're Welcome
Hell of a first post.
Way to lose your MGoVirginity with style.
I'll second that...
maybe the best first post ever.
"I promise you we would have walked to the University of Michigan." - Brady Hoke
oh wow
oh wow
That was cool.
That was cool.
"He stood there like the house by the side of the road, and watched that one go by"
This is a really strange site.
And I say that in the most complimentary way possible.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Rather Epic First Post...
...and for a rather epic first post, the mod who employs Rainbow Dash as an avatar will award you 200 points. Welcome to MGoBlog!
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To be fair he did say that
To be fair he did say that them getting a 2016 commit was 'awful' in terms of how early kids are committing these days
So funny how Sparty "Doesn't
So funny how Sparty "Doesn't care" about the #3 WR in the nation de-committing & saying he isn't even considering them anymore...But you know deep down inside it's eating them alive. I have a VERY vocal Sparty buddy, who talks so much sh!t when I email stuff like this that he doesn't care anyways...Then he'll CC me on emails he sends to his Sparty co-workers FREAKING out for like 20 emails...It's awesome. They can saw whatever they want, that was the best recruit they'll have in 10+ years.
Also, Valenti knows he can egg UM fans on & get them to call in. It's really the idiot part of our fanbase that fall for it. I bet he's a pretty normal & cool guy, just knows how to get ratings --> Slam UM & then yeehaw part of the fanbase calls in immediately sounding like an idiot.
I met Valenti a few years ago
I met Valenti a few years ago when I was working a live sports broadcast (I did this part time when I was at UM). It was obvious that it's an act/shtick. I was wearing a Michigan shirt, and while he razzed me immediately, we talked for about 20 minutes, and he was actually really cool, and he somewhat admitted that it's a shtick as we talked.
GO BLUE! MClub supports you.
Blackgandhi - I'm not shocked
Blackgandhi - I'm not shocked by this. You can tell a lot of what he says is to piss people off & get phone calls to his radio show. I would bet he's a dude that loves sports, drinks, gambles, etc, just like the rest of us. Now, I do think msu being little brother in so many ways to UM chaps his ass and stuff that goes against State does bother him more than he shows.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/03/12/valenti-recruiting-has-become-a-d...
Here's the blog post for those that don't want to take the few minutes to find it.
Not sure if serious but...
Drake has gotten a lot of criticism for commenting about wanting to go to a program that will compete for a championship and feeling MSU was not the best place for him to accomplish that. Also Drake and his parents have caught a lot of flack over not contacting Dantonio personally and informing him that he was decommitting and leaving it to his HS coach.
Basic reaction from Sparty sums up like this: "Drake Harris has no character and we don't want him as a Spartan". Basically, grown men acting like dickheads to an 18 year old kid. Recruiting can get so ugly sometimes....
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
Not to mention..
former MSU football players.
I have a good feeling about this. The visits with the timing of his decommitment.
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