GRPress FAIL
I know many mgobloggers are down on the Freep, but this has to be the worst article written on Michigan football ever.
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2010/11/michigans_stumbling_w…
Comments are pure comedy gold, however.
Not sure how this bimbo ended up covering Michigan football. Time was, the GRPress had a decent sportswriter or two (Mayo, e.g.).
November 13th, 2010 at 10:32 PM ^
Reading mlive-articles like this and the forum- is like entering an alternate universe
November 14th, 2010 at 9:02 AM ^
What high school news paper did Brian Van Combover come from ?
November 14th, 2010 at 9:54 AM ^
Is he wearing a combover toupee?
November 14th, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
If it's a toup, get one with more hair or get the Mickey Redman plugs.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:32 PM ^
David Mayo is even worse than Van Ochten. Except in hairstyle decisions.
The GR Press's sportswriters are an embarrassment.
November 14th, 2010 at 12:38 AM ^
The GR Press Sports Section sucks in general. Take several thoroughly inept writers (the one you just read, who is supposed to be the U-M beat guy, David Mayo, a convicted pot grower who was reinstated to his former job Rucker-style as soon as he got out of prison, and an occasional steaming pile of column from the "Huge opinion"), add the lameness of being published in the afternoon (who would wait to see scores with information literally available in my pocket online?), and top off with a large helping of Michigan State bias (extra coverage, articles, Dantonio-praising, etc.) and you have the only local option we fans in Grand Rapids are forced to put up with. I am continually disgusted on a daily basis.
November 14th, 2010 at 12:40 AM ^
November 14th, 2010 at 11:03 AM ^
I have to read the same stuff in the Kzoo Gazette. Back in the stone age that was my main source of U-M sports information. How'd we ever survive before MGoBlog?
November 15th, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
Heard Jack Moss say once that you should never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Long story short he butchered an article about my stepmom and then told her that. Before we moved I vowed to never support that joke of a newspaper.
November 15th, 2010 at 4:51 PM ^
With that great sales pitch you made, how about a link so we can all subscribe to this fine publication? And maybe contact info for the sports editor so Drew Sharp can send them a resume?
November 13th, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
Not sure if you're being serious or not, but David Mayo has been a constant source of DERP for the past few years. The guy consistently has 4-5 major mistakes or plain non-truths in every column.
But yeah, this guy, Van Ochten, is pretty much best friends with Huge Douche Bill Simonson, so that should tell you all you need to know.
It really is an embarrassment that the sportswriters for my home paper could easily be replaced by middle schoolers and no one would know the difference. Wait, what am I saying -- that would be an insult to middle schoolers everywhere.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
Haven't read Mayo for several years, but he is (or maybe was) a respected boxing writer.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:46 PM ^
He might be a good boxing writer, but he doesn't know a goddamn thing about college football. The obvious lack of research in his columns is appalling.
November 15th, 2010 at 4:53 PM ^
he took a few too many punches?
November 13th, 2010 at 11:15 PM ^
Mayo is total garbage. I'm located in downtown GR, and I'm relishing the opportunity to walk into a bar where that fat idiot is 'holding court' so I can heckle him, and then end up punching him in his fat face. Awful.
November 14th, 2010 at 10:19 AM ^
Be sure to ask him for a complimentary dimebag or at least some pot-growing pointers before you do that.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:37 PM ^
November 13th, 2010 at 10:55 PM ^
Even dudes claiming to be Sparty fans are brutalizing him in the comments.
Can't blame you for not reading, but I can't help quoting his most outrageous claim: saying he's seen "no progress" since the UCONN game, the guy concludes RR is done. Last I checked, Michigan won the UCONN game 30-10, so...
November 15th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
To be fair, what game has been more impressive than the UConn win? We dominated. Since then our signature win is either over a Crist-less ND team or a game in which we gave up 65 points to a mediocre Illini squad (who subsequently lost, at home, to 1-9 Minnesota). Now I don't agree with the article, but to say he's seen no progress is not that hard to agree with.
As a side note, I hate all the "boo hoo, someone wrote a bad article about MIchigan" posts. Someone thinks we should look better against the Purdues and the Illinois of the world? Guess what, so do I. Quit making excuses as to why we struggle. Until we sack up and admit we have no excuses for not being better, we won't be.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:39 PM ^
He uses a lot of one-sentence paragraphs.
It annoys me.
To no end.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:42 PM ^
his hair or the fact that he's a sportswriter.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:42 PM ^
I'd call BVO a Sparty fanboy, but I think that'd be more insulting to Sparty fanboys.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:43 PM ^
I'll save the effort and just post:
Wiat, that's not right. I mean:
Damn it, not again. What I meant:
That doesn't even make sense!
Oh wait, here it is:
Eh, close enough.
November 14th, 2010 at 12:04 AM ^
Sadly for the GR Press, this post makes twice as much sense as the content of their article about the state of Michigan football.
November 14th, 2010 at 4:58 AM ^
is TomVH hanging from the ceiling!?!?
November 13th, 2010 at 10:47 PM ^
When I read a BVO column, I'm always a little terrified that the dead animal sitting on his head will leap from the page and attack me.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:48 PM ^
I saw that. I don't know what is worse. BVO's combover or that article. That was poor.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:50 PM ^
Double post, my bad.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:49 PM ^
The GR Press is a heavily slanted to Sparty as there are several big boosters in the area. I think they and Huge Simonson basically answer to a douchey Peter Seccia who is a major Sparty. This particular article is laughable as this guy clear doesn't have a clue about the program, and just spewed some junk to get a rise out of people..
November 14th, 2010 at 12:52 AM ^
GR Press is a heavily slanted to Sparty
It's true. My buddy was a copy editor there for a while and he said they'd cheer against Michigan every week. No joke.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:49 PM ^
Virtually the entire Michigan Rivals message board has turned into a less eloquent version of columnist. There's literally ntohing that the team can do or that Jim Harbaugh can do that will convince 75% of that board that RR needs to be fired immediately so we can hire Harbaugh.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:49 PM ^
So it's our fault the stadium was half-full? He just says that to bring more negativity. The way he words everything makes it negative.
It produced their seventh win of the season.
Not "The Wolverines got their seventh win" or anything of that sort. No, he has to use passive phrasing to make it sound like we didn't earn it. Earlier, he mentions how no one should be bragging about our win, especially not RR. Well, he wasn't, so shut the f*** up.
And seriously.
The one sentence paragraphs.
To all sportswriters:
Quit it.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:56 PM ^
I think the one-sentence paragraphs are meant to convey the importance and gravity of those sentences. Or something.
November 13th, 2010 at 11:22 PM ^
douchier. Because his one sentence paragraphs are like
"Well they didn't."
or
"How much more can they take of Rodriguez?"
And we won today. These aren't the one sentence paragraphs that follow a win. What should follow a win would be something positive:
Spectacular coach.
November 14th, 2010 at 9:56 AM ^
So much for pride. It often cometh before the fall.
I find this interesting, because not only is it a Dantonio reference, but it applies to the Grand Rapids Press as well. So much arrogant pride (misplaced, of course) in this article, and the paper will soon be out of business.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:53 PM ^
Now let's see...an out of shape, bad toupee wearing, second rate columnist writing for a limited readership has called out Rich Rodriguez.
Who cares.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:54 PM ^
This is one "sportswriter" who should not have his picture to his column. Just saying.
November 14th, 2010 at 12:31 AM ^
He chose the "good" one. Brrrrr....
November 13th, 2010 at 11:00 PM ^
of why newspapers are dying. They have guys like this writing for them. Seriously, he tries to incorporate the classic Dantonio, "pride comes before the fall" line? Lame, man. Just lame.
This makes me glad I get all my college football news from mgoblog, SBNation, and Dr. Saturday.
November 13th, 2010 at 11:03 PM ^
I want to thnk you for bringing that monstrositiy to my attention and at the same time slap you for making me read it.
I am torn. I'm off to think about this.
November 13th, 2010 at 11:03 PM ^
All I know is that I could land a fighter jet on the author's forehead...wow talk about a face for radio...or print work, hehe
Aug
November 13th, 2010 at 11:03 PM ^
There's a dead otter strapped to his skull.
I've seen some bad hairpieces in my lifetime, but wow. Just wow.
November 13th, 2010 at 11:15 PM ^
I thought it was a catfish but you may be right
November 13th, 2010 at 11:04 PM ^
I'm still in a state of catatonic shock at how poorly-written this article is.
Like, you're anti-Michigan, I don't really care, that's going to happen. But maybe you should try putting sentences next to each other that make sense, or maybe supporting your grandiose claims with some sort of "logic" or "evidence." You know, try doing something that makes sense with your column.
I cannot believe somebody who is paid to write things is capable of writing something this bad.
November 13th, 2010 at 11:10 PM ^
Do I smell a fisking in the future at the hands of Fearless Leader?
November 13th, 2010 at 11:14 PM ^
I think he may have under the influence of alcohol when he wrote it. And I'm serious.
November 13th, 2010 at 11:06 PM ^
The Grand Rapids Press is a useless rag and has been for sometime. This is nothing new.
November 13th, 2010 at 11:39 PM ^
Reporter's In-Your-Face Combover - Hair Stylist Must Go
November 13th, 2010 at 11:14 PM ^
I find it funny that somebody cites the firing of Bill Solich at Nebraska and how he was fired due to the program falling into mediocrity, and then relates it to Michigan. Great example. The next head coach really worked out for Nebraska...
November 13th, 2010 at 11:27 PM ^
I think you mean Frank.