OT - Rosenberg to SI...Deservedly?

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May 18th, 2012 at 12:58 PM
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OT - Rosenberg to SI...Deservedly?

This is not meant to start a war about RR and/or LC and I don't suspect it will....still....

I read Rosenberg's fairwell piece today and it was Rosenberg all the way: a little false modesty, a little too much Mitch, and a lot of decent, crisp prose. 

Rosenberg has effectively been spreading his tentacles across media outlets for a long time, and his de facto promotion doesn't come as a huge shock.  To what extent did his hit job on our program get him about the plummest job there is for a sports writer?   He knew the shots he took at Michigan were illegitimate.  My guess is that his misrepresentations were a deliberate decision he made to further his career.  It worked.  

Sad.

We're gonna play with toughness, we're gonna be responsible and we're gonna play with toughness.  This is Michigan.

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May 18th, 2012 at 1:02 PM | I fear for this thread (Score:5 Normal)
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I am being Twitters

May 18th, 2012 at 1:03 PM | Fuck Rosenberg (Score:5 Normal)
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May 18th, 2012 at 1:06 PM | Really all we need to know is (Score:5 Normal)
MichiganExile
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Really all we need to know is what Section 1 thinks about this.

May 18th, 2012 at 1:08 PM | Hit Job = SI (Score:4 Normal)
JCV16
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No question about it.  He needed to break a big story to make the move, and he did, facts be damned.  Utterly revolting.

Tremendous!

May 18th, 2012 at 1:08 PM | jmdblue, I appreciate your (Score:1)
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jmdblue, I appreciate your honest effort at an evaluation.  I can't do the same.  I've disliked this guy from the beginning (way before the M piece) simply because he comes across as very amateur-ish.  The M piece was just the icing on the cake.  Does he deserve to go to SI?  Who knows.  I'm just glad he's going anywhere.

Chicago Blue!

May 18th, 2012 at 1:11 PM | Hunter S. Thompson on sports writing: (Score:5 Normal)
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Sports writers are a kind of rude and brainless sub-culture of fascist drunks whose only real function is to publicize & sell whatever the sports editor sends them out to cover. . . Which is a nice way to make a living, because it keeps a man busy and requires no thought at all. The two keys to success as a sports writer are: (1) A blind willingness to believe anything you’re told by the coaches, flaks, hustlers, and other “official spokesman” for the team-owners who provide the free booze . . . and: (2) A Roget’s Thesaurus, in order to avoid using the same verbs and adjectives twice in the same paragraph. Even a sports editor, for instance, might notice something wrong with a lead that said, “The precision-jackhammer attack of the Miami Dolphins stomped the balls off the Washington Redskins today by stomping and hammering with one precise jack-thrust after another up the middle, mixed with pinpoint-precision passes into the flat and numerous hammer-jack stomps around both ends… (Fear and Loathing: On the Campaing Trail ’72).

My point being: there really is no top of the ladder in sports journalism, so I wouldn't worry about Rosenberg going to SI. 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

May 18th, 2012 at 1:13 PM | Thanks for that... (Score:3 Normal)
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I read both the "Fear and Loathings" concurrently too many years ago, but had forgotton your posted passage.

We're gonna play with toughness, we're gonna be responsible and we're gonna play with toughness.  This is Michigan.

May 18th, 2012 at 2:16 PM |  It's always fun to read (Score:2)
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It's always fun to read Thompson, but for what its worth, he was describing a world of journalists that had already largely disappeared or at least lost credibility at the moment he wrote, ie, the journalists who traveled with the team and wrote the daily game recaps. His portrait might have been true when Thompson last worked at newspapers in the early 1960s, but they started to get displaced in the early 1960s by a new generation of writers who worked for the afternoon papers.

Since they wrote once everyone knew the score, they had to invent new angles, which were largely based off not believing everything they were told by the official spokesmen, and delving into the hidden story behind what went on in the field. ie they were much the same as Thompson, minus his participant-observer, new journalism, stance. It's that tradition that people like Rosenberg (and Albom and almost all sports columnists) come out of.

(There's also at the same time, an embrace of long-form journalism about sports that early 60s SI and Esquire are a part of, whose development leads to grantland).

which had an excellent profile of that generation of sportswriters a few weeks ago...

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7878532/larry-merchant-leonard-shecter-chipmunks-sportswriting-clan

May 18th, 2012 at 2:18 PM | true enough (Score:2)
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I like the second part the best anyway...FWIW, it seems to me that Rosenberg comes from the school of being cynical about things to the point of being just as inaccurate as the old guard who took everything the coach said at face value.  I want to yell "Why did you choose to write about football for a living?!" every time I hear a journalist from the Rosenberg school get that "you know, football really isn't that important" tone to his or her voice. 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

May 18th, 2012 at 3:20 PM | I miss Jhackney. (Score:5 Normal)
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I miss Jhackney.

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May 18th, 2012 at 4:40 PM | A bit ironic because, at (Score:1)
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A bit ironic because, at various times in his life, HST made a living as a sportswriter. 

Probably, the best sports writing I have read has been by writers who do other types of work (HST, David Foster Wallace, e.g.).

Missing Ann Arbor

May 18th, 2012 at 10:13 PM | I love this (Score:2)
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I love this precision-jackhammer of a post. Not only is it the all-time hammer-jack of jack-thrusts, it stomps falsity and thrusts up the middle of truth.

And it makes my day.

May 18th, 2012 at 1:11 PM | I kinda like how the thread is listed in the link (Score:1 Offtopic)
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http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-rosenberg-sideservedly

 

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May 18th, 2012 at 1:14 PM | DEAR MR. ROSENBERG, FART (Score:5 Normal)
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DEAR MR. ROSENBERG,

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-Section 2

For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, Go Blue.

May 18th, 2012 at 1:54 PM | You do realize FARTFART is (Score:5 Funny)
Tauro
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You do realize FARTFART is not a real word don't you?

Otherwise, well written.

May 18th, 2012 at 3:40 PM | It's (Score:1)
bjk
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onomatopœia.

(Is there a harder word to spell in the English language?)

May 19th, 2012 at 12:27 AM | Don't mean to quibble, (Score:1)
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Don't mean to quibble, but aequeosalinocalcalinoce raceoaluminosocupreovitriolic?  (Apparently) Not making this up . . .

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060905142000AAtMY4B

According to the internets, which are never wrong, the longest word in the english language?

 

. . . 

Methionylglutamin ylarginyltyrosylglu tamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylgluta minylleucyllysylgluta mylarginy llysyglutamyl-
gycylalanyl phenylalanylvalylp rolylphe nylalanylvaly lthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglyc yllisoleucylglu tamylglutaminyl -
serylleu cyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthr eonylleu cylisoleucyl- 
glutamylalan ylglycylalany laspartylala nylleucylgluta mylleucyl-
glycylis oleucylprol ylphe nylalan ylseryla spartylp rolylle ucyl-
alanylaspart ylglycylprol ylthreonylisoleucylgluta minylasparagin yl-
alanylt hreonylleucylargin ylalanylphenylalany lalanylalanyl-
gl ycylvalylth reonylprolylal anylglutaminylc ysteinylpheny lalanyl-
glutamyl methionylleucylal anylleucylisoleucyl arginylgluta minyl-
lysylhist idylprolylthreonyli soleucylprolylisoleucyl glycylleucyl-
leucylmethiony ltyrosylalanylaspa raginylleucylvalylphe nylalanyl-
asparaginyll ysylglycylisoleucylasp artylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyr osylalanylglutaminylcystei nylglutamyllysylvalylgly cylvalyl-
aspartylsrylva lylleucylvalylalanyla spartylvalylprolylval yl-
glutaminyl gluta mylserylalanylpr ol ylphenylalanyla rginylglu taminyl-
alanyl alanylleucylar ginylhistidylasparag inylvalylalanyl -
prolylisol eucylphenylal anylisoleucylcystei nylprolylprolylas partyl-
alanylas partylaspartylaspartyl leucylleucylargin ylglutaminyl-
i soleucyla lanylseryltyrosylgl ycylarginylglycyl tyrosylthreonyl- 
tyrosylleuc ylleucylserylarginy lalanylglycylvalylth reonylglycyl-
alanylgl utamylasparag inylarginylalany lalanylleucyll eucyllysyl-
glu tamyltyrosyl asparaginylala nylalanylprolylpro lylleucylglutaminyl-
gly cylphenylalanylgly sylisoleucylserylal anylprolylaspa rtylglutaminyl -
valyllysyl alanylalanylisole ucylaspartylalanyl glycylalanylalan yl-
glycylalanyli soleucylserylglycyl serylalanylisoleuc ylvaly llysylisoleu cyl-
isoleuc ylglutamylgl utaminylhis tidylasparagin ylisoleucylglu tamyl-
proly lglutamyll ysylmethionylle ucylalanyl alanylleucylly sylvalylphenyl -
alanylval ylglutaminylproly lmethionyllysyl alanylalanylthreon ylarginy-
lserine.

 

Seriously (I think).

May 19th, 2012 at 1:05 AM | Not sure if real. (Score:1)
bjk
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Saw "gluta-" in there twice.

May 18th, 2012 at 1:16 PM | I missed out on the last deleted thread, much to my chagrin. (Score:1)
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Hah, made it!

I don't know how "it" was viewed by the ESPN folks, but I doubt it hurt him, and it may very well have been the hit piece that elevated him in their view.

Every time he makes an error, I hope his past will come up. Don't forget to read the negative Amazon reviews garnered by "War As They Knew It". I'll leave the wishes for his future to Section 1, I'm not going to try to compete with a pro.

May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift

May 18th, 2012 at 1:21 PM | I thought the "messner's (Score:1)
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I thought the "messner's cure" review was pretty funny.

May 18th, 2012 at 4:22 PM | I had forgotten it (Score:2 Normal)
bjk
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until I googled it. It is here (actually, "Messner's relief"), under "The most helpful favorable review." (Brilliant for someone to get this to the head of the line for "favorable reviews.")

My google search first lead me to this article; apparently the author was unaware of any of the stages in Rosenberg [MR]'s apotheosis to the pantheon of sports writers. He writes as an MSU fan, without pleasure, about the weeks during which MR was exiled by the Freep to write about MSU:

The Free Press was cowardly throughout this entire process, quickly pushing Rosenberg off on Michigan State in the first weeks of the 2009 football season. Michigan fans were furious and would never have been responsive to a Rosenberg column. Although, I suppose you could consider death threats to be, “responsive”.

My fan base was stuck with the guy’s embarrassing attempts at humor for at least a month. The transparent shielding of this loser was shameful. I did not even bother reading any of the columns; Rosenberg’s writing makes people want to either shake their head or fire a bullet into it.

May 18th, 2012 at 5:15 PM | "death threats" (Score:-1 Trolling)
May 19th, 2012 at 1:43 AM | I believe (Score:1)
bjk
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this was tongue-in-cheek:

[Michigan fans] would never have been responsive to a Rosenberg column. Although, I suppose you could consider death threats to be, “responsive”.

As you can see, the adjective "responsive" is partnered with the subjunctive "would," referring to the counter-factual condition if MR had continued to write columns about UM after the hit piece.

The whole article is very sympathetic, after an initial profession of hostility-on-principal to UM. The author travels the same ground as Jon Chait in 2009:

The fact that Rosenberg’s column was absolute garbage is not my greatest concern. Even if it involved a legitimate story worthy of pursuing, he had no business being the one to investigate and deliver the story to the public. Why? Because he had demonstrated to colleagues and affiliates of the University of Michigan football program that he had a strong personal dislike for Rodriguez. THAT is the major issue here.

And arrives at this conclusion:

I will be rooting against Rosenberg so long as he holds the title of “journalist”. I have enough issues with Sam Bernstein making my future degree in law seem despicable. I don’t need Rosenberg staining my undergraduate degree as well.

Worthwhile retread of the territory we have all come to know, despite the misplaced comma in the quotation above (it is only an extended tweet, after all).

May 18th, 2012 at 1:26 PM | Unless he's writing about swimsuits, (Score:3 Funny)
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Unless he's writing about swimsuits, nobody will read this hack's pieces at SI anyway.

May 18th, 2012 at 3:41 PM | I'll (Score:2 Normal)
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just look at the pictures.

May 19th, 2012 at 12:30 AM | I read for the quality (Score:1)
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I read for the quality articles.

 

/s

May 18th, 2012 at 1:26 PM | I'll just keep this one simple; it's been reported before. (Score:5 Normal)
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Perhaps the one true thing ever to pass Drew Sharp's lips.

What Sharp said about the Stretchgate story, back in the fall of 2009.  Remembering that Sharp had nothing to do with the original story (it was just Rosenberg and Snyder, later with involvement of the [real] investigative reporter Jim Schaefer after the damage was done and the Freep recognized what a mess had been caused by allowing Rosenberg to role-play as investigative reporter)...

Sharp said that it was "the most toxic story" he could recall in his entire career at the Free Press, and it was not limited to sports reporting.  It was the most toxic thing he could ever recall at the paper.  And while Sharp didn't spell it out, I don't think he was simply talking about loyal Michigan fans crying about how it went against their team.  It was the professional criticism, the allegations of journalism ethical lapses, the bitter response from the principals in the story, the complications with Clemons' dubious 'anonymity,' the new arena of withering public criticism on blogs; all of that.

If that is what was underlying Sharp's comment, he was (amazingly) correct.

 

 

May 18th, 2012 at 3:44 PM | You (Score:3 Normal)
bjk
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just gave me new respect for Drew Sharp.

I'm not sure I like this sensation.

May 18th, 2012 at 3:53 PM | It's supposed to be uncomfortable. (Score:0 Normal)
May 18th, 2012 at 4:24 PM | I'll have to (Score:4 Normal)
bjk
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try that line on my next date.

May 18th, 2012 at 1:35 PM | So Long, Mr. Rosenberg... (Score:3 Normal)
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....or as Betty Erni would put it, "Isn't life wonderful? Enjoy this great day!"

Appropriately, it is sunny outside here in SE Michigan too.

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May 18th, 2012 at 1:43 PM | He was a local reporter (Score:1)
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He was a local reporter looking for a big story - that's fine.  We get exposes on everything because someone is willing to challenge the status quo.  My issue with him was that once he started looking and didn't find what he expected, he massaged the truth such that controversy engulfed the program for years and hastened the departure of the head coach and added to the turmoil already being experienced by the staff and players.  So no, I don't think he's the worst person in the world, but I also see him as symbolic of a dying industry trying its best to stay alive through increasingly-sensationalistic tendencies.  He'll be fine at SI; he won't be anything special or produce anything above average content, but that is probably enough for him to keep his job.

May 18th, 2012 at 1:46 PM | Rosenberg is a no talent ass (Score:5 Normal)
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Rosenberg is a no talent ass clown.

"But in the tire fire that was last year's secondary he showed a little spark." - Brian Cook

May 18th, 2012 at 3:48 PM | Call me "Mike." (Score:1)
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May 19th, 2012 at 12:36 AM | "PC Loadletter?  What the (Score:1)
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"PC Loadletter?  What the F*%! does that mean?"

May 18th, 2012 at 1:53 PM | I read "Rosenberg has (Score:3 Normal)
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I read "Rosenberg has effectively been spreading his tentacles across media outlets for a long time"

as

"Rosenberg has effectively been spreading his testicles across media outlets for a long time"

that's pretty much all I have to say.

Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.

May 18th, 2012 at 2:00 PM | I think the former works just fine. (Score:1 Normal)
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In a Hentai porn sort of way.

"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

May 18th, 2012 at 2:32 PM | reminds me (Score:1)
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Of the movie Better Off Dead. Makes me sad that a hilarious 80s movie will have the taint of Rosenberg on it now.

May 18th, 2012 at 3:50 PM | "Taint," (Score:1)
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tentacles, testicles. I hope this is all only metaphorical.

May 18th, 2012 at 6:37 PM | Beaten to the punch...sorta (Score:1)
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I was going to write something about the correct word being "testicles."  Then I remembered that it would have been an oxymoron.

 

 

 

May 18th, 2012 at 1:53 PM | He should never be forgiven (Score:5 Insightful)
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He should never be forgiven for what he did to those poor dolphins.

Life and Loss with Michigan Basketball

May 18th, 2012 at 1:55 PM | Is SI really the 'plummest' (Score:3 Normal)
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Is SI really the 'plummest' job still?  I mean, by reputation, sure, but I cannot remember the last time I looked at SI for anything significant.

May 19th, 2012 at 12:38 AM | A long line of teenage boys (Score:1)
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A long line of teenage boys begs to differ . . .

May 18th, 2012 at 2:05 PM | No, not deservedly at all. He (Score:2 Normal)
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No, not deservedly at all. He misrepresented the facts of a major story that ended up with Michigan getting sanctioned by the NCAA, the coaching transfer turmoil being ratcheted up to level 11 and all so he could personally gain.

He lied and it could have cost us huge - thankfully it didn't.

Usually when you lie on the job you get fired. That's what he deserves.

May 18th, 2012 at 2:23 PM | I hate the man.  He may have (Score:1)
bluenyc
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I hate the man.  He may have talent, but just lacked overall intergrity by writing the article.  I just wonder why so many reporters have praised him.  Many, I wont mention who, have praised him on twitter, not your normal, happy for a someone, but out right said he is the nicest guy and he is a great reporter stuff.  More than your normal happy he is gone sayings. 

Some people like him, I would like to know why.  I have never understood this.

May 18th, 2012 at 2:49 PM | I think it is a "union" thing. (Score:0 Normal)
May 18th, 2012 at 3:04 PM | From my experience, if you (Score:1)
bluenyc
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From my experience, if you dont like the way a person does a job, there is no need for false praise.  When I get called for references by people looking for a job, if it is someone that never impressed me or my co-workers, I have the standard he was a good person, did well at his job and that's it. 

I saw other reporters, write, he is tremendous, best sportswriter ever.  Better person in life than at work.  All these supposedly false praises.  These were above and beyond.  It was like he never did an attack article and never misconstrued the facts.  Some of the praise gave me time to rethink who i followed that if these people were of sound judgement if they really feel this way about the man. 

May 18th, 2012 at 2:35 PM | Rosenberg is a better writer (Score:-1 Overrated)
May 18th, 2012 at 2:57 PM | But there WAS the Jihad. (Score:2 Normal)
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I think Rosenberg is a passable local columnist.  I think War As They Knew It (which I awarded 1-star at Amazon) is actually a fine book.

But I also think that his August, 2009 debacle was malicious, inexcusable, contrived, deceptive and unethical.

99.9% of sports journalists have never done such a thing in their careers.

 

 

May 18th, 2012 at 5:12 PM | Me and 900 of my closest personal friends. (Score:-1 Normal)
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