Holiday article on Ricky Barnum's trails freeing up, his family, playing time challenges, schooling, and making a better life for his daughter. It's in the Free Press so don't click if you don't want, it's fair, but this was one of those cases where my love for the players overrides my disdain for all things Snyder and Freep.
Come on folks, this site
If my personal boycott in any
If my personal boycott in any way hastens their death, I'll consider it worthwhile.
Death to the Freep. Always.
Death to the Freep. Always.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
So they should get away with
So they should get away with their hatchet job without any major costs? Detroit doesn't need 2 papers, especially in this age of journalism so if I can help kill off the paper with a sports section full of hacks I'm more than happy to try.
if you don't want to support
if you don't want to support them, and want to boycott that's fine. What is tiresome is a thread that SHOULD be about Ricky Barnum getting hijacked by 40 assholes proclaiming their personal choice to boycott the site. I don't care if you boycott or not, so for the love of god stop posting it EVERY FUCKING TIME (not addressed specifically at you).
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I still haven't and never
I still haven't and never will visit that site again.
The Team, The Team, The Team.
Don't worry, I added an extra
Don't worry, I added an extra visit for you today.
I put up a tough front, but deep down I just want to be held.
Nice try, Rosenberg
Nice try, Rosenberg
You'd think the warning
Would get those who want to avoid Freep content to avoid it.
"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
on my ipad you can't see the
on my ipad you can't see the full title enough to know it's a link to an article at the free press. That's the only reason why I read the thread. Full boycott of everything free press for me, but if anyone else wants to click it go right ahead.
You use the App
On your iPad? I mean, I have it, but mainly to see deleted threads. I just use the browser.
"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
So not supporting
a news source with revenue-generating clicks is childish? A news source whose "journalists" printed misleading articles, trashing the University of Michigan football program. Sorry, but I disagree.
...confidence is the stain they can't wipe off...
Die Freep Die
and die some more.
So hot. Milk was a bad choice.
Childish?
"... childish anti-Freep requirement ..."
Sorry -- trying to frame the discussion that way pretty much cancels out any good points in your post.
"500 channels and nothing but cats."
Screw the Freep and anyone
Screw the Freep and anyone who thinks otherwise
Yes, master
Yes, master blueblueblue: I will bow at the altar of your opinion and embrace it as my own. Thank you so much for the enlightenment. I really needed to be told how to think.
Functional Link
This post was correct
for some reason cutting and pasting it over didn't add the automatic hyperlink. Had to actually link it.
"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
You can definitely delete it
You can definitely delete it now that yours is working. It is just cluttering the board now.
Actually, contrary to what my points might insinuate
I can't delete anything; I'm not a mod.
I just didn't want to come in and fix it after you pointed it out and have people come in after the fact and think you were just being a dick, when in fact you were being helpful.
"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
For some reason I thought you
For some reason I thought you were a mod now. My bad.
I click on the Freep just to
I click on the Freep just to irritate Section One
Shhhh, don't say his name 3
Shhhh, don't say his name 3 times!
Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.
I click on every Freep link
I click on every Freep link between 30 and the same number of times that people mention that they refuse to click on said link, whichever is greater.
I put up a tough front, but deep down I just want to be held.
Do the same thing on a bigger
Do the same thing on a bigger scale and voila, DDoS attack!
/donttrythisathome
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
Every time someone clicks a
Every time someone clicks a Freep link, a puppy dies. You, sir, are a monster of a human for killing that many puppies.
I send the Freep envelopes of
I send the Freep envelopes of cash along with faux letters penned by Section 1 that thank them for their great sports coverage.
Sent From My Commodore 64
I certainly understand not wanting to aid the FP with clicks.
I'm not passing on an article about a player because of it, though.
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
How many players have kids?
How many players have kids? Seems like they all need a lesson in contraception.
Those who stay will be champions!
Maybe the children were
Maybe the children were planned?
Maybe. Still probably not a
Maybe. Still probably not a great choice.
Those who stay will be champions!
Tell us more please.
I want to know more.
Bo' Money Bo' Problems
Congratulations To Ricky
First of all, congratulations to Ricky on completing his degrees (including the MSW in May, if I read that correctly) from Michigan - a great achievement and one to be very, very proud of. He gave up much to make this possible in the way of time with his family (including large portions of his daughter's early years), and I would say that it takes great drive and strength and a great support system of family and friends to manage that for as long as he has. I wish him nothing but success.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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The Free Press thing is so
The Free Press thing is so tedious and childish. As is use of of the word "Freep." Grow up.
Isn't "Freep" how they brand themselves?
Their website is freep.com.
Go Blue!
You come here on this day, of all days
with your rational thoughts? You are getting just as bad as that other guy!
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
Sure, but that doesn't mean
Sure, but that doesn't mean we should use it. If there's one thing I've learned from Ohio fans, it's that using a self-branded nickname is childish unless you actually belong to the organization. So I believe the correct terminology would be "The Detroit Free Press" for the rest of us bums.
One would think those
One would think those belonging to the Free Press are bums.
Did you eat paint chips as a
Did you eat paint chips as a kid?
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
- Vince Lombardi
never mind
the link at the top of the page is very obviously freep.com/blahblahblah.
Wasting away in Ohio, a Wolverine in a sea of red and grey
I will never forgive the
I will never forgive the freep. EVER
903 wins most in college football
I never read the Freep
I never read the Freep before, so why all the hostility towards them?
Never seen more grown men
Wine and gripe about not reading a newspaper instead of, ya know, just not reading it.
Also, I don't understand the freep hate. Yes they published what put UM under sanctions but its a bit immature to say you hate the freep but not mention how we did in fact evade the rules. Nor is there ever a mention of that Draper character. Just a bunch of rabble rabble I hate newspapers ect. Thanks for the article OP, good read.
Bo' Money Bo' Problems
It's not that people are
It's not that people are pissed at the Freep for uncovering NCAA violations. It's that the freep did a hack job on Michigan, alleging things that weren't true, and in fact ridiculous. If you got pulled over for speeding, and then a friend spread the false rumor that you had been driving drunk at the time, don't you think that you would be a little displeased with him, even though you were still in the wrong for speeding?
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
That might be the worst comment ever
Yeah, we were found guilty of violations but nothing anywhere in the vicinity of what was in the Freep. Even the NCAA report said the claims by the paper were way off. Their report was inaccurate, ignored what the actuals NCAA rules, and was horribly sourced. How can you read anything from that paper and not think it is fiction? I don't read the news for fiction.
I recall when I was in Middle
I recall when I was in middle school my grandfather had a "No scab papers" sign in his yard. He had been a newspaper guy in a former life. Not to get too into the details of it all, but that whole period in the 90's seriously changed the culture at the Freep and the Detroit News. A lot of the management and staff turned over. It clearly had a long-term impact on the standards at the Free Press.
Polonium 210 is the new dilithium.
Fascinating article...
...about the value of family and hard work. Congrats to Ricky for his successes on and off of the field. Clearly he has a ton to play for next Tue. I look forward to seeing him tear up the Gamecocks DL.
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This site's quirks...
While I don't understand some of this site's overreactions to things -- piped in music, uniforms, Brady Hoke hire -- I believe the feeling towards the Freep is 100% justified. This news establishment carried out a personal vendetta against a coach and failed to meet even the lowest of ethical standards for journalism. Read the Freep if you want, but remember what the editors of that paper tried to do to the program we hold dearly.
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
I really enjoyed the article on Barnum
The article on Barnum was very insightful about Ricky, his family, and his choices at Michigan, academic and otherwise.
As regards the Free Press, I would note several things:
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi
Come on folks, this site would be much more enjoyable if we did away with the childish anti-Freep requirement (I'm speaking about the local culture, not the OP, whom I respect). It takes attention away from a good topic and often quality content and makes the reader have to think about and wrestle the unpleasant memories of a past regime, the hardened days of yore, often bringing them to the fore, and thus keeping issues on life support that just want to die already.