Chrisgocomment

December 21st, 2008 at 1:16 PM ^

This is the same guy that said that Michigan fired Lloyd Carr.  He says and writes stupid things.  Luckily for the rest of humanity his newspaper is cutting back, so that mean less Foster, less Sharp, less Parker and less Albom.  WIN!

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Jay

December 21st, 2008 at 1:25 PM ^

In fairness to Terry Foster, he NEVER said that Lloyd Carr was fired. In fact, he had always stated that Lloyd could've stayed on as head coach for as long as he wanted. I'm not sure where you got that from, Chris. It just isn't true. In regards to the English issue, I'd like to see someone else confirm this. It does seem kind of wacky, but, who the fuck knows? One thing seems fairly certain and that is Jay Hopson will NOT be our next defensive coordinator.

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alabluema

December 21st, 2008 at 1:53 PM ^

It seems to be a poorly researched and vaguely made claim about English. Was English offered the job? Or did he once have that position and, in Foster's mind, have the opportunity to take it again?

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mad magician

December 21st, 2008 at 2:32 PM ^

'The major question is can English shake up a dead program and how much financial assistants will he get from boosters and the school.' As an English major it is my duty to point out some poor work by the editors at the News. Also: is it true Loeffler was up for the job as well?

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CPS

December 21st, 2008 at 3:24 PM ^

There is no error in using the word "assistants" in the above-mentioned article. The point being conveyed by the sentence is very clear: can English gather enough accountants, financial planners and the like from among the boosters and the school. I believe this is a valid query, given that the amount of financial expertise among the EMU boosters and school is an unknown quantity. With that said, the editors of the article did do a sloppy job. The sentence should have read "The major question is can English shake up a dead program and how MANY financial assistants will he get from boosters and the school." At this point in time, the answer is unpossible to know.

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alabluema

December 21st, 2008 at 3:03 PM ^

The sentence also has faulty parallelism. It should read: "The major questions are can English shake up a dead program and can he get adequate financial assistance from boosters and the school."

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