Terry Foster needs another Fisking

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March 30th, 2010 at 7:54 AM
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M-Wolverine
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Terry Foster needs another Fisking

His Blog headline is "Manny Harris and Michigan were bad fit", and makes up stuff like this:

Harris wanted to attend Tennessee after Amaker was fired. He liked the system there better and his instincts told him it would be a better fit. Instead some of his old coaches like Ben Flowers and Derrick McDowell and others urged Harris to stick to his commitment to attend Michigan.
Their reasoning was they wanted to give Beilein a bone for the future. The word in the streets is that Beilein and Michigan did not want PSL players on the roster. They didn't fit his system and Michigan appeared to be a program trying to become the Duke of the north with players that could shoot long range jumpers and fit a system.
The PSL coaches wanted to show Beilein that their players could fit in and they wanted to build a relationship with Beilein

Of course, he didn't even get the name of the the coach right (Psst...Terry, it's not "Ben").

I mean, I know he's been demoted to almost nothing, but how he even still has a job....

The link, for appropriateness:

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/terryfosterblog/index.php?blogid=1902

But if you listen to the podcasts on WTKA, around the 7:30-7:45 am time slot, Sam reads the whole thing on the air. So you can just listen to it without clicking, if you want.

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March 30th, 2010 at 8:16 AM | wow (Score:1)
Moe Greene
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Truly nice work if you can get it.
Play loose with the facts, make shite up.
Collect paycheck.

FWIW, I'd replace fisking with stronger word, but that's just me.

Wins will cause all of the haters to jump back on the bus.
And we will throw them right back off.

No radio. Nothing of value.

March 30th, 2010 at 8:19 AM | when I first read it, I (Score:1)
uniqenam
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when I first read it, I thought that said "fisting".

I miss King of Belch.

March 30th, 2010 at 8:20 AM | Those (Score:1)
redwhiteandMGOBLUE
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are self induced by Foster.

New Oldsmobiles are in early this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIdGxR-aU6o

March 30th, 2010 at 8:23 AM | This has the sound of (Score:1)
SysMark
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This has the sound of something the guy more or less imagined, then managed to make into a story.

March 30th, 2010 at 8:38 AM | There is a lot of this going on with the so-called "writers" (Score:1)
UMMAN83
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When do they become accountable? I'm sick of this garbage. Every situation is spun into "something wrong at UM". Maybe the guy just wanted to turn pro. Dah, it has happened before. I'm still not over the hockey refs. and then have to read crap from from some Bozo.

Go Blue !!!

Dave Brandon: Detailed and thorough investigation proves that Freep report was intentionally misleading.

March 30th, 2010 at 8:27 AM | Foster probably still thinks (Score:1)
The Barwis Effect
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Foster probably still thinks the PSL is pumping out 20-30 D1 prospects per year.

"[T]here were a lot of people predicting glorious heights for Rich; mostly the same people who are predicting doom and gloom [for Hoke]. Excuse me if I doubt their prognostication skills." -- M-Wolverine

March 30th, 2010 at 9:11 AM | didn't the... (Score:1)
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article that danny wetzel put out last week say that there was only 3 kids from the detroit area(2 from the psl and 1 from the detroit catholic league: jordan morgan) that got d-1 schollies last year??? foster loves to bring up the fact that michigan doesn't go after kids from the psl all of the time on the radio... but if the talent isn't there why would you???

@GOBLUE4EVR

March 30th, 2010 at 8:35 AM | Calm down. Foster wrote (Score:1)
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Calm down. Foster wrote these kind of articles about Izzo the past few years. Saint Tom didn't have a PSL kid on the team until Derrick Nix arrived this fall and Foster routinely raked him over the coals about it.

He did, didn't he?

March 30th, 2010 at 8:53 AM | Your defense is... (Score:1)
M-Wolverine
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He's made up stuff before, about other people, so it's ok he's throwing out inaccurate stuff now?

Uhm, ok.

"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

March 30th, 2010 at 8:55 AM | I guess I failed at sarcasm. (Score:1)
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I guess I failed at sarcasm. No, Foster has never said any of those things about Izzo. Why not? It's not like Izzo is King PSL. He has one guy on his team from the PSL this year, a true freshman. He had none the last couple of years. Where was Foster during that time? How come it's only Michigan that's avoiding the PSL?

March 30th, 2010 at 9:06 AM | I guess my sarcasm meter was (Score:1)
M-Wolverine
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I guess my sarcasm meter was off. Usually taking everything sarcastically, I pick it up.

"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

March 30th, 2010 at 9:19 AM | When did sports journalism (Score:1)
ommeethatsees
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When did sports journalism turn into writing hate pieces 100% of the time? I remember the good old days when sportswriters actually wrote stories people wanted to read about their local sports teams. It has forced everyone to resort to reading blogs dedicated to their favorite teams instead. Actually, now that I think of it, who needs these old archaic has-been sportswriters anyways.

March 30th, 2010 at 9:27 AM | Foster (Score:1)
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Unfortunatey he has become just a sidekick to Valenti on the radio. If you listen to that show at all, it's painfully obvious that he doesn't really know much about sports anymore and that he clearly doesn't even watch most of the games. He has his little gig on 97.1 and he seems to like it, but even Valenti regularly calls him out on not having a clue.

March 30th, 2010 at 10:18 AM | "I thought that said "fisting" (Score:1)
Don
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Me too. Come to think, maybe a good fisting would relieve the mental constipation Foster is suffering from.


March 30th, 2010 at 10:22 AM | Disagree. Respectfully. (Score:1)
UMphd
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Foster needs neither a "fisking" or a "fisting."

He just needs to be ignored.

March 30th, 2010 at 11:14 AM | Considering (Score:1)
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He used the phrase "word on the street" that pretty much tells you everything you need to know.

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

March 30th, 2010 at 12:58 PM | For all intensive purposes, he'll get his come up ins (Score:1)
Evil Empire
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He actually said "the word in the streets," which is usually "ONLY" with an accompanying arrow.

March 30th, 2010 at 1:47 PM | Not to be the grammar police, (Score:1)
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Not to be the grammar police, but it's "intents and purposes", not "intensive purposes". No biggie, just thought you might like to know in case you put it in a resume or cover letter sometime.

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March 30th, 2010 at 11:24 AM | The University of Detroit has (Score:1)
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The University of Detroit has 2 players from the PSL, both seniors. And no committed incoming freshman. Which means they will have no PSL players on their roster next year. I guess McCallum's "system" doesn't work for PSL kids either. Maybe he should pass on his own son and look at a PSL kid instead?

March 30th, 2010 at 11:35 AM | I used to listen to Valenti (Score:1)
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I used to listen to Valenti and Foster all the time. Eventually I realized what my friends had told me for a long time--what they say and how they say it is not rooted in journalistic integrity but rather in entertainment/shock value and ratings.

Stop listening, and re: Foster's blog, stop reading.

You'll be better and you'll be smarter and more grown-up and a better daughter. . .

March 30th, 2010 at 12:10 PM | Valenti himself has said it's (Score:1)
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Valenti himself has said it's all about the ratings.

"[T]here were a lot of people predicting glorious heights for Rich; mostly the same people who are predicting doom and gloom [for Hoke]. Excuse me if I doubt their prognostication skills." -- M-Wolverine

March 30th, 2010 at 11:44 AM | The Saginaw Valley League (Score:1)
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The Saginaw Valley League should boycott Izzo! MSU only has one SVL player and he doesn't even start! Clearly Izzo is anti-SVL.

For that matter... all of California should boycott Izzo, too. What does Izzo have against west coast basketball? Why won't he venture west of Milwaukee to recruit. The word on the street is Izzo isn't legally allowed west of the Mississippi due to drug trafficking charges.

Come on Terry... report all the "facts"!!

March 30th, 2010 at 1:27 PM | "Terry Foster and journalism a bad fit" (Score:1)
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NT

March 30th, 2010 at 7:45 PM | In fairness to those who said don't read or listen (Score:1)
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A caller and Sam and Ira brought it up on the radio today. That's where I heard it. I just linked the info for fair use practice. But did mention you could just listen to the whole thing without clicking. I just thought ot was so monumentally stupid it needed, as some suggest, a fisting.

As long as it's not my hand...

"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

March 30th, 2010 at 8:38 PM | The caller is correct. (Score:1)
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It's Ken Flowers, not Ben. Here's a list of PSL Bball Champions and who coached them.

http://www.detroitpslbasketball.com/?page_id=14

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