This is a true Gem
http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/terryfosterblog/index.php?blogid=1933
This is from Terry Foster. I know everyone around here knows he is an idiot, but the fact that RR "dragged this team to 8-16" is such a moronic statement. Based on the endless reasons discussed here, any coach would have had trouble beating that record with the 2-deep we had. Plus, this is written like an 8th grade paper, and the comments below made my eyes bleed.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:29 PM ^
Let the Freep, Valenti, Sharp comments commence.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:31 PM ^
Terry Foster is NOT a good writer/sports talk co-host. He's a clown.
Do yourself a favor (said with the utmost respect) and ignore his work. It's the best way to send a message.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:31 PM ^
229 words. That's some damn fine insight.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:46 PM ^
229 words in 12 paragraphs.
That's just barely over 19 words per paragraph.
Heck I'm not even mad, that's amazing.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:55 PM ^
MathGoBlog today
August 31st, 2010 at 5:02 PM ^
I would rather like to see him eat a whole block of cheese.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:31 PM ^
I keep it mostly to MGoBlog for my M football news and discussion. The fact is, the blogosphere is really the only area where anybody has attempted to look big picture. For the sake of your sanity, limit exposure to outside sources. This is especially true of comments sections, which I do believe will give you cancer.
[/ dramatic hyperbole]
August 31st, 2010 at 2:35 PM ^
You're right. With this last week before the first game I am a magnet to everything Michigan related. Wether it be cancer inducing articles or not. I feel bad for sharing.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:39 PM ^
Ah, cheer up. Don't be so hard on yourself. Just remember one thing...
August 31st, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
Read the comments. Just say no.
August 31st, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
If it's just cancer, I guess I'm okay with that. If you'd said, halitosis, erectile dysfunction, syphilis, gastrointestinal distention or hair loss, I'd have started to worry.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:32 PM ^
That's what you get for reading a columnist's article about a struggling team. No need to tell everyone.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:41 PM ^
Well, the problem with Terry Foster is he is an idiot that doesn't follow sports.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:43 PM ^
Look like an expository medium. It legitimately looks like his article topic outline
August 31st, 2010 at 2:47 PM ^
This is the shortest 12-paragraph article I've ever read, and I teach middle school.
Priceless.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:57 PM ^
That was good, but my favorite comment was the guy who said anything short of the national championship and RR will be fired. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:55 PM ^
Terrible. I've seen better writing in the mgoblog diary section that has been nuclear negbombed into oblivion.
August 31st, 2010 at 2:58 PM ^
And sadly 40,000 people just clicked on it and viewed the page so Foster can now claim to be the most popular sport opinionist in SE Michigan.
August 31st, 2010 at 3:01 PM ^
can do better than these idiots.
EDIT: Can anyone help me out with posting the image. I will pos-bang you if you can do it for me. :D
August 31st, 2010 at 3:25 PM ^
Beat me to it.
August 31st, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^
For Mr Kenny Powers
August 31st, 2010 at 4:02 PM ^
what did you do to make the image show up on comment section?
August 31st, 2010 at 4:32 PM ^
do the <img src> stuff in the Source option or just click the artistic item at the far right of the toolbar to cut and paste the link into
August 31st, 2010 at 4:50 PM ^
to do the <img src> but it didn't work for me for some reason?!?
August 31st, 2010 at 3:10 PM ^
Wait, Terry is writing articles about Michigan Football? Last I heard he was busy bouncing on Mike Valenti's lap. Who knew?
August 31st, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
The litmus test for any piece of sports writing ought to be: does this piece offer any greater insight into my topic than I could gather from a 5 minute rant by the average drunk fan? If the answer is no, flush it.
Of course, that would probably eliminate more sports writing (and sports writers) than the "industry" could afford ...
August 31st, 2010 at 3:18 PM ^
That was a horrible article.
I'm not surprised, however.
Does it surprise anyone?
Really, does it?
It just wasn't good.
It wasn't well written.
It was bad.
Not good.
The
writer
should
be
fired.
August 31st, 2010 at 3:38 PM ^
Yeah, I know it's tantamount to pissing in the wind, but if you don't complain sometimes, they start thinking they can get away with anything.
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Dear Mr. Foster,
I'm a guy who's bled blue since I was a kid 40 years ago, and I'm an avid follower of the Michigan program. I have to say your latest, poorly informed blog post does a disservice to both Rich Rodriguez and your readers.
August 31st, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
However, it is way over the 229 word limit (but well under 12 paragraphs, so, OK) and he'll never get through it.
August 31st, 2010 at 4:33 PM ^
I don't understand the logic behind these "Here's a terrible article, everyone make sure to read it!" posts.
August 31st, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
Think about it. How many times have you (or someone you know) found something that smelled absolutely horrible and then turned to the nearest person and said "hey, smell this!"
For some reason people have a morbid fascination in sharing awful experiences with others.
August 31st, 2010 at 5:07 PM ^
I'm not even going to address his opinions. The fact that this man has published writing is disgusting. Seriously, someone should arrest him for murdering the profession of journalism.
August 31st, 2010 at 5:11 PM ^
Now, I won't waste my time reading the article.
Since the 70's, I have been one of those people who usually reads two or three sports sections a day. When the internet provided websites that enabled me to read my "beloved" home-town papers from anywhere in the country, I was ecstatic. I never thought that things would get to the point where I never reed the freep and click onto one or two News articles a week, and those have to be either Wojo or Angel.
Foster, in particular, has been a major disappointment. He used to be a very good writer and journalist. It seems that he has become much more of an entertainer than a serious journalist in the last four or five years.
Sadly, though, the more of an entertainer he becomes, the less entertaining I find his work.
August 31st, 2010 at 5:44 PM ^
Why post this garbage. Lets focus on the upcoming season and not on what these bums think about our coach.
August 31st, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
foster= fuck clown