If you hate Drew Sharp...

Mr. Drew Sharp: I am a former resident of Michigan and a current resident of Chicago, Illinois. I spent most of my formative years, all of my collegiate years, and plan to spend my best years, in the great state of Michigan. I follow University of Michigan athletics and Detroit's pro franchises closer than anyone in my social circles. In fact, I often am the fixture of jokes around many that think I'm full of too much worthless information, i.e. statistics, records, knowledge of coaches, accomplishments, etc. The fact remains, I ENJOY researching, following, and "devoting" much of my attention towards UM Football/Basketball, Red Wing Hockey, Tiger Baseball, etc. and reading "hometown" newspapers is where a lot of my time/day is spent. That's where "you" come in. For the life of me, I'm trying to figure out why you find the need to bash, degrade, disparage (add your verb here) the beloved University of Michigan and the teams that many of your readers root for? I formally thought it was a Lloyd Carr thing. I heard a rumor once that the two of your were at odds, so you never cut him or his teams slack. I was proved wrong when he retired. When I was younger, one of my great joys was grabbing the Detroit News and Free Press on Sunday mornings and reading about UM's game the day before. I enjoyed looking at the photos, articles, and I even managed to save many of the archives. I now look forward to sitting down with my lap top at home or spending some time in the office gathering information on Freep.com. I'm here to tell you now that those days are numbered. Myself, LIKE MANY OTHERS, are tired of your "critical" take on the Wolverines. This is something we're passionate about. I've even heard that you attended UM. Is this true? If you say yes, than it's a wonder to me how you're even allowed inside the Big House or the "House That Cazzie Built." I'm asking you courteously to please indulge me on your hatred of everything that is Meeshagan? More specifically, is there an archive available that contains articles you've written that were positive of the Wolverines? Perhaps this would alleviate the thinking of those that have determined you're simply too one-sided to ever be taken seriously again. Again, I urge you to please give myself and others like me a reason to continue following yourself and the "Free Press" as a whole. The way it is now, you're only giving us reasons to not like you or the paper you represent. I look forward to your reply. GO BLUE!!!!!! Sincerely and Respectfully,