And by noteworthy, I don't mean Heydog or Costanza.
No one would expect a story on the guest coach. No one would expect extra media to attend. No one would expect the guest coach to deliver a life-changing pre-game address. None of the stuff he wrote was even relevant. It was just a post to put on the blog so he can say he blogged today, and then brag about the number of comments that he got.
If he wanted to make a news story out of it, he could:
1.) Ask Byrne where the idea came from. Talk to other schools who have done it and compare what they raised to what we raise.
2.) Talk to the guest coach. I know he said he wouldn't, and while this would fall more under features than hard news, I have a hard time believing most of us would not read a story about the guy's experiences for the day.
3.) Compare the overall scope and attitude of SBW 08 to SBW 09. Let's see, offhand we have a new football coach, a new ginormatron screen at the stadium where they are showing a movie, a new offense that might actually register our first non-overtime offensive TD in the spring game in several years (may be an exaggeration, but not much), an new AD who is running his first SBW ( I imagine plans were already in place when he took over last year), a new baseball coach who himself played in several SBW games, including, if I recall, one in which a crowd of 14,990+me showed up. In addition to all of that, we have a guest coach, which is also a new and different thing.
As someone with some professional experience in the media before getting out, I am not always quick to criticize individuals or the "mainstream media" for every little thing, but this blog post is just garbage. Yes, Brad, you are overreacting, and in the process of overreacting, you alienated ever more some of the people who were already skeptical about your ability.
