The Columnist Carousel Continues?

Around this time of the year, columnist begin cranking out cliche pieces about the Coaching Carousel being in full swing, being crazier than last year, or how it has settled down, but this year we’re talking a little different angle on the annual story.  Instead of the Coaches switching jobs, it’s all about the columnists themselves this go around. 

To date we have seen The Cats Pause guys move from Rivals to 24/7, which left a big hole open at Cats Illustrated (the new Rivals site.)  It leaked out earlier this week (and was confirmed later by Brett,) that Courier Journal columnist Brett Dawson will be taking over at the helm at Rivals.  In another switch from print to not print, Chip Cosby has left the Herald Leader to move to our affiliate cn2 with Matt. 

But it’s happening on a national scale, too.  Jeff Goodman is generally speaking the only reason I would ever go to Fox Sports.  But now Goodman has signed on with CBS, joining Doyel, Parish, and Matt at the lunch table.  Of course, that still doesn’t make up for letting Gus Johnson go. 

Either way, now’s the perfect time for me to announce that I’m leaving KSR to write for Saturday Night Live – Maggard will be by shortly as my replacement.  (Get it?  It’s an unfunny joke – because I’m going to write for SNL.)