Comments on: Around the Hall: So, will he or won’t he?

By: CraiginOR

CraiginOR — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:44:44 +0000

top 20 recruit JT Bell has transferred to Bloomington South, his mother attended IU and I keep looking for info…..

By: CraiginOR

CraiginOR — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:44:44 +0000

top 20 recruit JT Bell has transferred to Bloomington South, his mother attended IU and I keep looking for info…..

By: wv23

wv23 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:12:55 +0000

GFDave -

You are a bit of a scold, aren't you?

Lighten up, Francis.

By: BFowler

BFowler — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:36:23 +0000

Wow, a range of things to react to on here today. I will start with this. I think with Bob Hammel reaching out on behalf of Fred Glass and Tom Crean (both of whom have sung Coach Knight’s praises) there stands a better than 50% percent chance that Coach Knight will return for the ceremony (although I would put it at roughly 50.00001%). If coach Yeagley also offers a hand that would highten the chances.

2nd – Just because a kid lists you on his list does not mean there is any real intent there. See Dom Ferguson, IU had no real intent of signing him although he listed them. If a kid also lists Cincinnati and South Carolina with IU, that tells me he is wishing more than holding.

3rd – Postman E (Eamonn) – I like your playing with words. It keeps someone with ADD like me interested. You have a unique take on things and I like the way you use quirky sayings and words I have to look up in the dictionary. I read the Dagger as part of my daily reading and I understand you have to entertain a national audience with the blog, not just IU fans, so I see where you were coming from. I am a fan of your work and I appreciate the quirks. The three of you together have founded my favorite blog and I appreciate that. However, you lend credibilty to those criticizing you by responding to them. I also thought that the comments were unneccesary (as explained in point 4), but they should not define you as a “journalist.”

4th – To those offering criticism to Eamonn, a blog is a space to offer opinions. It is designed to provide an outlet for one’s thoughts. There is no journalistic integrity required, nor is there any reason to worry about word choice, just the words you think best describe your thoughts on the particular matter. I would understand if you were an English professor or a journalism major and Eamonn was your subject of study or your professor, but I assuming you are not and he is not. Postman E’s only obligation is to get readers and encourage the advertisers to pay to have a spot on his blog so his employer can get more money. (my 2 cents on the matter)

By: Jacantwe

Jacantwe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:10:47 +0000

wow didnt realize all the english teachers we had in the ITH family…im a big fan of eamonn for what he has done here, at the mouthpiece, and with yahoo (oh and the postmen as well!)…just thought i would show some support. keep up the great work fellas

By: Jacantwe

Jacantwe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:09:49 +0000

By: BFowler

BFowler — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:03:55 +0000

Wow, a range of things to react to on here today. I will start with this. I think with Bob Hammel reaching out on behalf of Fred Glass and Tom Crean (both of whom have sung Coach Knight's praises) there stands a better than 50% percent chance that Coach Knight will return for the ceremony (although I would put it at roughly 50.00001%). If coach Yeagley also offers a hand that would highten the chances.

4th – To those offering criticism to Eamonn, a blog is a space to offer opinions. It is designed to provide an outlet for one's thoughts. There is no journalistic integrity required, nor is there any reason to worry about word choice, just the words you think best describe your thoughts on the particular matter. I would understand if you were an English professor or a journalism major and Eamonn was your subject of study or your professor, but I assuming you are not and he is not. Postman E's only obligation is to get readers and encourage the advertisers to pay to have a spot on his blog so his employer can get more money. (my 2 cents on the matter)

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:54:19 +0000

Test

By: BGleas

BGleas — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:30:22 +0000

Well, my hope is that we return to an Elite 8 Team/Championship contending team.
I just feel that with the current roster we have guys that will make an outstanding nucleus, we need those 1-2 big time All-American/high 1st round pick types to add to that to put us over the top.

Of course, I'm projecting a lot considering we're coming off a 7-win season, but if you add Williams, Carlino and Ethrington to the '09 class, then I think we should be waiting to add the heavy hitter. With the scholarships so limited, I'd rather wait for Irving, Christmas, Gilrest etc. to take us to the next level.

By: gibbonjockey

gibbonjockey — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:36:43 +0000

I was probably too blunt in my comment and, in retrospect, out of line with the “awful writer” label. I should have just stuck with “awful article” because the article is poorly written and lazy. If you're just a blogger who's in this for kicks and giggles then carry on. If you are a writer to be taken seriously, then do a better job next time. You can take it as criticism or as constructive criticism, that's up to you. My point about the output still stands even if I'm apologizing for meritless namecalling.