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JEFF420 said:
you people are better than this cope. its not personal. its business. we raid smaller schools. its the same thing. just enjoy the ride
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'I miss Hoiball and the two Tim Floyd tourney teams!'

'What about loyalty in college sports!!?'
 
Cyched said:
I appreciate everything Chris has done and continues to do for this website, but this has been a big blind spot of his for several years now.

There's a difference between being friendly with the people you cover, and being besties. The latter ultimately leads to less objective coverage, intended or not. Especially on a fan site where the average fan won't ever have those relationships, and cares about/is loyal only to ISU.

Him being so hurt by Campbell/Mouser/Rocco leaving has also lead to a 'meh' tone when talking about Rogers and the new staff, compared to the previous. I don't think he's doing it on purpose, but it's been noticeable on recent podcasts. And that's not fair to Rogers when CF is the leading Cyclone fan site.
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It's fun to be with the "cool kids". Cool kids left and now he's sad. He'll jump back on by the fall. Plus I'm sure site revenue is way higher since NIL and Portal free agency. He can cry his way to the bank or at least fly out to Happy Valley for a weekend with his buds.
 
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awd4cy said:
That’s cuck mentality
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Some will agree and others not. Either way, this is the part where anyone considering this "journalism" need to step away or start looking at this differently. Imagine a beat writer for some team buying the jersey of their favorite player when they get traded to another team.

Again, I'm not saying any of this is wrong, FWIW.
 
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xr4ticlone said:
JP has always been clear he’s got his lists. In the days before TP it wasn’t as critical to be fast on the draw. Today it is…I’m not sure what Michigan is going to do…but there’s no way the delay is helping retention or recruiting for them.
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I was glad we weren't on the coaching carousel for a month like some schools were. That would be worse for a school like ISU. IMO.
Got our guy let him meet the players, recruits, donors and let it roll and see how it goes way better than being in limbo. IMO.
 
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Clonehomer said:
But what’s a journalist these days? Are CF reporters considered journalists? I don’t really consider them as such. Hell, most of the people on ESPN don’t really qualify as journalists anymore. CW and the CF staff are fans. To expect anything different is going to end in disappointment.

Seems Pablo Torre may be the only true sports related journalist left. Everyone else has sold out for access. And that’ll continue because we’ve made the coaches, the AD’s, and the agents so powerful they don’t need to answer questions they don’t want to.
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I‘ll say it again, journalism is dead…media is alive and well and has an agenda(s).
 
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twincyties said:
Some will agree and others not. Either way, this is the part where anyone considering this "journalism" need to step away or start looking at this differently. Imagine a beat writer for some team buying the jersey of their favorite player when they get traded to another team.

Again, I'm not saying any of this is wrong, FWIW.
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Exactly. Imagine if the OKC Thunder journalists bought KD Warrior jerseys. Or San Antonio Spurs journalists bought Kawhi Raptor or Clipper jerseys. Or Cowboy fans buying Parsons Packer jerseys.
 
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Darius Bieber said:
Exactly. Imagine if the OKC Thunder journalists bought KD Warrior jerseys. Or San Antonio Spurs journalists bought Kawhi Raptor or Clipper jerseys. Or Cowboy fans buying Parsons Packer jerseys.
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Where I give this whole crew a pass is that I don't think they've ever tried to lead anyone to believe they're straight-up journalists. If anyone thinks that, it's on them - not CW and company.
 
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NoCreativity said:
I keep seeing this "freeing up NIL money" talk. How much was he getting? Maybe that was holding the rest of the team back.

This is just reason 1,500 why I'll never give a nickel to this NIL joke and nobody else should either. You're being grfited badly.

Think about it, average salary in Iowa is about $47,000 a year. His family's net worth is around 12 million. You're giving money to a cause that would take the average Iowa 255 years of employment to reach.
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So you refer to donate to the Clone Club to support the entire AD and not just individual players?
 
twincyties said:
Where I give this whole crew a pass is that I don't think they've ever tried to lead anyone to believe they're straight-up journalists. If anyone thinks that, it's on them - not CW and company.
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That’s why I added fans at the end. I don’t think there’s any doubt they’re Cyclone fans. Which is why I think it’s just as weird as if Cowboy fans are buying Parsons Packers jerseys.
 
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ClonesTwenty1 said:
I think CW has a big heart and is a good guy, but you have to separate relationships from your business. It comes off as clingy and weird IMO.
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I dunno. This isn’t the Washington Post in ‘72.

His job here is to provide access to ISU athletics for entertainment purposes.

I don’t know jack **** about how this corner of the entertainment industry is supposed to operate, but as an outsider it seems like developing actual friendships with the coaching staffs would be a good approach.
 
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