Fran vs Media

I hear you....but then report on that.

WHO13 "Here is the score of the Iowa basketball game....we do not have any highlights or press clips as we were denied access."
That sounds easy to do, but you are forgetting that WHO and the squawks have a long history together and have been broadcasting their games on the radio side forever. No way the station wants to lose those rights to another station in the market. Management would want to back their employee but not at the risk of losing the rights to the games.
 
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I know this isn't related to the "Fran" thread, but this is an amusing read.

Just take a shower after reading...:rolleyes:
 
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Then they aren't doing their job
Pretty simple to sit on a message board and say that, but there are multiple concerns here, not the least of which is the shadow it casts on a great cause, as has been mentioned.

I am a big fan of principled stands, but often it's not quite as simple as it sounds.
 
Rumor has it that's why Bruns quit doing sideline reporting. Critical of the OL one season and the staff didn't like it.
This was our OL, correct? He had always sort of danced around the CMC feud on Cyclone Sundays
 
Rumor has it that's why Bruns quit doing sideline reporting. Critical of the OL one season and the staff didn't like it.
Campbell was nowhere near the McCafferys’ level, but he could absolutely be thin skinned at times. Think a lot of coaches are to some degree.

Having a beef with Bruns honestly irritated me given Ben is a program alum. I enjoy his Sunday pods during the season for the even-handed analysis, and never felt like he’s taking shots at the program.
 
He was red faced screaming at a 6 grade softball umpire back in the day. I was like who is that? Don't you know that's the EIU head basketball coach.
I've seen the old UNI AD (Hartzell) do that at a 9U game. My oldest was the ump for a Rec league they run in Waterloo for the travel teams and my son was about ready to toss him. Kind of disappointed he didn't.
 
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I hear you....but then report on that.

WHO13 "Here is the score of the Iowa basketball game....we do not have any highlights or press clips as we were denied access."
Fans will be loyal to their team over their preferred local TV station every time. They'll just flip to KCCI or check the WOI social media instead. Way easier than writing a strongly worded letter to the Sports Info office.
 
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Campbell was nowhere near the McCafferys’ level, but he could absolutely be thin skinned at times. Think a lot of coaches are to some degree.

Having a beef with Bruns honestly irritated me given Ben is a program alum. I enjoy his Sunday pods during the season for the even-handed analysis, and never felt like he’s taking shots at the program.
Who could forget.
 
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That sounds easy to do, but you are forgetting that WHO and the squawks have a long history together and have been broadcasting their games on the radio side forever. No way the station wants to lose those rights to another station in the market. Management would want to back their employee but not at the risk of losing the rights to the games.
WHO radio and TV haven't been owned by the same company since the mid-90s.

This was all Keith being the bigger person and not making himself the center of attention which is pretty commendable in today's world.
 
This isn't a new story. It got talked about shortly after it happened and in the years that followed. Andy did a 'What's bugging Andy' segment on it. Keith always tried to take the high road and didn't want it to become a bigger story than it was. This wasn't a case of local media hiding something that happened until now.
 
This isn't a new story. It got talked about shortly after it happened and in the years that followed. Andy did a 'What's bugging Andy' segment on it. Keith always tried to take the high road and didn't want it to become a bigger story than it was. This wasn't a case of local media hiding something that happened until now.
Just new to Hawk fans that looked the other way or tried to gaslight
 
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