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Posted on 8/5/13 at 8:27 pm to Remote Controlled
Posted on 8/5/13 at 8:27 pm to Remote Controlled
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I'm not going to get upset if we don't thoroughly recruit STL anymore. It's never really been a hotbed of talent, and a lot of these dudes seem less ready to compete than those from the western side of the state.
That would not be smart.
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However, the bs that gets spewed forth from a lot of the STL media has been happening for years, and it makes zero sense.
Are you even in St. Louis? Have you read any of Dave Matter's articles? Frankly he is STL media when it comes to Mizzou sports and frankly he blows the doors off any one in COMO or KC or Springfield or anywhere.
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Posted on 8/5/13 at 8:32 pm to reedus23
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Are you even in St. Louis? Have you read any of Dave Matter's articles? Frankly he is STL media when it comes to Mizzou sports and frankly he blows the doors off any one in COMO or KC or Springfield or anywhere.
Matter is the shite, and I think him moving east will make a big difference. However, in this world of waning print media viewership/subscriptions, the sports talk radio world is kind, and I think that's where Mizzou fails. I'm not in the markets, so I'm not sure, but it seems like Mizzou should have a much better "homerism" factor than it does considering the journalism and broadcast journalism school.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 8:35 pm to mograyback
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I think it was Gill that wanted to be more aggressive than the MU training staff.
I missed that - I thought it was just him being critical. The staff was calling it a minor injury, no big deal - then the next day he leaves the team? The whole thing is just bizarre.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 8:36 pm to reedus23
I agree. We need the whole state. We need the top talent in STL. We need the top talent in KC. We need the top talent in COMO. We need the top talent from all the smaller towns. Unfortunately, this year STL is going all over the place and KC is going to KSU and Neb. Mizzou is getting better media coverage in STL than ever. Paylor is doing a good job in KC. Not sure who has the COMO beat now. Media will be no excuse. Coaching, winning and salesmanship will be the key.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 8:53 pm to Mizzeaux
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Matter is the shite, and I think him moving east will make a big difference. However, in this world of waning print media viewership/subscriptions, the sports talk radio world is kind, and I think that's where Mizzou fails. I'm not in the markets, so I'm not sure, but it seems like Mizzou should have a much better "homerism" factor than it does considering the journalism and broadcast journalism school.
First, online stuff probably is just as big as radio these days and Matter has been updating his blog regularly. Second, the sports radio in STL is an ever changing landscape. The FM sports channel(ESPN) sucks. It is all pro coverage all the time. KFNS, where I think Cusamano is, is no longer a sports station, but man talk that includes some sports. For example, Bubba the Love Sponge has the morning drive time I think. Some sportscasters/radio guys and maybe others had wanted to buy their own station and I think they have. 920 is a brand new station and that is where Matter contributes along with Gabe. I've had trouble picking up their signal and even streaming them. Hopefully they pick up signal strength and pick up steam before the season because its a format change for them going to sports.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 8:57 pm to reedus23
That's really weird. I assumed sports talk was picking up everywhere. Hell, even in Vegas we have a great ESPN station that's on AM that just moved to a simulcast on FM with 8 hours of local programming in addition to a Fox Sports with local stuff and a couple other fringe stations with local programming. We got at least three hours of UNLV coverage during basketball season, and nobody gives a shite about UNLV
We don't even have pro sports. I'm sure STL will pick it up soon. It seems like sports talk is really gaining steam.
Then again, there's 2 million people betting on pro and college sports every day, so it may be a bigger sports town than it seems.
We don't even have pro sports. I'm sure STL will pick it up soon. It seems like sports talk is really gaining steam.
Then again, there's 2 million people betting on pro and college sports every day, so it may be a bigger sports town than it seems.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 9:16 pm to Mizzeaux
Sports talk is big here, it's just ever changing. ESPN on the FM has been pretty constant of a couple few years now but they have ex-pro athletes hosting the local shows so Rams and Cardinals get a lot of play. Plus, SLU has their basketball games on that station. It seems the AM stations change their format about every 5 years and this happens to be that time. The sports station with the same hosts float around on the AM dial but they pop up somewhere.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 10:03 pm to KCM0Tiger
Not sure why this is such a big deal.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 10:24 pm to reedus23
Matter is great. He is a definite step in the right direction. Lord knows Gregorian sucked.
Mizzou alum Jeff Gordon enjoys taking pot shots, as does that other knucklehead Joe Strauss.
The STL area has wasted too many years with youth soccer. That's all anyone played when I was a kid. I don't recall any youth football leagues.
As far as recruiting STL goes, of course we have to, and we definitely need to be sure and get the cant miss guys. I just think we have more success with lower rated guys from other states, mainly because the level of football being played is better than the product on the field in the metro area.
If there were 30 BCS level recruits in Missouri, which is a lot, I'd say that on average only 7-10 of them are guys that make any sort of an impact. Do some digging, the list of guys from STL that never make it in a BCS program for all 4 years is long.
Mizzou alum Jeff Gordon enjoys taking pot shots, as does that other knucklehead Joe Strauss.
The STL area has wasted too many years with youth soccer. That's all anyone played when I was a kid. I don't recall any youth football leagues.
As far as recruiting STL goes, of course we have to, and we definitely need to be sure and get the cant miss guys. I just think we have more success with lower rated guys from other states, mainly because the level of football being played is better than the product on the field in the metro area.
If there were 30 BCS level recruits in Missouri, which is a lot, I'd say that on average only 7-10 of them are guys that make any sort of an impact. Do some digging, the list of guys from STL that never make it in a BCS program for all 4 years is long.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 8:38 am to URHatinIt
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Not sure why this is such a big deal.
It isn't. It is just offseason talk because fans get stupid when things are slow.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 10:37 am to notsince98
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It isn't. It is just offseason talk because fans get stupid when things are slow.
This x1000
Posted on 8/6/13 at 1:37 pm to kilo
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Frank "I love Mizzou!" Cusamano did a piece on this. Of course the angle was to bash Mizzou and make Harneet seem like this angelic like victim and Mizzou as the terrible step parent that refused to treat his injury.
For whatever it's worth, was in the car in the morning and then again just now. On both occasions the new sports station 920 were talking Mizzou football and talking positive. The Gill deal came up and both times, Mizzou was put in a good light. Talked about Maclin, Josey, Moe(same injury) and Alexander among others as examples of how well Mizzou handles injuries and rehab.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 1:39 pm to reedus23
The more I hear, the more I'm convinced Gill came in, saw the competition and how tough it was going to be, knew his foot was still bothering him, and wimped out.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 1:53 pm to semotruman
Moe pretty much called him out as a pussy. I haven't read his comments, but apparently Moe talked about how he had the same injury/surgery and fought through some of the pain because he wanted to be on the field. Without saying it, certainly implying that Gill wasn't cut out for it. At least that's how the hosts were playing it.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:00 pm to reedus23
Yes, he did. Moe basically said there are reasons why guys now in the pros come back to Columbia and Dr. Pat Smith to have surgery. Apparently he had Dr. Smith repair his torn Achilles. He talked about Mizzou's record with injuries - Maclin, Alexander, Josey, himself - and said our staff was fantastic. So yes, basically, he called him out without calling him a pussy.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:29 pm to semotruman
Harnett Gill is a dumb mother ********* for dragging Mizzou through the mud because he couldn't cut it and didn't want to put in any work and sounds like he just wanted to be handed a job wihtout having to compete. Pat Smith fixed Henry Josey's devastating knee inury and has him ready to play at 100 percent a year later after tearing his ACL, MCL, Patell tendon. He had James Franklin phsyically ready to play after labrum surgery last year, it just seems like maybe mentally Franklin wasn't ready to trust his shouldar and played scared. I'm sure there many more examples so what gives this 18 year old s*** who thinks the world revolves around him attitude the right to question our training staff and coaches who although may lack in other areas make them look bad to potential future recruits. F***** you Harnett Gill Kansas awaits good luck
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:32 pm to semotruman
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The more I hear, the more I'm convinced Gill came in, saw the competition and how tough it was going to be, knew his foot was still bothering him, and wimped out.
...and then tried to drag Mizzou and its staff through the mud to cover his pussy arse.
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