re: Do Any of You Baws Know Mike Irwin?

There's only a couple AR sports guys that bring accurate, unbiased, positive OR negative info to the table and Irwin isn't one of them. Strangely he has legitimate connections and knows in-depth whats going on privately (see the things he knows and NOW shares regarding Nutt and Petrino), he just doesn't share it unless it's got a positive spin or he can add one.

I'm sure he thinks towing the company line is what keeps his connections and I'm sure that's true to some degree, but every AR reporter has the same schtick and he isn't separating himself from the pack by doing what he does.

In my experience, Eric Bolin and Danny West to a lesser degree are the only ones willing to call it like it is. Not sure how the folks I talk to in NWA would like it, but I often think about doing my own writing/articles in the same (but more polished) vein that I post here. Not sure where I could get that going, but there's an obvious market and need for reporting that isn't written through rose colored glasses. That's been a problem for as long as I can remember.