Mark "Bark Madley" Bradley is Retiring

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I always thought of Bradley as the “Coach Killer”! As soon as he soured on them, they were fired soon afterward. I understand that there were reasons for it, but it just seems like he was the one who got the ball rolling.
 

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I can tell there are some strong feelings both ways concerning Mark and the AJC.

I will say that the AJC is about the only Georgia media organization that consistently covers GT, both good and bad. Our local paper barely covers GT. During football season they always have a big front-page article and picture on the Dogs and then place the Tech score in a summary of ACC games on page 2 or 3.

I was watching WSB this morning and heard the reporter say that she was sorry to report that "YOUR Georgia Bulldogs lost their playoff game". I guess we are all UGA fans, and I somehow missed it.

Concerning Mark Bradley, I have had some direct contact with him through email. I have shown praise for some of his articles and expressed disagreement with others. He has always responded with professionalism and often with more information if I asked for anything concerning his articles. As an example, one of his articles pretty much said that the Big 12 had moved into 3rd place above the ACC. I asked why he believed that to be the case and he responded with some financial projections that he had based his article on. I know he criticized Paul Johnson's recruiting, but I think those comments were more factual as opposed to opinion. I suspect we were all happy when he started criticizing TFG! During the ACC's expansion to 12 teams, he had some very positive and complementary articles.

Bottom line is that I come down on the positive side concerning Mark.
 
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BleedGoldNWhite21 said:
Plenty of disagreements, but when I was younger, the AJC was the only place I could go to consistently read Tech sports. Good luck in retirement. Also, I feel old that all of these guys I grew up reading are retiring or worse lol
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I feel you pain....Furman Bisher was the primary sports columnist when I was coming along. The AJC has had some fantastic sports columnists...not sure what they are going to do in the future. The present day "influencers" can't, or don't, or won't, write with any kind of style or substance (or proof reading). All they want is clicks.
 

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TampaBuzz said:
I feel you pain....Furman Bisher was the primary sports columnist when I was coming along. The AJC has had some fantastic sports columnists...not sure what they are going to do in the future. The present day "influencers" can't, or don't, or won't, write with any kind of style or substance (or proof reading). All they want is clicks.
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Not many papers have true sports colonists any more. Instant reporting / reaction has won the day vs thoughtful columnists. Sad
 
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LT 1967 said:
I can tell there are some strong feelings both ways concerning Mark and the AJC.

I will say that the AJC is about the only Georgia media organization that consistently covers GT, both good and bad. Our local paper barely covers GT. During football season they always have a big front-page article and picture on the Dogs and then place the Tech score in a summary of ACC games on page 2 or 3.

I was watching WSB this morning and heard the reporter say that she was sorry to report that "YOUR Georgia Bulldogs lost their playoff game". I guess we are all UGA fans, and I somehow missed it.

Concerning Mark Bradley, I have had some direct contact with him through email. I have shown praise for some of his articles and expressed disagreement with others. He has always responded with professionalism and often with more information if I asked for anything concerning his articles. As an example, one of his articles pretty much said that the Big 12 had moved into 3rd place above the ACC. I asked why he believed that to be the case and he responded with some financial projections that he had based his article on. I know he criticized Paul Johnson's recruiting, but I think those comments were more factual as opposed to opinion. I suspect we were all happy when he started criticizing TFG! During the ACC's expansion to 12 teams, he had some very positive and complementary articles.

Bottom line is that I come down on the positive side concerning Mark.
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My issues with the AUC transcend the sports pages, though they have contributed over the years. The last time I read the AUC was probably the early 90’s.
 

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stinger78 said:
My issues with the AUC transcend the sports pages, though they have contributed over the years. The last time I read the AUC was probably the early 90’s.
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Curious as how you currently have issues when you haven’t read the paper in 30 years. :ROFLMAO: I get it but couldn’t pass up that softball.
 
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Root4GT said:
Curious as how you currently have issues when you haven’t read the paper in 30 years. :ROFLMAO: I get it but couldn’t pass up that softball.
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As I have recounted before, I caught them in a bold face lie over an issue that is near and dear to me.

I consider freedom of speech one of national security. It is a sacred trust for our nation. Newspapers exist to that end. Deliberately lying is the worst violation possible of that trust. I will never trust them again.
 
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As I have recounted before, I caught them in a bold face lie over an issue that is near and dear to me.

I consider freedom of speech one of national security. It is a sacred trust for our nation. Newspapers exist to that end. Deliberately lying is the worst violation possible of that trust. I will never trust them again.
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Do you think the lie was an editorial decision, a rogue writer, or getting wrong information?
 
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BleedGoldNWhite21 said:
Plenty of disagreements, but when I was younger, the AJC was the only place I could go to consistently read Tech sports. Good luck in retirement. Also, I feel old that all of these guys I grew up reading are retiring or worse lol
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Same for me. I'm glad there are more options for coverage now. I know everyone has their opinions, but with Wrecktalk, Afterswarm, Crowded Booth, Jackson Caudell (Beleav), Nahjah Wilkins, etc - we have some options now.
 

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Good riddance to bad rubbish as far as I’m concerned. He showed me how unprofessional he was by showing up to a GT basketball game and spending the entire game mostly watching another game on a little TV (yes this was the late 80s). Following said game he collected the post game quotes sheet since he didn’t bother trying to interview anyone himself nor did he listen to Bobby’s postgame presser and yet the next day proceeded to write a column about the game. It was clear from the column that he had no idea what had actually happened in the game and just wrote from the stats, play by play sheet, and quotes. Bradley is also the only person I’ve ever seen be openly antagonistic towards Bobby Cremins (other than the refs during a game). I don’t mean writing negative stuff. And I don’t mean asking legit questions about poor performances. I’m talking about just being a jerk to him in tone and attitude. I was there writing for the Technique. I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. I’m not talking about stories other people told me.

The shame of it all for me is that Bradley is actually a very talented writer. I also think he’s a very smart guy and usually backs up his opinions pretty well. I don’t know what his beef was with Bobby but it soured me to anything Bradley ever did since then.
 
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