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[RonJohn]

Well, now. You are the one who used Alabama as your example for news suppression, thus the standard.

As for the last part, wow. Communications protocols? GTAA property? You are still conflating a reporter's duties and your own anger that he by golly did not do what Johnson told him by golly and that by golly is just wrong and so ... Johnson can have all the protocols he wants to channel. He doesn't work for Johnson. The AJC presumably has its own "protocols", though I have never heard such referred to, and Johnson is not bound by them. Here's the nut of this silly argument: He is a reporter who made Johnson mad. Lots of reporters make Johnson mad. Always have. Too bad. You think Paul Johnson is the only football coach in the universe who goes off on reporters or wants to tell them how they can get their news? The reporter has his job and his only clients are the people who read him. Not the coaches who want to control him. All else is elephant dust. The banning from the property thing is a complicated bit of public access vs. authority but generally I'd say GTAA would lose that battle big time. (It is not the case of, say, a public school that limits access as it is under the authority of the principal. So it may be "public" but the public cannot tramp through the halls without permission.)

All else is elephant dust. Johnson got mad. The reporter stood his ground. Next game is in Chapel Hill.

I usually write things in a clear manner. Apparently, I wasn't clear enough, so I will try to be extremely short and extremely clear.

I never said that Alabama suppresses news. They do restrict access to closed areas to media members who don't abide by their "protocols" while inside closed areas. If someone I invited to a BBQ at my house went into my bedroom and searched through my wife's panty drawer they would no longer be invited to my house.

I DID NOT hear Johnson tell Ken what he could or could not report. If you did hear him say that something could not be reported, then please let us know.

The GTAA does limit access to areas. A member of the public cannot walk into the press booth. A member of the public cannot walk into the press conferences. A member of the public cannot walk into the locker room. Companies and organizations allow reporters into areas closed to the public. They would not be able to prevent a reporter from being in public areas of campus, but they are not required to allow someone into closed areas solely because he is a reporter.

If the AJC has a "protocol" that their reporters are allowed to come into my house and look through my wife's panty drawer, they will find violent opposition to their "protocol" on my part. I have not said that Ken should have withheld reporting. I do not know how he got the information. I did say that if Ken is using his access to closed areas to rummage for confidential information, as he has done in the past, then he should be banned from those closed areas.

 

[RonJohn]

Double post

 

[biggtfan]

No it’s not a singular problem and personally I do not care for some of his replies but I don’t care what kind of wonderful amazing human being you anoint as the new coach he will not be able to overcome the disparity in the arms race on a consistent basis when we’re being outspent 4:1. DabO did not elevate Clemp solely on the basis of his magnetic personality and if you think so I’m not sure what to tell you. Name me a single coach in the last 30 years in any major conference that ever consistently finished in the Top 10 that was underfunded at that level. Actually, don’t waste your time because that person does not exist.

O’Leary was able to crack the Top 25 4 years in a row in some of the polls if I recall correctly but that was before the advent of ESecPN. Try getting a GT 7-5 team ranked in the Top 25 now a days that beat zero Top 25 teams. Would never happen. You’d have 6-6 Sec teams ranked ahead of us and with the round robin losing in that conference they’d always stay ahead of a 7-5 ACC team.

FWIW - I agree with much of what you said. If the money disparity is large (and it is), wouldn't it be helpful to have a coach trying to sell us on the program while we work to reduce the money gap instead of a coach that pours vinegar on everyone in the media?

Dabo wasn't immediately successful. He was called a clown by GT fans on the very forums we all read. But he was building confidence with the fan base (aka, revenue sources) during those early years ("Clemson is a great program, I am proud to be here, players are working hard", and so on). Money talks, for sure, but I still want a coach that isn't so sarcastic and condescending when interviewed.