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This 2021 class is silly good. I'm so psyched to see them as Canes.

The Miami Herald reporters try hard, but are less informed than many of our fans. There was a a part on the podcast where they admitted openly not having attended camps and getting their information second-hand. Why be a sports journalist if you're not an sports addict like Adams, Geo, D$.? Makes zero sense to me. And their lack of understanding of the players and the game is glaringly obvious.
 
We'retheBoss said:
If Avante still wearing 15? If so, gotta put the Williamses together
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grover said:
This 2021 class is silly good. I'm so psyched to see them as Canes.

The Miami Herald reporters try hard, but are less informed than many of our fans. There was a a part on the podcast where they admitted openly not having attended camps and getting their information second-hand. Why be a sports journalist if you're not an sports addict like Adams, Geo, D$.? Makes zero sense to me. And their lack of understanding of the players and the game is glaringly obvious.
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Part of it (these days) is that newspapers assign sportswriters to multiple beats, because the newspapers are cheap and have gutted the writing staff. The Miami Herald has been doing it since the 1980s, Knight Ridder used the Herald as its model for destroying the staff and jacking up profits.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Part of it (these days) is that newspapers assign sportswriters to multiple beats, because the newspapers are cheap and have gutted the writing staff. The Miami Herald has been doing it since the 1980s, Knight Ridder used the Herald as its model for destroying the staff and jacking up profits.
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That and every single fan base has fans that are far more obsessed with their team than any writer in America. I'm sure there are some sports obsessed nut jobs out there who are writers covering a team, but most people who dream up being a journalist, a journalist for a sports team isn't their dream job. Then you throw in message boards where collective knowledge is spread, it's like a hive mind that forms.

It's just a job to most writers. I know I used to know everything about every one of our players. Who recruited them, what high school, what camps they attended, stats, saw every video posted, etc. I've got kids, family, a job, and there's a bit of time for this team, but nowhere near where it was. I watched more highlights and game film in one year in my 20's than the past 10 years combined. Not just our guys, but those we recruited and went elsewhere.

All in all, if one is expecting a writer to know as much as the diehards, then they're expecting too much. Their information is for the casual fan. You don't visit message boards, then you won't have heard what they're saying beforehand. We aren't the target audience by and large even though they do offer some new takes and information here and there.
 
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