Gregg Henson reaction
However he is now directly calling out MGOBLOG for what appears to be a few individuals who didn't put any stock into what he was saying.
I personally was reading his blog and putting a decent amount of stock into what he said. It's sad to see a guy, who was much appreciated by many here, call out the blog as a whole.
December 29th, 2014 at 6:01 AM ^
Considering he's gotten at least two appreciation threads here in the last few days
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December 29th, 2014 at 6:03 AM ^
salvo, and I thought he made some pretty good points. I certainly appreciated his snippets throughout, despite many here calling him a hack. Hard to believe HARBAUGH could possibly have a divisive effect, let's just all get along and enjoy the breath of fresh air starting around halftime of the Illinois game
December 29th, 2014 at 6:04 AM ^
The outer and louder edges of opinion will always generate visceral reaction. This is nothing new. Rupert Murdoch's bank accounts are all the proof one needs. Gregg is just another example.
December 29th, 2014 at 6:09 AM ^
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but struck out with his Josh Rosen prediction.
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December 29th, 2014 at 6:16 AM ^
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He gets ridiculed for making unprofessional statements like the one linked in the OP.
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I'm not the biggest Brian fan but he was the most accurate "reporter" on this whole thing because he presented how unclear and murky it was while these keyboard warriors swung for the fences on a 50/50 issue.
Check out what happened when he tried to report shifts in recruiting...
December 29th, 2014 at 6:24 AM ^
Just as a few people here were starting to see him as "legit," he had to "show his ass." It is really cool that he feels MGoBlog is important enough to bitch about, though.
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December 29th, 2014 at 6:31 AM ^
Sorry, I think sometimes MGOBLOG get’s a little too cutesy with their posts.
He is right. I didn't read the one he was referring to and I usually love the writing on here but at times there is a tendency for posts to rely on memes and saying the right thing for internet points. Hell, in the last two days I saw several topics with 100+ comments mostly about grammar in the OP.
Oh well. There are a ton of opportunities for OC now.
December 29th, 2014 at 6:36 AM ^
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So, I could be wrong, but what was he 1at at reporting or what specifics did only he know/ report first?
If you compare him to NFL reporters or Sam or Tom Beaver, then he's certainly more linked in, but he could just be rehashing rivals and the edge posts/ chats. I haven't cared enough to keep track, but all of the info I have seen from him was on there also (and I think first).
December 29th, 2014 at 8:23 AM ^
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You mean like everyone here ripping the NFL reporters and demanding a public eating of crow? Personally, I don't know a thing about Henson but I liked his reporting...mostly because it said what I hoped was true.
December 29th, 2014 at 6:48 AM ^
Generally bronx writes good diaries but he did sort of deface Gregg in that post, so I dont agree with his assessment of Gregg.
I dont think Gregg ripped the whole blog - he wrote it is kind of snarky, hipster-y and insider joke-y.... and it is. It takes a while to figure what the hell goes on around here. Seth said on the appreciation thread for Henson that he is a "one source" guy so that seems to be one of the main reasons he is shunned. Personally I dont care if it is 1 source - that 1 source has been hitting it out of the park. You can see all the crap being spewed by national NFL writers - so I dont think many out there with much louder voices than Henson are "multi sourcing" anything. Brian is more old school and like a "journalist" of 25 years ago. (i.e. conservative)
Anyhow don't get too concerned with these turf wars. Gregg won over a lot of people with whatever his methodology is and no I dont think it has anything to do with throwing crap on a wall or flipping a coin X number of times and calling it correct 8x in a row.
MGoBlog is a collection of people all with different opinions. Not everyone is going to be showing an outpouring of affection so where Gregg is wrong is taking that 1 blog post and thinking it represents either the management or the majority. It's a diary - one dude's thoughts.
Gregg has an ego and a big one. And he will probably not get much credit at all other than from a bunch of twitter people - so I am sure that doesnt make him happy. Then when he sees a post like bronx's about how he is random and throwing crap against the wall it just adds to that frustration.
Anyhow move on - nothing to see here. Just egos.
December 29th, 2014 at 6:48 AM ^
Wasn't he the idiot who released excerpts of an email former Michigan athletes were sending to each other complaining about Brandon? He royally screwed up his presentation of that information and created a mess of it.
December 29th, 2014 at 6:51 AM ^
I wasn't involved too much in the conversation, but much of the reason that Gregg Henson stuff was getting removed early on (not all of it, and you'll note that we eventually backed off this) was that he initially was very fuzzy about the mechanics of sourcing, not so much the sources per se and that, yeah, the abrasiveness didn't help that either. There was never an insta-ban type thing going like with Ace Williams, but there was more a "proceed with extreme caution" for reasons indicated in the mod sticky.Of course, that was all weeks ago. Now, I am just glad we can move on and there's one less thing to monitor.
December 29th, 2014 at 6:55 AM ^
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This distinction. Seems to complain about prose style of front page posts from the staff and at the same time bitch about this particular reader post as if it comes from same staff. Whatever. Congrats for calling it but the retrospective I told you so is weak sauce.
December 29th, 2014 at 7:23 AM ^
Henson has been out front and right about Harbaugh to Michigan for months. Obviously he has some well conected sources.
Go Blue!
December 29th, 2014 at 8:35 AM ^
There is a difference between being correct (MGoBlog) and events unfolding that correspond to a certain prediction (Henson).
One is properly providing an assessment of the current situation; the other essentially is a lucky guess on a future event.
These are far from the same thing and require, shall we say, different skill sets.
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There, that should do it......
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There was a lot of information posted here that turned out to be surprisingly accurate. Going forward I plan on taking people at face value, until they are proven wrong or give me a reason to not trust them.
December 29th, 2014 at 8:54 AM ^
There is a middle ground where people posting new info aren't attacked and canniballized and unnecessarily accused of being wrong while at the same time not believing everything they say.
Take it in, take a note of who provided the information, and assign it some level of credibility you can tweak as you go. Do a shorter version of the process Brian uses for searchbits. Sometimes, especially during these coaching searches or recruiting, statements may be true, false or subject to change. Assigning them black or white, right or wrong, is a silly way to go about things.
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