Mea Culpa re: Shemy
I want to apologize to the readership. When news of Shemy's hiring hit the message board on Wednesday, and a reader referenced liking a Steve Deace tweet, I reached out to a mutual who knew Shemy better to say he should take that down. Shemy called me. I congratulated him on the position, and after chatting I told him he should take down the Deace like, and anything else he doesn't want to be associated with. He also explained on that call what he was hired to do, which I shared on the MGoBoard thread.
That I didn't know there were hundreds of racist, insurrection, and anti-trans likes is no excuse. Like Michigan, I could have taken 20 seconds to look. Had I done so I might have advised Shemy to turn down the position, because that's the kind of stuff that sticks, and it would hurt Michigan. I don't think he would have listened because this job meant the world to him. But at least I wouldn't feel like I deceived you, nor acted in a way that could be interpreted as a cover-up.
Me too!
The guy was fired before I learned he was hired.
If more people acted like Seth, the world would be a much better place.
Well this explains your tweet the other day re Ace and having your feet held to the fire. I must've missed your post and the resulting kerfuffle so I was very confused by what was going on.
You're a good man Seth, dont beat yourself up over this.
I've never met you, Seth, but having read your work for years and listening to you on the podcasts, I have no reason to think that you would attempt to deceive us or attempt to cover anything up. You acted on the information that was available to you at the time and advised Shemy (in what was a probably uncomfortable phone call) about the offensive likes that you were knew about. I'm not sure what more you could have done.
So, even though I don't personally think you need to apologize, I'll just take this as another sign of your integrity.
So... let me get one thing straight.
The man's name is "Shemy?"
It’s Glenn III but apparently Glen I was a big enough personality that no subsequent Glenns in the lineage could be Glenn. So we get “Bo” then “Schemy”
yeah. Forget it. His name is Schemy. Or Shemy. Or Shemp. I don’t f&$kin know.
I was a couple years ahead of him at Huron in the 80s. He was called "Shemy" back then.
Ace is now posting WTKA contact info on Twitter trying to get Sam Webb fired.
Fired for what?
disagreeing with him? saying all republicans and libertarians aren’t satan incarnate?
who tf knows
Wouldn't one have to believe in satan to believe those on the other side of him are also, satan?
you’d think …..
He and Ace are having a twitter flame war of a sort over Shemy. Ace pre-emptively got mad over his assumption that Sam will take a soft stance on this fiasco as he did (in Ace's opinion) with the Dr. Anderson/Bo situation. Sam's hitting back and not taking it lying down. So apparently he deserves to get fired? I don't really understand but that's as much as I can tell from twitter
Ace is an a-hole, but is almost certainly right that Sam will do everything possible to carry water for the University.
Sam isn't a journalist - he's just UM PR paid in access.
Precisely why it's not Sam's job to take the U to task like an outrage factory stuck on overdrive. Perhaps that's someone's role in the media, but it won't ever be Sam's.
Thinking everyone must agree not only with the exact content of your take, but the exact tone and ferocity of your take is a sign that you're on lonely, thin ice. It's one thing to advocate strenuously for your position and another to go scorched earth on your fellow humans until they agree with you or submit.
Sam isn't a journalist, or media... he's just UM PR shilling for access.
Which is fine... but don't pretend you are impartial and get angry when folks point out your shilling.
...and quit calling yourself a "journalist", because Sam Webb isn't.
So what did he do wrong? Nothing.
Uhm - Sam is a black man, you don't think he would call out explicit racism against black people at his alma mater? This isn't the same thing as "carrying water" for the program by painting a rosy image for so and so recruit not coming here.
Ace is essentially implying Sam is an Uncle Tom - good on Sam for calling that out. I would be pissed too in his situation.
my GOD, but i'm glad ace blocked me, and years ago. otherwise i'd be reading the entire back-and-forth. life's way too damn short to waste on that dude's stuff.
He's an Acehole for sure.
Ace is a fucking weasel. Never seen someone as Lilly livered as him. Of course he uses pronouns.
Of course he uses pronouns.
what someone else wants to call themselves as nothing to do with being a weasel or "lilly livered [sic]." it also has nothing to do with you.
Wow that is crazy.
What did Sam do? Did he even comment on the Shemy story yet?
yep. The most of the morning on the WTKA podcast this morning was focused on this story.
I’m confused what Ace is even mad at Sam about. Ace said he never listens to WTKA but was mad about Sam’s reaction even though they haven’t spoken about it yet?
I'm confused too, but after scouring of the internet a little, the best I could figure out:
1. Ace was not happy with how Sam/MGoBlog Roundtable addressed the Bo/Anderson situation. Meaning: Ace thought they were too soft on Bo
2. Ace was not happy with how MGoBlog addressed Ace's apparently being a victim of a sexual assault. I'm not sure if this happened when Ace was an employee or not.
3. In true Ace form, he got overly sanctimonious about it and got vengeful.
4. I'm guessing that Ace does, in fact, listen to the WTKA podcast (despite that he says otherwise)
Ace: I dont listen to your thing
Also Ace: Here are the things that pissed me off about your thing I didnt listen to. Also I am pissed about things you havent said yet. Also you are an asshole Sam.
People are going to kneejerk that I am supporting Shemy please understand that guy has everything coming to him... but will there be a day where liking a random harmless tweet from someone later found to be racist (the person not the tweet) can get you fired?
"Hey this guy is scouting one of our cornerbacks for the raiders thumbs up"
"Wow, really look who this guy is liking on twitter! Racist peace of shit!"
Im kind of joking but I can see the Ace types going this route.
When someone tells you who they are through hundreds, if not thousands, of liked tweets, believe them.
Yeah he just burnt his future to the ground. I cant believe this guy was a scout with an NFL franchise. I wonder if he was silently let go due to this stuff?
;-) double post
This is the tweet Ace got upset with. Ace thinks Sam is downplaying his sexual assault or something like that.
I mean Sam is right. Having something bad happen to you doesn’t give you the right to go scorched earth and be an ass. Then again that’s Ace’s MO
Ace will always find an object to orient his petulance around. OTOH, before he blocked me I did screenshot his admission that he promised an off-the-record comment and then released it to the public. Just in case he tries to get a legitimate sportswriting job.
I'm not on Twitter anymore and when I was, I didn't follow Ace. My recollection is that he had some health problems. It sounds like he's a troubled person and maybe people should stop following him and reposting his stuff. It sounds like he might need some help or an intervention.
Didn't the blog raise tons of money for him for his "health" and he ran off to spend it on non health things? I try not to follow the personal drama things too closely but that was what I thought came of it.
I don't remember that but I also wasn't following closely. I just remember him leaving the blog for health reasons and then checking in every now and then with updates. If true, then he deserves all the grief he's getting.
IIRC, bought a bunch of stuff for his apartment, some high end stereo stuff that was of course completely unrelated to his illness and is now the wokest of woke people on the planet. Needless to say, I'd give a decent amount of money to go back in time and un-contribute to his campaign. On the flip side, before all of this happened I did enjoy his content so at least I can sleep at night
He’s an angry Ace
I don't understand this board's fascination with Ace. Constantly pointing out someone else being outraged over a bunch of things isn't too far from being that person.
Ace is left wing politically and not quiet about it and is willing to call Michigan out over things he finds morally repugnant.
60% of posters on here range from center-right to full on Trumpist and dislike Ace's politics but feel they need to couch that in ad hominem attacks on him as a human being because saying "Ace is bad because he thinks trans people should be allowed to exist" plays poorly in front of the other 40%
most of this blog is liberal. I’d venture to say 70% is at least, left-leaning. it’s expected as ann arbor is a fairly liberal town with a fairly liberal university.
people dislike Ace for many reasons, almost all of them because of his own actions, and few if any have to do with his political stance
Agreed. Irrespective of his or anyone else's political leanings, I've seen his name come up a ton. I guess my point is if you don't want to hear about him (and most people seem quite weary of him), stop mentioning him.
That is my issue. I probably mostly agree with Ace politically; it's the lashing out at people who don't fall in line with his moral judgments that I find totally unpalatable.
Not true at all bud. Ace is far far left and the reason many here can’t stand him is A. He’s a grifter,B. He is so far left and so afraid of getting into a conversation with you that he will ban you for simply not agreeing with him. I was banned by him when he posted a believe all women post on his Twitter. I responded that I don’t believe all women until I see some actual evidence due to one of my friends having their lives ruined by a woman who made a whole rape story completely up. Reasonable take, but not for Ace, it was an instant ban. I’d rather not associate with Ace types. They are more trouble than they are worth.
"not at all true... here are the reasons it is true"
Dude this blog is literally one of the furthest “left” places on the internet.
"literally", "left", "internet". Pick a word, this applies to this comment.
Dear Seth,
As the old saying goes, "fog happens". Best thing to do, going forward? Spend the few extra minutes looking at all the info you can before you decide what to do and/or say.
It's over, apology accepted, learn, move on.