META: Ace resigns from MGoBlog (via Twitter)
O/U on this thread getting locked for foolishness? 18 minutes?
I know people are gonna rip him in these comments, but I'm gonna miss writing (basketball especially). Not sure who's gonna replace him on that front
Seth has taken over the football recruiting posts and Matt EM handles basketball recruiting and tactics pretty well. Matt in particular writes A LOT more recruiting content than Ace ever did, though it helps to be as connected to that world as Matt is. Brian covers a bit of everything with his own personality.
It's a bit harsh, and probably unnecessary, but I've personally felt that Ace has been a bit redundant ever since Matt EM started becoming a regular contributor.
Regardless, he's got talent and a good head for sports on his shoulders. I wish him the best in his future endeavors.
Brian does formal game recaps and Matt does more recruiting content, but I'm not sure who is going to replace those more fan oriented pieces. The mailbags, the roster analyses, etc.
Those are about as close to "#content" that this site gets and I won't miss them much, if at all. I prefer posts that aren't fan or user driven.
Actually, its been pretty much all in Ace's favor.
Thank you for your contributions Ace.
Brian and Seth, I really respect you guys for the way you run this website. Keep up your great work!
Ace you are an incredibly gifted writer and I look forward to whatever comes next for you.
I hope you find the happiness that we all deserve.
I thought Ace’s game coverage was excellent, and how was the perfect compliment to Brian on the podcast. I realize he could be prickly and sometimes maybe overreacted (though I don’t object to his nuking of idiots spouting dangerous misinformation or lies.) He also had major health issues. All in all, this a net loss for the blog.
So what exactly was the dangerous misinformation being spouted? I have yet to understand what the shit was with XM. Thanks.
You were very involved in those conversations. Playing ignorant is disingenuous and a bad look.
Good luck and Godspeed Ace. You're a fantastic writer and I have no doubt you'll find professional success.
First of all, gratitude - thanks, Ace! You've done a great job. Secondly, all the best going forwards and in finding your path. And finally, in a nod to your previous incarnation
I should make a post about new MDen apparel in honor of WD.
Best of Luck, Ace! We were lucky to have ya.
He hadn't posted for a month, I was going to make a where's Ace? post tomorrow
Huh. I know I miss a lot of the worst of this. I simply don't read the threads or pieces of threads that get mean, I don't read Twitter and I've long since realized that politically motivated online arguments are not only pointless, but are furthering the already frightening divides in our country. I always regret it when I waste an hour getting bogged down in these arguments.
So I'm quite sorry to read about this because his sports knowledge is part of what makes this site so good. I wish the rest of it would stick to Twitter or Reddit or the cable "news" networks that propagate this concept that one set of narrow viewpoints is any more noble than another set.
Be kinder, learn to think about issues from many perspectives, try not to get so angry in a tiny, self-important world where nuance is perceived as weakness and opinions cannot be expressed in more than 280 characters.
I wish Ace the best. Mostly relief from his medical issues - having lived a similar, but different life, I certainly empathize with these challenges.
To everything there is a season.
Best wishes and good health Ace.
VA Wolv.
Great person and great writer. Best luck in everything Ace and know your MGB friends are here for you always.
Ace, thanks for your *tremendously entertaining and informative* writing over the years.
Wishing you the best in your next endeavor. When you figure out what that looks like, please let us know. :)
Best of luck Ace. Many, many years of great front page content and MGoPodcast analysis-- a good complement to Brian for all those years.
Thanks for all of the great articles, Ace. You are a phenomenal writer and storyteller. Although I never cared for the social or political undertone in some of your writings, I respected that you were allowed to have a different opinion. I wish you nothing but the best of luck in the future.
I am definitely bummed to hear this news. I will miss his writing and analysis, as others have mentioned.
Good luck, man, and let us know where you land next so we can read that site or those articles as well as they have been a pleasure to read here.
Ace is an incredibly talented guy. Excited to see what's next for him
Good luck Ace! Your writing will be missed!
Don't shit where you eat
Best of luck with everything, Ace! I’ll miss seeing your contributions to the front page.
Although I thought the way Ace treated people he disagreed with politically was nasty and showed poor character, he was a very good writer and I'll miss his work on the blog.
I hope one day he learns to understand that people, including his own self, are complex and can have good and bad and things you like and things you don't like, and that's OK.
I agree. I had big issues with the guy, and his hot garbage politics, but I can only wish him the best of luck going forward. Hopefully, he will land on his feet somewhere and keep writing good sports related articles. Best of luck, but I won't miss him too much.
Now sure why I clicked the link, but I see their responses are measured, as usual...
My favorite is how much better Staee fans handled Nasser than we're handling Schembechler.
No shit. That is some epic delusion there. Most people are ready to throw our history (and our identity along with it) into the trash can. It says a lot that most people are ready to throw the face of our program for the past 50 years under the bus.
I am on record as saying Ace probably should part ways with Mgoblog and it seems that the Sam workplace harassment ultimately led to his departure (probably?).
I appreciated Ace's command of hoops data, and ESPECIALLY, his advocacy for women's basketball on this blog. He is single-handedly responsible for me tuning in to that team.
Also thought "Countless" was his magnum opus and a great last post. Best wishes to the man.
Is there some drama surrounding this departure that I am not privy to?
There was a WTKA roundtable episode that really got under Ace’s skin and he took to Twitter and got into some back and forth with both Sam and Craig. It was not a particularly good look but, Ace feels very strongly about his opinions and, quality or fault, does not hesitate to defend those opinions.
Bon voyage Ace. Here's to your health and your future.
Cheers.
He did about 1000x more for this site than all the idiots here who bitched and moaned about his every tweet. I’ll miss him.
What’s weird is how the people calling Ace nasty and insufferable are by so incredibly far the nastiest and most insufferable voices on this site. It’s a hilarious lack of self-awareness.
This site is free to come to. No one has to pay to read the content. Ace didn’t owe anyone anything.
He did and said a few things I didn’t agree with, but he doesn’t answer to me. Or any of us. So it was easy for me to shrug my shoulders and move on with my day.
Good luck Ace! I liked Ace for his reporting, not so much for his moderation and unwillingness to allow other people's opinions in threads.
Good luck Ace.
You'll be missed.
Well now that his mediocre writing and analysis is out of the way (not to mention the self-righteous brand of liberalism that got Trump elected) can we bring back Tim and TomVH?
Tim was worse than Ace.
Equally mediocre at writing but less annoying.
Obviously you didn't know Tim lol
Tim was more of a douche on the blog, but he wasn't as vocal about social/political issues.
Good luck to Ace. My personal opinion or views of him do not matter, but I do wish him well. I think he probably made a good choice by moving on.
This is a complicated blog! LOL I have opinions but they as usually don't matter. Best wishes, Ace.
Ace wasn’t too tolerant of views other than his own (see his Twitter) but he was totally committed to M sports. When we suffered, he suffered and his writing demonstrated it. When we were thrilled with M sport’s success, he was to.
Good luck Ace. I hope you let us know where you’re at and what you’re up to!