I know where Homer is coming from as aware of his past issues with HI.
Very true. I purposely choose NOT to post on HI for the very reason that I don't believe that Howe demonstrates adequate professionalism and/or integrity.
Howe's trail is significantly longer than the following list ... however, it still illustrates my point:
- Howe censored/banned fufred. And, for the record, fufred wasn't cutting or pasting premium info. For all I know, fufred may have had his own insider sources OR he may have simply paraphrased some premium info. However, all the same, Howe dropped the ban hammer. Howe was certainly well within his rights ... it was his site after-all. However, he did it for no other reason than to protect his own revenue stream. And, that too is a weak reason ... because many of us on these boards paraphrase the insider and/or premium info that we're privy to ... and yet, how many of us get banned? Not many!
- The "Norm" tweet fiasco. Really irresponsible. Such comments are bad because not only are they potentially unsubstantiated ... but they also can hurt our recruiting. Thus, in other words, it can do damage to the program. And, mind you, that's doing damage to a program that is responsible for generating A LOT of revenue for the university.
- The "AJ Derby to QB" tweet fiasco. Also pretty irresponsible. It also had recruiting ramifications because it suggested that the coaches may not be genuine when recruiting a kid at a particular spot. Last I checked .... Derby had ascended to our #2 QB spot. He may yet move ... but Howe has still been proven to be wrong and irresponsible.
- Howe has written before that Coe would have been a "done deal" to DE had he qualified. Again, this basically along the same lines as the AJ Derby tweet fiasco. Howe has a source who has a strong feeling .... however, an opinion isn't reality. My bet is that given what has happened to McCall ... Coe would be at RB for us right now ... no question!
- Howe loves himself some DJK ... so he decides to lazily base an article on a few questions that he asked Ferentz. Howe had every right to ask such questions. No issue there. However, such questions certainly UNDERMINE Ferentz. Why ask after a Hawk loss when everybody would be questioning Ferentz for other reasons? Why not ask after our victory over Tennessee Tech? While the timing was certainly iffy ... because it was exploiting Ferentz at a point of weakness ... I can certainly give him a pass on that. However, my REAL beef is the fact that the premise of his entire article involved little to no research! It was lazy ... and thus, pretty darn irresponsible!
- To add on to the above ... it's also a given that a journalist doesn't follow a story on the whim of a friend. To that end, I would venture to guess is that Howe "likes" DJK ... after all, DJK is a pretty intoxicatingly charismatic guy. You want to like him. Anyhow, DJK drops a bit of a bomb ... suggesting that Ferentz potentially did something that would make many fans question his integrity. And yet, Howe failed to ask himself, who has established a better precedent in the area of integrity? Ferentz has established a precedent ... DJK only continues to dig himself into holes. And yet Howe still pursued the story? Does that scream good judgement to you? A good journalist KNOWS when there is a story. From my discussions with Spank ... it would seem to me that Howe and Spank have let their man-love for DJK interfer with their better judgement.
.... anyhow, I just wanted to clarify to folks why I might happen to have any "issues" with HI. And, for the record, I've never been banned at HI. In fact, there are many great posters there whom I miss.
