Friday, March 27, 2009

Not so fast my friend


As Lee Corso would say, "Not so fast my Friend!"

WHAS jumped in and actually reported BCG was fired! Then had to come back and retract, say he had not been fired yet, but expect he would still be fired. Danielle Santoro was the reporter who reported for WHAS that it was already done. She has now changed her title from reporter to second most nervous about her job in Kentucky.

Thing is, he is still the coach at Kentucky. As of early Friday morning, there is still no press conference called. Some people claim to have sources, but still no press conference. There may be later, but not yet. Did you listen to the coach's call in show. A lot of support, he talked about Orton like he was ready to coach him next year. But that is open to interpretation.

Dick Gabriel on his show last night stated he never said BCG was gone.

WLKY talks about Liggins and how coach didn't play him the way he had hoped to help the team, but stops his quote before Liggins says it wasn't coach's fault, it was his own due to his own actions.

Whether he is gone or not, whether it has already been decided or not, we do not know yet. There is not enough certainty to have a breaking news report. But that is just the latest step in the "coverage" (I use loosely) in the Kentucky basketball situation. A lot of journalists have stated their opinion that Coach was gone, some with more confidence than others, but it was always with the premise of opinion. Even ESPN had a piece. Some of them seem more on a witch hunt. Some just have a hunch. But in today's time, it is all in who can break the news first. Well, WHAS and Danielle, you are definitely in the news first. If you are wrong though, its not the news they had hoped. The proverbial limb is not as steady as they had hoped. As for this mailman, I wouldn't want to bet the stamp collection on it. WHAS and Danielle, y'all just had a little premature journalism. I don't think there is any medication, but they say it is not that uncommon. Don't be too depressed or mad at the message. I am just the mailman delivering the mail. Next time, read the mail before going on TV.

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