Comments on: SEC Headlines 4/14/2012

By: Bubba Gump

Bubba Gump — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:08:04 +0000

john,

I have to agree with james on this one. The responses are not clear that they are UK fans, and some appear to be Uconn fans or fans from other schools. UK has enough issues dealing with their own fans from the fringe, and they do not need to be blamed for the other schools fringe fans as well. Like james, I tend to frequent more level sites because I do not like all the trash talking that gets no where. When Mr SEC narrows the gap with ESPN on quality of posts it is a sad day indeed. 5,000 + comments from idiots is not a good thing to replicate.

By: James

James — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:38:15 +0000

@John at MrSEC First of all, I don’t think you are out to get UK at all. Like I said yesterday, I think you are pretty even-handed here, which is why I frequent the site. I go to UK blogs also, but the broader, level-headed, more serious style here suits me well.

I do stand by point of my statement, which is that it was misleading. I had seen that link earlier from another site presented as a commentary about twitter being out of control and the internet “douche-bag” theory in general and reminding UK fans that’s a stupid thing to do. Here, it is presented in a way that would lead someone to click on it and think that they were all from UK fans. If it were to say, for example, “UF fans react on twitter” (UF only because I believe they were recruiting him too), and I clicked over and scanned it, I would have assumed you had reviewed it closely and your link meant that was all or mostly UF reactions. Sure, it would have been my fault as well for the assumption, but I would have felt ok making that assumption because I trust the site.

It was different that the usual accuracy that I associate with the site. Yes, it’s a minor quibble, but I think the site is excellent and this instance did not live up to the usual standard

thanks for the response,
James

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:25:48 +0000

James…

What did Mike — who handles headlines on the weekend — get wrong? He said UK fans. Plural. One UK fan was ugly. Another wished him well. That’s UK fans reacting to Oriakhi’s decision on the page he linked to.

Also, I’d hardly call a headline link that’s just five words long “shoddy, irresponsible reporting.” If anything, I think you might call it “somewhat misleading linking,” but again he was technically correct that at least 2 UK fans were reacting on that page.

No one at MrSEC.com — not me, not Mike, not Josh — is out to get any SEC school.

Thanks for reading the site,
John

By: James

James — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:12:14 +0000

What makes you think those twitter messages are from UK fans? Only 1 (and one of the tamest ones at that) that I saw even mentions anything about Kentucky, which is equal to the number of comments defending Oriahki by UK fans on that page. Also, at least one declares themselves a supporter of another team that lost out.

Shoddy, irresponsible reporting. Yesterday I praised you in comments about your evenhandedness, and today….this.

Thanks for your work on the site. This is just uncharacteristic and surprising.

-James

By: Hogitall

Hogitall — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:00:28 +0000

On another note…I’m very proud of the character demonstrated by Paul Patrino and the Razorback team. I hope Jeff Long keeps the coaches and team together for the 2012 season. I feel very confident that this team will perform to the level they are expected to, and this unfortunate situation will not have a major impact on them. Go Hogs!

By: Hogitall

Hogitall — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:53:30 +0000

I’m happy to say those inappropriate comments from the tweets about Alex Oriakhi do not reflect the character of any UK fan I know. It looks like MU and UK are in for a real “cat fight”.