Salt Lake Tribune's coverage of the scrimmage

Roy McAvoy · Post by **Roy McAvoy** » April 17th, 2021, 8:59 pm

Here's the hard hitting analysis we get from our Trib reporter who had a chance to interview Coach Anderson after the game about the scrimmage:

Slim80 · Post by **Slim80** » April 17th, 2021, 9:09 pm

Good hell. I’m pissed I even clicked on that tweet to give him more hits.

SwaggieAggie · Post by **SwaggieAggie** » April 17th, 2021, 9:26 pm

How is it the Coach’s concern or responsibility to make sure people are masked up?

aggieguy13 · Post by **aggieguy13** » April 17th, 2021, 9:31 pm

Enormous "Teacher, you forgot to assign us our homework!!" energy coming from this guy.

Intermeddler · Post by **Intermeddler** » April 17th, 2021, 9:42 pm

I miss Tony Jones. I even miss Kyle Goon.

Any other attendance policies he wants to tattle about? Were people in the correct seats? Anyone illegally parked?

Grand total of two tweets about the game (the halftime score and final score which are about the least useful pieces of info from a spring game) but a bunch of back and forth defending asking the head coach about what the people in the crowd are wearing.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » April 17th, 2021, 9:53 pm

You have to love that he didn't let the reporter bait him into getting the "Those fans are irresponsible idiots to not wear masks" out of him that he tried to!

SaintAggie · Post by **SaintAggie** » April 17th, 2021, 10:01 pm

And to top it off the "reporter" has an incredibly annoying voice. It all adds up to be kinda funny.

Donman · Post by **Donman** » April 17th, 2021, 10:09 pm

In other news Kyle Goon is reporting Jordan Love has a shot at being a first time pick.

Couldn't resist. Give me him any day over this clown.

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Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » April 17th, 2021, 10:41 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
April 17th, 2021, 8:59 pm
Here's the hard hitting analysis we get from our Trib reporter who had a chance to interview Coach Anderson after the game about the scrimmage:

That is literally the stupidest interview question i have heard. Coach was piltically correct but you could tell he was not happy about the question.

CanuckAggie · Post by **CanuckAggie** » April 17th, 2021, 10:48 pm

I'm in no way anti-mask, I'm vaccinated, and I'd encourage other people to go get vaccinated. This kind of crap drives me insane though! Virtually everyone I saw in the stadium was wearing a mask. It's the Spring Game, if they weren't wearing one they almost certainly 10+ feet away from any other group there. What a stupid question for the Coach when you are there to cover a football team! I feel no sympathy for their paper slowly dying!

Turtle · Post by **Turtle** » April 17th, 2021, 10:56 pm

What a WASTE of the coach's time. Let's keep discussion to the game.

dogie · Post by **dogie** » April 17th, 2021, 11:21 pm

How much were the Aggie dogs selling for?

Blue Sage · Post by **Blue Sage** » April 17th, 2021, 11:23 pm

Aggie84025 wrote: ↑
April 17th, 2021, 10:41 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
April 17th, 2021, 8:59 pm
Here's the hard hitting analysis we get from our Trib reporter who had a chance to interview Coach Anderson after the game about the scrimmage:

That is literally the stupidest interview question i have heard. Coach was piltically correct but you could tell he was not happy about the question.

Ugh

, this guys is a sports reporter? Really?

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » April 17th, 2021, 11:48 pm

Wasn't this game played outside?

Does the reporter have some data on the effectiveness of wearing a mask outside that the rest of the world doesn't know about? Has the reporter seen a sports ball game before in his life? Did he he drive to Logan in a Subaru, by chance?

stang · Post by **stang** » April 18th, 2021, 12:25 am

It was a dumb question, and that wasn't the time for it, nor was Coach Anderson the right person to ask about it. But I don't get why so many people are so worked up and offended over this. It's not that big of a deal.

Also, if you ever find yourself online making fun of the way someone talks or directly replying to a reporter on Twitter with personal attacks and insults just because you don't like the way they do their job, it might be time to log off.

Intermeddler · Post by **Intermeddler** » April 18th, 2021, 1:17 am

stang wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 12:25 am
It was a dumb question, and that wasn't the time for it, nor was Coach Anderson the right person to ask about it. But I don't get why so many people are so worked up and offended over this. It's not that big of a deal.

Also, if you ever find yourself online making fun of the way someone talks or directly replying to a reporter on Twitter with personal attacks and insults just because you don't like the way they do their job, it might be time to log off.

I don’t think anyone is offended beyond it’s insulting this is the coverage we get from the Tribune. I’d rather have them not send anyone than send this guy if this is what he chooses to focus on.

ususports · Post by **ususports** » April 18th, 2021, 2:17 am

stang wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 12:25 am
It was a dumb question, and that wasn't the time for it, nor was Coach Anderson the right person to ask about it. But I don't get why so many people are so worked up and offended over this. It's not that big of a deal.

Also, if you ever find yourself online making fun of the way someone talks or directly replying to a reporter on Twitter with personal attacks and insults just because you don't like the way they do their job, it might be time to log off.

I agree with it not being appropriate to make personal attacks. That being said, I am pretty sure this is the same guy who asked the coaches in the pre-NCAA tournament interviews how they packed for the tournament (referring to the fact that they could go home after game 1 or be there for several weeks if they keep winning). Does anyone really care how many pairs of underwear players and coaches bring with them to the tournament? Do we need to know if it is 5 pairs compared to 10? Or how frequently they will need to do laundry if they have volcanic diarrhea? I am not on Twitter because I have more important things to do in life (like reading and commenting on this board), so I don’t know what was said to him directly, but someone who does this for a career should probably be more capable of asking better questions.

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » April 18th, 2021, 6:16 am

It’s gotta be only a matter of time for that news paper.

bigblue · Post by **bigblue** » April 18th, 2021, 8:25 am

He didn't know which direction he was facing

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CaptainChaos · Post by **CaptainChaos** » April 18th, 2021, 8:31 am

In all seriousness how do we get this Karen fired? What an idiot.

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FeartheFro · Post by **FeartheFro** » April 18th, 2021, 8:51 am

And he misspelled MaveriCk.

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Stewie Griffin · Post by **Stewie Griffin** » April 18th, 2021, 9:20 am

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
April 17th, 2021, 8:59 pm
Here's the hard hitting analysis we get from our Trib reporter who had a chance to interview Coach Anderson after the game about the scrimmage:

You have the attention of the head coach of a division one football program, and he's ready for your question, and that's the question you ask?

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » April 18th, 2021, 9:22 am

CaptainChaos wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 8:31 am
In all seriousness how do we get this Karen fired? What an idiot.

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Why? Let’s not make such a big deal of this that we make someone lose their job.

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » April 18th, 2021, 9:48 am

Coach should have ignored him and talked about the scrimmage.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » April 18th, 2021, 10:37 am

Intermeddler wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 1:17 am

stang wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 12:25 am
It was a dumb question, and that wasn't the time for it, nor was Coach Anderson the right person to ask about it. But I don't get why so many people are so worked up and offended over this. It's not that big of a deal.

Also, if you ever find yourself online making fun of the way someone talks or directly replying to a reporter on Twitter with personal attacks and insults just because you don't like the way they do their job, it might be time to log off.
I don’t think anyone is offended beyond it’s insulting this is the coverage we get from the Tribune. I’d rather have them not send anyone than send this guy if this is what he chooses to focus on.

Yeah even if you are the strictest person alive on mask use, it isn't the coaches job to police the crowd for masks. Personal attacks aren't good, but this guy clearly doesn't really care about USU football if that is what he is focused on when interviewing the coach.

Surprise surprise, I don't know Coach Anderson and will probably never get to ask him a question directly. Since that is my situation, I rely on the media to ask good questions to keep me informed. He didn't do a good job there.

SpectrumMagic · Post by **SpectrumMagic** » April 18th, 2021, 10:59 am

The thing that bothers me and this is also where our society is going is the “gotcha” crowd. If you are not conforming to the current status quo you are called out and labeled.

rAggie · Post by **rAggie** » April 18th, 2021, 11:00 am

This entire thread is embarrassing for USU fans.

What a terrible look a lot of you are presenting by bullying and harassing a reporter. Was the question great? Maybe not, but who knows whether it is part of a bigger story that is being worked on.

If you feel the need to give feedback, do it in a constructive way. We’ve got people saying he sucks at his job, they need to send another reporter, one guy on Twitter even made a creepy reference to being at the game with a gun.

I guarantee we aren’t all perfection in our jobs day to day, and if you had the peanut gallery questioning everything you did and telling you that you are terrible every time you do something sub-optimally, it would get old fast. It is days like this I realize there is an underbelly of USU fans who are exactly as awful as BYU and Utah folks constantly allege.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » April 18th, 2021, 11:10 am

I see the moral police has weighed in now. Once again embarrassed of being an Aggie because people don't say and act the way he would prefer. It must be so disappointing for him to live in such an imperfect world. I don't know what was said on Twitter or even the comments on the SLTrib site. The comments in this thread are benign. It was a stupid question and it's none of the reporter's business to ask it of the coach or the coach's business to address it. People that couldn't attend would like to know the coach's thoughts on how the team looked in the scrimmage. Can you not understand the frustration?

Post by **aggies22** » April 18th, 2021, 11:10 am

I'm surprised this dude didn't ask a question about Craig Smith. He clearly had the intent of being antagonistic.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » April 18th, 2021, 11:30 am

Yossarian wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 11:10 am
I see the moral police has weighed in now. Once again embarrassed of being an Aggie because people don't say and act the way he would prefer. It must be so disappointing for him to live in such an imperfect world. I don't know what was said on Twitter or even the comments on the SLTrib site. The comments in this thread are benign. It was a stupid question and it's none of the reporter's business to ask it of the coach or the coach's business to address it. People that couldn't attend would like to know the coach's thoughts on how the team looked in the scrimmage. Can you not understand the frustration?

I will go one step further, this was the dumbest question a reporter has asked in my opinion. Coach A has no control or cares less about masks in the stands. How about ask what stood out about spring ball or what areas we need to improve upon going into summer conditioning.

If you are going to have someone cover the aggies at least make sure they are relavant.

YouEssYou · Post by **YouEssYou** » April 18th, 2021, 11:34 am

Is this "reporter" from the sports section or the opinion section of the paper? Of course now days there really isn't much of a difference.

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » April 18th, 2021, 11:35 am

YouEssYou wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 11:34 am
Is this "reporter" from the sports section or the opinion section of the paper? Of course now days there really isn't much of a difference.

Ask Andy Larsen (jazz reporter for the trib) and $1000. Seems to be something the trib supports.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » April 18th, 2021, 11:38 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 11:00 am
This entire thread is embarrassing for USU fans.

What a terrible look a lot of you are presenting by bullying and harassing a reporter. Was the question great? Maybe not, but who knows whether it is part of a bigger story that is being worked on.

If you feel the need to give feedback, do it in a constructive way. We’ve got people saying he sucks at his job, they need to send another reporter, one guy on Twitter even made a creepy reference to being at the game with a gun.

I guarantee we aren’t all perfection in our jobs day to day, and if you had the peanut gallery questioning everything you did and telling you that you are terrible every time you do something sub-optimally, it would get old fast. It is days like this I realize there is an underbelly of USU fans who are exactly as awful as BYU and Utah folks constantly allege.

We have a right to say a reporter covering Aggie football didn't ask good questions as we discuss USU football on an Aggie message board. As I said before, I don't know Coach Anderson so I do rely on the sports media for information on the football program. He didn't do a good job there.

Some of the fan policing on this board is getting tiring. Luckily it is only a few posters who really do it. Yes there are things that can cross the line on here, but saying a reporter covering the Aggies didn't do a good job isn't one of them.

MWCFAN12 · Post by **MWCFAN12** » April 18th, 2021, 11:39 am

This would have been a great Matt Wells spot.

Reporter: What about all the fans with no masks ?

Matt Wells :.......... (Stares with a you cant be this dumb look )

Reporter : I mean most the fans didnt have a mask coach. What are your thoughts ?

Matt Wells : Ask a better question.

Reporter: Should fans wear masks?

Matt Wells : Moving on. Anybody else ?

Matt did some things I didnt like but man did he know how to make a reporter feel dumb about dumb questions.

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » April 18th, 2021, 11:41 am

MWCFAN12 wrote: ↑
April 18th, 2021, 11:39 am
This would have been a great Matt Wells spot.

Reporter: What about all the fans with no masks ?

Matt Wells :.......... (Stares with a you cant be this dumb look )

Reporter : I mean most the fans didnt have a mask coach. What are your thoughts ?

Matt Wells : Ask a better question.

Reporter: Should fans wear masks?

Matt Wells : Moving on. Anybody else ?

Matt did some things I didnt like but man did he know how to make a reporter feel dumb about dumb questions.

Haha Matt would have been great for that question.

Can you imagine a reporter asking nick saban that question after their spring game. He probably would have been polite like BA.

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