Why on earth would you say that? Based on what? With all due respect, are you crazy?? On second thought, wrong forum.
Nearly every person I know in the newspaper business hated it for one reason or another. One of my friends from high school majored in journalism and worked for a paper in Lexington (and then one in Cincinnati) for like 8 years. Finally he got out and is working in tech and just the other day he posts on Facebook "I'm going down to the (UK Journalism) building and beating their heads in" Why? "Because they are stupid enough to major in journalism" However to jump back on thread, I am sorry to see Fran go. I enjoy his work and his biting sarcasm to a certain degree. I know not to read his stuff until I'm in the mood for it. Justice and Solomon, I could do without.
I disagree completely. Fran was around in the championship years and knows what a real champion looks like. He knew McGrady was imposter and called him out on it. He was right.
Fixed I had no issues with what he wrote to McGrady's face so to speak. I had issues(and many that dont like Fran) with him taking every opportunity to critcize bash T-Mac when he wasnt even part of what was going on in the game.
One of Fran's best articles of all-time, bad analogies and all. He captured the feeling of the moment. Link: http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1994_1208083
The "Random Analogy Generator" (TM, I think someone once credited it to the Houston Press) is no more? Where will we get disjointed song lyrics from the '60s, '70s, and '80s to fill 1/4 of column space? The guy's been mailing it in since at least the early 1990s. Sad to see him lose his job, but if they hire an actual (cheaper) writer in his stead, or the axing of his salary saves three other Chron employees their jobs, it is not that great a loss.
I thought more Clutchfans will have the class to respect and appreciate someone who had been reporting Rockets for 27 years, especially when he just lost his job. But I guess I am wrong.
I like reading his writings though it is everyone's opinion if they are good or bad. Losing a job might very well be an opportunity for a better one. Just be optimistic, like Fran. Spoiler Hello, Everybody!
Dont think many of us wished him ill will in searching a new job, nor held back sympathies for losing his job. Thats the human being part. Anyone losing a job is a sad day for them, and Fran is no different. And geez, 95% of clutch fans wishing the guy well in his next endeavor isn't good enough for ya???
People here have been complaining about him, rightly, for years. I see, it was "Random Metaphor Generator," apparently coined by Richard Connelly, Houston Press. From 1999, "News Hostage" (my emphasis): From 2006, JeffBalke.com, "Fran Blinebury’s Random Metaphor Generator" (my emphasis): From 2002, the Houston Press, as quoted by Old School (my emphasis): Fear no more. Blinebury is, and has been for a very long time, a very poor writer. This may very well be negligible in the grand scheme of things. He's probably a swell guy, to friends and family. Unfortunately, however, he was being compensated to write. He is, to fire up my own generator, the Norm MacDonald of NBA beat columnists. ("They fired me because they said that I wasn't funny. Now, with most jobs, I could have had a hell of a lawsuit on my hands for that, but see, this is a comedy show. So, they got me.") A lot of us follow the NBA because we played basketball in some smaller orbit, and in some way identify with the players who can do what we could only dream of doing. None of us has the talent to be an NBA player. We recognize this. With Blinebury, those of us who write, or at least appreciate good writing, very easily can imagine ourselves writing a biweekly column about the NBA. Blinebury reminds me of what Bill Simmons cited as one of the causes of the death of newspapers, in his 3.13 podcast with Chuck Klostermann: tenured sportswriters/columnists with seeming monopolies on their professions who get lazy. While guys in their basements were busting their tails to come up with great insights into the NBA, for free (look how long it took the guys at FreeDarko to get a paying gig, e.g.), Blinebury spent a decade phoning it in as a well-paid columnist. Unlike playing in the NBA, I believe some here could have done his job, better than he did it. Again, I say, nothing personal, but if cutting his salary saved the jobs of two or three others at the Chronicle, then so be it.
Noted. My own mediocrity notwithstanding, I've never been paid to write professionally. He has. Undeservedly.
oh neato comeback I should try it sometimes when I argue with fans that hate Adelman. ]^^ Rick Adelman has been a poor coach? his coaching is obviously x levels above yours.
writing, other than the fundamentals, is mostly personal preference. coaching a pro bball team, otoh, is ultimately measured by wins and losses. of course, you can also use measures like how many reads and responses there are to fran's blog to see if he's a good or poor writer. read feigen's latest blog, it's become a farewell to fran. but why i don't expect you to understand all this...
