It's been edited and Marquette was taken out.
Just when you think Myron couldn't get any dumber
He used "irregardless." Tar and feathers are too good for him.
Marquette -- I'm from Milwaukee, and I saw a picture of Al McGuire once.
Needless to say, I am disappointed in the Warriors (I'm from Milwaukee, so I don't have to apologize for calling Marquette by it's old nickname).
I had them picked to finish last in the Big East, and here they are in seventh place.
Irregardless,
their sole conference win against Providence on the road
would otherwise help there tournament resume
if not for the fact they lost to DePaul in a home game
at the US Cellular Arena.
By the way, I'm from Milwaukee,
so forgive my referring to an arena by it's
old monikker.
So that's seven errors in one paragraph, three "I'm from Milwaukee" quotes, and complaining about a team that he picked 10th for being in 7th. Either Myron is trolling Marquette fans or someone else hacked this and is trolling Myron. At a cursory read, I didn't notice any other glaring grammatical errors, so this has to be a troll one way or the other.
Seems like trolling MU fans for living in the glow of 1977.
So that's seven errors in one paragraph, three "I'm from Milwaukee" quotes, and complaining about a team that he picked 10th for being in 7th. Either Myron is trolling Marquette fans or someone else hacked this and is trolling Myron. At a cursory read, I didn't notice any other glaring grammatical errors, so this has to be a troll one way or the other.
Guys as brewcity pointed out...Benny did this. He's the troll.
At a cursory read, I didn't notice any other glaring grammatical errors, so this has to be a troll one way or the other.
I had considered doing just that add a certain level of consistency/authenticity, but I figured that leaving the rest of it as is would have made my satirical intent clear without reasonably requiring the use of any teal. Never have I been so deviously proud of myself to extend a mea culpa, so here goes:
My bad.
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PS: Bwah haha hahahahhahaha.
Myron is still a moron. Marquette doesn't play in the Cell (which is the same thing he said this spring).
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10987296/looking-bad-head-coaching-jobs-college-basketball
Dude has a serious hang up about Marquette.
I had considered doing just that add a certain level of consistency/authenticity, but I figured that leaving the rest of it as is would have made my satirical intent clear without reasonably requiring the use of any teal. Never have I been so deviously proud of myself to extend a mea culpa, so here goes:
My bad.
(https://emeramchugh.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/the-great-gatsby-leonardo-dicaprio.jpg)
PS: Bwah haha hahahahhahaha.
I had considered doing just that add a certain level of consistency/authenticity, but I figured that leaving the rest of it as is would have made my satirical intent clear without reasonably requiring the use of any teal. Never have I been so deviously proud of myself to extend a mea culpa, so here goes:
My bad.
(https://emeramchugh.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/the-great-gatsby-leonardo-dicaprio.jpg)
PS: Bwah haha hahahahhahaha.
How did you all fall for that so hard? Jeez scoop. Step it up!
How did you all fall for that so hard? Jeez scoop. Step it up!
3.) Now, on to Myron's article. He incorrectly says that Marquette plays at the wrong arena, lists the DePaul game as a "home" game, and says that the Providence game was a road game, all facts that could easily be checked with a simple 5-minute search.
ESPN is on a roll in the past 10 days with subtle jabs at the Big East.
1.) On NYE, Stu Jackson hilariously called out ESPN on Twitter because they had a graphic showing the "top basketball conferences in the country" and their respective records and winning percentage in out of conference games. It listed the Big 12, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC (in that order). The Big East is 2nd (ahead of the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC) in OOC winning percentage. Whether it was irresponsible journalism or a bias against a non-ESPN property, it was not-factual and incorrect.
2.) On Monday, Jeff Goodman said in his Insider-only blog on ESPN, ""There were minimal expectations entering the season, but now everyone is touting the league as one of the elite after a strong non-league performance. However, I’m still not buying that it’s one of the top three leagues in the country." Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but considering his employer, and the lack of facts that he and his colleagues use in creating their stance, the viewpoint is just plain wrong. The Big East is a top-5 conference in terms of SOS, RPI and OOC winning percentage.
3.) Now, on to Myron's article. He incorrectly says that Marquette plays at the wrong arena, lists the DePaul game as a "home" game, and says that the Providence game was a road game, all facts that could easily be checked with a simple 5-minute search.
ESPN (regarding the Big East) is either a irresponsible news outlet, repeatedly ignoring facts that show the Big East as an elite basketball conference, or they and their journalists are a biased media source against the league since they no longer own the rights to broadcast the games (since they unsuccessfully tried to destroy the league in the 2005-2013 rounds of expansion) and will do everything they can to de-legitimize and ignore the league and it's teams.
In either case, I am so thankful and glad that we are now on Fox Sports 1. They have done an excellent job marketing our league (running ads during Fox NFL playoffs and seeing Marquette and the other schools in a commercial was awesome), the fact we have Bill Raferty and Gus Johnson doing games makes it all the better.
ESPN can enjoy showing Tulane/East Carolina, Tulsa/UCF, Houston/USF on ESPN 2 and ESPNU. The amount of empty seats at those games on TV made Allstate Arena look like Madison Square Garden.
Wow. Where did ESPN dig up that clown?
He used "irregardless." Tar and feathers are too good for him.
I just tweeted at him multiple times to let him know what a disgrace to journalism he is. I saw he has already engaged with a few other angry Marquette fans lol. What a joke.
Oh Benny, this is so epic that I think it may make it's way into a meme. You have managed to troll the MUScoop community so hard that they are going after the journalist on twitter.....all this AFTER admitting you were a troll. This is some next level s#$t and it really makes me question the intelligence of our internet fan base
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I'm sorry, they just don't have the budget for it. MU doesn't have the money or the infrastructure to compete with the major schools. Anyways, thanks again for the read, and good luck to MU this season."
Read the thread people.
Leave poor Myron alone.
I wrote him a strongly worded email, and this is what I got back. What a doucher.
"Thanks for the page views. Only helps me in the long run! As far as your issues with my writing, well, your displaying a lot of classic traits of the typical MU fan. You can't take any criticism at all, and you act like it's still the 70's. It's not the 70's, my friend. Its is the 20th century! MU is a really nice mid-major program. Occasionally, theyll get some good players and make a run at a tournament bid, and that's great. But, they are never going to be able to compete with the large conferences. I'm sorry, they just don't have the budget for it. MU doesn't have the money or the infrastructure to compete with the major schools. Anyways, thanks again for the read, and good luck to MU this season."
I wrote him a strongly worded email, and this is what I got back. What a doucher.
"Thanks for the page views. Only helps me in the long run! As far as your issues with my writing, well, your displaying a lot of classic traits of the typical MU fan. You can't take any criticism at all, and you act like it's still the 70's. It's not the 70's, my friend. Its is the 20th century! MU is a really nice mid-major program. Occasionally, theyll get some good players and make a run at a tournament bid, and that's great. But, they are never going to be able to compete with the large conferences. I'm sorry, they just don't have the budget for it. MU doesn't have the money or the infrastructure to compete with the major schools. Anyways, thanks again for the read, and good luck to MU this season."
Can't tell if more trolls...
I twittered at him "how can you be so ignorant about #mubb to write stuff like this?"
His response "Sometimes programs and their fans need to recognize their true value"
Jerk
Poor Myron admitted today that he's a troll rather than a journalist, basically the online CBB version of Skip Bayless. Forgive me for my lack of sympathy.
Link?
A troll within a troll, Leo would be proud.
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Link?
For the record, I still don't think Marquette is a great job.
Only because you're a gutless sycophant, embracing the anti-BE bias from ESPN
I bathe in that bias. I eat it for breakfast. It consumes me...So many Milwaukee haters. I know your type.
You are admitting to being a troll that seeks out bias to justify his actions. That's just pathetic.
Your job is to accurately and fairly report, instead you make uninformed, poorly researched statements & call it journalism.
Don't tell me what my job is. I don't work for you, Alan. And I'm allowed to offer opinions in various formats.
Oh, did I strike a nerve? Poor Myron, he gets defensive when people call him on his BS.
Best thread of the new year!
Oh Benny, this is so epic that I think it may make it's way into a meme. You have managed to troll the MUScoop community so hard that they are going after the journalist on twitter.....all this AFTER admitting you were a troll. This is some next level s#$t and it really makes me question the intelligence of our internet fan base
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On the contrary, Eng, I think it speaks to the intelligence - or at the very least, cognizance - of our fan base; after all, had none of us been tuned into the reality of just how ignominious Medcalf's writing actually is, this thread would had the lifespan of a first time poster's broken English thread-itorial about Gucci knockoffs.
The inherent genius of parody eminates from the audience; the author is, at best, merely a muse. And indeed, I am amused.
And people...still...don't...get...it.
Guys as brewcity pointed out...Benny did this. He's the troll.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
This is the best thread going back a few years.
Man, Benny should be King of Scoop for a month after this. This is some pretty damn impressive work.
I wrote him a strongly worded email, and this is what I got back. What a doucher.Not!
"Thanks for the page views. Only helps me in the long run! As far as your issues with my writing, well, your displaying a lot of classic traits of the typical MU fan. You can't take any criticism at all, and you act like it's still the 70's. It's not the 70's, my friend. Its is the 20th century! MU is a really nice mid-major program. Occasionally, theyll get some good players and make a run at a tournament bid, and that's great. But, they are never going to be able to compete with the large conferences. I'm sorry, they just don't have the budget for it. MU doesn't have the money or the infrastructure to compete with the major schools. Anyways, thanks again for the read, and good luck to MU this season."
-Who fell for Benny's troll?I definitely did
-Who contacted Myron is some way as a result?I did not, I have a job people!
-Who retrolled in this thread(Canned Ammo and me are the only ones I know for sure)?Obviously I did, and it wasn't very good
-Who fell for the retrolling?For once I did not
-Who thought Brewcity was a retroll?I did initially....actually had to check twitter to confirm it was actually happening...and it was amazing
-Who thought it was amazing when it turned out that Benny's troll on a fan site some how turned into a national writer from ESPN outing himself as a page view whore ala Skip Bayless?What was incredible about this was there are MU fans who aren't on Scoop(shocking right) who picked up on Myron and started going after him as well....and they never saw the troll from Benny!! Plus I had none MU fans but sports fanatics emailing me about why MU was so enraged at Myron who then told others how awesome it was that Myron got outed. I think this is but a drop of water in a pond, but it boggles my mind how far this got and how many people got caught up in it.
OK survey time people, and tell the truth
-Who fell for Benny's troll?
-Who contacted Myron is some way as a result?
-Who retrolled in this thread(Canned Ammo and me are the only ones I know for sure)?
-Who fell for the retrolling?
-Who thought Brewcity was a retroll?
-Who thought it was amazing when it turned out that Benny's troll on a fan site some how turned into a national writer from ESPN outing himself as a page view whore ala Skip Bayless?
Hang on...Is Myron basically defending a satirical stance presented in an article that someone pretended to write as him?
That's amazing!
Hang on...Is Myron basically defending a satirical stance presented in an article that someone pretended to write as him?
That's amazing!
I'll never apologize after that email he sent me.
Benny - thread of the year.
Brew - special mention for getting Myron to out himself as a no-talent troll.
Outstanding work, gentlemen! Absolutely outstanding!
So who's going to do a fake Myron Medcalf Twitter account?
OK survey time people, and tell the truth
-Who fell for Benny's troll?
-Who contacted Myron is some way as a result?
-Who retrolled in this thread(Canned Ammo and me are the only ones I know for sure)?
-Who fell for the retrolling?
-Who thought Brewcity was a retroll?
-Who thought it was amazing when it turned out that Benny's troll on a fan site some how turned into a national writer from ESPN outing himself as a page view whore ala Skip Bayless?
So who's going to do a fake Myron Medcalf Twitter account?
And I think that's the biggest issue. Is that Myron is so bad at what he does. Bennys troll job was so believable to a lot here. That speaks volumes of the content Medcalf puts out.
OK survey time people, and tell the truth
-Who fell for Benny's troll? Yes
-Who contacted Myron is some way as a result? No
-Who retrolled in this thread(Canned Ammo and me are the only ones I know for sure)? No. Reply #16 is me believing it's legit. Though I still don't retract my comments.
-Who fell for the retrolling? No
-Who thought Brewcity was a retroll? No
-Who thought it was amazing when it turned out that Benny's troll on a fan site some how turned into a national writer from ESPN outing himself as a page view whore ala Skip Bayless? Not amazing. Sadly, I always expected Medcalf's lack of integrity swirled into his immense incompetence would manifest itself with minimal provocation.
Proof that people don't read threads before responding to them.