Reggie Redbird
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Let me just be clear. Are you saying that ISU fans and the Athletics Department shouldn’t care about fans being engaged? That was my point. We’re ISU fans who have an interest in our fan base being engaged. Heck, it’s what our coach (and really any coach) has asked for.He doesn’t work for the department so why does he care if fans are engaged? I don’t care if he does the best job or the worst job in the world because the idea that someone under the age of 80 needs to read Jim Benson twice a week to know what’s going on with ISU just isn’t true. If he does such a poor job and isn’t Wyatt Wheeler, then being blocked shouldn’t matter. Those who are blocked spend more time complaining about being blocked for social media attention than they do actually caring. It’s a little group of people who all congratulate each other for being blocked and act like it’s the most asinine thing in the world and their feelings are hurt so three people can tell them how ridiculous it is and they feel better because people online gave them attention. It’s weird.
The beat writer’s job depends on his company justifying paying him to track the team. If engagement is garbage and subscriptions trend down, it’s easier for the Pantagraph to do what they do for other sports - take ISU’s stories and just publish them - and cut the position.
If the beat writer is going to have such thin skin and block people for asking simple questions, seems fair game to call him out for it.