First, I got blocked by the insufferable Tim Brando on Twitter. He was whining that Sankey refused to play SEC games on Friday nights. I replied (basically) “media hack upset because SEC refuses to provide more product for media to make money.” He blocked me. Last shot by me was maybe he should take a grammar class and learn how to use a comma. C’est le guerre. 🤣 That’s a solid day in my book on its own.
(I can’t link it because he blocked me, and I’m too dumb to include screenshots)
Next, however, a tweet I made was liked and quote tweeted by UGA tennis great Manny Diaz. He approved of my thought the NCAA tennis championships should always be in Athens.
https://x.com/i/status/2055424212328738973
A pox on our former AD for his lack of urgency in that respect.
The right people dislike me, the right people approve. Can’t beat that. And I’m just staying loose for football season.
Brando is Charmin-soft. He blocks more people than Dikembe Mutumbo.
I think Brando’s initial complaint about Sankey refusing to schedule Friday games (as if Sankey considered himself and the SEC above such things) was pretty stupid of Brando. Is anyone in the SEC (ADs, presidents, coaches, players, fan bases) clamoring for Friday Night SEC? Who wants to fight Friday traffic going through Atlanta to see a UGA game? Not this boy.
Do you want do try to get to any other SEC school for a Friday game? Does anyone? Coaches hate the short prep week. Nagging injuries don’t heal.
If the big Integer wants that, fine. FTMF. We aren’t the MAC, or the Mountain West.
I think it was the unbridled arrogance layered into his opinion that got my attention. , Sometimes you just have to let a MF know he’s gone too far. Bro really seemed to go nuclear. It’s NBD to irritate a thin skinned talking head, but I don’t get why they all think they’re opinions are so special. Media people seem especially bad in this respect.
Otoh, it was really cool to have Manny Diaz approve (not exactly going out in a limb by agreeing, but still). I’m old enough to remember when Manny was the big dog, and Coach Magill (the greatest Bulldog ever) was just getting the monster built.
An interesting couple of days
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I just don’t get this need to be argumentative and contradictory…. Whatever.
Brando is a douche. Anyone remember when he called a Vandy game years ago and they ran the swinging gate play? Shaq Wiggins picked it and housed it.
Brando called it the “Emory and Henry formation that the old ball coach used to deploy in Gainesville.” Its not even close dude.
Its guys like Brando who convinced me that if you can’t prove you’re a mental defective, you can’t be in sports media.
As far as the media the masters does it right. Augusta national dictates when, where, who and how long. Too bad the college presidents are just greedy bureaucrats that see dollar signs in everything.
I want 2 pm kickoffs with no TV for every game in Athens. I’ll settle for one night game a year if I have to .
AMEN!! Nuff said. FTMF’s!!!
If Tim Bando was on Dawgs IV he would have identified you as one of those lawyers making ir worse for everyone else.