chris haynes leaving

[blazedanugz]

going to.....cleveland?

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 12s
Congrats to my boy @ChrisBHaynes for landing the Cavaliers beat at Cleveland Plain Dealer. @Dame_Lillard will miss you dearly. @NABJSports

thats actually a big job...congrats i guess

 

[PDXFonz]

Probably heard "Cleveland" and was off the train before they even told him he had the job.

I liked his covering of the team though. Good luck to him....maybe he can beat some of the Cavs 1 on 1

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Did he close the deal in a Las Vegas bar?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Congrats to Chris! I've talked with him in person and via email and he is a really nice guy. He would read this forum from time and time and was a big fan.

 

[riverman]

Good for Chris. I hope he loves his new life in the rust belt. I wish it was Jaynes though instead of Haynes.

 

[PDXFonz]

Good for Chris. I hope he loves his new life in the rust belt. I wish it was Jaynes though instead of Haynes.

Preach

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

That sucks. I liked him.

 

[HailBlazers]

That sucks. I liked him.

+1

Good for him though.

 

[santeesioux]

Why can't Jaynes, Canzano, or Quick leave? Why do the decent ones like Buckner and Haynes always leave?

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Haynes was great. Only ptown guy I liked. please no more quick

 

[BlazerBeav]

Hopefully they go with another young reporter. I've really enjoyed the two kids doing the OSU beat. Much better than some of the old, jaded people in this market.

 

[PDXFonz]

Hopefully they go with another young reporter. I've really enjoyed the two kids doing the OSU beat. Much better than some of the old, jaded people in this market.

Should hire some one from the official forums. I hear they know what's up.

 

[julius]

Why can't Jaynes, Canzano, or Quick leave? Why do the decent ones like Buckner and Haynes always leave?

Because other newspapers want to hire writers with talent and ability?

 

[Fun in the Sun]

He's just afraid to go up against Barton!

 

[BigGameDamian]

What about DWIGHT JAYNES?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Chris Haynes says goodbye to Portland

http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/chris-haynes-says-goodbye-portland

 

[Strenuus]

we lose the one non-douchebag. Good piece there.

 

[Eastoff]

Don't let the door hit you, where the flying spaghetti monster split you!

 

[jlprk]

going to.....cleveland?

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 12s
Congrats to my boy @ChrisBHaynes for landing the Cavaliers beat at Cleveland Plain Dealer. @Dame_Lillard will miss you dearly. @NABJSports

thats actually a big job...congrats i guess

Not only does he move to the best NBA team, better yet, he is no longer a Comcast employee.

He "landed the beat." Is he the #1 Cavs writer on the paper, or is he just an Asst. Beater?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

That sucks. I liked him.

+2

Good luck with your next gig Chris

 

[BigGameDamian]

I hate to bring this up but didn't Dwight Jaynes kind of mentor/father Chris Haynes? They worked together quite a bit and I would bet that Haynes would have a lot of good things to say about Jaynes. I just find it a bit amusing that people are saying Haynes was the only Portland reporter I liked.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Nice promotion for Chris.

HUGE downgrade going from Portland to Cleveland though.

Covering the circus known as LeBron James will be fun and totally forget you're in .....Cleveland.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I nominate bgd to take over for Haynes with csn

 

[HailBlazers]

He's just afraid to go up against Barton!

HA, the truth comes out!

 

[Strenuus]

I hate to bring this up but didn't Dwight Jaynes kind of mentor/father Chris Haynes? They worked together quite a bit and I would bet that Haynes would have a lot of good things to say about Jaynes. I just find it a bit amusing that people are saying Haynes was the only Portland reporter I liked.

Doesn't mean they are exactly alike.

But, I expect this from you.

 

[1honestfan]

Jaynes, Canzano, and Quick have been around Portland for a long time and they can talk about other sports in depth than just basketball which I like and IMO, this city needs. I'd even throw and Aarron Fentress into that mix as well.

I tend to believe off recent trends that the one dimensional personalities need to go to bigger markets where they can get away with their bullet points instead of in-depth perspective on multiple sports. Chad Doing knew almost nothing about sports, Abbey Chin couldn't give an opinion unless she read it off a paper, and while I liked Chris Haynes's personality and seems like a great guy, he needs to be in Cleveland where there's more sports than here. Good for him, I'm sure it will work out well.

 

[Strenuus]

Jaynes, Canzano, and Quick have been around Portland for a long time and they can talk about other sports in depth than just basketball which I like and IMO, this city needs. I'd even throw and Aarron Fentress into that mix as well.

I tend to believe off recent trends that the one dimensional personalities need to go to bigger markets where they can get away with their bullet points instead of in-depth perspective on multiple sports. Chad Doing knew almost nothing about sports, Abbey Chin couldn't give an opinion unless she read it off a paper, and while I liked Chris Haynes's personality and seems like a great guy, he needs to be in Cleveland where there's more sports than here. Good for him, I'm sure it will work out well.

But, you just put Haynes with the other "no sport knowing" people, and say he needs to be around more sports. But the others you mentioned (Dwight, Canzano) Need to stay here because they cover other sports in a one sport town?

Anyone else confused?

 

[illmatic99]

Don't get the hype. He's a bad writer, and serves as mouthpieces for agents. Candace Buckner was better when she was with the Columbian-- and she landed a job covering the Pacers.

 

[BBert]

Don't get the hype. He's a bad writer, and serves as mouthpieces for agents. Candace Buckner was better when she was with the Columbian-- and she landed a job covering the Pacers.

Yeah, this is where I'm at. He may be a good guy, and the players may like him and be more likely to open up to him for all I know, but he is a bad writer, and I still remember what a tool he was as Kahn's mouthpiece during the Batum negotiations. Meh. I can take him or leave him. Canzano and Quick however: I'll buy their plane tickets out of town.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

While I don't respect his "analysis", he actually did very little of that. He is actually a reporter instead of a pontificator/windbag/in-love-with-himself-douche.