Funny kjironman1 is doing the lord's work...

[TBpup]

By comparison, most people here have no experience with East coast fans or media which is much more harsh than ours is on this side of the counrty.

 

[Haakzilla]

...does this mean Quick will soon have his own "sticky" thread dedicated to his writings where he posts and interacts with us on the board?!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Fans always bitch about their favorite team's writers, particularly when they are writing things that point to trouble behind the scenes. Now certain writers (Canzano?) can definitely bring it on themselves when they cultivate a reputation for being a shit-stirrer, but I've never found Quick's articles to be that way. The only negative I can ascribe to him is he seems to get too emotionally involved with this subjects.

 

[BBert]

When Jason Quick doesn't interject a lot of unnecessary melodrama, and when he doesn't insert himself into the story, and when he doesn't slant his writing in favor of his favorites (cough$amoncough) and his enemies (coughSheedcough), he's a good writer.

 

[jlprk]

I missed what happened, any way of posting it here?

Pretty much tells me that he reads everything you guys say on here. I am a nobody just giving my personal opinion on a Blazer board.

Somehow he took what i said on here and went to Twitter with it? I simply said he writes like a "Jilted ex-girlfriend" now when he writes about the Blazers.

It was on this board? How about a link?

 

[oldfisherman]

Quick has been worth the time to read and listen to. However, there was a period in his career when he was taking troll lessons from the Clown. At times it was difficult to tell the two apart. He lost respect and credibility with some Blazer fans at that time, including myself.

Not sure what he is really upset about now? Maybe he is trying to separate himself further from the clown and re-create himself with Blazer fans? Maybe he had a fight with his lady and took it out on Kjironmann1? We all have bad days. I would give him a second chance now.

UnicleCliffysDaddy’s idea of sharing an adult beverage with Quick is a very good idea.

 

[kjironman1]

Nope. No connection. The paper is what it is. They want to get you talking about them and they will write whatever the highest bidder wants them to. That's who they are. Whining about it doesnt change it.

Totally disagree!

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Totally disagree!

You disagree that whining about it wont change it? If so, I have some timeshares I'd like to sell to you.

Money will change what they write, not whining.

 

[jlprk]

I couldn't disagree with you more, when you say that we shouldn't criticize the media.

 

[jlprk]

Not sure what he is really upset about now? Maybe he is trying to separate himself further from the clown and re-create himself with Blazer fans? Maybe he had a fight with his lady and took it out on Kjironmann1? We all have bad days. I would give him a second chance now.

A second chance goes to someone who has only done some wrong once, not to someone who has been criticized for it for 10 years and won't change.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I couldn't disagree with you more, when you say that we shouldn't criticize the media.

Become a giant donor. Then they'll write whatever your heart desires.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

And then we have the Pippen issues....
Then there were the Batum issues....
Then there were the Oden issues....
Then there are the Aldridge issues....
Are there going to be Lillard issues?

There were never any Stoudamire issues, strangely enough.

Best Quick moment ever: him visiting Outlaw and sitting on fire ants.

 

[Sinobas]

Some people just like to hate on the local sports writer. I know some sport writers are annoying, but I never understood the issue people have with Quick. His "negative" articles came from the jailblazer era, when the team wasn't very good on or off the court. Of course a journalist is going to write about the stories that the team gives him.

 

[Sinobas]

Plus, going around hating on a sport writer....get a fucking life. If you don't like his articles don't read them. It's one thing to not like a player that you are forced to watch if you want to be a fan of the team, but why spend energy talking about a writer?

 

[Sinobas]

I really like the podcasts Quick used to do for Oregonlive, but he stopped for some reason. Probably because people kept heckling him.

 

[jlprk]

He needs to shed his Oregonian past and start over again where no one knows him. I wish him well in Central America.

 

[BBert]

I've thought many times I wouldn't want to be a professional sports commentator. Thankless job and some portion of the fan base is always going to be ragging on you. It goes with the territory.

 

[jlprk]

Poor guy, paid a couple hundred thou per year to watch games, hang around locker rooms sniffing for dirt, and then writing his quasi-religious opinions for hours per day like...ha ha, what loser would do that?

 

[kjironman1]

You disagree that whining about it wont change it? If so, I have some timeshares I'd like to sell to you.

Money will change what they write, not whining.

I couldn't disagree with you more, when you say that we shouldn't criticize the media.

This ^^^^^

 

[kjironman1]

There were never any Stoudamire issues, strangely enough.

Best Quick moment ever: him visiting Outlaw and sitting on fire ants.

Stoudamire wouldn't talk to him after he got caught with the aluminum foil at the airport.

 

[kjironman1]

Poor guy, paid a couple hundred thou per year to watch games, hang around locker rooms sniffing for dirt, and then writing his quasi-religious opinions for hours per day like...ha ha, what loser would do that?

Does he make that much?
Most of what i see is 70K tops. and that isn't in a small market like Portland.
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Sports_Reporter/Salary

 

[kjironman1]

Become a giant donor. Then they'll write whatever your heart desires.

Donor to what?

 

[PCmor7]

The problem with nearly every sportswriter in existence is they don't want to be a sportswriter.

They fancy themselves an investigative reporter.

Ultimately, they morph into a mediocre, preachy mess that neither reports sports stories nor uncovers any great mysteries but manages to alienate both players, owners and fans to the point they end up writing blogs or for free papers.

At the risk of writing a mediocre, preachy mess, I can tell you this isn't true.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Donor to what?

To whatever media your little heart desires

 

[kjironman1]

To whatever media your little heart desires

So i can give to Comcast.....Oh wait? They got my leg last month!

 

[BBert]

Become a giant donor. Then they'll write whatever your heart desires.

Rosebud...Rosebud...Rosebud....

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

So i can give to Comcast.....Oh wait? They got my leg last month!

 

[Natebishop3]

Why the hell would you respond to a critic publicly? I don't get it.

Every single person who generates a form of entertainment has critics. Movies, music, television, painting... books...... they all have people who don't like their work. Some people loved the new Star Wars, some people didn't really care for it. If you're going to work in the entertainment industry, you HAVE to have thick skin. When you're talking about something like sports, where people are extremely emotional and passionate about their love for a team, there are always going to be people who react negatively to any kind of constructive criticism or something that they perceive to be negative towards the team. That just goes with the territory.

 

[kjironman1]

Why the hell would you respond to a critic publicly? I don't get it.

Every single person who generates a form of entertainment has critics. Movies, music, television, painting... books...... they all have people who don't like their work. Some people loved the new Star Wars, some people didn't really care for it. If you're going to work in the entertainment industry, you HAVE to have thick skin. When you're talking about something like sports, where people are extremely emotional and passionate about their love for a team, there are always going to be people who react negatively to any kind of constructive criticism or something that they perceive to be negative towards the team. That just goes with the territory.

To be fair I have a long standing relationship with the O-Live boards. I pretty much have commented on there for the last 15 years and there is no writer that does not know my stance on things. My work is well enough known that he might have just felt it was time to put me in my place. Yes i have been critical of him for a while now.

 

[Natebishop3]

To be fair I have a long standing relationship with the O-Live boards. I pretty much have commented on there for the last 15 years and there is no writer that does not know my stance on things. My work is well enough known that he might have just felt it was time to put me in my place. Yes i have been critical of him for a while now.

And that's part of life as a writer. If he can't take criticism, he should write a in a diary and hide it under his pillow instead.