I think it's really because of social media and how it's now normal to speculate deeply on really simple concepts.
Stansbury Announcement
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I think it's really because of social media and how it's now normal to speculate deeply on really simple concepts.
Then why is there over 200 posts from the public discussing him right now? If you quit your job, do 200 random people talk about you leaving your job and taking a new job? No. We are talking about him because he is a public writer on a website.
because we are ******* losers
But, damn it all, now having to deal with Surly and people like Surly on a full-time basis. EEEK! I would not wish that on my worst enemy.
This won't be popular, but to me personally the direction this thread has gone in just validates my own feelings that we are the most insecure fan base in the whole damn country.
"He left us! He never loved us in the first place!!!"
Please tell me that you do understand that you are a big part of the issue here that you are being somewhat critical of in the first place, right?
There is an awful lot of competition to be crowned dumbest thread of CF
Jared and I were fringe friends through intramural sports and pick up basketball. Super nice guy. You gotta remember this was his job and he saw a move to advance his career. Much like Sean Keeler moving from DSM to a bigger market. I get that it’s Cyclone Fanatic and we are all ISU nuts, but for him working here it was likely more of a passion covering sports at a high level than it was covering ISU.
This is absolutely hilarious. Reporting is his profession & he took another job. This isn’t a hobby like it is for us, everyone needs to settle down.
He wasn’t a life long or die hard ISU fan like many on this board are anyways. While I’m sure he was happy to see ISU have success, at the end of the day, this is his paycheck and how he makes a living.
He wasn’t a life long or die hard ISU fan like many on this board are anyways. While I’m sure he was happy to see ISU have success, at the end of the day, this is his paycheck and how he makes a living.
I don't even know if he isn't a life long fan, most national sports guys are fans of teams but don't cover those teams specifically. It's totally compatible for him to root for a team other than the one who is willing to pay him the most.
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The "jilted lover" act that some people seem to default to, is rarely a good look in the best of circumstances, doubly so when it comes to stuff like this.
Trying to put myself in CW and JS shoes, I have to think this came down to JS realizing there isn't room for two CWs in the market, and CW isn't hanging it up anytime soon. Nothing about bad blood, or anything like that but just business. There is only so much time and money to go around. You can stay and do the things you have been, or your other option is to go find something else.
Seems like CW was trying to bring JS along on the Iowa Everywhere side, and stuff but maybe that wasn't happening fast enough.
Good luck to Jared, and I am sure it wasn't easy on CW either. Tough loosing an employee, as quickly as things changed in the line up I have to think these things were in the work for a bit before the announcement. But who knows. I don't see CW or JS doing either dirty.
Seems like CW was trying to bring JS along on the Iowa Everywhere side, and stuff but maybe that wasn't happening fast enough.
Good luck to Jared, and I am sure it wasn't easy on CW either. Tough loosing an employee, as quickly as things changed in the line up I have to think these things were in the work for a bit before the announcement. But who knows. I don't see CW or JS doing either dirty.
2 seconds of googling led me to his substack article detailing why he left. It’s weird that people are taking this personally.
This is your time to shine as the alpha mod. If not a shutdown, The Stanz and the Restless is an adequate thread title
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