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I guess the question now is what does the Nebraska Athletic Department, their media relations, & specifically Bo Pelini himself do with Dirk Chatelain going forward? Will Dirk continue to be granted media access to Nebraska sporting events, or will he be banned from covering football? Anyone with more inside knowledge have any clue on where things go from here?

 
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Glendower said:
Dirk was the only one asking questions about actual things. Is it the "perfect time"? For what? Just is the time perfect? Great question. That was a question worth answering. Oh, nice questions about his feelings, too, guy 4. Moment-seizing-- another solid metaphorical topic of conversation. Bo makes himself look like a high-strung, condescending jacka$$ when he answers questions like that. Dirk's questions were perfectly reasonable, even if he does look like a pony. Bo also said that he "could care less" [sic] about the fans' and their reaction to the game. Great. He does realize that he's a highly paid director of entertainment, doesn't he? I like college football quite a bit, but in the end, he tells college kids where to stand and run on a field during a game. He didn't just handle the Cuban Missile Crisis or cure cancer. The media makes football what it is. That's why the program has a huge budget and where they get their money-- contracts with the media. I'm not saying that he needs to suck up to them, but he doesn't have to come off like the dreaded media monster doesn't contribute anything to the program. They're the reason that so many people can tune in, the money the media pays for contracts with University is where a bulk of the income comes from, and, basically, they're the reason that college football can be a national obsession instead of just a glorified high school game.

I honestly don't get the animosity. Even if you don't like how it seems the media drums up drama or intrigue where there might not be any, that also increases interest in the team and the game. And I guess if someone forced the fans to pick sides, it should be with the people who try to get information out of the program instead of with the people who would like to prevent that information from getting out. Oh well.
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I think if any other reporter Pelini didn't have a bone to pick with had asked those questions, we might have had some different responses.

Pelini isn't stupid, and he isn't oblivious to the media. He knows what they, and the fans, are saying. He clearly doesn't like the way Dirk carries himself, nor the article Dirk wrote last week. Put yourself in his position. If a reporter you respect asks a question, do you think your response might be a bit different than if a reporter you dislike asks the question? You can take one reporter's question positively, or the other reporter's question as a way of digging or trying to coerce a certain response.

That said, does Bo need to improve his media relations? I think most people would say yes. But the truth of the situation is that he isn't going to. He is who he is. But these press conferences aren't helped by the general poor interviewing skills a lot of these reporters have. Some of their questions are just stupid, and they do very little to set them up sometimes, which is what the good reporters do.

Truth be told I don't blame Bo for railing into Dirk. Bo was respectful to the guy who asked about the bye week, and disrespectful to Dirk. I have no problems with this. Dirk has dug his own grave, apparently.

 
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knapplc said:
The tone of the article was unnecessarily vindictive. It speaks volumes that you need specifics to be pointed out to you.

Specifically:

When he sulked on the sideline during the Texas game; didn't show up for a team function after the Texas A&M game; declared Nebraska "my team and no one else's team" after a win yet avoided press conferences after losses the way most people avoid cleaning gutters.

When Pelini made excuses for every Martinez mistake, insisting that Taylor was healthy last year when he wasn't.
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I don't see how a person can read this and in any way think it's appropriate. Dirk isn't a message-board poster, he's a journalist. Hiding behind the facade of "opinion piece" is a crock.

I especially got a kick out of 'Stop with the "Woe is me." ' Dirk is projecting, again hiding behind the cloak of "opinion piece." I could give example after example.

Bottom line is, Dirk is getting less criticism for his unnecessarily aggressive articles, for his unnecessary muck-raking, and his peers in the press are sick of it.

And yet, Dirk gets support from the fans, while Martinez gets grief.
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Wow, I try to be civil and you of all people attack me. Interesting. You should get a job with NU media relations, you would fit right in there.

It shocks me that you think a reporter can't write an article because it might make someone sad. That's freedom of speech. If we didn't have anyone to question the status quo and make someone a little uncomfortable from time to time, what's the point of free speech?

Good journalism comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable. Sorry we live in a world of duality.
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in this scenario, i'm not so sure bo and t-mart are the comfortable, rather than the afflicted.

 
The Duke said:
I guess the question now is what does the Nebraska Athletic Department, their media relations, & specifically Bo Pelini himself do with Dirk Chatelain going forward? Will Dirk continue to be granted media access to Nebraska sporting events, or will he be banned from covering football? Anyone with more inside knowledge have any clue on where things go from here?
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I don't think the athletic department or UNL's media relations is going to ban Dirk, unless Pelini specifically asks this.

As far as being banned from Nebraska sporting events, I don't think Dirk has done anything egregious enough to have that happen to him.

 
Just my two cents...I thought Dirk's article was fair and not too harsh at all. Basically he said that if our DB's get left off the travel squad after a bad game then why is Taylor immune to this? There should be no reason for it. sh#t, he even said he thought Taylor should play against Ohio State.

As for Bo, I like him as a coach and think he will do some great things here, but his sense of entitlement in his pressers is ridiculous. News flash Bo--you have done nothing as the head coach at Nebraska except lose conference championship games.

 
Enhance89 said:
I don't think the athletic department or UNL's media relations is going to ban Dirk, unless Pelini specifically asks this.

As far as being banned from Nebraska sporting events, I don't think Dirk has done anything egregious enough to have that happen to him.
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Agree and agree. They don't have to like the articles he writes, but I don't think that's going to translate into a ban.

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Does anyone else find it ironic that Dirk Chatelain is basically the Taylor Martinez of local journalists? He's at times brilliant, but he's deeply flawed, and he's a very divisive figure.

 
Doctor Tom said:
Just my two cents...I thought Dirk's article was fair and not too harsh at all. Basically he said that if our DB's get left off the travel squad after a bad game then why is Taylor immune to this? There should be no reason for it. sh#t, he even said he thought Taylor should play against Ohio State.
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Dirk was wrong in his article in regards to the point you bring up. Dirk took an extremely complicated situation and turned it into a simplistic concept, which it purely isn't. The starting quarterback is an entirely different league than a DB left off of the travel roster. By far. Quarterback is the most important position on a football field. Dirk suggested that Martinez is in a position to be sat at home for a weekend, and said Bo holds his players to double standards.

News flash, Dirk - everybody holds the quarterback to a double standard. Are you or are you not a sports journalist?

 
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Doctor Tom said:
Just my two cents...I thought Dirk's article was fair and not too harsh at all. Basically he said that if our DB's get left off the travel squad after a bad game then why is Taylor immune to this? There should be no reason for it. sh#t, he even said he thought Taylor should play against Ohio State.
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Dirk was wrong in his article in regards to the point you bring up. Dirk took an extremely complicated situation and turned it into a simplistic concept, which it purely isn't. The starting quarterback is an entirely different league than a DB left off of the travel roster. By far. Quarterback is the most important position on a football field. Dirk suggested that Martinez is in a position to be sat at home for a weekend, and said Bo holds his players to double standards.

News flash, Dirk - everybody holds the quarterback to a double standard. Are you or are you not a sports journalist?
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If Taylor had another game like last week then he shouldn't be starting. That was the entire premise of the article and I if it had happened everybody would be singing the same tune as Dirk. Thankfully it didn't happen and Taylor had a great game.

I should mention that just because I think Dirk wrote a fair article doesn't mean I don't think the part where Pelini called him out wasn't awesome. But the rest of the conference I stand by my criticism of Bo.

 
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GMoose said:
Wow, I try to be civil and you of all people attack me. Interesting. You should get a job with NU media relations, you would fit right in there. It shocks me that you think a reporter can't write an article because it might make someone sad. That's freedom of speech. If we didn't have anyone to question the status quo and make someone a little uncomfortable from time to time, what's the point of free speech? Good journalism comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable. Sorry we live in a world of duality.
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Dirk can write whatever he wants. He can be as critical of the players or the coaches as he wants. But he can't do so without expecting some reaction. Bo spent the whole week teaching his team life lessons about supporting one another and togetherness, and Dirk's article completely contradicted that teaching.

Journalists shouldn't just get the last word all the time, and Bo obviously isn't interested in writing a letter to the editor, so I thought his response to Dirk was perfectly reasonable last night.

 
HeLL YES!!!!!!! That right there is BO f'ing' Pelini Biatches......and if you don't like it, then you can get the Fark out! I love this guy. I hope you stay around for a long damn time Bo! Much respect.

 
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