Well, what do you want? A story telling you things you already know? Maybe you'll get something at the end of the day along the lines of "Report from Camp: Day1"

Well, let's see.  I did a quick review of a couple of other school's athletics sites to see what they've run (and what we've done in the past but apparently not this year). Here's a sampling of coverage:

Interviews with newcomers (players)
Interviews with new coaches
Overviews of camp schedules
Summaries of key position battles
Interviews with returning starters
Interview with former director of equipment*

Or, in our case, just run nothing for fans...

Russ and Rob did a live show from MAC Media Day at Detroit. They also posted a video report that's available on OhioBobcats.com. Evan shot video while Joonie Posey was doing his radio interview Friday. I'm not even sure newcomers were required to report until yesterday. There are, at times, legitimate complaints on this board. Other times, we just seem whiny. I am sure there will be news about Camp now that Camp has actually started.

It seems legitimate to me to not have lots of camp recaps before camp has started.

Anyway, it usually takes me a few weeks to digest the media guide. That will keep me going for a couple more, maybe longer since I don't have a printed copy to carry around. Any news in the meantime is icing on the cake.

SBH, you made this post at 10:17am on the first day of camp.  The players didn't even report until yesterday.  The Athletic Department is dealing with another round of budget cuts, a large portion of which I heard came from media relations. AND even if they had footage or reports, they probably hadn't had a chance to make edits for the final version by your crazy 10:17am deadline.  I wouldn't call it whiny as much as I would call it outrageous expectations!  Looking at other MAC schools websites I would have to say we easily have the best video/tv/radio production department in the conference, not to mention the most content throughout the year.  Criticism, when it comes to this topic, is something that I don't think any of us has a leg to stand on.  They do a lot with practically nothing! 

However, maybe the criticism should actually be taken as a compliment, because they have done such a good job over the last few years of posting new videos and reports that you have now come to expect it by 10:17am on the first day of camp.

My last reply on this discussion, and please bear with me on my typing, as o am using a mobile device:

1. go to BGSU's site and you will see what I'm talki g about, a story titled "Players report wednesday, camp begins Thursday." the article includes a practice schedule, information about players who will be blogging after each practice and a general overview of the team's situation. Does BG have such a significant budget advantage over us that they can put out news about upcoming developments such as training camp?

2. In an earlier post I provided examples of feature related stories that were available on other school's sites. All of that content appeared in the week leading up to their camps. Obviously they are trying to build excitement/engagement among fans. Why can't we do something this basic?

3. everyone here is using budget cuts as an excuse, but I do believe Jason corriher is still on our media relations staff and is still in charge of writing football releases. So budget cuts don't wwork as an excuse.

4. I agree that the video production work is excellent, but that is the product of another department, not media relations. Further, working journalists don't use canned/prepackaged video as the basis for their stories. They do rely on regular news releases and other outreach from the media relations department.

5. Based on the arguments of a few of you, we should never expect to see a preview story on a major game, only an article on thenoutcome of the game? Wow, the bar is set pretty low. My son's division 3 lacrosse team gets better coverage than that.
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Well, Georgie did drive the car eight years into the ditch.  Give him the keys again!

Ted drove into the water, not the ditch, and was responsible for someones death.




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Good quotes from both Coach Solich and Boo on the Athletics site...was anyone in attendance?