Quote Originally Posted by sandwolf View Post
This is exactly my point. If genespage was actually doing things that hurt our football program, Mullen would come down on them like a ton of bricks and he would have them blackballed. The bottom line is that the folks with all the facts (or at least more of the facts than you, coach, engie, etc. have) think very highly of them, and I would say that is fairly solid evidence that they are not doing things that hurt MSU.
Apparently not. Because it hasn't happened yet. At least not publicly. It certainly may have happened behind closed doors for all we know- but probably not since he lives in Baton Rouge. MSU has handled the media very poorly for years- and when I say years, I'm talking about since my grandfather's lifetime. It's a huge weakness for the athletic dept. And that goes for all aspects from promoting our players and preventing the media from doing harm through negative publicity. I think Dak's Heisman campaign is a huge test for MSU in that regard.

I think Gene does a good job covering baseball. I wouldn't be shocked at all if he's maybe even the best internet person at covering a college baseball team in America. I say that with all sincerity. I think that's a big reason why he is allowed in. Kyle Niblett posts on his site.

Rosebowl however, is a problem. He's pompous, arrogant, and he always thinks that he is right even when he is obviously wrong. And you know what- that's OK, EXCEPT when he hurts MSU.

I'd be very interested to know what "facts" we're allegedly wrong about here. It's not like any of this is hearsay or top secret insider stuff. This is stuff that happened for all the world to see.

1. DeVinner- he encouraged him to talk and that caused Redmond's suspension to be longer than it should have been.

2. He broke Mackenzie Alexander's commitment too soon which caused him to get bombarded by people wanting to know if it was true and that left a bad taste in his mouth and then he went to Clemson.

3. He said that Bryant's scholarship offer was gone when in fact it wasn't.

4. When Kameron Wood left Ole Miss's football team- he claimed that he got and I paraphrase "what he deserved". Because he duped Steve and Gene by making them come to his press conference where he committed to Ole Miss when they thought he was coming to MSU. That didn't hurt the football team, but it's a poor reflection of someone representing MSU and not to mention totally classless. It also shows how vindictive Steve is.

5. He broke Beniquez Brown's commitment too soon stealing his day in the sun. Didn't hurt us- but it certainly could have.

There's no denying any of it. It's in black and white. All Rosebowl ever does when someone actually confronts him is he just says, "I was right and you don't know what you're talking about" and then his legion of cult members take it at face value despite the facts and then tell him how awesome he is and thanks for putting the truth out. It's actually a little bit scary.

I just don't see anything good that he has ever really done. I don't get MSU fans defending him. And while this thread is about revoking media credentials, all I really want is for some accountability. Someone needs to sit his ass down and tell him that he doesn't have the authority to call recruits liars (even if they did, and I think that's debatable in this case given the nature of recruiting) and pull their scholarship offers no matter what info he has or how he interprets the info he has. If a kid makes him "look bad"- be an adult and understand you're dealing with 18 year olds.