(01-19-2024, 11:17 PM)p_rushing Wrote:

(01-19-2024, 02:35 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: That's kinda my interpretation of his choice of words as well.  

"I didn't hear this directly, but I've seen mention of on social media or elsewhere." = buzz

Though, 1010 was running with this like it had legs at lunch time today.  However, Mia said "we've been hinting at this for weeks and now Breer picks it up nationally."  Why would you hint at something unless you couldn't verify the veracity of it?  My guess is they couldn't confirm it and now it's turned into an echo chamber of an unconfirmed "report" which is helping to self-amplify it.  I guess we'll see, but I wouldn't expect anything else to come of it this off season.

What you will see from reporters close to team is them being cryptic with stuff like this. You can't openly leak info because it could out your source and also get you restricted if the right people are mad.

This has happened in the past where the local reporters and radio hosts will drop a hint but not go into any details. Then a national person will pick it up and that enables them to talk about it without burning bridges with the team.

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I find that equally hard to believe. 

Inner monologue of random 1010xl reporter:  “I’m not supposed to report this so maybe I’ll just drop a few hints on the radio about it.  The team will never know and my source will never get outed, but I’ll still be able to inform hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of people who listen to this radio station or stream it online.”

Yeah I don’t think that’s how it works.

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