Shack, I'm not bothered. I'm amused y'all care so much.


Hender: What should I have done differently? What did I rush in reporting a noted unofficial signing and then reporting his flip?


Suggest to me, the correct way to bring you all this noted unofficial news? Learn me. What is the right way. Explain. I'm asking you. Help me.


You guys seem to hold me on a higher pedestal than I do myself, which is flattering, but why so hurt? You guys can't move past 2006. It's 2014. I definitely sound like the close-minded one here.

 

This is hilarious. You said:

 

@AlfieBCC

#Jaguars are signing Christian Jones
 

 

As a (wannabe) reporter, you were factually incorrect. Simply rephrase that sentence and it works. Simple.

 

Now while you're listening for suggestions. I would suggest being more open minded to those that disagree with you. I have never seen someone so hypersensitive about people disagreeing with an opinion. I am an occasional reader of your site and think you do a good job. But the comments section when a person does not agree with you? You get ugly brah.

 

I know a large portion of your audience is your friends. But a website can't survive on bearded craft-beer drinking hipsters alone. Don't run off the rest of your readers.

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Thank you for being concerned, but my readership is more than fine.


What should I have rephrased? He agreed to sign with the team. 30-40 minutes later he decided to back out, when I then reported. What should I have done?

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Garrards $60M ext =NBC Samberg getting $60M after Junk In a Box might have let that breathe -Simmons

I don't have a problem with Alfie posting it. I mean nobody knows who is gonna back out. Just take it all with a grain of salt til the ink is dry.

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Alfie,

 

I remember reading last night that the Jags were only thinking about signing 11 guys.  The tracker on BCC is reporting at least 20.  Do they plan to cut players currently under contract, or are more of these signings expected to "flip"?

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Alfie,


I remember reading last night that the Jags were only thinking about signing 11 guys. The tracker on BCC is reporting at least 20. Do they plan to cut players currently under contract, or are more of these signings expected to "flip"?

Some of them are rookie try out players, which do not count against the roster. Some are signings. If they sign more than 11, they have to cut.

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Garrards $60M ext =NBC Samberg getting $60M after Junk In a Box might have let that breathe -Simmons

Some of them are rookie try out players, which do not count against the roster. Some are signings. If they sign more than 11, they have to cut.

 

Good to know.  Thanks

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So did we sign Jones?

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Twitter is the king of misinformation.

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Twitter is the king of misinformation.

 

Truth.

 

And everybody wants to be first to report everything. It's sad to watch.

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Why ya'll listening to Alfie???

 

retweets

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

I don't have a problem with Alfie posting it. I mean nobody knows who is gonna back out. Just take it all with a grain of salt til the ink is dry.

 

It's the nature of trying to be first to break a story.

 

You win some, you lose some.  Especially in the age of instant information.  In this case, the information changed.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

It's the nature of trying to be first to break a story.

It doesn't really have anything to do with the nature of trying to be the first to break a story. That is a major problem with journalism today, but not in this case. It's just the nature of how the UDFA process works.

 

Are you going to slam ESPN for reporting that so and so committed to a college during the recruiting process if said athlete at some point decommits and signs somewhere else? That's essentially what UDFA is, except it's condensed into a four hour period instead of a four month period. No one was at fault (not Alfie or the other two dozen people who reported it), it's just the nature of UDFA. 

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<a class="" href='https://twitter.com/SI_DougFarrar'>SI_DougFarrar ‏@SI_DougFarrar </a> <a class="" href='https://twitter.com/SI_DougFarrar/status/465528559592026112'>2h</a>
<p class="" style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(245,248,250);">How in the %@#@)* did Rashaad Reynolds go undrafted? Jags scored bigtime with that UDFA.

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It doesn't really have anything to do with the nature of trying to be the first to break a story. That is a major problem with journalism today, but not in this case. It's just the nature of how the UDFA process works.

 

Are you going to slam ESPN for reporting that so and so committed to a college during the recruiting process if said athlete at some point decommits and signs somewhere else? That's essentially what UDFA is, except it's condensed into a four hour period instead of a four month period. No one was at fault (not Alfie or the other two dozen people who reported it), it's just the nature of UDFA. 

 

"Committing" and "signing" are two different things.

 

Saying the Jaguars are signing a player is pretty cut-and-dry.

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<p style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(245,248,250);">How in the %@#@)* did Rashaad Reynolds go undrafted? Jags scored bigtime with that UDFA.

 

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I'll take it

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It doesn't really have anything to do with the nature of trying to be the first to break a story. That is a major problem with journalism today, but not in this case. It's just the nature of how the UDFA process works.

 

Are you going to slam ESPN for reporting that so and so committed to a college during the recruiting process if said athlete at some point decommits and signs somewhere else? That's essentially what UDFA is, except it's condensed into a four hour period instead of a four month period. No one was at fault (not Alfie or the other two dozen people who reported it), it's just the nature of UDFA. 

 

You're talking out of both sides of your mouth.

 

The nature of UDFA, is precisely the reason you should be cautious about trying to be the first to report the story.

 

But I guess when being the first out of the gate fails, you can always use the UDFA excuse.  Nothing lost.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Just looking at the list of guys we brought in, I would fully expect Coleman, Reynolds and Loston to make the team. All were projected to be th-5th round picks and all sure can play.

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LEONARD FOURNETTE FAN CLUB PRESIDENT. I WAS BEHIND HIM WHEN YOU ALL SAID HE WAS BRANDON JACOBS. QUIT HATING ON THE JAGUARS. GUS IS GONE. COUGHLIN HAS RESTORED ORDER. FOURNETTE IS FRED TAYLOR. DONT BELIEVE ME JUST WATCH.

Here's a list, which may not be complete.

 

WR Allen Hurns, Miami

QB Stephen Morris, Miami

OG Tyler Shatley, Clemson

RB Terreance Cobb, Cumberlands (Ky.)

TE D.J. Tialavela, Utah State

TE Marcel Jensen, Fresno State

OT Josh Wells, James Madison

FB Maurice Hagens, Miami

CB Rashaad Reynolds, Oregon State

TE Reggie Jordan, Missouri Western

WR Damian Copeland, Louisville

LS Trevor Gillette, Rice

P Chad Zinchini, Tennessee Tech

LB Marcus Whitfield, Maryland

K Jeff Budzein, Kansas State

DB Mike Jordan, Missouri Western

DL Deandre Coleman, California

LB Spencer Shuey, Clemson

WR Brandon Wimberly, Nevada

S Craig Loston, LSU

DT Ricky Hevili-Heimuli, Oregon

 

For all the slappys obsessed with TE... there you are.

 

I'm happy to hear about Reynolds as well.  Haven't heard yet what made him go UDFA.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Holy Crap we signed Michael Jordan!! B)

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Man it's like everything has gone our way as much as it possibly can in the draft and FA to this point. If Christian Jones stayed here if would've been terrific.

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