Review: Chris Bianchi

Discussion in 'Colorado Rapids' started by GoRapids, Jul 26, 2012.

  1. GoRapids

    GoRapids Member

    Sep 1, 1999
    Boulder CO
    I miss Nick Thomas. This team is 3 points from the cellar of MLS in a major downspin and the postings on MLSsoccer.com are completely worthless! What's going on with this team? Where's the insight? Where's the journalism trying to find the real story instead of the canned quotes fed to him that everything is A-Ok?

    Coverage is complete CRAP!

    I'm thinking of starting an online petition to MLSsoccer to have them actually cover the team - would that be at all effective if we got people in agreement and to sign it or is MLSsoccer completely crap that wont' post anything at all critical of any teams?
     
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  2. SoccaJ

    SoccaJ Member

    Colorado Rapids
    Jun 25, 2007
    Firestone, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I miss Nick Thomas as well - at least he tried to uncover and report things that required accountability......hmmmmm, maybe the FO didn't like that!

    I would fully support your petition, Mark
     
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  3. 22SteveD

    22SteveD Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2011
    Denver
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Have to say I don't think the Denver post is much better. But aren't 80% of all sports articles positive in nature? I mean really really positive


    Cant recall seeing anything on Broncos saying they have no chance this season.
     
  4. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Outside of Goff and Wahl (and very occasionally Ives, but not on Rapids stuff) pretty much every MLS "writer/reporter" covering the league right now is crap. Well Beau Dure as well but I don't know how much coverage he does these days.
     
  5. spot

    spot Member+

    Nov 29, 1999
    Centennial
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You have to be on board to cover the Rapids...

    I'd petition the league for some sort of guarantee of media independence, and annual audit of credentialing.
     
  6. teddy_montoya

    teddy_montoya RapidsThugLife

    Nov 9, 2006
    Supporters Terrace
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That is pretty close actually.
     
  7. COYP

    COYP Member

    Aug 5, 2010
    Denver
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I expect that from the reporting on MLS.com. I do think the Denver Post should at least try to do a bit better. I guess they have bigger problems than MLS coverage though.
     
  8. spot

    spot Member+

    Nov 29, 1999
    Centennial
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The DP's coverage of the Rapids has at the best been lukewarm. An article here or there and I reckon the editors use their deep knowledge of minimal statistical sampling to determine that those articles will never pay.

    On the other side the Rapids are a bunch of thin skinned kids who want only positive coverage.

    It's tough to be a DP writer in that situation. There's no support from the DP should you write a tough article - odds are they're binned 9 times out of 10 - and the Rapids don't want tough coverage. If the DP doesn't back the writer then they have little more authority than a blogger.
     

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