I Propose a Nickname Contest for Patrick Reusse

by PJS on Mar 26, 2009 8:10 PM CDT Comment 28 comments

For awhile I decided not to link to his spiteful columns about the University of Minnesota. No more. I'm going to link to all of his drivel and point to areas where he strategically omitted facts, or ignored them altogether.

Here's his latest attack-fest on the University and Joel Maturi where he tries to be clever by suggesting some sort of pattern called The Year of the Collapse. He ranks 7 U sports that he believes collapsed down the stretch of the season. He of course fails to note that the men's basketball team, for instance, made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since Vincent Grier led the lads to the dance. He omits that the baseball team recently went and took a series from TCU and found itself nationally ranked. He strangely refers to the volleyball players as "hitwomen." Is that volleyball jargon or did Reusse sit at his keyboard for 20 minutes thinking of that? He claims Pam Borton's women collapsed, even though they went ON THE ROAD in the NCAA Tournament and upset Notre Dame. Yes, they fell to a #2 seeded team in the Round of 32, but these things happen and aren't the things collapses are made of.

Finally, he's taken to calling Tim Brewster "Blackie?" Really Pat? "Blackie?"

Our friend Tru at A Sea of Blue refers to a constant mainstream media naysayer as The Loathsome Troll. I'd steal that but Reusse is nothing resembling a troll. So, what should we call this hack who is clearly just mailing it in at this point.

Ideas?

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Borrowing David Letterman's Phraseology

A Big Fat Tub Of Goo.

by FortyYearCatFan on Mar 26, 2009 8:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Blackie?

What the heck is that all about?

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 9:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I just read....

…it’s due to Brewster’s hair dye job. There’s got to be a better nickname to use than “Blackie.” Wonder what CJ would think about this.

by JG2112 on Mar 27, 2009 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't even read his stuff anymore.

He has hated Minnesota sports and been a Wisconsin rooter for years. I don’t even believe he gave Tubby his due when he came to Minnesota.

by COJOMAY on Mar 26, 2009 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Bo Ryan has the name "Grinch" so we can't use that...

But truly he is the “grinch” who steals all the fun out of Minnesota sports.

by COJOMAY on Mar 26, 2009 9:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How about

Pissant Pat?

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Souhan's in the same boat

From his article yesterday…

“The biggest question about Hopkins foward Royce White adjusting to the Gophers next year is, how’s he going to adapt when surrounded by less talent?”

See what he did there? The best high school team in the state has more talent than a Division I basketball team! It’s the exact opposite of what you’d expect! It’s like a traffic jam – when you’re already late! The irony is killing me.

by KMils on Mar 26, 2009 10:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

didn't see souhan's article

It’s like these guys think columnists are supposed to strive to come up with the cutest phraseology or just to be negative. WHat happened to informing with your space? Has the MSM become so scared of the Intenet that their columnists are now just after cheap laughs instead of starting a meaningful conversation?

Maroon and Gold Headquarters: The Daily Gopher

by PJS on Mar 27, 2009 6:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

the gopher in Caddyshack was always pestered by Bill Murray’s character, Carl Spackler… What would you guys think of Spackler?

"If we got to we're going to crawl in this locker room. And on our back is going to be an axe..."

by buddylee853 on Mar 26, 2009 11:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

mmmmmm

How about just plain D**kHead

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by TNGOPHER on Mar 27, 2009 5:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You know...

In his attack on bloggers, he called himself “the P.O.S.”

I don’t know if anyone else knew this, but there’s another meaning to that, in addition to “Portly Old Scribe.”

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 27, 2009 7:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ask and thou shall receive

by GreasyLlama on Mar 27, 2009 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

POS is pretty good

what you say here can, and will, be used against you

by GopherNation on Mar 27, 2009 9:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

2nd best D1 school record in nation = ??

Minnesota is second in the Directors Cup for winter sports…
link

Second place belongs to Minnesota who enters the top-five with a total of 542.75 points. The Gophers had a third place finish in women’s ice hockey, placed 11th in women’s swimming, 12th in women’s indoor track and field and 14th in both men’s indoor track and field and men’s wrestling. Minnesota earned 303.25 points so far in the winter standings, the most of any institution.

by goldybobblehead on Mar 27, 2009 9:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Suggestion

Just a thought, but when citing to the POS you should just copy and paste the article behind a cut, that way he doesn’t get the hits from linking to it…….

by WIGopher on Mar 27, 2009 10:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll do you one better

This is how a typical person’s brain should act when reading a Reusse leaving:

http://www.firejoemorgan.com/search?q=Reusse

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 27, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

great link. hadn't read that.

Maroon and Gold Headquarters: The Daily Gopher

by PJS on Mar 27, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's funny

In a couple years, bloggers will be thriving and Reusse’s fat ass will be homeless.

by ReelBigChris on Mar 27, 2009 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about...

Charlie Weis’ fatter, dumber twin brother?

by step away from the computer on Mar 27, 2009 10:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I've decided

It’s better to ignore him than acknowledge him. I truly think he enjoys having people disagree with him.

Therefore, the less commentary and the less people who click on this articles the better.

We can all laugh when the Strib goes belly up knowing that he’s worse off because of it (and probably contributed to it).

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by FishingMN on Mar 27, 2009 11:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Horrible

I’ve gone into a few of his articles on my blog, pointing out the lack of facts, half truths, facts twisted to fit his premise, and other outright lies and made up stats. I can’t stand him, not even so much for his anti-gopher bias, but his horrible and shoddy journalism.

I just call him Big Fat Idiot.

by DownwithGoldy on Mar 27, 2009 1:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He's not a journalist...

…he’s a columnist, which makes him no more qualified then us schmucks making comments on this blog. I don’t understand why newspapers haven’t fired all of their columnists and just relied on hard-working, low-paid beat reporters.

All the idiots leaving comments at startribune.com are doing the Reusse/Souhan’s job for free. Seriously: can them. Strib has nothing to lose and everything to gain.

by ReelBigChris on Mar 27, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Souhan's the worst

Reusse is bad, but he’s second to Souhan. The man has no writing talent whatsoever, and he wastes all of his time trying for “clever wordplay”. Also, did anybody hear his show on KSTP last week? Souhan said that some woman was “screeching” at the NCAA tourney game, and he turned around, and the obnoxious noise was from the coach’s wife. He then said, “no wonder Tubby spends so much time recruiting”. Extremely classy.

On Reusse, I’d just call him Mr. Irrelevant. He realizes that blogs have passed him by, so he doesn’t even try anymore. He doesn’t report, he apparently doesn’t even really follow the sports he writes on, he’s a joke, and a failure. Apparently he has a bet with Sid to see who can lose the most off of his fastball without being fired. Patrick and Souhan are two main reasons I won’t be sorry to see the Newspaper As We Know It go toes up.

by jmag on Mar 27, 2009 3:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Prefer Souhan

I agree his attempts at cleverness usually fail. But at least he tries. He’s also relatively knew to being a columnist. He’s searching for his voice in that area, IMO. I think Reusse is far worse because he’s just angry and bitter. He doesn’t try to understand the sports he covers. He doesn’t report (Souhan at least does sometimes).

Maroon and Gold Headquarters: The Daily Gopher

by PJS on Mar 27, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't mind Souhan

compared to Ruesse he is Pulitzer material.

what you say here can, and will, be used against you

by GopherNation on Mar 27, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Would it be blasphemy if I said that

I enjoy Reusse’s Turkey of the Year column? I usually don’t care for his negativity, but I have to admit that I always read that one… in fact my extended fam always tries to predict who is the Turkey of the Year and also tries to place the people that are sitting at the table (including ripping on family members).

by GreasyLlama on Mar 27, 2009 5:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The other Tubby

You know, I felt let down this season by the Gophers sports teams I pay attention to. But I don’t need lard-ass to remind me of it. I feel like he talks down to his readers. The U is in an exciting transformation. With the stadium opening, and Tubby sticking around, there is reason to believe the Gophers will be No. 1 in the Cup in years to come.

by GOFES on Mar 28, 2009 8:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The "Anti-Gopher"

Horrible I’ve gone into a few of his articles on my blog, pointing out the lack of facts, half truths, facts twisted to fit his premise, and other outright lies and made up stats. I can’t stand him, not even so much for his anti-gopher bias, but his horrible and shoddy journalism.

I just call him Big Fat Idiot.

by DownwithGoldy on Mar 27, 2009 11:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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Interesting to me that I was thinking that name and Down With Goldy used it in his description of POS. It is pretty obvious that he is going with the Common Man theme, that bad attention is better than no attention.

by Narby on Mar 29, 2009 12:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs