EverettGriz said:
Yep, the BB board has always been much more civil. I just wish it was a little more active.
i was listening to a giants baseball game the other day. the griz are my main love, but every year i get hooked into the giants simply because of the announcers--jon miller (already in the hall of fame), mike krukow ("grab some pine, meat!"), and duane kuiper, a former player with a wry sense of humor and a great knowledge of the game. and then i realized that every great franchise has around it an equally great talker, a vin sculley, a harry caray, a mel allen--a famous shill, really. and then i thought about our football board, because in a way, we have exactly that guy in brint wahlberg. a guy who is passionate about the team, knows the game and the players, and conveys that enthusiasm on a near daily basi-- exactly what we're missing on this board. grizrule would qualify if he lived in missoula and was close to the team and the inside buzz, and mslacat is certainly savvy and well-connected, just not a griz fan. so we've got nobody to shill for this team from up close, and nobody within the program who seems willing to play that role. hell, from within the program, we can't even get an updated roster, a blog, an interview with any of the staff-- nuttin' honey. so we check in from afar, occasionally post a tidbit of information or random gossip, and that's it. singles hitters, no slugger to carry the board. until we find that person, our own mel kiper, this board will continue to languish. too bad too, because a lively board would be a huge aid to our basketball program.
