Comments on: Jim Boeheim Wouldn’t Answer a Question From ESPN’s Andy Katz, Calls Him an “Idiot” and a “Disloyal Person” [Video & Audio]

By: WheresWallace

WheresWallace — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:18:51 +0000

Props to Cursed who earlier in the day mentioned Jim Boheim loves to put down reporters.

Cursed always points that out because he asked an idiotic question at a press conference and Boeheim rightfully chewed him out. He never mentions his moronic question though. Interesting.

By: G. Willikers

G. Willikers — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:30:26 +0000

Correction: the game was in Hartford

By: scripty

scripty — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:23:29 +0000

Props to Cursed who earlier in the day mentioned Jim Boheim loves to put down reporters.

By: Monster is Meth

Monster is Meth — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:11:03 +0000

That’s where we agree to disagree, SC. I’m of the mindset that if there’s something I don’t want known, I’m not bringing it up to anybody.

By: Shining Base Path

Shining Base Path — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:07:57 +0000

But if there’s something you don’t want in the news, you shouldn’t say anything, especially to a reporter. Whose occupation is finding stories. Even if Katz doesn’t report it, who’s to say he wouldn’t blurt it out to someone that would?

meth you’re an idiot and disloyal

but seriously….you are correct, the best way to keep it a secret is to not trust anyone. as for the blurting part…that’s just as bad as printing or tweeting. once you have the off the record info, it’s your baby

don’t drop it!

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:06:58 +0000

comes back to katz either way meth. i dont care or think it is unethical, but imo it was stupid by katz. only hurts himself long term

By: vajayjay redick

vajayjay redick — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:03:20 +0000

At this point of Boeheim’s career, the media needs him more than he needs them.

By: Monster is Meth

Monster is Meth — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:00:55 +0000

You’re right, Vez. Not all reporters are like that. But if there’s something you don’t want in the news, you shouldn’t say anything, especially to a reporter. Whose occupation is finding stories. Even if Katz doesn’t report it, who’s to say he wouldn’t blurt it out to someone that would?

By: Shining Base Path

Shining Base Path — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:49:56 +0000

boeheim should not use the word disloyal tho…katz doesn;t work for him…

…or does he?

anyway we have an ethical situation going on here in chicago. rose talked with usat about his comeback, and this amid him being off limits to the daily chicago beat guys

fans don’t care who rose talks to but he should know better than to treat the chicago guys like that. some of them have been a part of his publicity since high school, and while he doesn’t owe them, he’s been a good kid thus far and it is disappointing. jordan always treated beat guys well, even as so many out of town and magazine people pulled at his time

maybe adidas was in on it, maybe out of his hands, but i tend to think rose can call shots by now

By: resolutedefense

resolutedefense — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:44:08 +0000

Problem for Katz is if you become known as the guy that burns anonymous/off the record sources then you will no longer have any sources. Once word of shenanigans like that gets out you get shunned fast and become nothing more than a news reader.

By: Shining Base Path

Shining Base Path — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:42:50 +0000

fellas i’m with crooked nose. you guys are painting with way too broad a brush. any rnalist who cares about his cred as well as knows he’ll be rewarded down the line with some scoop bc he kept mum when asked will absolutely respect confidentiality

there is slime as you cite, but those bad apples should not spoil the bunch

it’s something i deal with at least weekly and that’s just trade pub work. vendors, brands, retailers, agencies….no one wants to piss off partners. they will give you background info and their opinion but if they ask for ‘off the record’ on something and you promise it and then break the promise you have lost a source forever

and in sports, where beat guys have to see their sources daily…good luck with that

By: A.P.

A.P. — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:39:58 +0000

Errrr.. Not one dime

By: Gritty Hombres

Gritty Hombres — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:38:31 +0000

Well, there was that time with Boeheim and Katz……

By: Crookednose

Crookednose — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:26:12 +0000

It means that in this day and age, most people who work in sports media would cut off one of their kid’s toes to be the first to report a story.
Exactly.

so you know a lot reporters who look a guy in the face and say, “This is off the record,” and then burn that source? Show me where that happens. Ya know, besides AJ Daulerio.

By: A.P.

A.P. — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:23:37 +0000

NOT ONE PENNY

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:22:17 +0000

As much as I like to detract from Syracuse, Boeheim is great. But this is how you handle trifling members of the media…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokthY5zuPU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GszKk9MbZ0k

By: Monster is Meth

Monster is Meth — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:22:01 +0000

It means that in this day and age, most people who work in sports media would cut off one of their kid’s toes to be the first to report a story.

Exactly.

By: jayhawk88

jayhawk88 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:20:41 +0000

“It isn’t 1955?” What the hell does that even mean?

It means that in this day and age, most people who work in sports media would cut off one of their kid’s toes to be the first to report a story. It’s Ricky Bobby Reporting: If you’re not first, you’re last.

By: Crookednose

Crookednose — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:19:11 +0000

There’s a difference between stuff that “wasn’t intended to be aired out” and burning a source on speaking off the record. a big difference, which any journalist who has any ethics would recognize. he said, “This is why you don’t say shit off the record to journalists. It’s their job to report, and they want stories.”

that is bullshit. If a reporter hears or sees something in the process of reporting, then fine. If he is speaking to someone “off the record,” then that shit is…wait for it…off the record.

By: ohheelyeah

ohheelyeah — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:13:52 +0000

Which is a violation of student privacy rights.

In order for that to be an issue for Katz, he would have to have clearance and/or access to that info. He can go run and tell any of that once he gets it, as he isn’t bound by any confidentiality.