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Vantage 8 dude

Quote from: DeltaBoy on February 20, 2018, 10:03:36 am
I trust Frank and Steve Little may they rest in peace over Wally Hall.
But what the heck did they really know ??? I mean Wally's the only one in the know (yet again).

26.2Hog

Quote from: SooieGeneris on February 20, 2018, 01:28:33 am
Are you sure it wasn't the late Mickey Mantle? At least once a year, Wee Wally throws in his whine about Mantle dissing him in the Yankee's clubhouse in the 70s..

If there were archives of columns/articles in the 80s from the Old Democrat, Wee Wally and others would have some 'splaining to do. In 86-88, there were columns, cartoons, and editorials attacking Nolan in every section except the classifieds, often in very Steppin Fetchit ways.

In one column I recall, Wee Wally denied that there was such a thing as racism..

You are absolutely right about Wally hating Micky Mantle, hates him with a passion.

And I certainly remember how Wally and the Democrat used to rake Nolan over the coals those first few years.

Being a UALR man himself, it was during that time that Wally wrote a puff/brag column about a UALR player.  Wally said the player was very smart because he was taking a COBALT computer programming class.  Well, COBALT was a type of cancer treatment back then.  COBOL was a main programming language at the time, but Hall was too ignorant to know the difference.

 

PolishPigPower

It was 1991 on a Friday night, I was in college for Radio TV and Film, and I walked out of a movie at Park Plaza in LR.  Ran into Steve Barnes and his wife.  Mind you, this was the guy caught up in a toga party in the 80s and almost lost his TV career because of it.  I introduced myself and the gf, said what I was studying, and told him I admired his career.  He was engaging, asked a ton of questions to me, and was a total gentleman.

As luck would have it, the very next night at the same theater, the gf and I ran into Wally Hall and his wife.  I introduced myself, told him what I was studying... and was rudely interrupted.  "I'm sorry, but my wife and I are just trying to catch a movie.  Thanks for reading my articles, but I don't have time."  I watched The Ol' Graybutt pass us by, and got to see firsthand within a 24 hour period how people should/shouldn't be treated.

I had the chance to meet Steve Barnes again many, many years later while his grandkid and my kid played golf together.  I passed along the story in full, and told him what a positive influence he was just by taking 2 minutes to be nice to a kid.  He thanked me, then shook his head and said, "Wally" with a grin.
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Quote from: PolishPigPower on February 20, 2018, 04:44:14 pm
It was 1991 on a Friday night, I was in college for Radio TV and Film, and I walked out of a movie at Park Plaza in LR.  Ran into Steve Barnes and his wife.  Mind you, this was the guy caught up in a toga party in the 80s and almost lost his TV career because of it.  I introduced myself and the gf, said what I was studying, and told him I admired his career.  He was engaging, asked a ton of questions to me, and was a total gentleman.

As luck would have it, the very next night at the same theater, the gf and I ran into Wally Hall and his wife.  I introduced myself, told him what I was studying... and was rudely interrupted.  "I'm sorry, but my wife and I are just trying to catch a movie.  Thanks for reading my articles, but I don't have time."  I watched The Ol' Graybutt pass us by, and got to see firsthand within a 24 hour period how people should/shouldn't be treated.

I had the chance to meet Steve Barnes again many, many years later while his grandkid and my kid played golf together.  I passed along the story in full, and told him what a positive influence he was just by taking 2 minutes to be nice to a kid.  He thanked me, then shook his head and said, "Wally" with a grin.
If I may guess based on the timing that very well was likely Wally's ex. Her name was Cheryl (believe I have the spelling correct). And while there are usually many reasons why marriages fail, does anyone actually want to guess that one of them might NOT have been the Wally's such an a** hole ??? :o

PolishPigPower

Quote from: Vantage 8 dude on February 20, 2018, 04:58:11 pm
If I may guess based on the timing that very well was likely Wally's ex. Her name was Cheryl (believe I have the spelling correct). And while there are usually many reasons why marriages fail, does anyone actually want to guess that one of them might NOT have been the Wally's such an a** hole ??? :o

Yeah, they weren't together much longer after that, from what I recall.  I did remember that she had no reaction to his reaction at all.  Found that memorable.  No sure if she approved or had just seen it happen so many times over or was numb to it all.  Who knows?  No clue.
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Hogs-n-Roses

What was "allegedly" Wally's name on here?

razorbackfaninar

I swear don't have any vendetta against Wally Hall and I don't hang on his every word, but last night on Twitter he starts in on the late arriving crowd (18,083) and how they didn't open the doors until 6:30 to let everybody in even though ti was raining and 37 degrees.  Maybe I am just looking for him to complain and I am reading too much into it. But he really seems to never have anything positive to say about the U of A.

AirWarren

Speaking of the media, Loved hearing Baz make a smear of Max Brantley of the Arkansas times this morning.

ricepig

Quote from: AP85 on February 21, 2018, 09:30:33 am
Speaking of the media, Loved hearing Baz make a smear of Max Brantley of the Arkansas times this morning.

What did he say?

AirWarren

Quote from: ricepig on February 21, 2018, 09:39:04 am
What did he say?

Basically Brantley and his little roaches have slandered the radio station for the "babe bracket". Apparently Austin Kellerman and this other news anchor(who was in the babe bracket last year and was having fun) ended up losing then all of the sudden this particular anchor is against this objectifying of women etc. Brantley gets his hands on it and starts slandering them in his toilet paper publication and so on calling them sexist, pigs, trump lovers etc. So they brought him on this opening to kind of clear the air. Of course Brantley is what we all say he is.

Baz basically brought up the "times":
1. He and Joan early was voted as best looking duo in state media by the ARK times twice.
2. Arkansas times back in 2001 had a cover that had tommy smith on the front page with a topless woman turned away from the camera boasting him as radio king in Arkansas.
3. Back last month, they had an article about the porn store in Clarksville and basically boasted it up and glorifying it.
4. They had a contest last year for the best "weatherman" that featured no women.

Just hilarious at the responses max fumbled around. He is an idiot.


I know people hate the buzz and 103.7. But man, sometimes it's a breath of fresh air outside of CNN and Fox News where people can just listen to people have fun and not hear death death hate hate hate. That of course until Brantley is on the show who blamed Trump for everything including "pig ideals" like the buzz has hahaha.

liljo

Quote from: razorbackfaninar on February 21, 2018, 09:28:58 am
I swear don't have any vendetta against Wally Hall and I don't hang on his every word, but last night on Twitter he starts in on the late arriving crowd (18,083) and how they didn't open the doors until 6:30 to let everybody in even though ti was raining and 37 degrees.  Maybe I am just looking for him to complain and I am reading too much into it. But he really seems to never have anything positive to say about the U of A.

The U of A, Fayetteville.

I swear, you can read a sports story on the Razorbacks and it will be like:

"The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, played host to the Kentucky Wildcats on a cold and rainy night. The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville fought the Wildcats to a first half draw, before the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville inexplicably faded in the second half. It was obvious midway through the second half that the difference between the 'Cats and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Razorbacks was......"

The Demozette will use that name over and over throughout a single sports story. It's stupid. It's grating. It's irritating. And they are bound to know that. So it is supposed to be some kind of "veiled dig" at Arkansas. Maybe they are so stupid they don't think people see through that, or maybe I give folks too much credit in thinking they do, but I can't stand that newspaper. Every once in a while somebody leaves a copy in the break room at work and I check it out. But it's always the same.

I've LONG thought Wally Hall never missed a chance to make Arkansas look bad.
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Vantage 8 dude

Quote from: 26.2Hog on February 20, 2018, 12:56:30 pm
You are absolutely right about Wally hating Micky Mantle, hates him with a passion.

And I certainly remember how Wally and the Democrat used to rake Nolan over the coals those first few years.

Being a UALR man himself, it was during that time that Wally wrote a puff/brag column about a UALR player.  Wally said the player was very smart because he was taking a COBALT computer programming class.  Well, COBALT was a type of cancer treatment back then.  COBOL was a main programming language at the time, but Hall was too ignorant to know the difference.
Your last observation is the best at describing Wallace. He is one of the world's biggest idiots. And I say that with   deepest apologizes to morons everywhere.  :)

supersaint

Wally needs to get back in the tre and bake some cookies. 
There's no sense in nonsense when the heat is hot.

 

AirWarren

Quote from: liljo on February 21, 2018, 10:07:42 am
The U of A, Fayetteville.

I swear, you can read a sports story on the Razorbacks and it will be like:

"The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, played host to the Kentucky Wildcats on a cold and rainy night. The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville fought the Wildcats to a first half draw, before the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville inexplicably faded in the second half. It was obvious midway through the second half that the difference between the 'Cats and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Razorbacks was......"

The Demozette will use that name over and over throughout a single sports story. It's stupid. It's grating. It's irritating. And they are bound to know that. So it is supposed to be some kind of "veiled dig" at Arkansas. Maybe they are so stupid they don't think people see through that, or maybe I give folks too much credit in thinking they do, but I can't stand that newspaper. Every once in a while somebody leaves a copy in the break room at work and I check it out. But it's always the same.

I've LONG thought Wally Hall never missed a chance to make Arkansas look bad.

What does it matter? Stop reading him if it annoys you.

liljo

Quote from: AP85 on February 21, 2018, 10:22:18 am
What does it matter? Stop reading him if it annoys you.
It mattered enough that I dropped my subscription to the Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, years ago.

If I wasn't going to read stuff because it annoyed me, I'd have a really hard time navigating Hogville. But I patiently sift through it, looking for the good stuff that is also there.

When I pick up a copy of the Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, and scan the sports section, I'm looking for headlines about the Hogs mostly. There will be an occasional sports story I will read. But I quit reading Wally Hall a LONG time ago. But thanks for your advice.
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ricepig

Quote from: AP85 on February 21, 2018, 10:01:49 am
Basically Brantley and his little roaches have slandered the radio station for the "babe bracket". Apparently Austin Kellerman and this other news anchor(who was in the babe bracket last year and was having fun) ended up losing then all of the sudden this particular anchor is against this objectifying of women etc. Brantley gets his hands on it and starts slandering them in his toilet paper publication and so on calling them sexist, pigs, trump lovers etc. So they brought him on this opening to kind of clear the air. Of course Brantley is what we all say he is.

Baz basically brought up the "times":
1. He and Joan early was voted as best looking duo in state media by the ARK times twice.
2. Arkansas times back in 2001 had a cover that had tommy smith on the front page with a topless woman turned away from the camera boasting him as radio king in Arkansas.
3. Back last month, they had an article about the porn store in Clarksville and basically boasted it up and glorifying it.
4. They had a contest last year for the best "weatherman" that featured no women.

Just hilarious at the responses max fumbled around. He is an idiot.


I know people hate the buzz and 103.7. But man, sometimes it's a breath of fresh air outside of CNN and Fox News where people can just listen to people have fun and not hear death death hate hate hate. That of course until Brantley is on the show who blamed Trump for everything including "pig ideals" like the buzz has hahaha.

Thanks, I would have loved to hear Baz roast him, yeah about the only thing Max has going for himself these days are his chins.

ricepig

Quote from: liljo on February 21, 2018, 10:07:42 am
The U of A, Fayetteville.

I swear, you can read a sports story on the Razorbacks and it will be like:

"The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, played host to the Kentucky Wildcats on a cold and rainy night. The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville fought the Wildcats to a first half draw, before the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville inexplicably faded in the second half. It was obvious midway through the second half that the difference between the 'Cats and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Razorbacks was......"

The Demozette will use that name over and over throughout a single sports story. It's stupid. It's grating. It's irritating. And they are bound to know that. So it is supposed to be some kind of "veiled dig" at Arkansas. Maybe they are so stupid they don't think people see through that, or maybe I give folks too much credit in thinking they do, but I can't stand that newspaper. Every once in a while somebody leaves a copy in the break room at work and I check it out. But it's always the same.

I've LONG thought Wally Hall never missed a chance to make Arkansas look bad.

I think they only mention it once in an article, but it is petty. I'm sure most wouldn't have known which UofA campus was playing Kentucky last night, lol.

AirWarren

Quote from: liljo on February 21, 2018, 10:26:25 am
It mattered enough that I dropped my subscription to the Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, years ago.

If I wasn't going to read stuff because it annoyed me, I'd have a really hard time navigating Hogville. But I patiently sift through it, looking for the good stuff that is also there.

When I pick up a copy of the Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, and scan the sports section, I'm looking for headlines about the Hogs mostly. There will be an occasional sports story I will read. But I quit reading Wally Hall a LONG time ago. But thanks for your advice.

Kudos.

I'll send you a trophy for your bravery.

liljo

Quote from: AP85 on February 21, 2018, 10:36:47 am
Kudos.

I'll send you a trophy for your bravery.

Bravery?

Sounds like you're pretty brave as well. Online.
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AirWarren

Quote from: liljo on February 21, 2018, 10:51:33 am
Bravery?

Sounds like you're pretty brave as well. Online.

I am. I'm 8 feet tall like the rest of them.

liljo

Quote from: AP85 on February 21, 2018, 10:53:12 am
I am. I'm 8 feet tall like the rest of them.

:D

I'm just relieved you're not Wally.
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AirWarren

Quote from: liljo on February 21, 2018, 10:54:55 am
:D

I'm just relieved you're not Wally.

That I am not! Ha.

I think journalism degrees and media is a waste of time.

razorbackfaninar

Quote from: AP85 on February 21, 2018, 10:22:18 am
What does it matter? Stop reading him if it annoys you.

I don't read Wally's column, but I catch him on the radio from time to time and I listen to DTS in the afternoons on the way home and I hear his column mentioned often. My issue is that a lot of people do read his column and for better or worse it helps to shape opinions about the University.  It just irks me I guess that someone with such a platform seems to be so negative about the university and really about the state.  It may not do all that much damage, but it certainly doesn't help. 

Piggius Maximus

I have an old friend who used to work as a junior writer under Little Wally years ago at the DemGaz. I'm guessing somewhere around mid 1980's to early 1990, so I'm not sure of the timing. Anyway, she was out on the road covering a story with Little Wally, staying in separate rooms at a hotel of course. According to her, Little Wally made a midnight visit to her room where she immediately rebuked him and sent Little Wally and Teeny Weeny Wally packing. Now this is just hearsay, but she is very credible and I believe her. Every time I hear Little Wally on the radio it makes me cringe.  :puke:

 

26.2Hog

Quote from: Piggius Maximus on February 21, 2018, 12:44:10 pm
I have an old friend who used to work as a junior writer under Little Wally years ago at the DemGaz. I'm guessing somewhere around mid 1980's to early 1990, so I'm not sure of the timing. Anyway, she was out on the road covering a story with Little Wally, staying in separate rooms at a hotel of course. According to her, Little Wally made a midnight visit to her room where she immediately rebuked him and sent Little Wally and Teeny Weeny Wally packing. Now this is just hearsay, but she is very credible and I believe her. Every time I hear Little Wally on the radio it makes me cringe.  :puke:

Lol, that's good.  +1


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Leadbelly

Quote from: razorbackfaninar on February 19, 2018, 09:27:26 am
I caught some of Wally Hall on the radio this morning.  There was a curious exchange.  They were talking about retiring jerseys, and Wally threw in an aside about Clyde Scott and Steve Little:   "You know they never asked Clyde Scott if they could un-retire his number for Steve Little, never once said anything to him about it, just went ahead and did it, Of course Steve was very dignified about it, but they never asked him at all." Now this could be my interpretation of Wally's tone, but it sounded to me like it wouldn't have been out of place if he had either prefaced it, or followed it with "Those Bastards".

A few minutes go by and a guy called in who said he had known Clyde Scott, who he called Scotty and Then Mr. Scott for the last 20 years and that Mr. Scott said that Frank came to him and said " Hey I've got this kicker and he want's your old number and would you care", and Clyde Scott said no, that it was fine, and that later Steve Little came to Clyde Scott and said I never demanded that they give me your number kind of apologetic and Mr. Scott Said it was no problem.     

Now these two stories are clearly different in both content and tone, So after being told by someone who apparently heard the story directly from Clyde Scott that the version he was telling was incorrect.  Wally doesn't say, oh well I guess I heard it wrong, or I guess I was told incorrectly, he just says " We heard two different stories, Imagine that", and carried on as if his story was still just as valid and correct as before.

Now this is a small thing, but I have noticed it a lot from Wally over the years. He really likes any little tidbit that makes the University and Frank in particular look bad, he likes to put in little asides about some kind of crappy behavior from the administration or whoever the AD at the U of A happens to be, and it's always in some unverifiable way like "everybody knew this is what happened but just didn't want to say", or "the unofficial story is...", " they way I heard it was...".   

I just wonder how many of these things over the years that were slanted just enough in a negative light that I have heard and believed without knowing the full story.   I'm curious just how much damage this negative slant has done as the Sports Editor for the one major statewide news paper left in the state. I don't need a homer to write articles, and I don't mind opinions either, but I find Wally difficult to take at face value any more, not just because of this one incident, but there have been a number of things like this that I have noticed over the years.   


You begin your third paragraph with, "Now this is a small thing.." couldn't have described Wee Wally any better. Wally has been slanting and writing his mis mosh crap for 30+ years. What he knows about sports or journalism for that matter, you could put in one of his size 6 shoes! BTW, I had a journalism prof at UCA tell me about Wally, "he was an odd little fellow..." and went on to say that, "if you notice, Wally never writes ABOUT sports, just something on the periphery."
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FANONTHEHILL

Here's what my source told me about the retired number issue regarding Clyde Scott and Steve Little.  There was a kicker/qb at Shawnee Mission South in Overland Park, Kansas that the university wanted.  The player was highly sought after and was favoring Arkansas.  He wanted to wear #12.  Lon Farrell initially reached out to Clyde Scott and that was followed by a call from Broyles.  The player would wear the number and then it would be retired again after his playing time ended.   Clyde Scott and his family were content with it all.  I know we don't often name our "sources", but about ten years ago I initiated the conversation with my "source" like this, "Hey Coach Broyles, what was the story with #12 and Clyde Scott and Steve Little?"


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bphi11ips

Quote from: FANONTHEHILL on February 22, 2018, 07:18:49 am
Here's what my source told me about the retired number issue regarding Clyde Scott and Steve Little.  There was a kicker/qb at Shawnee Mission South in Overland Park, Kansas that the university wanted.  The player was highly sought after and was favoring Arkansas.  He wanted to wear #12.  Lon Farrell initially reached out to Clyde Scott and that was followed by a call from Broyles.  The player would wear the number and then it would be retired again after his playing time ended.   Clyde Scott and his family were content with it all.  I know we don't often name our "sources", but about ten years ago I initiated the conversation with my "source" like this, "Hey Coach Broyles, what was the story with #12 and Clyde Scott and Steve Little?"




Pretty good source. Broyles is said to have visited Little's home six times while recruiting him.
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Vantage 8 dude


liljo

Quote from: FANONTHEHILL on February 22, 2018, 07:18:49 am
Here's what my source told me about the retired number issue regarding Clyde Scott and Steve Little.  There was a kicker/qb at Shawnee Mission South in Overland Park, Kansas that the university wanted.  The player was highly sought after and was favoring Arkansas.  He wanted to wear #12.  Lon Farrell initially reached out to Clyde Scott and that was followed by a call from Broyles.  The player would wear the number and then it would be retired again after his playing time ended.   Clyde Scott and his family were content with it all.  I know we don't often name our "sources", but about ten years ago I initiated the conversation with my "source" like this, "Hey Coach Broyles, what was the story with #12 and Clyde Scott and Steve Little?"

Now THAT is a SOURCE! ! !
Thanks for sharing.
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mckinneyhog5

Wally probably sits back and laughs at you guys get your panties in a wad over what he says or writes. I know I would.
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Quote from: mckinneyhog5 on February 22, 2018, 09:50:31 am
Wally probably sits back and laughs at you guys get your panties in a wad over what he says or writes. I know I would.

Well I'm not sure about that, but I do know for a fact Wally gets pretty worked up himself when he is mocked.   
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razorbackfaninar

Quote from: mckinneyhog5 on February 22, 2018, 09:50:31 am
Wally probably sits back and laughs at you guys get your panties in a wad over what he says or writes. I know I would.

He probably does, and I guess that's kind of my problem. He is in a very important position as far as the influence he has over the way people develop their opinions regarding athletics at the Universality of Arkansas. I think that kind of attitude is fine for a message board, but for the sports editor of the statewide news paper I think he has always been given too much leeway to cast aspersions by calling his column an opinion piece.  I mean anyone can have an opinion and to a degree every column is some kind of opinion. But his column is titled "Like It Is".  The indication being that while other reporters may be giving you a dressed up, cleaned up version of the truth he isn't afraid to give you a no nonsense warts and all view of what is going on at the U of A, and too often has a pretty negative slant.       

razorbackfaninar

Quote from: razorbackfaninar on February 22, 2018, 11:53:58 am
He probably does, and I guess that's kind of my problem. He is in a very important position as far as the influence he has over the way people develop their opinions regarding athletics at the Universality of Arkansas. I think that kind of attitude is fine for a message board, but for the sports editor of the statewide news paper I think he has always been given too much leeway to cast aspersions by calling his column an opinion piece.  I mean anyone can have an opinion and to a degree every column is some kind of opinion. But his column is titled "Like It Is".  The indication being that while other reporters may be giving you a dressed up, cleaned up version of the truth he isn't afraid to give you a no nonsense warts and all view of what is going on at the U of A, and too often has a pretty negative slant.       

I also think that to a degree he could get away with this stuff for years before the internet and social media came along.  I mean he could have gone on a radio show in 1989 and said just about anything, and who could call him on it. I mean individually people could sit in their cars or in their homes and say to them selves that's BS but they couldn't really hash it out with a lot of other fans.   Today if people hear him say things that don't sound quite right they can get on a message board or social media and talk to a wide scope of hog fans from all different ages to fact check him.  So he starts to look more and more petty the more often people look at what he writes or says and see that he isn't quite telling it " Like it Is"
   

jswineberiaskirk

One of the darkest days in Arkansas history was when the hallowed Arkansas Gazette closed it's doors and the crap that is/was/forever shall be the Democrat (although I did like The Phantom in the comics section on the odd occasion one was in my house) took it over. Wally has always been jealous of Orville Henry and was/is not fit to hold the great mans pencil.

oldhawg

I guess that Wally has been somewhat successful, he has hung around for a long while.  But his legacy will never be anything near Orville Henry's.

liljo

Quote from: mckinneyhog5 on February 22, 2018, 09:50:31 am
Wally probably sits back and laughs at you guys get your panties in a wad over what he says or writes. I know I would.

I don't know about that. There's not a month goes by the Democrat isn't calling me trying to get me to buy a subscription from them.

Maybe you're right! Maybe they keep statistics and run over and tell Wally, "Nope, still can't sell the paper to the following list" and all share a good belly-laugh. Kind of like the belly-laugh I have when somebody calls Wally a "sports reporter."

Yes sir, you may be on to something. But, just for the record, guys don't wear "panties." Just wanted to let you know.
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Vantage 8 dude

Quote from: mckinneyhog5 on February 22, 2018, 09:50:31 am
Wally probably sits back and laughs at you guys get your panties in a wad over what he says or writes. I know I would.
Well hopefully you won't be stupid enough to write some of the things he does AND you'd at least get your facts straight before making such public proclamations. BIG difference.

porkrindjimmy

Quote from: Vantage 8 dude on February 22, 2018, 02:20:26 pm
Well hopefully you won't be stupid enough to write some of the things he does AND you'd at least get your facts straight before making such public proclamations. BIG difference.

Are you not familiar with McKinneys work?

PRJ

Lady Razorback

Quote from: Dwight_K_Shrute on February 22, 2018, 11:39:21 am
Well I'm not sure about that, but I do know for a fact Wally gets pretty worked up himself when he is mocked.

Yes, you do. 

Inhogswetrust

Quote from: jswineberiaskirk on February 22, 2018, 12:37:57 pm
One of the darkest days in Arkansas history was when the hallowed Arkansas Gazette closed it's doors and the crap that is/was/forever shall be the Democrat (although I did like The Phantom in the comics section on the odd occasion one was in my house) took it over. Wally has always been jealous of Orville Henry and was/is not fit to hold the great mans pencil.

Umm you might have forgotten that Orville moved from the Gazette to the Democrat before the Gazette closed so to speak. Walter Hussman himself said Orville moving to the Democrat brought credibility to it. In other words Orville's move is thought by some to have helped hasten the Gazettes demise. Wally had no problem with it either. He recognized what effect the newspaper war could have on the Democrat. He also knew that getting someone of Orville's status to jump ship to the Democrat was a huge coup.
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

"Why some people are so drawn to the irrational is something that has always puzzled me" - James Randi

oldhawg

Quote from: Inhogswetrust on February 22, 2018, 06:11:01 pm
Umm you might have forgotten that Orville moved from the Gazette to the Democrat before the Gazette closed so to speak. Walter Hussman himself said Orville moving to the Democrat brought credibility to it. In other words Orville's move is thought by some to have helped hasten the Gazettes demise. Wally had no problem with it either. He recognized what effect the newspaper war could have on the Democrat. He also knew that getting someone of Orville's status to jump ship to the Democrat was a huge coup.

Had forgotten about that ---- was thinking that Orville moved after the Gazette folded.

HognitiveDissonance

Quote from: Dwight_K_Shrute on February 22, 2018, 11:39:21 am
Well I'm not sure about that, but I do know for a fact Wally gets pretty worked up himself when he is mocked.
Not just himself, but he is extremely sensitive to remarks about the media in general.

That's my biggest beef. The media is perfect...the media can do no wrong...the media can criticize, but don't dare criticize the media...the media should have the best seats at the games (he wrote a piece about where the media sits just a few weeks ago)


26.2Hog

Quote from: HognitiveDissonance on February 22, 2018, 06:52:58 pm
Not just himself, but he is extremely sensitive to remarks about the media in general.

That's my biggest beef. The media is perfect...the media can do no wrong...the media can criticize, but don't dare criticize the media...the media should have the best seats at the games (he wrote a piece about where the media sits just a few weeks ago)

This is spot on.  Hall also wrote a piece criticizing the athletic department because, in his opinion, the place used to introduce new coaches was too small and thus was not comfortable enough for the media covering the event.  He whined and pouted and put on display a sense of entitlement second to none.

PonderinHog

Quote from: 26.2Hog on February 22, 2018, 07:40:42 pm
This is spot on.  Hall also wrote a piece criticizing the athletic department because, in his opinion, the place used to introduce new coaches was too small and thus was not comfortable enough for the media covering the event.  He whined and pouted and put on display a sense of entitlement second to none.
What, no room for his high chair ???

DeltaBoy

Wally gotten worse than getting better , I use to get both Papers at the News stand at UALR and by mail before that . Fact remains that Wally could not shine Mr Henry's Shoes or fetch him a cup of coffee.
If the South should lose, it means that the history of the heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers, will be impressed by all of the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.
-- Major General Patrick Cleburne
The Confederacy had no better soldiers
than the Arkansans--fearless, brave, and oftentimes courageous beyond
prudence. Dickart History of Kershaws Brigade.

Inhogswetrust

Quote from: HognitiveDissonance on February 22, 2018, 06:52:58 pm
Not just himself, but he is extremely sensitive to remarks about the media in general.

That's my biggest beef. The media is perfect...the media can do no wrong...the media can criticize, but don't dare criticize the media...the media should have the best seats at the games (he wrote a piece about where the media sits just a few weeks ago)


My biggest beef is when they put some headline or big story on the front page or very prominently shown. Then when it's proved that it isn't correct or factual they put a retraction, correction or apology in a little bitty paragraph sometimes not even on the front page but buried inside.
If I'm going to cheer players and coaches in victory, I damn sure ought to be man enough to stand with them in defeat.

"Why some people are so drawn to the irrational is something that has always puzzled me" - James Randi