Politi and Seton Hall
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Can someone who knows more about this stuff than I do explain the justification?
Because it seems like the exact type of thing that drives most of our real fans bananas.
We get little exposure in the tri-state area in a good year. Forget about when we aren't good. This is the one game people care most about on balance, like it or not. It actually garners some attention within the state. Why would we be excluding NJ media members?
On the surface its a bad look and probably an overreaction. On the flip side, Zags covered the media call for NJ.com and Politi is a johnny-come-lately. He basically ignores Seton Hall's existence 10 months a year and then wants access when it suits him.
tl;dr: No one who is interested in Seton Hall basketball is following it earnestly through NJ.com.
To be sure, it's pettiness by Seton Hall, but it really has no impact. The media landscape has changed so much that a Politi and the smoking wreckage of what used to be the Star-Ledger are, at least in this context, almost 100 percent irrelevant. And I say this as a staunch legacy media supporter. It's just the way it is.
Given the Star-Ledger's decision long ago to essentially exclude Seton Hall from coverage, at least of the in-person variety, I'm sure Seton Hall has wanted to snub them like this forever. But whereas there was a time when it would've been cutting off their nose to spite their fact, those days are gone. And especially in a year when you know the guy in question is going to have absolutely nothing positive to say about the program, why even waste a credential on him?
Year ago, I would've found this outrageous and been embarrassed of my alma mater. Now? What is lost by doing this? Visibility? No. Aside from Jerry Carino, who to my knowledge is the one legacy media scribe who covers us in earnest (and does so very well), the people like Jaden Daly are the ones who deserve these credentials, not some self-satisfied fool like Politi who knows nothing about this but will parachute in and drop his silly opinion afterward. Who needs it?
EDIT: See the post above mine by @hbkmyr. It was my oversight to exclude Zagoria, who I think is a freelancer for NJ.com, not a staffer like the uninformed columnist in question.
To be sure, it's pettiness by Seton Hall, but it really has no impact. The media landscape has changed so much that a Politi and the smoking wreckage of what used to be the Star-Ledger are, at least in this context, almost 100 percent irrelevant. And I say this as a staunch legacy media supporter. It's just the way it is.
Given the Star-Ledger's decision long ago to essentially exclude Seton Hall from coverage, at least of the in-person variety, I'm sure Seton Hall has wanted to snub them like this forever. But whereas there was a time when it would've been cutting off their nose to spite their fact, those days are gone. And especially in a year when you know the guy in question is going to have absolutely nothing positive to say about the program, why even waste a credential on him?
Year ago, I would've found this outrageous and been embarrassed of my alma mater. Now? What is lost by doing this? Visibility? No. Aside from Jerry Carino, who to my knowledge is the one legacy media scribe who covers us in earnest (and does so very well), the people like Jaden Daly are the ones who deserve these credentials, not some self-satisfied fool like Politi who knows nothing about this but will parachute in and drop his silly opinion afterward. Who needs it?
EDIT: See the post above mine by @hbkmyr. It was my oversight to exclude Zagoria, who I think is a freelancer for NJ.com, not a staffer like the uninformed columnist in question.
Dumb move. I don’t understand this mentality.
But at least there’s media availability. 🤣
But at least there’s media availability. 🤣
That's not a very nice thing to say about the Targum.
What makes him think he's entitled to be included? Is he anyone noteworthy? Complete non story here.
He is the NSL sports writer. Excluding him is odd. He seems like a jerk. But its not like he isnt a logical participant.
The fact that his “most recent” was eight months ago speaks volumes.
I’m sure somewhere up above, Mike Sheppard Sr is appreciating this.
More to the point , Politi has been pretty good in backing Sha -what possible downside is there to his inclusion ?
Perhaps the the above tweet by Politi ( posted by MoneyHall07) illustrates --- opportunities to have Seton Hall and Sha's program --our Players and potential Players- presented in a favorable fashion .
Given the opportunity to take the high road, the Hall chose in this case to be quite petty and sophomoric. I expect fans like several in this thread to say "eff Politi". One would think a media relations pro would rise above that. Nobody but SHU ends up looking bad in this. And the 'because I said so' is especially weak.
Politi is a sniveling shit but for Seton Hall to refuse him access when it needs any publicity it can get is small time.
Did any of you read Politi’s follow up
tweet where he said that he spoke with Holloway today?
tweet where he said that he spoke with Holloway today?
