So it looks like The Oklahoman ran away–or is running away-with the “Worst Metro Newspaper” category. In honor of that accomplishment, we figured it would be good to determine who is their worst sports columnist.
Mel Bracht
Mel is the sports media columnist for The Oklahoman. He is perhaps the most unopinionated media columnist in the history of media columnists. The craziest thing he’ll do is list arena football in his mesmerizing “What to Watch.”
Jenni Carlson
Dear god, way too much to mention here…
Mr. Monday
Mr.Monday is the whimsical off-beat “humor” columnist for The Oklahoman. He’s also one of our biggest fans in The Dark Tower. We are pretty sure he’s the guy who wrote “The Lost Ogle LIVES” on the wall of the 4th floor handicapped bathroom. We are pretty sure he’s also the guy who uses that bathroom.
Berry Tramel
As I said before, I don’t think Berry Trammel is that bad of a newspaper columnist. But he pretty much sucks at all the other stuff he does (like TV, radio, online video).
John Rohde
When I was 19-year-old waiter at the “new” Applebee’s on Northwest Expressway, I got to wait on John Rohde. I’m pretty sure he gave me a lousy tip. Since then, I’ve always rooted for Vijay Singh to win every golf tournament, the Denver Broncos to lose ever football game and for Bill Self to finally lose the toupee.
Worst Oklahoman Sports Columnist:
- Jenni Carlson (64%, 246 Votes)
- Berry Tramel (13%, 50 Votes)
- Mr. Monday (10%, 38 Votes)
- John Rohde (8%, 32 Votes)
- Mel Bracht (5%, 20 Votes)
Total Voters: 385
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It wouldn’t be Berry Tramel if he could somehow get an apartment or something…..he’s homeless right?
Voting for Mr. Monday goes against conventional wisdom, though I’m sure some may equate it as a vote for all of the above. After the hub-bub last week with the Bradford/Long hoax, Tramel was criticizing the anonimity of people on message boards. Hello???
This is easy.
Jenni Carlson is a fat loud mouth bitch like Rosie.
Rohde. He’s lazy. And fat. And a bad writer.
How sweet that Jenni let you use her civil union photo even as we discuss what a horrible writer/reporter/interviewer she is.
I voted for Jenni. And only because her style of writing is so elementary. I even replicated her “technique” last September after the Bobby Reid nonsense.
http://reddirtkings.com/2007/09/day-in-life-of-carlson-column.html
This is too easy. Jenni “Give me more food” Carlson is the worst of the bunch. Rather than trying to just tell the story, she tries to impress everybody with her writing. But she does just the opposite. And most of what she gets on OSU and OU is on the message boards.
Man. This is like trying to pick a favorite minority or female politician or venereal disease or what to have for “Fourthmeal”. uuugh..
Stuff like this always cracks me up. There are two things people in this world always think they can do: Coach a football team and write a news story.
Sorry, but I think BT and JC are quite talented writers, each with their own style and voice. I think JC wouldn’t face most of the criticism she gets if she were a man. But that’s the way it goes, I guess.
The fact some people make claims about her being overweight shows that accuracy isn’t their strong suit.
But the fact that everyone is sitting here taunting them, I think, shows they are doing their job: Giving readers something to talk about. You aren’t supposed to agree with everything a columnist writes — that’s the fun of the whole thing.
Bill, I love you you silver-tongued devil!
Selecting the worst sports columnist for the “Daily Repug Rag” is comparable to the various selections of being bitten by a snake. You want a cobra or a rattlesnake to bite you? Or, other selections such as, do you want to be in a tornado or a hurricaine?
Sorry, I don’t want to select any of these.
does rohde still have a column? i mean i never see anything with his byline unless it’s a manifestation of his man crush on bill self. oh wait, his bi-annual column came out the other day. he didn’t interview anyone, mind you, he just made up some potential names for the not-the-sonics. his stuff reads like a term paper written by someone the night before it was due even though they knew of the assignment for 3 months. could we have a “least relevant columnist” category so rohde could win something?
Jenni’s only talent is coming up with catchy article headings that sucker me into clicking on them. I’m always disappointed when I begin reading. I could care less what Jenny looks like or what gender she is classified, I hate her writing style and the angles of her stories generally annoy me. Based on the way every criticism of Jenni gets responded to by “she gets criticized too much because she’s a woman,”, I kind of think she never would get away with being such an awful writer if she were a man. If she had a Y chromosome, no one would have a way to defend her.
Preach that truth on, Brother Clark…preach it on.
Roadkill, Camel, or Rosie: which is worse? That question is too hard. I’ll put the dartboard with their pictures in the chimp cage at Great EscAPE and see which ones gets poop flung on it first.
(five minutes later)
Camel
jenni wouldn’t have made the quantum leap from third-string prep writer in kansas city to columnist if berry tramel hadn’t been forced to hire her during his short stint as editor. the day they hired her, they doubled the number of minorities employed there and trumpeted that fact long and hard. now they can’t get rid of her lest they subject themselves to lawsuits. plus, she works cheap. so there you go. jenni is an institution which shall never be broken.
“I kind of think she never would get away with being such an awful writer if she were a man.”
I think I disagree, if for no other reason than that any number of men on the “Daily Oklahoman” staff get away with awful writing on a regular basis.
did anybody notice this? no matter your opinion of a print writer, who gets paid? the print writer or the blog geek? the print writer must have some talent or the print writer would’ve never been hired. i wonder if there’s a print writer with a blog that criticizes blog geeks? oh wait, the print writer has a career and something to do with his/her life……
Brett has a good point that I can’t really argue against. kenparker, on the other hand, need only tune into the Sports Animal to hear print writers going off on bloggers.
Clark,
My problem with sports message boards, particularly college ones, is that people seem to lose all grasp of reality and objectivity. For many people, it’s a place to just talk about their favorite team. But for others, it’s a place where obsession is taken to new levels. Just check out any OU message board after a loss.
I think BT has a point about some people just losing control on message boards and it allowing them to manifest their ill-intentioned obsessions in anonymity.
Actually, I do get paid. In fact, my income is probably higher than that of the “print writer.” I’d probably bet the same is true for Clark, too. This website isn’t our job. That’s what makes this blog fun.
Did you guys know that John Rhode is a close, personal friend of Bill Self?
Women are a minority? There’s less of them?
What?
John Rhode wshes he was Bill Self’s mistress. That’s how much he is in love with Self. He has a huge man crush on the guy. It’s even more disgusting with how obvious he shows it in print.
I used to be a print writer, and “paid” is kind of an exaggeration…
Rohde wouldnt be that bad, except he’s on Bill Self’s ***sack all the time, and the rest of the time he’s talking about which Big 12 city has the best green room BBQ buffets.
Rohde is also a bad dancer. I was at VeazeyDee’s many moons ago and he and his wife got up to dance. Being too kewl for such a public display of humiliation, I stood at the bar and started screaming: “ROHDE! GET OFF THE DANCE FLOOR!”
The Dark Lords are not aware that a handicapped bathroom exists on the 4th floor here in the Dark Tower. We must rid ourselves of this useless amenity. Dark Tower employees do not use bathrooms and instead relieve themselves in buckets that we collect and later dump into Del City.
We here in the Dark Tower also would like to thank TLo for all the free publicity and exposure.
I’ve never understood the criticism of the daily oklahoman and its writers. sure, it’s writers makes mistakes and aren’t perfect. but, who isn’t.
if they’re both as bad as people say, why do they still talk about them and reference articles/mistakes? you’re still reading the newspaper, right?
It seems as if bashing the oklahoman has become a rite of passage for some. yet, most of those people that lay out the criticism don’t seem to say why they are. too often people say “he’s a bad writer,” “that column sucked,” etc. and leave it at that. No one ever provides specific examples other than.
if you think the newspaper is that bad, stop reading and stop complaining.
Capital letters are your friend.
Taking jabs at The Oklahoman is sort of the “progressive thinking” communities way of stickin’ it to da man. It’s a good example of what happens in a market where there is no real competition. Competition breeds excellence and innovation, with apoligies to all you socialists. When you remove competition, mediocrity is sure to follow. Best to just go with the flow, the Gaylords could care less. They simply sit in their tower, like Charles Montgomery Burns, and count their money.
McNeil….nice to see you still defending your old friends at the Oklahoman. I totally agree with you!
And for all of you idiots who call Jenni Carlson fat and a bitch….you should know she is not fat, has a pretty flat ab area (which I sure most of you fat ass couch potatoes don’t have) and spends her time outside of work helping her community and her friends in any way she can.
Before you all dog Jenni for her apparent flaws, why don’t you take a good long look in the mirror….I’m sure most of you would soon realize you are pathetic losers who can barely make ends meet and spend your time insulting women who are career driven and successful because you are jealous.
John Rohde is a very, very nice person. Of the crowd he runs with, he is by far the nicest and down to earth. Has a great self deprecating sense of humor and I am very surprised by the negative comments. He is friends with Bill Self and other than Bill’s bad fake hair are there reasons to dislike Bill Self? He seems like a good guy. Humble at least.
The irony here is that I see these people’s posts defending The Daily Oklahoman, but all common sense tells me that if they can type and spell they would not like the very thing they are defending. One of life’s ironies.
And I agree that calling Carlson names is low class, but I saw just as many comments calling Rohde fat and no one defended his weight. That sexism, and thats just wrong.