Comments on Dan Shanoff: SI: Hire Deadspin's Leitch to Replace Reilly

I think people should be a bit more negative with ...

2007-10-23T13:50:33.705-04:00

I think people should be a bit more negative with their comments, I don't think I feel the venom yet.

I am sorry Dan, but you have no right to bash Reil...

2007-10-23T13:32:27.853-04:00

I am sorry Dan, but you have no right to bash Reilly like that. While your little caveat at the end may seemingly save your ass, it does not.

I have been a fan of yours since day 1; I have read every Quickie; every post you have made on this blog; and every guest blog post as well...

That being said, Reilly is lightyears ahead of you, and (I am 23 years old btw), I look forward to reading Reilly every week. You have done nothing but suck-up to other bloggers and bash the "mainstream media," but where the hell is your big career move. Sure Deadspin dude would be good for SI, thre is no denying that, but at least appreciate what figureheads like Reilly did for your occupation (instilling humor and wit into sports columns), thus making it possible that you have a job today...oh, i am sorry, you don't.

I will still read this blog everyday, because it is the best Daily Quickie around. But realize your place, and make a move, before bashing others that do.

nice try Dan you figure if Leitch goes to SI.com y...

2007-10-23T13:27:52.161-04:00

nice try Dan you figure if Leitch goes to SI.com you can take over for him at deadspin, we see the method behind your madness.

We already discussed this idea when Dan made some ...

2007-10-23T13:01:12.034-04:00

We already discussed this idea when Dan made some crazy statement about how Will Lietch was more relevant in sports than Madden.

Here we go again...

SI has 23 million readers a week. Deadspin has less than 2 million readers a week. People have to pay for SI and Deadspin is free yet they still get 10 times the readership.

Nobody knows who Lietch is. You could say that he is good enough for the job so even if he isn't famous enough to take Rielly's spot he might deserve it.

Actually, I guess you can't. After that Cubs/Arod article it's hard to argue that he has credibility at this point.

I read Deadspin every day. The bottom line is that Will Lietch is still a nobody who is clearly unprofessional and would never get this job.

I don't even read SI, I get ESPNMag but I did like Rielly and Will Lietch is no Rick Rielly.

Marco is exactly right.Who the hell is Will Leitch...

2007-10-23T12:48:39.191-04:00

Marco is exactly right.

Who the hell is Will Leitch and frankly who gives a flying fuck?

There are far more talented bloggers out there. He just happened to find the right people to suck his dick or he sucked the right peoples dick. Whichever you prefer.

Will (and Dan) already have lives beyond their cur...

2007-10-23T12:43:32.709-04:00

Will (and Dan) already have lives beyond their current gigs writing for the Play email newsletter published by The New York Times, where I work. You can subscribe to it by going to http://nytimes.com/playemail

I agree with what you said about Will, especially ...

2007-10-23T12:41:29.289-04:00

I agree with what you said about Will, especially the purist part. That hits the nail on the head. He;s by far the least cynical of all the Gawker media editors I read. Plus, his work on the NY times blog has been outstanding this post season.

But SI would be a step back for him. I the next logical step would be to break off and start his own site a la the Engadget guy.

Yawn... Is there a bulleted list of the highlights...

2007-10-23T12:29:04.037-04:00

Yawn... Is there a bulleted list of the highlights.. I couldn't bring myself to read past the first paragraph

The thing to fathom is not "life after Deadspin fo...

2007-10-23T11:38:50.732-04:00

The thing to fathom is not "life after Deadspin for Leitch" but "Life after Leitch for Deadspin". Where will all those nerds who frequent his site with so called "witty comments" congregate after he's long gone?

Dan, I think you are overstating Leitch's relevancy in the sports world. If I asked 100 people who are interested in sports who Will Leitch or Deadspin was, MAYBE 5 would have some idea.

The real question is, if you weren't riding Leitch's nuts in an attempt to bring you along for the ride when he finally makes it, would his personality, website, weekly columns, book, etc be half as good as you think they are?

Commenter jingoist said everything I was thinking....

2007-10-23T11:36:04.619-04:00

Commenter jingoist said everything I was thinking. I only like Will when he pulls his hair out working 12 hours a day, not living the life of luxury writing a single weekly column. Maybe if Nick Denton drove a garbage truck full of money up to Will's apartment this could all be for naught.

Marco, I think you right ....geez

2007-10-23T11:34:04.431-04:00

Marco, I think you right ....geez

If you ask me, this would be 2 steps backward for ...

2007-10-23T11:07:35.409-04:00

If you ask me, this would be 2 steps backward for Leitch, plain and simple.

SI is headed the way of the dinosaur and would not even be on 1 leg right now if it were not for the annual Swimsuit Issue- which, in its own right, is being circled by vultures as well.

Personally, I think Will (or any famed sports blogger) is better served in their own medium (online) and maybe expand into traditional media via a non-sports-related vehicle- say, Maxim/FHM/Stuff. Because the readership of the demographic is more in these magazines' wheelhouses than SI will EVER be able to recoup.

Sinking ship theory people. SI is dead in the water, accept it and move on.

And it fits Leitch's professional mojo better anyway. Why suffer at the hands of "your father's media" when you have already blazed new trails in the blogosphere? Don't stop there, take it to new heights, not sink to new depths.

Whether those new heights are mainstream online sites, age 15-35 demographically targeted mags, or up and coming tech like cell phone/wi-fi/direct push media, or whatever has yet see the light of day, it's yet to be determined. But make no mistake, you have to move forward, not back.

Leitch is a tool, not a journalist, and he general...

2007-10-23T11:07:02.850-04:00

Leitch is a tool, not a journalist, and he generally write crap. Look at the A-Rod article he wrote earlier this year. EVERY baseball analyst knew it was impossible for this to happen and Will and you ran with it like it was the word of God.

Leitch can't cut it and SI would make a horrible mistake hiring him.

I liked Reilly's columns every now and then, but I...

2007-10-23T11:01:38.202-04:00

I liked Reilly's columns every now and then, but I will never forgive him for on incident last year.

Do you all remember when Reilly wrote about a high school football player from Dayton, Ohio named Bobby Martin who had no legs and wasn't allowed to play in a game because he didn't have shoes on? Anyway, a columnist from the Dayton Daily News wrote several fantastic stories about this for a week straight. He even went to the OHSAA with the family to protest. Yet, Reilly didn't even give the columnist OR the newspaper credit. People all over the country then thought Reilly came up with the story.

Kind of shady if you ask me.

That may have been the ultimate slurp. Jenna Jame...

2007-10-23T10:58:51.093-04:00

That may have been the ultimate slurp. Jenna Jameson would be proud.