Notes from media day
Posted July 26th, 2007 by mrasor
Football
A few of you asked if I would attend Media Day in Detroit.
It’s a lousy city. I have three jobs. Law school is going to make me too broke to hit up the casinos to make the trip worth it.
So no. I did not attend, or even consider it.
But MACReportOnline.com did. Dave Ruthenberg of that site wrote down some notes. Check them out.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Detroit is “a lousy city?”
You’re an idiot, Rasor.
July 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Martin, can I ask what your problem with what Rasor said was? I’m not sure I understand why you are calling him an idiot.
July 26th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Marty,
It’s been awhile, buddy. How goes it?
Aside from Ford Field and Comerica Park, downtown Detroit is rotten. I will not submit there. Around Greektown isn’t bad, though.
July 26th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Detroit been on downhill slide for decades. But, believe it or not Mrasor. It has improved from decades past. It’s on mini-comeback and if you were as old as I. You’d see that. What looks bad to you today, was far worse 20 to 25 years ago.
July 27th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Mikey,
It goes OK, until I read idiotic remarks like that. It’s like when people say Cleveland is a dirty city where rivers catch on fire or Akron smells like burning tires…. just ignorant, not to mention pointless. When you travel someplace outside Ohio, Indiana and Myrtle Beach you might have more creditibility when speaking about the merits of a given city. When I read your little remark it reminded me of that moronic architecture critic’s little digs at Akron in his review of the art museum…. just, like I said, ignorant, not to mention pointless
Anyway, G-Mann, Detroit is a fabulous place with more culture than any American city outside LA and NY. Seriously. A little gritty, yes, but not much more so than any other rustbelt city. (See: East Akron)
BTW, good job getting the stadium specs, Rasor. I was just about to stop reading the Beacon’s sports coverage all together now that it’s become so far inferior to the PD’s, but stuff like that will keep me clicking.
July 27th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
First of all, Marty, I’ve been to every single midwestern city (save Milwaukee). I think that gives me some credibility in telling you Detroit is not a city I would intentionally visit, except for a good concert or a Zips game. I’ve been there five times, and not once did I see any charm there.
I did visit the new art museum this week, however. And it’s delightful.
July 27th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
I agree, and can add that Minneappolis-St. Paul and Milwaukee are probably the best of the mid-western cities in areas of cleanliness, culture and activities. In fact I would probably pick Buffalo and Pittsburgh as destinations over Detroit, except to go see Akron win another MAC Championship.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:13 am
Smart move. Detroit is the murder capital of the world and a giant cesspool anyway.
July 28th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Hey, Rasor, I didn’t know you were so well traveled… I mistakenly thought you were talking out of your keister, per the usual.
How did you like Omaha? St. Paul? Wichita? Lincoln? Des Moines? Fargo?
Like I said, stick with that you know and forgo the travel writing until you’ve been more than one time zone away from Stow.
July 28th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Dear Martin Siss-more,
I, too, made my way to Detroit for the Bowl game, and later wrote to friends that it was one of the ugliest, most undesirable towns imaginable. I had been there about 15 years ago for a conference, and it was scary then. But it looked like a grey cement ghost town. Abandoned bldgs., bums, you know…much like Euclid Ave. in Cleveland.
By the by, I sure hope we pound your Tigers into oblivion.
July 29th, 2007 at 4:19 am
Cizmar,
Having lived in Detroit, I can say it is a hell hole. You sound like some fat ass who just needs to pick a fight with someone. Why don’t you stick with what you know and write stories about eating greasy hamburgers and what it is like to not have to wear underwear.