Media Bracket: Miklasz vs Vaughn
by gallagher on Jul 22, 2010 10:00 AM CDT
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PrintMedia Madness rolls on, and unlike some of the early matchups that turned into landslides, we're starting to move into some seriously closer seedings. The first one today should be interesting... sway the masses with your arguments in the comments.
By the way, all of these capsules today were written by the media-savvy Brad Lee, mine would have been 100% less professional and about 99% more cursey.
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No. 3 Seed Bob Burnes Group
Bernie Miklasz - Columnist St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Miklasz has been the lead columnist at the paper for more than 20 years. He's also hosted radio shows on at least four different radio stations including Sports Open Line on KMOX and now his own mid-day show on 101 ESPN. Being the lead columnist, his topics range from Cardinal baseball to Rams football to Mizzou and the Illini as well as the Blues. His cover story about the trade for Wayne Gretzky in 1996 was made into a t-shirt. On his radio show, Blues president John Davidson, head coach Davis Payne and owner Dave Checketts have been repeat guests along with several players. Full disclosure: he has said nice things about Game Time on several occasions on the radio, in print and online.
No. 6 Seed Bob Burnes Group
Doug Vaughn - Sports reporter/anchor KMOV-TV
A native of St. Louis, Vaughn has worked as a sportscaster at KMOV Channel 4 since 1988. In college he played baseball for the University of Missouri and worked for a television station in Miami before returning to St. Louis. He's also part of the cast on The Morning After morning show on KFNS 590 AM. On the show he has made a name for himself in hockey circles with his old time hockey sayings, such as "the pillow stacker blocked the bottom of the onion sack so the sinewy sniper had to go top shelf where Momma hides the cookies to light the lamp." Vaughn has won eight St. Louis television Emmy Awards, five for Best St. Louis Sportscaster. Full disclosure: We're partial to any picture that includes a weird cursive name on it.
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I say Vaughn.
Miklaszsssszssszszzzzzzss Seems like a pompous ass to me. I listened to his show for about a month and a half, and it just seems like he has this opinion that you should be thankful for listening to this show. And my word, that dude has a hardon for baseball.
Barret Jackman is my hero.
Fueled. These new shores burn. Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more.
Early polling has Bernie leading. Seriously?
I will read Bernie’s columns, but always stop any time the word “Blues” appears. The dude knows nothing about hockey, doesn’t want to learn, and takes delight in bad-mouthing the Blues any chance he gets.
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet. - Damon Runyon
“Pompous ass” is being way too generous when describing the self proclaimed Bard from Baltimore.
Bernie doesn’t even know “bits” about hockey…totally agree with baroose’s comments.
I’d vote for Katie Felts over that “hoosier”…
aka billy pilgrim, time and space traveller
Wait?
Who’s from Baltimore? They get my vote just from that.
Baltimore Blast - 6-time MISL/NISL Champions
Let's go Blues!
by UIWWildthing on Jul 22, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
I’d vote for Katie Felts over that "hoosier"…
I would, too, if Katie were against Bernie in this matchup, just ‘cause I think Katie Felts is much cuter now that she’s let her hair grow out.
Doug Vaughan is a good guy, and i often disagree with Bernie’s positions on sports, but I had to give him the nod in this matchup. This is the first one of the matchups that I’ve really had to think about who I was voting for.
B.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
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by Tomorrows Blues on Jul 23, 2010 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Agree with the above comments
Note huge fan of Doug but he gets my vote over bitch ass Bernie. Can the freight elevators even support Miklasz’ fat ass at Scotttrade? Plus he blocked me on twitter! Check out why:
The Blues just drafted a young Cliff Ronning, apparently…. 8:01 PM Jun 25th via web
@jprutherford Seems like a reach to me … but I know nothing. 8:05 PM Jun 25th via web in reply to jprutherford
Finally Bernie admits what many already knew RT @miklasz … but I know nothing.
8:12 PM Jun 25th via web
@TheNewSkinny and yet you honor me by going out of your way to comment. Thank you! 8:14 PM Jun 25th via web in reply to TheNewSkinny
I got blocked! That was harmless fun @miklasz Prolly doesn’t amount too much but I respect your thoughts over @tmckernan June 25, 2010 9:39:59 PM CDT via web
FYI @miklasz don’t take much twitt shit to bruise his ego. What a shame- much like any negative comment about #stlcards or Mighty LaRussa June 25, 2010 9:46:41 PM CDT via web
Ok bitches-bring on the nights festivities. I’m out like a spring on @miklasz weight scale
June 25, 2010 10:06:03 PM CDT via web
RT @miklasz: @jprutherford Seems like a reach to me, but I know nothing. . . . Hockey News had him 29th. Kid puts up points.
10:22 PM Jun 25th via TweetDeck
Hmm I feel like a better person since being blocked by Bernie.
The polling is a bit tighter than I thought
Bernie is still winning though.
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Just because Jay McClement is the best defensive forward in the NHL doesn't mean he should win the Selke.
I guess I'm surprised to be in the minority in the comments.
I’ve always thought Bernie was very open to opposing positions. He’s been hood to GT, so that makes me partial, but he has asked me my opinion about the Blues a few times and I always thought he honestly considered what I had to say, even when it differed from his opinion.
by gallagher on Jul 22, 2010 12:25 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I like Bernie
Really nice guy. I met him after the World Series clincher and told him I was perusing a career in journalism. He offered some advice and was super nice. Now I’ve heard he can be a jerk, but we all can be.
That said, I think he covers the Blues better than Dougie.
St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.
SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.
Well, he’s nice to you since you are such an important editor in StL, that’s all…;-)
I got banned from his StLToday pressbox because I had a different opinion than he did. He started with the insults and name-calling, too. I had to get JR to intervent to get me “unbanned”…
And, he doesn’t know hockey!!!!!!!!
aka billy pilgrim, time and space traveller
I think Bernie is great on the radio and open-minded to opposing positions when I’ve heard him. Plus, as the biggest name he is the magnet for the most public scorn/craziness from illiterate fans, so the fact he has any sanity left is probably a feather.
But his hockey coverage almost always leaves me wanting. Always feels like a day late, dollar short, a fact behind — probably due to the nature of him having/wanting to cover the sexier sports, just a little under-informed. He’s like that friend who talks hockey with you but only gets his Blues info in 30-second blips on the local TV news. Nice guy to talk other sports with, but on hockey it’s like … “Um, can we just talk about food or something?”
Lighthouse Hockey: Adapting forecasts to the disturbance known as Nino.
even
if you are given that.
100% given and we all embrace it
EVEN IF
you then saying channel four television knows hockey?
CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION?
just wondering. cos channel four barely knows its channel four and if not for the weather coverage play on words containing their station number they would probably be trying to broadcast on channel 1
A strong anvil fears no hammer
by Childhood Trauma on Jul 22, 2010 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Local TV does not exist to me
So no, I’d highly doubt Channel 4 has a clue about hockey. Mine wasn’t really a case for Vaughn over Bernie — more just an elaboration on why I’d imagine die-hard hockey fans read Bernie’s twice-a-year hockey column with eyebrow firmly raised. (When you start every hockey column or hockey-related radio monologue with, “You know I really don’t get down to ScottTrade enough, but they’re doing some good things,” that is a bad sign.)
Vaughn serves a role on the radio, the mid-life male who can reel off hockey cliches in humorous form. I enjoy the fact he’s survived all the years of turnover and politics and just been a dude doing his job; he’s never acted like being a sports reporter has any great importance to society, and i appreciate that.
Lighthouse Hockey: Adapting forecasts to the disturbance known as Nino.
by Dominik on Jul 23, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can understand why some hate Bernie
Hell, I don’t agree with the guy some of the time.
However, as a head sports columnist in a baseball town, you’re expected to give preference to baseball. And even with the Rams in the shitter for the time being, anything NFL will crush anything NHL (most of the time). Unfortunately, in the minds of most St Louisans, the Blues are playing 3rd fiddle unless they can have a good display in the playoffs. Bright side: I’d wager the average “hardcore” Blues fan is honestly more intelligent about their St. Louis teamthan anybody in this town wearing Cardinal red or that other shade of blue.
As for Vaughn, I’ve only seen him on KMOV. His work was always top notch but I’ve only been exposed to it during the sports segment on the news and the occasional Sports Sunday.
Both are good at what they do. Bernie wins my vote on the tiebreaker of being nice to GT.
No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.
by Poor College Student on Jul 22, 2010 1:46 PM CDT reply actions
Bernie Miklasz once told a good friend of mine during the offseason that "he didn't have the time" to talk about the Blues on his radio show.
Then the Blues went out and got Halak.
So fuck you, Miklasz. Make the time, jerk.
Needless to say, I voted for Vaughn. I would vote for a dead squirrel ahead of Miklasz.
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