Media Shenanigans On Display
January 22nd, 2025
Fun with the delete button.
Goal posts were moved on Bucs fans yesterday.
So TampaBay.com is the pay-per-view internet wing of the Bay area’s twice-weekly community newspaper.
Yesterday, it published a story headlined, “Bucs Preparing For Liam Coen To Be Offered Jaguars Job.”
Later in the day, however, that headline mysteriously changed to, “Bucs’ Liam Coen Emerging As Strongest Candidate For Jaguars Job.”
That’s a significant edit.
Also deleted from the article was a strong statement by reporter Rick Stroud. “The Bucs are bracing for Coen to be offered the Jaguars head coaching job, possibly as early as Wednesday when he interviews for the second time with the club,” he wrote before it vanished.
No explanation or clarification was provided.
Sadly, the original version was picked up by various national outlets and still appears websites now.
So what happened? Why did someone scurry to delete what was written and then fail to publish a formal correction?
It’s not hard to be transparent with fans.
UPDATE 10:36 a.m.: Gee, whaddya know, Coen had a new contract and will stay in Tampa!
January 22nd, 2025 at 9:55 am
Said the same thing on his podcast. We don’t yet know it was wrong tho…
Joe’s not evaluating right or wrong, only the misdirection nature of it all. Somebody decided what was written was incorrect or misleading and pulled it. –Joe
January 22nd, 2025 at 9:56 am
Dr. Stroud is a pompous look down his nose at the fans clown.
January 22nd, 2025 at 10:02 am
I go out of my way to avoid that feller you named. Trash bucket reporter.
January 22nd, 2025 at 10:03 am
I would value intel coming from the Jax media the most. What’s the Jax media saying?
Joe, just call your buddy Rick and get the scoop for us. 🙂
Joe already shared the on-the-record take out of Jacksonville from the team’s play-by-play voice, who also is the big local sports radio host. –Joe https://www.joebucsfan.com/2025/01/credible-non-anonymous-source-in-jacksonville-suggests-coen-is-jags-top-choice/
January 22nd, 2025 at 10:07 am
From what I read, the 2nd round of interviews is still going on until Friday. Liam goes today. It seems preemptive to anoint him the next coach before the round finished. Could also be his agent planting seeds to coax the Bucs into a raise.
January 22nd, 2025 at 11:02 am
Coen was crazy not to take the Jax job if it was offered to him.
January 22nd, 2025 at 11:35 am
( That’s a significant edit)
Yes, yes it is Joe
January 22nd, 2025 at 12:02 pm
@Joe
We get it. You outhustle the competition by a mile! I’m simply curious what spurred your hard on against print media. I’m a dinosaur for sure but when I was working the competition between broadcast media and print was there I suppose but we never really took them seriously. Even in the heyday how many read these guys?
Now we have the internet which has replaced fish wraps although my wife forces me to still get the fishwrap delivered. Her birthday present.
Largely though it seems to me to be simply a difference in technology.
If your point is that the newspaper people historically have been arrogant and self important I get it, I just never cared because even back in the 80’s newpaper guys had minimal influence. Most people were watching the tube or uber fans listening to sportstalk radio.
January 22nd, 2025 at 12:24 pm
Joe would suggest newspapers had significant influence in the 1980s.
January 22nd, 2025 at 12:56 pm
The St Pete Times has always been fake news.
It’s a shame the Tampa Trib was the one that went out of business, as it was more trustworthy and had a vastly superior sports section.
January 22nd, 2025 at 2:59 pm
Joe
I might not agree sometimes with you but you are correct 100% here
These media folks and insiders spread misinformation and have no accountability
Coen was not going anywhere
Bucs have come a long way as a franchise
January 22nd, 2025 at 6:08 pm
You guys post things on here all the time that don’t turn out to be accurate and there are no explanations.
Get over it.
Really? Joe claims the Bucs organization is doing X and then deletes that within a story along with a headline change??? Please. Yes, Joe doesn’t like when Bucs fans are BS’d for no good reason. –Joe
January 22nd, 2025 at 11:32 pm
Word jumble
r i c k s t r o u d
Citrus Dork
January 23rd, 2025 at 4:52 am
Stroud and TBO = Bush league Journalism with little to no integrity Joe
See Rays Stadium fiasco coverage.
Go Bucs