Mike Bothwell said that in the media room afterwards.
Elena Davidson, who did a great job taking photos in the tournament and got a lot of great experience being there and seeing how it all operates, texted me when she got home that she was still numb and had no words.
No such option for yours truly. When I got home, I had her photos to go through (maybe I'm too much the perfectionist, but pics take a lot of time) and the story to finish. I got done at 3 a.m. No big deal. I'm often up to the wee hours.
The good news is that FurmanATT.com had the highest page views since the aftermath of the Wofford football game. I did my damn level best to cover that tournament, and I think I rose to the occasion, even if the occasion fell.
The bad news is that it is still underachieving. It hasn't "caught on," which happened on the Laurens County site when PC fired Tommy Spangler as head coach. The long run of Presbyterian insanity went from Spangler's winning record through Kevin Kelley's radical disaster, and it took the site regional instead of local, and it has maintained that slightly larger niche.
FurmanATT.com exists because I try to restore coverage in the void of the slow death of newspapers. It's not as simple as that, though. Fans have gotten out of the habit of reading. I met one of my best friends for a beer while in Charlotte covering Presbyterian's games in the Big South, we spent a couple hours (that one beer was seriously sipped) talking about our profession.
Furman has a fan base that is literate in a market that is large. The site has slowly grown, but it still lags far behind LaurensCountySports.com, which has been up for almost two years now.
I'd appreciate if you'd help spread the word about the site. It's as comprehensive as time allows. It's dedicated to Furman, but it's also independent, and I believe fans want the whole story. When my work angered someone during the NASCAR, I used to say, "You think I'm tough. You should read my mail. I'm Fans Light."
I get to do theses sites my way. If they don't prosper, it's ultimately because my way is wrong.
There's a long dry spell coming after basketball. No baseball. Baseball's big in Laurens County. That dry spell is also useful because advertising that involves chains and brands and central offices take time. But improving the analytics of the site is crucial to that.
I talked to a lot of Furman folks at the tournament. I get more column stuff hanging around a gym than I do from the actual game. I'm still surprised at fans, often old friends, who aren't aware the site exists, or who just say, "oh, yeah, I heard about that."
As we used to say in pickup games, "Hey, little help.."
I appreciate you. I am enriched by reading here what you have to say. It shapes my coverage. It enriches my knowledge of what I do.
Sorry to be self-serving. -- MD
Elena Davidson, who did a great job taking photos in the tournament and got a lot of great experience being there and seeing how it all operates, texted me when she got home that she was still numb and had no words.
No such option for yours truly. When I got home, I had her photos to go through (maybe I'm too much the perfectionist, but pics take a lot of time) and the story to finish. I got done at 3 a.m. No big deal. I'm often up to the wee hours.
The good news is that FurmanATT.com had the highest page views since the aftermath of the Wofford football game. I did my damn level best to cover that tournament, and I think I rose to the occasion, even if the occasion fell.
The bad news is that it is still underachieving. It hasn't "caught on," which happened on the Laurens County site when PC fired Tommy Spangler as head coach. The long run of Presbyterian insanity went from Spangler's winning record through Kevin Kelley's radical disaster, and it took the site regional instead of local, and it has maintained that slightly larger niche.
FurmanATT.com exists because I try to restore coverage in the void of the slow death of newspapers. It's not as simple as that, though. Fans have gotten out of the habit of reading. I met one of my best friends for a beer while in Charlotte covering Presbyterian's games in the Big South, we spent a couple hours (that one beer was seriously sipped) talking about our profession.
Furman has a fan base that is literate in a market that is large. The site has slowly grown, but it still lags far behind LaurensCountySports.com, which has been up for almost two years now.
I'd appreciate if you'd help spread the word about the site. It's as comprehensive as time allows. It's dedicated to Furman, but it's also independent, and I believe fans want the whole story. When my work angered someone during the NASCAR, I used to say, "You think I'm tough. You should read my mail. I'm Fans Light."
I get to do theses sites my way. If they don't prosper, it's ultimately because my way is wrong.
There's a long dry spell coming after basketball. No baseball. Baseball's big in Laurens County. That dry spell is also useful because advertising that involves chains and brands and central offices take time. But improving the analytics of the site is crucial to that.
I talked to a lot of Furman folks at the tournament. I get more column stuff hanging around a gym than I do from the actual game. I'm still surprised at fans, often old friends, who aren't aware the site exists, or who just say, "oh, yeah, I heard about that."
As we used to say in pickup games, "Hey, little help.."
I appreciate you. I am enriched by reading here what you have to say. It shapes my coverage. It enriches my knowledge of what I do.
Sorry to be self-serving. -- MD
