ADVERTISEMENT

Miner Rush Early Failure

N

nattybry

MI Miner Maniac
Jul 7, 2003
5,116
4,803
113
So far Miner Rush post Alex is awful! 1 day before start of Football Season with Brand New Coach and no write up, predictions, coach quotes, etc... Oh Alex why'd you have to leave.... SIGH... P.S. Valerie good job on other sports and I understand as a Woman you're going to make sure the Women's Sports gets covered too. However by not giving the Major Sports like... Football and Basketball their place you will lose readers by the drove!
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Roy_Bigwood_05, El Paso Is Great, axingfools1 and 2 others
I don't think the sex of the writer has anything to do with it but I've looked at it a couple of times and feel that it's been mostly reposts of UTEP press releases. No real reporting going on. No personal insights, no interviews, no predictions, no players assessments. Too bad. MinerRush had been a great source of inside info.
 
  • Like
Reactions: UTEPfan1966, Roy_Bigwood_05, El Paso Is Great and 5 others
miner1liner said:
So far it's softball, volleyball, soccer, cross country and golf. I guess we just don't care about the rifle team.
Click to expand...
Which begs the question, is cheering for your team allowed in rifle?

Or is it like golf, where fans can cheer only if they file an application, in advance?

If the Miners football team starts 0-7, you just might see a flurry of rifle team action on this very message board.

Picks up. Or, in the case, of the rifle team, "sights on target."
 
  • Like
Reactions: jdubb66
I've been wondering the same. I wonder if Valerie will do podcasts on her own or with some guests? I am missing the football and basketball write ups and the tweets from Alex.
 
  • Like
Reactions: UTEPfan1966
nattybry said:
So far Miner Rush post Alex is awful! 1 day before start of Football Season eitj Brand New Coach and no write up, predictions, coach quotes, etc... Oh Alex ehydw you have to leave.... SIGH... P.S. Valerie good job on other sports and I understand as a Woman you're going to make sure the Women's Sports get covered too. However by not giving the Major Sports IE... Football and Basketball their place you will lose readers by the drove!
Click to expand...
Can someone translate this?
 
  • Like
Reactions: MineroFanatico, HeWore62 and minerfan_14
A) Does she have part time work somewhere?
B)What's her course load like?

If one or the other, don't expect anything much because balancing work, school, and something like public forum that has high expectations is not easy. If she is working and has a challenging course load, she may want to reconsider. Typically the site just dies. Alex was one of kind for UTEP. Most dot com sports forums with that kind of coverage and analysis he provided are found at bigger schools.
 
  • Like
Reactions: minerfan_14
I can understand why Alex quit, that guy put in monster hours doing work for the site. It is unreasonable to think that one person can dedicate that much time to a website that pays so poorly, especially if they have a job/bills/family.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Roy_Bigwood_05 and miner1liner
utep2step said:
A) Does she have part time work somewhere?
B)What's her course load like?

If one or the other, don't expect anything much because balancing work, school, and something like public forum that has high expectations is not easy. If she is working and has a challenging course load, she may want to reconsider. Typically the site just dies. Alex was one of kind for UTEP. Most dot com sports forums with that kind of coverage and analysis he provided are found at bigger schools.
Click to expand...

She's a UTEP graduate.
 
UTEPMiners8106 said:
I can understand why Alex quit, that guy put in monster hours doing work for the site. It is unreasonable to think that one person can dedicate that much time to a website that pays so poorly, especially if they have a job/bills/family.
Click to expand...

Do you know how much the pay is?
 
UTEPMiners8106 said:
I can understand why Alex quit, that guy put in monster hours doing work for the site. It is unreasonable to think that one person can dedicate that much time to a website that pays so poorly, especially if they have a job/bills/family.
Click to expand...
A better future. Don't kid yourself. These corporate owned dot com sports sites can potentially lead to a better future if you do good work and put in the time like Alex did. It helped the initial admin of this site back in early 2000's. I will admit I was interested in MR position and I have a family, too and knew of the potential it offers. I was an admin of this site once and basically blew the opportunity. These sites provide a platform for that aspiring young sports writer. You get a lot of BS, a lot of it. It's an "ego's &: a-holes" industry at times even in an El Paso type market believe it or not; but the potential is there.
 
UTEPMiners8106 said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadsp...-and-former-workers-discuss-pa-1797868635/amp
Click to expand...
"....all writers should be unionized...".

Lincoln would agree: "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.". In the anti union toxic culture our country has been experiencing for a few decades, it's not going to get any better. SB needs investigated by at least some state attorney general's staff or a local district or county attorney where SB has a "brick and mortar" headquarters or just a regional shop.

But It's the other opportunities that can come open. I don't know if this was the case with Alex? I can tell you one thing, he had total respect and admiration from the local (sports) media. His work was well known. That's what I am referring too.
 
KaneFan29 said:
Guess we will be unable to question Dimel if things don’t go well tonight then?
Click to expand...

Haha. I think you missed the point. The big difference is that you could’ve had the MR job and done things your way. You couldn’t have had Dimel’s job.

Question away. I don’t give a sh!t.
 
I know how much the pay is and it bearly covers the cable and internet bill required to watch the games. You’re basically working for free. At this point in my life I can’t afford to give away the little bit of free time I have available.
 
  • Like
Reactions: UTEPfan1966
KaneFan29 said:
Not questioning and accepting everything is why UTEP athletics is where it is.
Click to expand...

Anyone who has been posting on this site for any number of years can probably vouch that I’ve done my fair share of questioning UTEP athletics, from coaching to the athletic department and everything in between. But when I want something done a certain way, AND I have the option to do so but choose not to, then I sure as hell don’t complain about how it is done.

I figured the sentiment would resonate with some and not so much with others. To each their own. That’s the last I’ll say on that.
 
  • Like
Reactions: develman and Lil_Train
IMO, Life mentioned last year there was a polarization of UTEP largest boosters who pulled Stull in different directions. In other words UTEP got ND'ed or UT 'horn'ed by it's own boosters; but on a much smaller scale. Boosters get too involved in daily affairs of major revenue programs and muck things up. Floyd is a great example. Floyd should have been let go two years ago but the boosters told Stull "NO!". The drama made the local radio airwaves.
 
JCorona said:
I know how much the pay is and it bearly covers the cable and internet bill required to watch the games. You’re basically working for free. At this point in my life I can’t afford to give away the little bit of free time I have available.
Click to expand...

So you're saying the pay is less than $200 a month?
 
It’s unfortunate there was not gameday coverage on Miner Rush. No game day thread page. No tweets from the Miner Rush account. Just an FYI: Duke Keith and Adrian Broaddus gave some post game coverage on Keith’s Facebook page. So that may be a good place to go after the games.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

TenaciousD

2003-04 Team "Recognition"

Replies
5
Views
763
MinerDigs
Vegasminer
Vegasminer
unihorn

El Paso Inc.: How NIL deals are helping UTEP athletes get paid

Replies
54
Views
2K
MinerDigs
AZminer
A
Roy_Bigwood_05

UTEP hoops September thoughts

Replies
26
Views
1K
MinerDigs
Dmanminer
D
M

A (very) slight defense of our last two ADs

Replies
14
Views
2K
MinerDigs
liebestraum
L
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest posts

ADVERTISEMENT
Top Bottom
Back