Okay, buddy. Canzano typically wins those awards with cancer kid stories. They are not based on his entire body of mostly repugnant work. He sends in three articles and they are judged. He apparently is well liked by people who only read three of his stories a year. Big fucking deal. Your defense of this goblin has reached a tipping point. Goodbye.
So why do you need confirmation if you already know this? Doesn't make the writer better if he just confirms what you know... it just makes him a person that agrees with you. There's a difference.
I do. He was bitter and petty and hated the Blazers. His ripping on Clyde was absurd - and his obssesion with the Vandewedge family was sick.
He's the worst kind of ghoul. He feigns interest in his subjects, and other than one case, he forgets about them after he gets the award. Further works at OSHU. I wonder if he's seen Canzano coming the Doernbecher cancer ward to see if some kid is wearing a Duck shirt recently. It's getting close to award season.
He's got a great gig. Troll the Portland sports' fans, and then play the victim when he's called out for it.
Wow. I don't read the guy, but I'm amazed that someone in the press would put that much focus on themselves. Is he that interesting a personality?
Kerry Eggers managed to be quite critical of the Blazers without inserting himself into the column. Furthermore, he actually used logic and facts to back up his criticisms. It's like saying only Rush Limbaugh can criticize President Obama. I think Victor Davis Hanson and Walter Russell Mead do a much better job. Why does someone need to be an attention whore to criticize a person or organization?
That's impressive! Obviously John Canzano is too credentialed to be in a backwater like Portland. It will be tough to lose him to a market more befitting his talent, but sometimes you just have to let someone leave who has outgrown your city.
I don't need confirmation of anything but it is nice to hear someone bring attention to some of the fluff material the blazers put out.
Eh. I just downgrade the fluff or don't even listen to it. No one really needs to say it anymore in the information age... we can all (really) come to our own conclusions. At least, I would hope.
I like Canzano, he's part of my Blazer experience. I recognize that other's don't much care for him here. I am not going to defend my opinion of him because I don't need to. We don't need to have 15,000 posts on how bad and evil you think Canzano is considering he's actually done a lot of good. You don't have to like him.
For me, the human interest stuff is separate from the sports. So, with that said, I can say that the good is great, but he just kills it sports wise. And mind you, I don't mind the negative stuff. I do mind, however, when he takes a first person approach to something he is supposed to be a fly on the wall on.
Canzano says "The other night vs. Denver Lillard shot 8 for 20. Two games ago vs. Utah he was 11 for 28. That's not great. Just ok." Last year, LeBron James had games of 3-11, 4-14, 6-16, 8-20 and 8-22. I heard somewhere that he was the greatest player in the NBA. MVP or something?
