Gantt in the Observer?

[Mr. Scot]

Go to the Observer's online page today and you'll see a link to a story by Darin Gantt.

Specifically, this one: Football for Smith, Futbol for his son

Although credited to "Darin Gantt: The Rock Hill Herald", the link does not take you to the Herald page, but to a page on the Observer site that reprints the Herald version of the story (found here).

The Observer and the Herald are run by the same syndicate (McClatchy) so it's not a huge leap. Still, it does make me wonder if maybe the Observer is getting tired of the perception that their coverage of a team in their own city isn't quite as high quality as that of a nearby paper from a smaller town.

Could be just a one time thing, of course, but you never know.

[Fireball77]

The Observer hasn't had any OTA updates in days, and no pictures since May. They are definitely slacking big time. Don't they have like 4 reporters on the Panthers' beat? Why is it the worst coverage of any of the local outlets? No excuse.

[scpanther22]

imagine being in SC...were almost nobody carrys anything to do with the panthers..just those gamecocks..it sucks

[Mr. Scot]

Thought I read somewhere that Gantt actually lives in Charlotte.

And FB, that struck me too. The Observer offices are right next to the stadium. Their guys could literally walk over to the practice fields, and yet you haven't heard a peep out of them for a week now.

That's inexcusable :nonod:

[Fireball77]

NFLTA almost has talked more about the Panthers in the past few weeks than the Observer has. Sad.

[Mr. Scot]

Pretty much.

I just don't get it. They're the big team in town, and they're right there. Steve Reed's out there. Gantt's out there. Both of them are solo acts from smaller operations. You've got a passel of people whose job it is to cover them, and not one of them could be out there on a daily basis?

Come on :nonod:

[JakeFlake]

The Herald and the Observer are owned by the same company, McClatchy, like you said. This isn't the first time this has happened.

[Mr. Scot]

The Herald and the Observer are owned by the same company, McClatchy, like you said. This isn't the first time this has happened.

Might be, but I didn't remember seeing it before.

Would you agree the Observer's lack of updates is inexcusable?

[Fireball77]

Maybe this thread will shame the lurkers @ the Observer into doing something about it? We KNOW some of these peeps have to lurk here judging by some of the things they write about.

[JakeFlake]

Might be, but I didn't remember seeing it before.

Would you agree the Observer's lack of updates is inexcusable?

No question about that. Only thing I can think of is that they are on vacation, which would not make sense, but since when have they done anything that makes sense.

[Johnny Rockets]

Maybe this thread will shame the lurkers @ the Observer into doing something about it? We KNOW some of these peeps have to lurk here judging by some of the things they write about.

Maybe they are too busy lurking and posting here to be writing updates?

I say we start a witch hunt to find the people with the most posts on here and accuse them of being deadbeat Observer sports writers.

[Badbak]

Gantt's stories have been in the Observer before and likewise for the Observer's writers. I think what happens is if they need some filler or if Gantt has a "scoop" they run his work in the Observer. He does live in Charlotte and rarely darkens the halls of the Herald office from what I have been told. He files his stories over the internet. His only area of responsibility is the Panthers and nothing else. Thats why he is always at practice and any official function of the team. He is looking for something to do to get him out of the house! I'm glad he stays on top of things because if you want to know whats going on with the Panthers Darin is "The Man"!

[TerriblePizza]

imagine being in SC...were almost nobody carrys anything to do with the panthers..just those gamecocks..it sucks

Hey, speak for yourself. I know plenty of people here in SC that are just as huge fans as I am.

[jasonluckydog]

Gamecock coverage is not enough we need more in SC.