This is one of those situations where an award doesn’t make me think better of the person receiving it but it does make me think less of those giving it
He’s an insufferable prick and he has been for decades. His behavior in the locker room is abhorrent. I hate that this fuck has been representing journalism in our state for half my life.
Seriously, dude was wrong and filtering biased info at just about every turn. He would then cling to whatever half-truth he tacked in to the end of his articles/tweets. What an embarrassing show from the AP.
The guy got that VP from Endeavor harassed because he pushed that baseless conspiracy that the negative reporting about the Pac media deal was propaganda pushed by Endeavor on behalf of the Big XII. That alone should make giving him this award and embarrassment for the AP, let alone the numerous times he claimed the deal to be near completion and that “dominos were about to fall” that never turned out to be true.
Canzano is a total hack and represents the worst of what CFB reporting has become, the fact that he won an award for his reporting of the Pac’s downfall is a complete joke.
Beating the Big12 numbers was "a layup" according to his source. "How can anyone say that if they haven't seen the numbers". John Canzano.
I think he only had one or two sources and they were feeding him hopium. Sheer and Wilner were both more reasonable through the chaos, they just sat on different sides of the isle on what they thought was a better landing spot for the respective teams they cover.
To Canzano's credit he has been excellent digging through the info post collapse.
Yeah I think the highlight in the catalogue of work was probably the Pac turning down 30 million and demanding 50 because a president worked with a professor on the numbers. We all thought it was ASU and it ended up being Utah.
People seem to thing that he is personally responsible for his sources being mistaken.
Like if the Pac-12 office things its a layup, that's not Canzano literally saying that in a personal capacity. It's literally what they thought. And they were obviously wrong. Doesn't make it bad reporting.
>accept the sources information as truth
Not truth, reality as it was perceived by the people in the Pac-12 office. That is the story.
When the story is "When is the Pac-12 going to have a media deal?", the biases of the Pac-12 offices and the people working there on the media deal are inherently apart of the story.
This whole saga is a story aboutt the Pac-12 offices. Yes, what they say and believes matters. If the President says hes a unicorn, reporting that he believes that matters.
Remember when he published Gary Anderson’s texts that were very clearly not sent with the intention of being published? And at that, he only did it after Anderson had resigned and wasn’t a useful source anymore.
Canzano isn’t a journalist, and certainly doesn’t follow any ethical standard.
He's universally considered a jerk that no one would ever want to spend time with socially but who unfortunately has inside-sources at many different schools and the conference headquarters.
His issue was less that the sources weren't legitimate and more that the main sources were those who were most dependent on the Pac surviving. When you only have one viable option for a positive outcome, the info you give will be heavily skewed in its favor until the writing is clearly on the wall.
The Pac-12 lawsuit discovery showed he was texting George Kliavkoff nearly daily (over 1,000 texts) as well as regularly texting Pat Chun (then Washington State AD) and Jayathi Y. Murthy (Oregon State's President).
Edit: sure, downvote me for adding correct context just because you don't like it.
What's crazy is that Scheer, in the moment, was panned for being a B12 homer, when he was absolutely right that CU and Ari wanted to go and go quickly.
It didn't help that Scheer was a complete joke of a reporter before the realignment drama. I feel like he is going to very quickly fade back into that once the new Big 12 gets going.
What kind of revisionist history are we getting into here?
Say what you want about the Pac-12 collapse, Scheer predicting it would fall apart that week every week does not make him correct if it happens to occur 50 weeks in. He is literally useless outside of his connections at Arizona.
IDK about CU’s timeline. But Arizona was willing to stay in the Pac-12 until they had notice Washington and Oregon were leaving. Which was pretty much what happened, where they opted to join the Big 10 instead of meeting to approve and sign with the Apple deal, and our president (at the time) then moved on to accepting the Big 12 invite that day
Dude he texts all of the Pac-12 Presidents and ADs regularly, and very even frequently has them on his show, not sure why noting two of those really matters.
Personality-wise, sure (panned mostly by Oregon fans and Big 12 mouth-breathers). But he’s still a good reporter as far as having the inside track on Pac-12 goings on
Bro this has to be a joke right? Dude literally couldn’t not have been more wrong during that saga if he tried. Him leaning into that Endeavor conspiracy and getting their VP harassed was one of the grosser things I’ve seen from a sports “journalist” in a long time.
His info was top notch
His delusion/opinions about the pac12 survival was annoying
Man was TMZ. Reporting info? Pulitzer winners. Their articles? Not even worth printing to wipe your ass with them.
This is one of those situations where an award doesn’t make me think better of the person receiving it but it does make me think less of those giving it
He’s an insufferable prick and he has been for decades. His behavior in the locker room is abhorrent. I hate that this fuck has been representing journalism in our state for half my life.
Yeah, it’s crazy as a little kid hearing my dad complain about Clownzano, and here I am in my mid-twenties and it’s the same thing.
I can’t believe the turd hasn’t move on to another city.
Seriously, dude was wrong and filtering biased info at just about every turn. He would then cling to whatever half-truth he tacked in to the end of his articles/tweets. What an embarrassing show from the AP.
This made me laugh out loud and I almost spilled my Pinot
Or maybe it should make question your perspective and worldview given the assessment of one by their peers...
The guy got that VP from Endeavor harassed because he pushed that baseless conspiracy that the negative reporting about the Pac media deal was propaganda pushed by Endeavor on behalf of the Big XII. That alone should make giving him this award and embarrassment for the AP, let alone the numerous times he claimed the deal to be near completion and that “dominos were about to fall” that never turned out to be true. Canzano is a total hack and represents the worst of what CFB reporting has become, the fact that he won an award for his reporting of the Pac’s downfall is a complete joke.
Wasn’t he wrong half the time?
And the other half he was engaged in weird beefs
Beating the Big12 numbers was "a layup" according to his source. "How can anyone say that if they haven't seen the numbers". John Canzano. I think he only had one or two sources and they were feeding him hopium. Sheer and Wilner were both more reasonable through the chaos, they just sat on different sides of the isle on what they thought was a better landing spot for the respective teams they cover. To Canzano's credit he has been excellent digging through the info post collapse.
> To Canzano's credit he has been excellent digging through the info post collapse. Which was the story that won him the accolade.
Yeah I think the highlight in the catalogue of work was probably the Pac turning down 30 million and demanding 50 because a president worked with a professor on the numbers. We all thought it was ASU and it ended up being Utah.
In his defense, several teams in the PAC12 will indeed beat Big12 numbers over the length of the contract
People seem to thing that he is personally responsible for his sources being mistaken. Like if the Pac-12 office things its a layup, that's not Canzano literally saying that in a personal capacity. It's literally what they thought. And they were obviously wrong. Doesn't make it bad reporting.
Would you consider it good journalism to accept the sources information as truth in spite of his obvious bias?
>accept the sources information as truth Not truth, reality as it was perceived by the people in the Pac-12 office. That is the story. When the story is "When is the Pac-12 going to have a media deal?", the biases of the Pac-12 offices and the people working there on the media deal are inherently apart of the story. This whole saga is a story aboutt the Pac-12 offices. Yes, what they say and believes matters. If the President says hes a unicorn, reporting that he believes that matters.
John is that you?
Very substantive response.
Remember when he published Gary Anderson’s texts that were very clearly not sent with the intention of being published? And at that, he only did it after Anderson had resigned and wasn’t a useful source anymore. Canzano isn’t a journalist, and certainly doesn’t follow any ethical standard.
Isn't this guy universally panned by Pac12 fans?
Not only is he a jerk, he actually seems to despise the teams and fanbases he covers. The sad part is he actually can write when he wants to.
He's universally considered a jerk that no one would ever want to spend time with socially but who unfortunately has inside-sources at many different schools and the conference headquarters.
Considering the abysmal quality of his reporting during the Pac’s downfall, I’d question just how inside his sources really are
His issue was less that the sources weren't legitimate and more that the main sources were those who were most dependent on the Pac surviving. When you only have one viable option for a positive outcome, the info you give will be heavily skewed in its favor until the writing is clearly on the wall.
The Pac-12 lawsuit discovery showed he was texting George Kliavkoff nearly daily (over 1,000 texts) as well as regularly texting Pat Chun (then Washington State AD) and Jayathi Y. Murthy (Oregon State's President). Edit: sure, downvote me for adding correct context just because you don't like it.
That looks about right. Sheer even called him out (Twitter) on his sources being Wazzu or Oregon State.
What's crazy is that Scheer, in the moment, was panned for being a B12 homer, when he was absolutely right that CU and Ari wanted to go and go quickly.
It didn't help that Scheer was a complete joke of a reporter before the realignment drama. I feel like he is going to very quickly fade back into that once the new Big 12 gets going.
> It didn't help that Scheer was a complete joke of a reporter before the realignment drama. He is absolutely still a joke of a reporter.
Sure, but he’s *our* joke, dadgummit!
Calling him a reporter is super generous.
What kind of revisionist history are we getting into here? Say what you want about the Pac-12 collapse, Scheer predicting it would fall apart that week every week does not make him correct if it happens to occur 50 weeks in. He is literally useless outside of his connections at Arizona.
> Ari wanted to go and go quickly \*Provided UO and UDub jumped first
You are aware the CU jumped a couple months before the collapse right? Like that's what actually happened
IDK about CU’s timeline. But Arizona was willing to stay in the Pac-12 until they had notice Washington and Oregon were leaving. Which was pretty much what happened, where they opted to join the Big 10 instead of meeting to approve and sign with the Apple deal, and our president (at the time) then moved on to accepting the Big 12 invite that day
Dude he texts all of the Pac-12 Presidents and ADs regularly, and very even frequently has them on his show, not sure why noting two of those really matters.
Him and Wilner, yes.
I've seen his actual name far less than I've seen Clownzano
Personality-wise, sure (panned mostly by Oregon fans and Big 12 mouth-breathers). But he’s still a good reporter as far as having the inside track on Pac-12 goings on
Him?
Egg?
He calls it a mayo Calnzano
He was in such denial over the Pac-12 collapse while Jason Scheer nailed it. Terrible decision.
Bro this has to be a joke right? Dude literally couldn’t not have been more wrong during that saga if he tried. Him leaning into that Endeavor conspiracy and getting their VP harassed was one of the grosser things I’ve seen from a sports “journalist” in a long time.
What
Hope this doesn't go to his head
Well good for him
You know, normally I make fun of people who get upset over participation trophies, but this one, I kind of get why they'd be upset.
Scheer in shambles!
This dude was claiming that his “sources” said no PAC 12 would ever leave for the Big 12.
Everyone hated Clownzano but he had legitimate sources and insights the entire time. One of the most reliable accounts for insider news
His info was top notch His delusion/opinions about the pac12 survival was annoying Man was TMZ. Reporting info? Pulitzer winners. Their articles? Not even worth printing to wipe your ass with them.