Jody G is a fool

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Hey. This is Jody Genessy here (@DJJazzyJody on Twitter).

First off, thanks to those of you who've said some cool things about me. It's much appreciated.

To answer your question: Yes, I read this message board on occasion. I also swing by SLCDunk, Salt City Hoops, Purple & Blues, even the Salt Lake Tribune, from time to time. It's good to try to keep up with what people, fans included, are saying about the Jazz. (Or in this case about me.)

I get that not everybody loves my sense of humor and certainly not every joke I throw out there. Heck, even I wonder what I was thinking after clicking "post" sometimes. I do, however, take exception to Young Blood's assertion that only 20% of my jokes are funny (or at least not cringe-worthy). I'm at least 25% funny.

Since I started writing about sports at the D-News (perhaps before some of you were born), I've taken the approach that stories should be as interesting as they are informative. So, that's my approach. I try to entertain and inform. Sometimes players/coaches/others provide the fun content. Sometimes I try to. And when it's not appropriate, I just stick with the facts and/or story.

It can be a tricky balance.

I guess this led to the original reason for this post. I found Hayward's "bully" comment to be a great insight even though he did couch it with some "kind of" syntax. I wanted to do a story on Hayward and explore the pros/cons of his offseason weight gain, and thought this would be an interesting angle to use because most people don't equate the word "bully" with Hayward.

Just look at the definition of bully:

"use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants."
synonyms: persecute, oppress, tyrannize, browbeat, harass, torment, intimidate, strong-arm, dominate

So, maybe his quote wasn't as mean as you wanted it to be. However, combined with him saying that word, Burks openly admitting Hayward is stronger and Snyder talking about how he wants him to be aggressive and efficient, I just don't see how I misled anybody. Playing like a bully is playing with an edge. If Hayward is able to do that (and shoot better), he could really turn out to be quite the player.

Anyway, this corny-joke-telling fool has babbled long enough. Feel free to drop by Twitter or email me at jody@deseretnews.com if you have any other comments/criticisms/compliments/comps at restaurants for me.

Jody

P.S. HighlandHomie, I was the one who asked Hayward if his video-game playing time had decreased, leading to his fun response that all the media used. I was keeping it for this story.

Is this a joke? If so I would say it increases Jody's humor to post ratio well above the 20% mark.













Ha ha.

 

[Revolution 9]

He is definitely the Heaven Harris of the Jazz media.

 

[DJJazzyJody]

Rough crowd. Lesson learned: Don't respond to threads at Jazzfanz.

Carry on with your bashing ...

 

[Julie Greengiant]

That's the problem, his jokes only hits about 20% of the time.


He is breaking good news and I know he works hard, but having to wade through tweets after tweets of his "attempts" (which mostly are cringe worthy), can be laborious and hard work.


Jody if you're reading this: I appreciate your hard work bro, you're doing a good job, but if you could keep Jazz Content vs Joke attempts to a 80/20 split it would be really really GREAT.

Everyone please cater to this guy

 

[Julie Greengiant]

Bill Oram is great

 

[Stifle Tower]

“It has been good. I’m more on balance and just stronger,” Hayward said about his offseason workouts, which improved his body composition. “I’m able to kind of just bully some people a little bit more than I was able to.”

How was that taken out of context? I don't have a problem with the article, it seems just fine.

I agree. I read the article and actually smiled. Alec Burks also seems to be having fun with Hayward using the "bully" term. IIRC, we've had more than one thread that degenerated into a discussion of Hayward's lack of toughness. "Wet Willygate" was one of the reasons many felt he shouldn't be given a big contract; because he didn't defend his honor and start a fight with Delonte. Now he uses the term "bully" and Jody spends most of the article talking about Hayward bulking up, how Snyder wants him to be more aggressive, etc.

Jody Genessey, IMO, is a great writer. I don't follow twitter, so maybe he tries to get too cute with his tweets. But I find he almost always writes decent articles.

 

[addictionary]

Rough crowd. Lesson learned: Don't respond to threads at Jazzfanz.

Carry on with your bashing ...

There is nothing wrong with using the word bully for some analogy to emphasize a player getting a lot stronger who also was renown for showing up weak and the nice kid in town. I have no problem with Gordie kicking the guy's ace next time he tries to give wet willy to him. Take that wet finger... and do some other stuff with it that will be unable to be shown in here as gif since this is a nice family site.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Rough crowd. Lesson learned: Don't respond to threads at Jazzfanz.

Carry on with your bashing ...

Is this real? Wait forty minutes and two posts to reply what I quoted above? One post joking about the 20% thing, and one post an inside joke that unless you're well versed in Jazzfanz lore, you wouldn't get at all. If that's a tough crowd, then don't EVER get a job in Philly, New York or any other sports hub that isn't in Utah.

In any case, I liked Bryan T. Smith because I actually got, you know, Jazz news from a Jazz beat writer. We got pretty much nothing from Oram. How he got a job as a beat writer for the Lakers is beyond me, based solely on how I perused his material. Falk is better, but there's a ton more information coming from Genessy, and the tribune seems to have split beat duties with Tony Jones, which is annoying for how I use Twitter, so I will likely read the D-News' Jazz beat writer more.

 

[DJJazzyJody]

Is this real? Wait forty minutes and two posts to reply what I quoted above? One post joking about the 20% thing, and one post an inside joke that unless you're well versed in Jazzfanz lore, you wouldn't get at all. If that's a tough crowd, then don't EVER get a job in Philly, New York or any other sports hub that isn't in Utah.

That's a fair criticism. Guess I was being a bit thin-skinned.

 

[addictionary]

WTF are you talking about?

“It has been good. I’m more on balance and just stronger,” Hayward said about his offseason workouts, which improved his body composition. “I’m able to kind of just bully some people a little bit more than I was able to.”

How was that taken out of context? I don't have a problem with the article, it seems just fine.

Yeah man! The ****?!?

 

[Flc]

Hey. This is Jody Genessy here (@DJJazzyJody on Twitter).

First off, thanks to those of you who've said some cool things about me. It's much appreciated.

To answer your question: Yes, I read this message board on occasion. I also swing by SLCDunk, Salt City Hoops, Purple & Blues, even the Salt Lake Tribune, from time to time. It's good to try to keep up with what people, fans included, are saying about the Jazz. (Or in this case about me.)

I get that not everybody loves my sense of humor and certainly not every joke I throw out there. Heck, even I wonder what I was thinking after clicking "post" sometimes. I do, however, take exception to Young Blood's assertion that only 20% of my jokes are funny (or at least not cringe-worthy). I'm at least 25% funny.

Since I started writing about sports at the D-News (perhaps before some of you were born), I've taken the approach that stories should be as interesting as they are informative. So, that's my approach. I try to entertain and inform. Sometimes players/coaches/others provide the fun content. Sometimes I try to. And when it's not appropriate, I just stick with the facts and/or story.

It can be a tricky balance.

I guess this led to the original reason for this post. I found Hayward's "bully" comment to be a great insight even though he did couch it with some "kind of" syntax. I wanted to do a story on Hayward and explore the pros/cons of his offseason weight gain, and thought this would be an interesting angle to use because most people don't equate the word "bully" with Hayward.

Just look at the definition of bully:

"use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants."
synonyms: persecute, oppress, tyrannize, browbeat, harass, torment, intimidate, strong-arm, dominate

So, maybe his quote wasn't as mean as you wanted it to be. However, combined with him saying that word, Burks openly admitting Hayward is stronger and Snyder talking about how he wants him to be aggressive and efficient, I just don't see how I misled anybody. Playing like a bully is playing with an edge. If Hayward is able to do that (and shoot better), he could really turn out to be quite the player.

Anyway, this corny-joke-telling fool has babbled long enough. Feel free to drop by Twitter or email me at jody@deseretnews.com if you have any other comments/criticisms/compliments/comps at restaurants for me.

Jody

P.S. HighlandHomie, I was the one who asked Hayward if his video-game playing time had decreased, leading to his fun response that all the media used. I was keeping it for this story.

Thanks for dropping by, Jody. Thought your profile on Favors last year was a great piece of journalism, and as I mentioned earlier, appreciate all of the hard work you put in to keeping Jazz fans informed.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

So, maybe his quote wasn't as mean as you wanted it to be. However, combined with him saying that word, Burks openly admitting Hayward is stronger and Snyder talking about how he wants him to be aggressive and efficient, I just don't see how I misled anybody. Playing like a bully is playing with an edge. If Hayward is able to do that (and shoot better), he could really turn out to be quite the player.

We've seen this rerun before. Did you forget that Hayward "yelled" at another player in training camp last year?

https://www.deseretnews.com/article...d-It-mightve-happened-in-practice.html?pg=all

He's a bully!