tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post4699050825175487109..comments2024-03-27T19:57:30.869-04:00Comments on Springfield Vermont News: Social media can open some doors, close some othersSpringfield VT Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845498364686334900noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-382262683109053922015-08-20T21:23:48.822-04:002015-08-20T21:23:48.822-04:00LOL! Really??? Wrong Guy...Try again! LOL! Really??? Wrong Guy...Try again! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-74242741521583544202015-08-20T10:06:38.916-04:002015-08-20T10:06:38.916-04:00Ego reality tested? Not the biggest and best? Did ...Ego reality tested? Not the biggest and best? Did a 5th grader write this or are you still selling used cars? Listen, it's time for you to take down your Joe Brown fathead off your bedroom wall. You're never going to be him. That's ok. These comments coming from a guy with possibly the longest losing streak in Springfield football history.... How did you keep the job that long is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-54656972314052554142015-08-20T09:58:40.053-04:002015-08-20T09:58:40.053-04:00Actually text messages are NOT social media. socia...Actually text messages are NOT social media. social media actually has its own definition. Please educate yourself on the subject. Think about text messages that you send on your own personal time with your friends. BTW... These were nothing like that. The tone was four coaches goofing off and having some fun. Jim Fog tried to use every text message he could to make it a harassment situation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-68916827407856747602015-08-19T06:34:04.836-04:002015-08-19T06:34:04.836-04:00How many text messages were sent to the coaching s...How many text messages were sent to the coaching staff? What was the tone, context? Let's see them, that would be a start. Also aren't text messages part of social media? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-55245012623638644882015-08-19T06:29:12.629-04:002015-08-19T06:29:12.629-04:00Listen Joe. Oops, I mean Anonymous 5:09. Let's...Listen Joe. Oops, I mean Anonymous 5:09. Let's talk about facts...how you have used social media to stabbed coaches in the back to further your own agenda...lies, deceit and mismanagement of the athletic department. No wonder you had to leave town, the State of Vermont. It was the only way you could get a job! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-74766461801427373522015-08-19T05:34:56.904-04:002015-08-19T05:34:56.904-04:00Now that there are over twenty threads on this: Jo...Now that there are over twenty threads on this: Joe Browns mother should just be quiet before her business crumbled down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-62011005482553397122015-08-19T05:32:56.971-04:002015-08-19T05:32:56.971-04:00I hopeJoe Brown stays in TN, he needs a reality ch...I hopeJoe Brown stays in TN, he needs a reality check. He is not the biggest and best. Needs to have that ego reality tested. The sports programs will be more successful now that the mess he made is sorting itself out. Good riddens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-40906123394458490832015-08-18T08:12:18.847-04:002015-08-18T08:12:18.847-04:00I wonder why Jim Fog waited so long to report the ...I wonder why Jim Fog waited so long to report the issues of the text messages? Maybe it was when Harris and Brown decided not to renew his contract? According to sources there was well over 500 text messages, interesting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-77621522105973978022015-08-18T07:09:08.104-04:002015-08-18T07:09:08.104-04:00Once again- Joe Brown had made a mess of the athle...Once again- Joe Brown had made a mess of the athletic program, he was on thin ice with the superintendent as it was. There was a pattern, he was given chances to reform (learn from his mistakes) and grown into the job. But Joe felt he was above any reproach and could do as he pleases. In the Harris situation he needed to stop the text messages, and the tone. However he didn’t exhibit leadership Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-10811847868154879972015-08-17T21:33:56.959-04:002015-08-17T21:33:56.959-04:00You don't have the facts. Harris wouldn't ...You don't have the facts. Harris wouldn't have been non-renewed because of one harmless email. Harris would have stayed to fight if there was nothing to the alligation.... Did you see/read what Jim had? I think you should let it go... Over, done... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-37801458753203809572015-08-16T21:40:35.409-04:002015-08-16T21:40:35.409-04:00Is that a fact? Then name it. Coach Harris sent th...Is that a fact? Then name it. Coach Harris sent the exact email from the Superintendent to any parent that wanted to see it. I know because I am one of them. If you think it is a spin then ask Haley to produce one fact or email that he recieved. He can't produce it. Based everything off of hear say. I read the exact text under question and it was only one. The others Jim Fog tried to use wereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-87120844993814057582015-08-16T10:03:46.213-04:002015-08-16T10:03:46.213-04:00I believe that there was a vast amount of text mes...I believe that there was a vast amount of text messages that were very direct and to the point. Tom Haley a liar??? That is so far from the truth...Good try on a "Spin". There is a pattern, trail and records. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-73065627591203470462015-08-16T06:50:07.204-04:002015-08-16T06:50:07.204-04:00Joe Brown should have conducted himself appropriat...Joe Brown should have conducted himself appropriately. He should have done his job by stopping the situation before it got to the point of him and his family leaving town?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-6467609140426926592015-08-13T06:43:22.574-04:002015-08-13T06:43:22.574-04:00Agree on this one. Jim Fog made the mess. Tom Hale...Agree on this one. Jim Fog made the mess. Tom Haley obviously needs a fact check on this one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-55281279130502877192015-08-12T17:09:00.900-04:002015-08-12T17:09:00.900-04:00Listen Jim, I mean anonymous, let's speak fact...Listen Jim, I mean anonymous, let's speak facts since some obviously don't know. Gary Harris never posted anything on Social Media. It was a personal text message to his coaching staff/friends back in June 2014. Get the facts straight. The text referred to a player being "black" and the team needing diversity. Sounds like a racist to me. Jim you and mother got your way so let itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-216190969073638292015-08-12T08:53:47.258-04:002015-08-12T08:53:47.258-04:006:10, here's the answer to "why?" To...6:10, here's the answer to "why?" Tom Haley is a sports columnist. Gary Harris was a football coach. Put two and two together and you have an article explaining why the football coach was fired. Haley, by explaining why that happened, was doing his job. Seems relatively simple to figure out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-89764403828317744002015-08-12T08:06:37.428-04:002015-08-12T08:06:37.428-04:00Anonymous, the person who hides behind a screen, K...Anonymous, the person who hides behind a screen, KNOW this..... I know the full story! It WAS not social media; it was a text a full grown MAN. Embrace Diversity and he said "black"..... Yeah. Not offensive. Relationships were built. Springfield was great- even considering this. Tom Haley needs to consider NOT using gossip as a primary source and provide actual Facts.... And moreover, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-42434785083586263132015-08-12T06:34:11.106-04:002015-08-12T06:34:11.106-04:00The author of the article should leave well enough...The author of the article should leave well enough alone and should have never mentioned Gary Harris. Thanks to the situation two families left Springfield. Was it worth that? Was it worth another house put up for sale in Springfield?? I think not. It's fine to use the situation as an example but not to drag his name through the mud again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-67035763273404527022015-08-11T19:17:41.311-04:002015-08-11T19:17:41.311-04:00Do YOU KNOW what was said?Do YOU KNOW what was said?Take VT backnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-50846860234709303362015-08-11T18:49:15.933-04:002015-08-11T18:49:15.933-04:00Maybe if the posts had been directed at you, you&#...Maybe if the posts had been directed at you, you'd feel differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-58849108303923315492015-08-11T18:10:15.460-04:002015-08-11T18:10:15.460-04:00And why make an example out of him? Let's star...And why make an example out of him? Let's start pointing fingers to all who do what Harris did. The only difference? A child-like adult who failed to get his own way, that's it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-85573009522924103812015-08-11T17:55:18.467-04:002015-08-11T17:55:18.467-04:00I grew up without social media.
It evolved withou...I grew up without social media. <br />It evolved without thought.<br />is uncontrolled.<br />will be the demise of planet earth. <br />Think it sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-11927203076599903842015-08-11T13:31:52.800-04:002015-08-11T13:31:52.800-04:00Tom Haley is one of the most respected sports jour...Tom Haley is one of the most respected sports journalists in Vermont. Nothing in this particular column was a lie. Don't let the facts get in your way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-53157168444155234782015-08-11T13:26:52.004-04:002015-08-11T13:26:52.004-04:00See if this makes any sense to you. It looks like ...See if this makes any sense to you. It looks like Gary Harris didn't know, or didn't care, about being careful with what he posted. Now do you see the point of Mr. Haley's column?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-56901330573822347642015-08-11T10:26:43.290-04:002015-08-11T10:26:43.290-04:00Well played! I laughed out loudWell played! I laughed out loudAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com