An angry reaction to The Greatest Athletes
Received this morning...
I've read over your criteria several times and you are correct in saying that it is not scientific but is it even intellectual? I have done my research as any seasoned educator would do and I would suspect that a seasoned reporter would do as well. You would think in your so called two years of research/interviews you would have contacted West York's athletic director and surveyed each and every one of its coaches. You did not do this. So what roundtable were you at, a local VFW over pizza and beer! You wanted to cause controversy and you have and you have disappointed and angered many parents and athletes who, after being named the best in their respective sports in the State of Pennsylvania,and going on to success at a college, "OTHER THAN PENN STATE or being named to "YOUR" All star teams for their respective sports were IGNORED by your "list". I am also a bit concerned over your sexually biased reporting. You mean to tell me in all these years of WY sports there were only 3 female "top" athletes and all those males...wow, now we have a need for concern. So to all the parents that know for a fact their sons and daughters should have been chosen, take comfort in the fact that the grossly under-researched and biased reporting of this newspaper and its reporters was done without fact and without even contacting the school district, it's present or past coaching staff and present and past athletic directors. Sincerely, Mrs. TM Laucks
GreenEye · August 30, 2008 12:16 PM
Jealous much? Too much...nooo much too much.
I'm listening to a great Eagles song....
GET OVER IT!
JustSayin · August 30, 2008 12:21 PM
Good point Green Eye.
Here's some quick things I found without being a "seasoned reporter"
1. Only 2 of the 10 went to PENN STATE, so that means the other 8..you guessed it went to a school "OTHER THAN PENN STATE."
2.Hmm, complaining about sexually biased reporting about WEST YORK's list (where was all this when the series began??) with a tag line that seems oddly familiar to area Bulldog Fans.....
I'm JustSayin
Bulldog pride · September 1, 2008 9:47 AM
WHY do you care. Maybe you will be happier when they post the best from YC. Quit whining in our Bulldog land, you lost that right.
xfactor · September 2, 2008 9:18 AM
the reason Mrs. Laucks is upset is because she had a daughter that went to WY and must wrongly believe that she should be on the list. no one that i know is "angered" about these lists. and just because her daughter played a Juniata College and isn't mentioned, then it must be a Penn State bias. Way to be a good example of sportsmanship Laucks.
BINGO · September 3, 2008 1:05 AM
JustSayin' and Xfactor have BINGO.....clear your cards.
Im just sadden at the fact the paper lent her any credit and published her horrificly transparent letter.
It's not a WY or YC or any school thing....its an agenda thing
fyi · September 4, 2008 12:01 PM
Mrs. Lauks is correct that maybe some more research should have been put into this list. There are some names on the list that I do not agree with, but I am not going to make fun of the author for that. You do not need some newspaper article to rectify the achievements of your daughter. Take pride in what she accomplished during her national championship at Juniata, but you do not need a newspaper article to show that off to the whole county. Like everyone knows there is no definitive way to compile this list.