News has to be really slow and I have to be really bored to venture over to Hammer and Rails, which I just did. My biggest gripe is their lack of professionalism. I understand the site is run by a Purdue fan with no professional training, but they have been doing this long enough and there are too many times when they show a complete lack of judgement. My latest reason to stay away? An article with the obvious click-bait title:
The H&R writer stated, "This is all around a bad look for the program, athletic department, and school."
IMO, H&R is a bad look for Purdue.
REPORT: Sharon Versyp Being Investigated For Creating “toxic and hostile” Environment
First of all, it isn't a "report". The writer regurgitated select parts of a Journal & Courier story and inserted his own assumptions and opinion. There was no independant research or reaching out to sources. A local newspaper story was the writer's only source. I read the same J&C story and came away with a completely different impression. My first impression was that the J&C only presented a player's side of the story. That's fair, since that was the only information available. But the J&C did not draw the conclusions that H&R drew.The H&R writer stated, "This is all around a bad look for the program, athletic department, and school."
IMO, H&R is a bad look for Purdue.