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Jon = the boy who cried wolf.

Jeez.

The boy who cried wolf.
Jeez.

Jon, your just as bad as wolf

Today is INSANE!!!!!

I love our GODDAMN rivalry!!!!

I still don't know whats going on with Chow, but whatever happens it won't punch a hole in my passion bucket!!

Go Bruins!

If Chow is staying, great. But if he is staying, then he needs to know from all of the Bruins that we DEMAND nothing but his best, his total commitment to UCLA, his passion to be the best at UCLA, and the fight to beat USC on and off the field - including the recruiting wars. This is ridiculous for a UCLA coach to be playing games like this and leading on that he might be interested in going back to our rivals - especially during this point in the recruiting process. Get on board, Norm and show us your stuff, not some of it, but give us 110% and make us proud Bruins. Be a Bruin, not a guy who's using the title of a Bruin to get back to the enemy!!! It's worth the effort, dammit!!!

It didn't make sense that Chow would leave at this time to be on the staff of Kiffin.

I'm glad he is staying but I wonder if he will be able to switch to Brehaut. Prince is not the answer.

bullcrap Jon, Your multiple sources is Sottt Wolfe and you asked him twice.

I have a source very, very close to common sense who says that Jon Gold is a terrible reporter.

Is this good or bad? Chow better do something this coming season otherwise we'll donate him to SC.

If you write the headlines then you really screwed the pooch this time.

Jon, just a thought - you might want to take down the thread about Chow leaving for USC based on multiple sources.

Just a thought

Jon, stay on this puppy. CRN is our only true dog in this fight, keep on it..

Don't shoot the messenger.

Obviously a very fluid situation, but poetic justice for the toejams who came onto the Bruin site to crow (granted, Bruins have been doing a lot of that this week)

I think you need "sources" that are much much much much much closer to UCLA.

don't hassle Jon for content in a very fluid situation. For posting a long article on BB, yes, but not on facts as they happen re Norm. Keep it up Jon.

Rejn, you make me proud. Way to go. Agree 100%.

Jon are you going to scold your "multiple sources" for giving you BAD info? It makes you look just as bad as Shelly Smith when you jump the gun on stuff like this. I've enjoyed reading your blog since you came on board but situations like this undermine your credibility. Hopefully you'll do a better job with confirming information next time around.

Stop trying to back up Jon's huge mistake. The internet allows editing on the web site. Contact your Daily News online administrator instead of pulling a George W Bush and inserting fake comments.

rejn, brewnz, spedjones - all great posts!

Thanks, BruinGold!

to all u whiners out there, wake up! NO, YOU are the cause of bad reporting. give Jon a break, he's trying his best to do his job. aren't u the same ones hounding and pressuring him incessantly when he doesnt get breaking news fast enough for ur taste? now that he's attempting to tip news from sources to appease u the readers (and he was not the only one reporting the same rumor), then y'all come hammering down hard on him. he may not get it right all the time with rumors and sources. and if he gets it right, i sure dont hear much credit given to him. as a die hard bruin fan i expect much more class from u than that. dont act and behave like a bunch of thankless imbeciles from the other school. Jon, keep up the good work. dont even bother with these fake and classless bruin fans

and BDB

These days, I only read this blog for the comments. Thanks guys

Jon, I swear this is a sincere question and not a snarky one. At the time you posted you hadn't heard anything official from UCLA, Bruins Nation had posted two different emails they'd received from UCLA. Why the discrepancy? Is Bruins Nation getting something you aren't, or do you not consider emails a genuine source?

rejn: Chow "playing games" is probably a negotiating tool. Money talks. If you were Chow's rep wouldn't you listen to the offer? Remember, the Titans are no longer paying Chow this season, so you need to check what your client is worth.

Anonymous - I will listen to CHARACTER any day of the week before I even think of money (ie the offer).

bruins104 said:
to all u whiners out there, wake up! NO, YOU are the cause of bad reporting. give Jon a break, he's trying his best to do his job. aren't

I have been giving Jon the benefit of the doubt and knowing he is a UCLA guy and everything, but this is ridiculous. Sctt Wolfe was his source for saying Chow was leaving and with the supid things Wolfe has been claiming the last few days, wouldn't that give Jon Pause. Jon, your multiple source was Scott Wolfe only

24-hr news is very competitive, and people are searching for any info on this situation. If Jon can't provide that, then people go elsewhere. This situation is all over the place and reporters can only present the information that's available to satiate the fans' needs. Other sites reporting nothing are drawing even more ire than the criticism here for Jon's earlier post. The only way to get the info you want is to wait the next day for the actual article. Otherwise, take everything as it comes but understand that it may change at any moment.

Sloppy, stupid journalism that is yellow, not blue. Chow is not the mein part of our success. There are other OC's who are as good. Who gives a sh_t. Chow(not) Mein. LOL

Jon,

please just focus on this Norm Chow situation and forget about our basketball game against SUC this weekend.

I think it is imperative that we do all we can to secure Norm Chow. If it means offering him much more money, we have to try to do it. Otherwise, it will have very detrimental short term and long term consequences. CRN may never recover from it. just my opinion.

BD did not deal in rumor.