Marcus Fuller moving from Gophers beat to high school coverage

[GopherLady]

Man. Marcus is just a great guy and I cannot even imagine not seeing him at every hoops game. Very sad about this move. He's been such a staple at The Barn since I was even in the Barnyard.

 

[GopherBlood777]

Marcus and Ben remain close

 

[UpAndUnder43]

I’m confident we’ll get better coverage by whoever takes over for Marcus.

 

[goldenboy]

This has to be viewed as a demotion, right? Maybe they’ll shift a T-Wolves beat writer to the Gophers.

 

[Ope3]

I’m confident we’ll get better coverage by whoever takes over for Marcus.

Are we sure the Strib will even offer resources to allocate a beat writer dedicated to Gopher basketball?

What percentage road games did they just go with wire reports?

 

[Holy Man]

This has to be viewed as a demotion, right? Maybe they’ll shift a T-Wolves beat writer to the Gophers.

In days gone by, it might have been a family related move to get off the road, but as speculated above, I think Strib was too cheap to send him on the road.

For those mocking, I’m curious how many of them have done the same thing for the same employer for 20 years. That’s a long haul by 21st century standards.

I talked to Marcus once years ago, and he said he liked the features part of media and it sounds like he might get a shot to tell stories and not just report data. Good luck to him.

 

[howeda7]

Marcus and Ben remain close

Does this news mean Ben is going to get a high school job next year?

 

[howeda7]

I’m confident we’ll get better coverage by whoever takes over for Marcus.

What if they re-hire Myron P Metcalf? Marcus was pretty good overall, even if he wasn't the most objective in his coverage of Ben.

 

[Blackhammer]

Thought he did a good job. Myron Metcalf not so much.

 

[Ope3]

In days gone by, it might have been a family related move to get off the road, but as speculated above, I think Strib was too cheap to send him on the road.

For those mocking, I’m curious how many of them have done the same thing for the same employer for 20 years. That’s a long haul by 21st century standards.

I talked to Marcus once years ago, and he said he liked the features part of media and it sounds like he might get a shot to tell stories and not just report data. Good luck to him.

It's pretty common for the Strib print edition Sports Page to be literally that, 1 singular piece of paper.

Folded equivalent of 4 pages.