This is going to ramble, apologies.
I've got questions about the guy's name. This will probably come off as conspiracy ramblings. On the press box seating chart, the guy in this seat is Charles Hartley of some sports blog I'd never heard of until 2 months ago. There's a Facebook profile with that name that posts these long, fan-fiction stories. I think he's also used the name "Sammy Sportface," if you go by some references in comments.
I tend to think the cheering in the press box stuff is usually a case of "other media and athletic dept. people care but nobody else does, so why bring it up?" But every once in a while -- like yesterday -- it's over the top. Yelling for Mooch to throw the ball away, cheering on the touchdowns, other big plays, etc. was just all day. And that's just what I could hear; others were closer.
The bigger issue, IMO, is cutting off Clawson and players in the post-game presser. I can give a little leeway on Clawson because he does pause sometimes on answers and you think he's done, then he'll rattle off another couple of thoughts (I'm sure people who watch full pressers have picked that up). But he cut off Marucci when he answering a Les question and that shit just shouldn't happen.
Less of an issue but yesterday before the 4th quarter, Wake's comms. director told us to use microphones for questions so that fans listening could hear the questions and not just answers. From what I could tell, everybody followed that directive except this clown.
He's only shown up to games, but he's been on Zoom for a couple of Clawson's Tuesday pressers. The whole "what book are you reading this year" stuff was him.
