By Jeff Moss
DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com
December 10, 2014
Usually when I mock Detroit News goofball Lynn Henning in this space it is in regard to one of his asinine baseball takes. Well, Henning seems to be venturing out into moronic football opinions based on this Tweet from last evening:
Gil Brandt gets good information: If he heard David Cutcliffe turned down the Michigan job, bank on it that Cutcliffe turned down U-M.
— Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
I am not going to focus my time on the elderly Brandt’s irresponsible Tweet as Gregg Henson has already taken him to task on his website. The purpose of today’s blog is share some of the back-and-forth discussion between Henning and his poor followers; it is quite remarkable.
@Lynn_Henning U really are a senile idiot
— Brian perham (@phijammer61) December 10, 2014
@Lynn_Henning you seriously believe michigan offered cutcliffe a firm job offer ahead of every other candidate? Like….seriously?
— Ho Ho Johnson (@aaronpj) December 10, 2014
@phijammer61 No. I know Brandt and his expertise. And you don’t even know how to spell. — Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
@phijammer61 How’d you make it to Twitter with a negative IQ. Who writes this for you — or, excuse me, we know that. — Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
The last one being a vague reference to me having mind-control over these folks.
@Lynn_Henning @MGoFish why would you even retweet this garbage??? It does nothing but put your information as unreliable — Alexander Hinojosa (@XanderHinojosa) December 10, 2014
@joshsko318 Guarantee you — they talked. And guarantee you, there was veracity to what Brandt reported. — Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
@ryanschuiling @Lynn_Henning Agent probably leaked that (false) info to Brandt. There’s just no way this makes sense, for many reasons. — Brian J. Manzullo (@BrianManzullo) December 10, 2014
Yep, someone from the Free Press had to jump in to mock poor Lynn ….
@joshsko318 Fine. Then, disprove it.
— Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
We will get to that, ya imbecile ….
@jasonball23 Not discounting or dismissing them for a moment. But no one I’ve ever known has had his finger on the coaching scene like Gil. — Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
@joshsko318 I didn’t make the claim, Mr. Wizard. Passed on a Tweet from a credible national guy who knows the college coaching lanes. — Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
@jasonball23 Early December didn’t seem to stop Nebraska or Florida from picking their coaches. Brandt’s reputation is way beyond solid. — Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
@joshsko318 Disprove it. Brandt has the credibility. Tell him he’s wrong. Report back. — Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
@joshsko318 Not necessary. He’s smart and informed. You’re not. — Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) December 10, 2014
This is how paranoid Henning has become; he goes out on a limb that only the Wallendas would use to defend SOMEONE ELSE’S REPORTING!!! Why? Because Lynn Henning knows better than all of you, that’s why.
Except for one thing ……
Spoke to Duke’s David Cutcliffe. He hasn’t talked to Michigan nor has Duke AD Kevin White. No job offered to turn down. Content at Duke.
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) December 10, 2014
To be clear, there has been zero contact between Michigan and Duke’s David Cutcliffe. No third party contact, even through search firm
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) December 10, 2014
Thankfully for @joshsko318, Chris Mortensen was around to douse water on this nonsensical report from Gil Brandt so @joshsko318 didn’t have to disprove a negative or get Ol’ Gil on the horn. And I am the only one who pictures Gil Brandt on a rotary-style phone calling his “sources” looking for information on a topic he knows absolutely nothing about?
What the fuck is WRONG WITH THIS GUY?
Anyway, I have heard some rumors over the last couple of weeks that Henning might be on the verge of retiring or at least stepping down from his Tigers-related beat duties. It is very odd that Tony Paul and Chris McCosky are both in San Diego covering the Winter Meetings while Lynn is off in Georgia defending erroneous Tweets.
The Winter Meetings were a Lynn Henning staple for YEARS, so why isn’t he there?
I have mixed feelings about Henning either stepping down or taking a lesser role. It is the same feeling Harvey Levin probably has every day about the well-being of Lindsey Lohan. I mean, what would TMZ do if Lohan dropped dead?
Also, if Henning does step away from the Tigers beat and the News replaces him with McCosky and not Paul …… well ……. does ISIS have a recruiting office anywhere near 15 Mile and Orchard Lake Road?