Jeremy Schaap is a punk - SpartanTailgate.com

Dirk Digler · 03-05-2003, 03:40 AM

or whatever the heck his name is. I have heard many people take shots at him. Whether Harrick is right or wrong, I have no respect for that guy. I think he is living off his father's name. Just wondered if anyone else disliked him?

2beer · 03-05-2003, 06:48 AM

I would have to agree - don't have any specific examples - but the guy is a putz

Spartytruth · 03-05-2003, 07:25 AM

Hate him - his goading of BW was weak. I go a kick out of ESPN's statement that Harrick has had the opportunity to comment - "Jeremy Schaap appraoched Harrick in a parking lot" and "Harrick refused comment." Lame. If Schaap approached me in a parking lot I'd hit him. Bobby Knight was right.

OldWiseOne · 03-05-2003, 07:36 AM

Poor Jeremy is not half the reporter his daddy is, and Daddy has been dead two or three years.

:D

Ernest Nzigamasabo · 03-05-2003, 08:25 AM

Dick Schaap died a little over a year ago, in December 2001.

I do not care for Jeremy Schaap. He reminds me of a weasel.

OldWiseOne · 03-05-2003, 08:42 AM

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Originally posted by Ernest Nzigamasabo
[b]Dick Schaap died a little over a year ago, in December 2001.

My mistake. So much for respecting the dead.

TonySpartan · 03-05-2003, 10:49 AM

Ask The General Robert Knight what he thinks of Jeremy Schapp - Knight ripped the hell out of him when Schapp interviewed him before he left IU - he basically said he is an embarrassment his father.

Roger Dorn · 03-05-2003, 11:03 AM

Who is worse, Jeremy Schapp or Mad Dog?? :confused:

GoGreenGoWhite · 03-05-2003, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by TonySpartan
Ask The General Robert Knight what he thinks of Jeremy Schapp - Knight ripped the hell out of him when Schapp interviewed him before he left IU - he basically said he is an embarrassment his father.

You've got to be kidding. I mean Knight's a great source for cool-headed character evaluation :rolleyes: , but he rips the hell out of pretty much anybody that talks to him.

Several months after Jeremy's interview with Knight, Dick Schaap himself called out Knight - a close friend - for his behavior during Jeremy's interview with him. Dick said hadn't spoken to Knight since the interview and was waiting for an apology for (one) being such an obstinate ass to Jeremy in a professional interview, and (two) for bringing his name into the interview for no good reason. He and Knight didn't speak again before Dick Schapp passed away.

I don't know about anyone else, but I respect Dick Schaap's professional opinion on Jeremy a hell of a lot more than I do Knight's, BW's, or Jim Harrick's.

Sugar Sweet Pete McGrain · 03-05-2003, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by spartano

Now what is Schaap to do. He could go to the weekly UGA press conference or the press conference after one of the games. However, he would get at most 1 question and everyone would be saying that it was the wrong forum to bring up those types of allegations.

I also doubt that the decision to "stalk" Harrick was made by Schaap. That entire segment was produced by ESPN and he may have been simply doing as he was told.

Spartano,

You act like you have given Schaap a ride before or hung out with the guy. Schaap is a bush league reporter. He is a fake wannabe trying to be a pimp!

MSU addict · 03-05-2003, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by GoGreenGoWhite
Several months after Jeremy's interview with Knight, Dick Schapp himself called out Knight - a close friend - for his behavior during Jeremy's interview with him. Dick said hadn't spoken to Knight since the interview and was waiting for an apology for (one) being such an obstinate ass to Jeremy in a professional interview, and (two) for bringing his name into the interview for no good reason. He and Knight didn't speak again before Dick Schapp passed away.

I don't know about anyone else, but I respect Dick Schapp's professional opinion on Jeremy a hell of a lot more than I do Knight's, BW's, or Jim Harrick's.

I saw Jeremy Schaap’s interview with Bobby Knight and also Dick Schaap’s commentary as well (which was days after, not months, during the “parting shots” segment of the Sports Reporters). Dick Schaap was my favorite sports journalist but his commentary was simply a father defending his son (regardless if his son was right or wrong). He was not his usual objective self and this is the only time I ever saw Dick Schaap noticeably angry on the air. In all honesty, he did not come off very well.

Jeremy Schaap was acting like a snot nosed kid during the interview. Like him or hate him, Bobby Knight is one of the greatest coaches in history. If you are a (very young) professional reporter and Bobby Knight gives you an interview, I think it is a given you will show him a modicum of respect. Apparently, Jeremy Schaap figured he would just rip Bobby Knight a new one and Coach Knight would sit there and take it. He simply figured wrong, Bobby Knight made the younger Schaap look like an idiot and Schaap deserved it.

Peaches · 03-05-2003, 04:09 PM

does anyone think jeremy schaap would have a job if not for his father???

msuaddict is right: dick schaap was the best, but his parting shot chastising rmk was not up to his standards--he was merely defending his kid.

a little known fact: espn gave rmk the opportunity to pick his interviewer from 3 choices: dan patrick, jeremy schaap, and a third whose name escapes me (perhaps chris fowler?). anyway, rmk picked schaap out of loyalty to his father. it was one of the worst decisions rmk could make.

with all this talk on the board about tarkanian, harrick, donovan, etc., let's remember rmk's 3 ncaa championships, 92% graduation rate while at indiana, and millions of dollars raised and donated to the iu library, all while NEVER having even an allegation on ncaa impropriety.

SpartanBone · 03-05-2003, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by PittSpartan
A little known fact: espn gave rmk the opportunity to pick his interviewer from 3 choices: dan patrick, jeremy schaap, and a third whose name escapes me (perhaps chris fowler?).

I believe it was Roy Firestone, the former host of Up Close.

cookm · 03-05-2003, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by Roger Dorn
Who is worse, Jeremy Schapp or Mad Dog?? :confused:

I'd vote for Jim Gray before either of those two as the biggest weaselly, punk-ass, girly reporter out there.

Peaches · 03-05-2003, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by SpartanBone
I believe it was Roy Firestone, the former host of Up Close.

yep, you are right. thanks!

Greenburd · 03-05-2003, 04:44 PM

I have to agree with Spartano and GoGreenGoWhite on their posts. One thing is absolutely certain...Harrick Sr is a liar. He told the AJC that the $300 came from the Dale Brown fund and then when Dale Brown said it didn't changed his story and said that he never said it came from Dale Brown, though several witnesses confirm he did.

Last night he "looked Dick Vitale in the eye and promised that he and his son would be vindicated". Today, a Rhode Island booster admitted he gave the $300 to Harrick Jr and Harrick Jr resigned this afternoon. Me thinks Harrick Sr is next.

It is ugly here in Atlanta....but don't blame Schapp for this one.

GO GREEN...kick some Hawkeye butt tonight!!!

Arthur Digby Sellers · 03-05-2003, 05:09 PM

"He ambushed me after hiding behind a bush...I mean what kind of journalism is that Dick?" Harrick is a blad face liar but that was a classic line ripping a two-bit wannabe.

MSU Addict and PittSpartan hit the nail on the head with their posts. I'm in 100% agrrement with them.

Also Harrick made a good point about ESPN holding the story since October. Harrick is one of the dirtiest out there but ESPN did try and job him holding the story untill the week they played UK and UofF. I'd lay even money that little peckerwood Eisen was involved in the decision. Sort of like when he berated and fired an intern and then did the SportsCenter highlight package for MSU-um '01 himself, with the sport shadow no-one else saw. Sorry had to vent about that little weasal for a moment.

Vector · 03-05-2003, 05:56 PM

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Originally posted by PittSpartan
does anyone think jeremy schaap would have a job if not for his father???

msuaddict is right: dick schaap was the best, but his parting shot chastising rmk was not up to his standards--he was merely defending his kid.

a little known fact: espn gave rmk the opportunity to pick his interviewer from 3 choices: dan patrick, jeremy schaap, and a third whose name escapes me (perhaps chris fowler?). anyway, rmk picked schaap out of loyalty to his father. it was one of the worst decisions rmk could make.

with all this talk on the board about tarkanian, harrick, donovan, etc., let's remember rmk's 3 ncaa championships, 92% graduation rate while at indiana, and millions of dollars raised and donated to the iu library, all while NEVER having even an allegation on ncaa impropriety.

You think a company the size of ESPN, the leader in sports in America would actually just hire someone because of who their dad is? Thats pretty darn ridiculous that a station would take a risk like that without knowing the kind of person Schaap is. You think this was Schaap's first job?

MSU addict · 03-05-2003, 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by Vector
You think a company the size of ESPN, the leader in sports in America would actually just hire someone because of who their dad is? Thats pretty darn ridiculous that a station would take a risk like that without knowing the kind of person Schaap is. You think this was Schaap's first job?

Schaap graduated from Cornell in 1991 and started working for ESPN in 1994. Suffice it to say that his Dad's name carried a lot of weight in the business and would have helped him secure a job in sports, no matter the employer. Also, (fair or unfair) no matter where he works he will be compared to his father.

To help end some of the debate, below is a transcript of the Schaap - Knight interview. FWIW, Schaap's constant interruption of Knight was worse than it appears in print...

SCHAAP - KNIGHT INTERVIEW

Peaches · 03-06-2003, 08:48 AM

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Originally posted by Vector
You think a company the size of ESPN, the leader in sports in America would actually just hire someone because of who their dad is? Thats pretty darn ridiculous that a station would take a risk like that without knowing the kind of person Schaap is. You think this was Schaap's first job?

you're joking, right. the answer is, 'OF COURSE THEY WOULD.'

if you are not joking and you really think a company like espn would not hire somebody based on their father, then you have a lot to learn, my friend.