McDuck No. 1 Share Posted March 8, 2022 John Canzano leaves The Oregonian/OregonLive WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM He started at The Oregonian in 2002. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirklandduck Moderator No. 2 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I wonder if he's moving onto a bigger paper or maybe run his podcast full time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 3 Share Posted March 8, 2022 John likes to do opinion articles, and perhaps he wants even more latitude in what he writes and is joining an independent site? Just guessing, and I wish him well. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuck Author No. 4 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I wonder what happened behind the scenes. A remarkably terse statement that a nationally known twenty year employee has already left implies friction somewhere. Inquiring minds want to know. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 5 Share Posted March 8, 2022 He has his own radio show, and I don't know the status of that either. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastBayDuckDad Moderator No. 6 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I enjoyed his work though he could be polarizing. He sometimes blew smoke and distorted opinion out of his northbound south end. And. I. Wasn't. Always. A. Fan. Of. His. Staccato. Sentence. Structure. He did gore the occasional ox that needed it (Larry Scott), though he went after the Chipster with a bit too much enthusiasm at times. Some Duck fans will cheer this. I'll kinda miss him. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 7 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I view him like I do Bill Walton; some love them, some hate them and I feel both emotions toward them! 2 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Ducker1 No. 8 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Hopefully they dont replace him with Fentress. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck Moderator No. 9 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Sadly real news and newspapers are becoming dinosaurs. I am surprised he lasted this long at the sinking ship named The Oregonian. If he can figure out how to stay alive in the new world of supposed news and newsmakers, good for him. Not a world for the faint of heart, nor one I follow. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kamikaze Kid Moderator No. 10 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Saw this on Twitter but haven’t read it yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudslide No. 11 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Canzano wrote more about himself than he did sports. My feelings about him departing the Oregonian? YEA! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanLduck No. 12 Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 12:20 PM, Charles Fischer said: I view him like I do Bill Walton; some love them, some hate them and I feel both emotions toward them! Excellent point. Funny, too, he just wrote about Walton. Since the arrival of Cristobal he was less caustic, to me he seemed to have a real agenda against the Belotti's. And Chip never endeared any reporter. Guess he is branching out on his own and keeping the radio show, now moved to prime time 3-6. I will admit that if I ever agreed with him, I would reread the article, and rethink my opinion, just to be sure. I do think his stories about people were great, not so much about our Ducks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrw Moderator No. 13 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Canzano, clearly a smart guy and a quite good writer, was never in the news business. He was an opinion columnist. As such, he had no real allegiance to the facts, but just to his own opinion. I think he early on figured out the click-bait nature of modern "journalism" and played to maximizing the eyeballs. There are a million people offering their opinions on sports; he was one of the better ones, but I won't miss him. I can hear opinions on sports from any barstool. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandaian No. 14 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Not that Bill Simmons isn't laughing all the way to the bank after selling The Ringer for 200 mil, but after he left ESPN, he fell off my radar. Canzano is no where near as popular as Bill Simmons was at ESPN. It will be easy to be independent, but I have a feeling his article views is going to go way down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuck Author No. 15 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I decided to sign up for his free newsletter. For what it is worth the excerpt below relates to OBD's I'm buying what Jonathan Smith is selling at OSU. Also, I disagree with those who think Lanning is a hired gun who might ditch Eugene at the first sign of an SEC job. After talking with him recently I believe we may get to watch Lanning's three young sons grow up in Oregon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICamel No. 16 Share Posted March 9, 2022 https://baldfacedtruth.com/ "I'm not leaving you behind, though. I'm going to continue to work hard, write columns, break news and host a daily statewide radio show (3-6p) in Oregon. I'll post my columns here from now on. The sourcing I've developed over the years won't be wasted. I have so much left to say and I will say it unencumbered now." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idontrollonshobbas No. 17 Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 1:50 PM, Mudslide said: Canzano wrote more about himself than he did sports. My feelings about him departing the Oregonian? YEA! I'm with you....and this was the O's decision, according to Ken Goe. I might just renew my Oregonian subscription now. Unless Fentress is promoted. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukduponquak No. 18 Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 6:44 PM, Tandaian said: Not that Bill Simmons isn't laughing all the way to the bank after selling The Ringer for 200 mil, but after he left ESPN, he fell off my radar. Canzano is no where near as popular as Bill Simmons was at ESPN. It will be easy to be independent, but I have a feeling his article views is going to go way down. Bill who??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Perkins No. 19 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) Www.baldfacedtruth.com Says he will continue to write on his own, with particular focus on the Pac-12. He is now "unencumbered." Watch out! I'm sure a pay wall looms. Edited March 9, 2022 by Darren Perkins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoquack No. 20 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Good luck to John Canzano. I don't always agree with him, but he is entertaining. Plus he seems to do a lot of good things in the community. Not sure I will pay for access to his site if it comes to that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG Lumber No. 21 Share Posted March 9, 2022 found his interviews usually interesting.....probing even. Signed up for the newsletter. Don't always agree with him but he does writes well and interviews well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
