WCG Needs You!

by Adam T on Jan 23, 2009 3:14 PM CST

Are you as big of a Chicago Bears fan as you are Chicago Cubs fan? Ok, around here maybe that may be impossible.

Are you almost as big of a Chicago Bears fan as you are a Chicago Cubs fan? Then guess what? Windy City Gridiron Needs You!

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Windy City Gridiron is looking for Front Page contributors. We have immediate openings for the following, but not limited to areas:

1) Xs and Os - Film breakdown, scheme/formation explanation, game analysis

2) Financial - Do you actually understand the salary cap?

3) Legal - contract issues, off the field player issues

4) HTML/Graphics - Photoshop, coding, charts

5) History - position/player comparisons, best ofs, lists, know your history posts

Moreover we have the need for passionate and opinionated people who have a voice they want to be heard.

Requirements:

1) Must have decent writing skills - Trust me, we are not perfect over here, but you need to be able to put together understandable sentences and paragraphs and you need to be able to do so with little use of slang.

2) Ideas - We need new ideas. We need people who can generate ideas for their posts.

3) Frequency - We can work on the numbers, but we need posters who can generate posts on a consistent basis, even when there is not much happening.

4) Fact checking - If you are going to post facts and figures you must be willing to do the fact checking and provide links and sources if need be.

5) Criticism/Debate - I'm sure you are familiar with this one, but Chicago fans love to get after you about your posts. You must be able to take criticism in stride. Arguments/debating is encouraged, but you will be a rep of the site and held to a higher standard.

6) Focus - This is a Bears blog, while at times subjects veer off into other teams we need to keep it mostly Bears/NFL-centric. You cannot post or get bated into debates about topics like politics, religion and any other current or controversial topics.

7) Involvement - You need to have the time to dedicate to the site. The readers need to know you. They need to know how to relate to you and how to take your type of writing. Not only do you need to be willing to keep an eye on posts you have written, you need to be an active member in other posts, Fan Posts and Fan Shots.

Optional:

1) Location - Believe it or not, we don't live in Chicago. We need people who have the ability to occasionally go to events or conduct interviews with former and current players and personnel. Game accounts, pictures, local flavor

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, we'd love to hear from you. Include your name, WCG userid if you have one and a blog URL or sample writingsthat you'd like us to look at.. Don't worry if you don't have a blog or samples, we still want to hear from you. Send all injuries to WINDYCITYGRIDIRON AT GMAIL DOT COM.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of SB Nation or Al Yellon, managing editor (unless it's a FanPost posted by Al). FanPost opinions are valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable baseball fans.

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hey, nice to see a familiar face here!

I could look into doing something..

Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..

by Chanman25 on Jan 23, 2009 3:23 PM CST reply actions

I'd be happy to hear from you.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Jan 23, 2009 3:27 PM CST up reply actions

i could do Photshop/HTML

if there’s a little pay involved….. T Hats what i do for a living, freelance style.

by meancubface on Jan 23, 2009 3:33 PM CST reply actions

Thanks for the offer, but at this time

I am not able to pay.

Thanks

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Jan 23, 2009 3:39 PM CST up reply actions

eye nose how 2 ewez faux toe shoppe!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 23, 2009 3:38 PM CST reply actions

wow

SWL is that how your photoshop layout is? if so how did you get that????

by chicagodave on Jan 24, 2009 8:05 AM CST up reply actions

He's old school.

Consistent. Championship. Tradition.

by daver on Jan 24, 2009 9:18 AM CST up reply actions

WCG

I sent over an email. Let me know if you don’t receive, or if you need an additional info.

Thanks.

by Tangled Up In Blue on Jan 23, 2009 4:10 PM CST reply actions

You should contact BLou......

Criticism/Debate – I’m sure you are familiar with this one, but Chicago fans love to get after you about your posts. You must be able to take criticism in stride. Arguments/debating is encouraged, but you will be a rep of the site and held to a higher standard.

He’d be a natural.

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on Jan 23, 2009 5:00 PM CST reply actions

Football fans, get ready for a whole lotta this:

Consistent. Championship. Tradition.

by daver on Jan 23, 2009 5:21 PM CST up reply actions

LOL!!!!

by sue369 on Jan 24, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions

they don't play with the Ivy anymore

I have held a grudge ever since.

Actually the Bears need one thing as they have but for a few years outside of Sid Luckman, Johnny Lujack, Billy Wade or Jim McMahon and Wade is a push….McMahon was brittle

You can do all the analysis you want but unless the Bears get someone like McNabb its been done before.

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on Jan 23, 2009 5:28 PM CST reply actions

Um sorry I am a Packers fan

That plus living in NYC would disqualify me. I think I should start a blog for Cub & Packer fans. All 10 of us. I know there is at least one other one around here.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Jan 23, 2009 5:46 PM CST reply actions

WHHATTT???!!!!!!!!

Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.

by Bricks and Ivy on Jan 23, 2009 5:56 PM CST up reply actions

Um I spent my childhood summers in Door County WI

Hard not to fall for a team owned by people of Green Bay. Trust me they ARE the craziest fans in all of sports. They have NOTHING else in their lives. Try watching local news in the summer. Top story is reserve right tackle spraining his thumb fishing in Canada and then maybe something about war, the economy or anything else. Honestly I don’ t care that much for football but the Pack is the only team I try to watch.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Jan 23, 2009 6:30 PM CST up reply actions