Wade fired, twitter knew an hour before he did

So I and a trillion others knew Wade Phillips had been fired about an hour earlier than the Cowboys coaching staff knew. I had at least 5 different conversations with people about the firing before Phillips found out. All of Texas, Facebook and Twitter knew.

This is amazing and proof that the world is faster than ever and you need a twitter account to keep up. Or just wait to have Dan Rather tell ya...


Anyway, I found it a fascinating day. I follow many sports reporters. Jay Glazer (@Jay_Glazer) and Adam Schefter (@Adam_Schefter) seem to me to be the guys who most often break the news. Today it was a local Dallas sports reporter. Bill Jones, a reporter for CBS 11 in Texas had it first. To follow along was fascinating. To hear of Wade being shocked and visibly upset an hour after it had been reported shows the seismic shift in reporting.

I was very impressed with Schefter and Glazer for not reporting what they could not confirm. The rumors were everywhere. Amazing day.