State Of The Big Dead Sidebar Address

I am posting this update this afternoon to address the future of this great blog.

To the readers, we would like to thank you sincerely for your readership, tips, comments, suggestions and everything else you bring to this forum.

To the staff, thank you for your contributions to the page.  They are also greatly appreciated.

The Big Dead Sidebar was co-founded in May 2008 by your faithful editors Luis M., who blogs under more pen names than you can shake a stick at, and M.J. Hartwig, who blogs every so often and is in charge of advertisements, making sure layout is good and things of that nature. 

Like every other sports blog you have come to know and love, we started this site as a place for us to throw in our two cents on the hottest sports topics.  Since our humble beginnings, we have narrowed our focuses, while growing all at the same time.

In 2009, we made it our goal to make this one of your go-to Web sites for insight and analysis of Chicago's sports teams to go along with the outside-the-box breakdown of the Southern Illinois University Salukis of Carbondale.  And while your trusty editors no longer walk the Saluki beats as they once did when they were at the alma mater, our sources stay strong in the program.  And once in a while, Luis' sources throw him a bone or send him a hope all is well in the real world text message.

In 2010, our goal is to continue building on what we have done in the past and striving for a better future.  The days of us posting on the hour, every hour are behind us, but it does not mean this site is going away any time soon. 

Rather than have a dozen less-focused posts, our posts will be fewer and more spaced out, but they will have much more in-depth analysis in which we will still attempt to uncover the buried leads in your favorite sports stories.

We're looking for new ways to communicate with our readers,  we'll be adding a formspring account in which you can ask us any question you'd like.   We're also looking into doing live blogs and chats with folks.  Another thing we're taking into consideration is more interviews.  I know some liked the Lance Irvin interview, though for the non-SIU readership, it probably went over their heads.  We'll see what we cand do from that standpoint.

If all else fails, we can always communicate via Twitter .  And while you're at it, let's be friends on Facebook.

If there is anything that I would like to do as the primary editor of this site, it is get in contact with the peeps.  Commenting is so easy, a Creighton fan can do it.  So come on and give us some thought-provoking words in the comments section.

Last but not least, I would not mind adding another voice (or two) to our network of bloggers.  We are close to adding another author to our stable of writers, but that has yet to be finalized as of today.  (Seriously, I've been really busy.)

So stick around, for 2010 will be good even though our teams might not be.

We will not falter. 

We will not fail. 

But we will continue to be the snarky SOBs you have come to love.

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