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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2035031, member: 6927"] I like both of them for the strengths they have. I imagine Doris as the head librarian of basketball—and I mean that as a compliment! She takes a cerebral approach to her craft, she's a consummate professional, and I can think of no other female analyst who has transcended the gender barrier as she has. Kara Lawson has just recently begun to tread the path that was blazed by Doris. I love LaChina's enthusiasm and positive energy, but her commentary tends to remain at a superficial level. Doris doesn't shy away from a dispassionate critique of a team's or coach's or player's mistakes or weaknesses. I remember during the Tennessee-Notre Dame game, at a moment of obvious stagnation in the Vols' offense, she bluntly remarked, "What's the play call?! The players are looking around like they don't know ...," and then: "That was an awful possession! Simply awful." LaChina, by contrast, seems to go out of her way to keep everything positive. She is a feel-good commentator, which of course is nice, but not always the most insightful one; and this lack of depth is also the part I don't like in her otherwise valuable podcast. Everyone and everything is "amazing" and "special" and "incredible." She steers away from anything controversial or critical, but makes a point of querying Kim Mulkey and Niele Ivey at length about their fashion choices. :confused: [/QUOTE]