Mike DiMauro Opens Mouth......Kicks Kelly Selection

[JoePgh]

Exactly what did he get wrong? Not what the Sun needed? Not a B- shooter?
Have you looked at the Sun roster? If Faris is not a B- shooter, where would you grade her? Based on statistics (including this year) I thought DiMauro was being generous.

The funny thing is, none of the harsh DiMauro critics have bothered to present any counter argument to his tweet beyond "he's a jerk"

What about DiMauro's failure to suggest an alternative? Whom could the Sun have drafted, in his view, that would have made a greater or more necessary contribution to the Sun's roster, given who was on the board at the time?

 

[JoePgh]

You are absolutely right, the Sun picked the best player available. IMO Faris is a better player than some of the picks taken earlier. But you miss DiMauro's point. Faris did not fill the Sun's need. Look at their roster. By getting Faris the team now has the opportunity to either incorporate her skills or trade her for what they need - should that option happen.

DiMauro's job is to inform. Did anyone consider that he may have tweet followers that aren't aware of how Faris would fit in the Sun's roster. IMO he was doing his job by informing his readers.

No, the point of both the tweet and the full-length article was that the Sun made a major error by drafting her -- possibly putting fan interest ahead of the best interest of the team. If no one better was available, that is not the case, and he is not properly informing anyone by stating or implying otherwise.

 

[Icebear]

Nah, the purpose of the piece is to create controversy and thus intention.

 

[meyers7]

As I said in my first post, however, whatever his errors may be, they are not born of ignorance.

Well then that settles it. If it was not ignorance, then it was stupidity.

 

[meyers7]

Exactly what did he get wrong? Not what the Sun needed?

Quite a bit. Basically everything wrong. Considering there were basically no picks out there to address the Sun's needs, does it matter whether she fits their needs or not? Stupid thing to say.

Not a B- shooter?
If Faris is not a B- shooter, where would you grade her? Based on statistics (including this year) I thought DiMauro was being generous.

So did he. And he would be incorrect.....again. She was one of the top shooters in the country this year. Her FG and 3pt FG percentages would have landed her in the top 5% or so of players in WCBB. That's not "at best a B- shooter". That's more A- at least.

The funny thing is, none of the harsh DiMauro critics have bothered to present any counter argument to his tweet beyond "he's a jerk"

And that's an outright lie. All of these points I put above have been expressed throughout this thread.

And from past experience, we know he is a jerk, and stupid.

 

[DrewDog85]

Yeah, Miley sure da' man in sports journalism, DeweyDog. Kelly the B- girl gotta prove herself, 'cause my man Mikey knows his stuff like no other sports journalist. Those softie women's BB fans don't know their stuff like Mikey, who just knew that UConn was goin' down back in March unless they played way better. And the reason only he knew that was he da' man, and he know more about sports journalism than anybody. It would be putting on kid gloves to say that she was a 50+% shooter and a really good 3-pt shooter. She's a big girl and she doesn't need that stuff to be said. And defense is way overrated. Case closed.

And no, I am not a writer for the CT Post and I did not pay anyone to write this.[/quote

DobbsRover2 btw what hapened to DobbsRover1????

Here is your moronic statement "Those softie women's BB fans don't know their stuff like Mikey, who just knew that UConn was goin' down back in March unless they played way better." I couldn't stop laughing when I read this,,,, Does anyone disagree with Mikey D aka GOAT sportswriter,, The Ladies WERE NOT GOING TO WIN #8 UNLESS THEY PLAYED BETTER!! Are you the only person on the BY that thinks the way they were playing in March was going to be good enough to win a title???

Clearly Mr. Dimauro is an Intellectual Giant when compared to DobbsRover 1 or 2 or 3

 

[DobbsRover2]

Whatever Drewie. Get a diaper change and back to the BC men's board with you. They love Mikey as much as you. And tell your dad he can be proud of you defending him so well.

 

[pap49cba]

One of the few Mike DiMauro comments I agree with....

Mike DiMauro ‏@BCgenius
8 fouls in 2:30. OK. I am prepared to say this now. Every women's basketball official in the United States of America sucks.

 

[pap49cba]

Re-read this column here..... LINK

And after re-reading, please convince me that this guy was not trying to lob a few mortar shells in the direction of the Mohegan Sun. Unfortunately, he decided to use Kelly Faris as cannon fodder while at no time suggesting who they should have drafted in her place.
And I repeat.... His original comment was "a B-minus shooter AT BEST.

So what does that mean? D? C? C+?

Hey Mike, can she play defense? Can she rebound? Is she a winner? Does she give 110% every time she is on the court? I guess none of that matters to 'experts' like you.

 

[DobbsRover2]

One of the few Mike DiMauro comments I agree with....

Mike DiMauro ‏@BCgenius
8 fouls in 2:30. OK. I am prepared to say this now. Every women's basketball official in the United States of America sucks.

Yeah, well ill-prepared in general, but they're all in the heat of the action and deal with flame-thrower berserk coaches and strip show exhibitionists, and they take a small amount of money and many try to do as good a job as they can under murky circumstances. But right many of them ref at the same level that Mikey boy writes, which is unfortunate. If either of their employers have some extra money floating around, spending it on remedial courses for refereeing and sports writing would be valuable for all of us.

 

[hoophuskee]

Vtc – I believe you are the one that is missing the point. What is the Ct Sun’s need? Here is what you said on different posts:

The Sun did not get what they needed. They need a power forward. …The Sun needs a power forward to replace Jones
Here is what an ESPN analyst (or maybe more than 1) said:
http://www.wnba.com/draft/2013/preview_2013_sun.html

What does it say on here? It says one CT Sun strength is scoring.
Jones is gone so their scoring takes a hit. But we got Tina back and still very young as is Monty. But what does it say are weaknesses? Two are “team rebounding” and “ability to force turnovers.” So can you please explain where it says on here that the Ct Sun team needs are “a wing scorer?” You didn’t say the team need was a “wing scorer.” The ESPN site didn’t say it. But guess who said it?
http://www.theday.com/article/20130417/SPORT01/304179943/-1/today

“The Sun need a wing shooter — or at least a wing scorer — worse than the rest of need a pancreas or a lung.”
Where is this coming from? “At least” a wing scorer? This statement is so weird no wonder so many have issues with him. The 2 guard isn't a wing? Does he understand what the definition of wing is?

http://www.coachesclipboard.net/BasketballTerminology.html

More about “shooters” below.

He goes on to say:

“Which is why I broke a commandment. Thou Shalt Not Criticize A Husky.”
He is criticizing the pick. He is criticizing “taking best player available.” He isn’t only talking about need. He is criticizing that Faris doesn’t help. Basically if you don’t think Kelly can shoot at all- then we must think she is basically a 1 dimensional player. Isn’t that criticizing Kelly? And he focused on a need (a wing scorer) that you or I or ESPN or most of the fans don’t believe. Unless you are going to change your mind in order to want to back him up?

Though what I find comical is that two points of weakness on CT Sun – Kelly can help!! She will help with rebounding anytime the Sun don’t play with a small backcourt of any combo 2 of 3 between Tan, Kara and Monty with Kelly in the game. She’ll also help causing turnovers. Because she isn’t a definitive need at the pf doesn’t mean she isn’t filling a need. One of the CT Sun's worst positions is our sf and we are small at the sg. She won't help? So she will be filling a need. She just isn’t filling the number 1 need.
Another point you or him or both have made is if either of you believe she can’t fill a need – here is what you said about Faris for example:

“Faris has proved that she is a very good shooter. . .”
Well let’s take a look at last year’s Ct Sun wing players from the sf.

Hightower shot 23.7 percent and KG shot 22.7 percent.
You said Kelly is a very good shooter. So now are oyu saying Kelly can't help in this category? Miek doesn't seem to think so. So now I ask you vtc- who is right you or Mike? You say Faris is good shooter. Mike says she isn’t.