Props to Mike Reiss interviewed by Adam Shefter

MrBigglesWorth · Jan 27, 2008

First of all he make Bill Plaschke look like a school girl.

If there's a guy that deserves praise it's Mike Reiss for breaking down games on formations and player snaps. He actually does investigative reporting and reports relevant football information based on insight and fact.

He touched upon distraction of the season and Sheftr asked him if there was one distraction that would affect the team what would it be? He said the Harrison suspension because it seemed like a repeat of Milloy. BB talks about the importance of preseason to prepare you for game one and then the 16 game season.

He also was mentionned how the pats would fair against the giants pass rush and of course Reiss being the awesome reporter he is said.... the pats had 67%(some number in 60's) of there snaps from the 3 and 4 wr set.

He also predicted brady would answer the ankle questions and BB would say see the report wednesday.

BelichickFan · Jan 27, 2008

Reiss is always good, he'd just started coming on NEST before moving to the Globe; too bad.

homerpatsfan · Jan 27, 2008

i'm impressed with reiss,his info is always good and available. a good piece to our puzzle

edzo44 · Jan 27, 2008

I like Reiss because he's human.
He's made a couple of errors in his reporting at times but he's also had the sack to admit it.
He's accountable and I really admire that from a media person.
(Unlike most of the other media personnel who suffer from very selective memory losses when it involves them making a mistake.)
I make it a point to read him daily.

bosfan · Jan 27, 2008

Reiss is a very professional and knowledgeable reporter, by the way does he have a Canadian accent?

AzPatsFan · Jan 27, 2008

Having lived in other cities, I can testify to what a good football reporter does. IMHO until Reiss and Speer, (I hope they entice him back), the Boston media never had a half way decent football reporter. They had some very poor examples too. Willie Donaugh, Ron Borges were terrible examples. Mike Felger is morphing into a non entity too.

But still on balance it is better than it used to be. Can you imagine an entire sportswriter corps of all Shaughnessys' Yes it actually used to be that bad!

MrBigglesWorth · Jan 27, 2008

AzPatsFan said:
Having lived in other cities, I can testify to what a good football reporter does. IMHO until Reiss and Speer, (I hope they entice him back), the Boston media never had a half way decent football reporter. They had some very poor examples too. Willie Donaugh, Ron Borges were terrible examples. Mike Felger is morphing into a non entity too.

But still on balance it is better than it used to be. Can you imagine an entire sportswriter corps of all Shaughnessys' Yes it actually used to be that bad!

Albert Breer?

But yes I'm in agreement

strongside · Jan 27, 2008

MrBigglesWorth said:
First of all he make Bill Plaschke look like a school girl.

If there's a guy that deserves praise it's Mike Reiss for breaking down games on formations and player snaps. He actually does investigative reporting and reports relevant football information based on insight and fact.

He touched upon distraction of the season and Sheftr asked him if there was one distraction that would affect the team what would it be? He said the Harrison suspension because it seemed like a repeat of Milloy. BB talks about the importance of preseason to prepare you for game one and then the 16 game season.

He also was mentionned how the pats would fair against the giants pass rush and of course Reiss being the awesome reporter he is said.... the pats had 67%(some number in 60's) of there snaps from the 3 and 4 wr set.

He also predicted brady would answer the ankle questions and BB would say see the report wednesday.

It was good to see Reiss and Holly get some national face time.

FrontSeven · Jan 27, 2008

MrBigglesWorth said:
First of all he make Bill Plaschke look like a school girl.

Bill was edumacated before the No Putz Left Behind program.

STFarmy · Jan 27, 2008

Mike Reiss is amazing. As you all here have pointed out, he does his job (and a good one at that) without being pompous or condescending or over-the-top, unlike many in media today. He is awesome.

KoolAidDrinker · Jan 27, 2008

Mike Reiss is excellent, in print, on the net, and on TV!

His TV demeanor is great; a very positive personality, but always backed up with facts. He really does his homework and his hunches and insights are first class.

During the videotape infraction incident, he's the only reporter (locally or nationally) who actually came up with the NFL bylaws, rules, and memos that were relevent.

He admits his mistakes. He went on record as being "a bit dissapointed" with Maroney (during that stretch when Laurence was apparently made of glass

), but was quick to admit his "mistake" when LM turned on the juice in the last few weeks.

I hope he stays for a long time. I read him every day.

fnordcircle · Jan 27, 2008

I can't wait until Reiss starts writing opinion pieces instead of just reporting on the Patriots beat and everyone turns on him ala Cafardo.

Brady to Brown · Jan 27, 2008

fnordcircle said:
I can't wait until Reiss starts writing opinion pieces instead of just reporting on the Patriots beat and everyone turns on him ala Cafardo.

If he were smart he would only report the facts like he does now.

The only opinion I am interested in regarding the Patriots is Bill Belichick's.

chunkypony · Jan 27, 2008

The way I describe Reiss is this:

he reports the way that the patriots would want a reporter to report. He gives the facts, nothing extra, nothing that isn't important. I think that's why I like him so much.

Oswlek · Jan 28, 2008

IMHO, Reiss is getting better because not too long ago he was more reporter than analyst. Frankly, I was usually unimpressed when he was on a show like NEST or NECN because he just didn't have a whole lot of insight to back his information up.

I like that he is clearly improving in his grasp of the game and he is forming his own opinions now.

BradyManny · Jan 28, 2008

fnordcircle said:
I can't wait until Reiss starts writing opinion pieces instead of just reporting on the Patriots beat and everyone turns on him ala Cafardo.

Reiss does a lot more than reporting. He has a weekly mailbag and a weekly chat where he offers up his opinions, additionally, the blog has started updated with videos of his analysis. That's the key word, he provides analysis, yes it's his opinion, but he has no agenda. No one will turn on him b/c he's too reasonable and fair.

Cafardo's, Borges', Felgers, etc., these guys want attention, they want their opinion to stand out, and in some cases, are just bitter old coots. Reiss has earned the fanbases respect, and I don't think he'll lose it any time soon.

Watson's IQ · Jan 28, 2008

My favorite part about Reiss is that he never seems to try and make himself part of the story. I'm sure a certain amount of ego is inherent in any beat reporting job, but if he has one he hides it well. He really seems less concerned with "scooping" everyone than he does with getting the facts straight.

I particularly like his blog on the Globe website after games when he gives the positional groupings and snaps played. These are the things that serious fans are interested in, not what Tom Brady wore in his post-game or how surly BB was.

BradyManny · Jan 28, 2008

Oswlek said:
I like that he is clearly improving in his grasp of the game and he is forming his own opinions now.

I used to view it as Reiss = the best at reporting the facts, Breer = the best at analyzing the facts, but Reiss has started to break things down a little more and more, and has made the loss of Breer less noticeable. I still think the Globe was crazy not to try and hire Breer, a Breer-Reiss team reporting on the Pats would be awesome.

As it is, Reiss-Gasper is pretty great. Reiss has really done a great job these past couple years, Pats fans owe him a thanks.

Rob0729 · Jan 28, 2008

MrBigglesWorth said:
First of all he make Bill Plaschke look like a school girl.

If there's a guy that deserves praise it's Mike Reiss for breaking down games on formations and player snaps. He actually does investigative reporting and reports relevant football information based on insight and fact.

He touched upon distraction of the season and Sheftr asked him if there was one distraction that would affect the team what would it be? He said the Harrison suspension because it seemed like a repeat of Milloy. BB talks about the importance of preseason to prepare you for game one and then the 16 game season.

He also was mentionned how the pats would fair against the giants pass rush and of course Reiss being the awesome reporter he is said.... the pats had 67%(some number in 60's) of there snaps from the 3 and 4 wr set.

He also predicted brady would answer the ankle questions and BB would say see the report wednesday.

All due respect to Reiss, but if you can spell Bill Plaschke's name correctly, you are able to make him look like the moron he is. I have never seen an article that tries to point out how unimpressive he thinks Brady is by laying out all his amazing accomplishments.

Rob0729 · Jan 28, 2008

P.S. I really do like Reiss. He not only is one of the most insightful writers in the area, but he cares about his readers. He is the only writer I have ever sent e-mail questions or comments to who actually take the time to respond.

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