Ron is a great football and boxing reporter....I'm jut one of the few that doesnt get offended when he busts balz.....I'll bet $50 that you dont get offended when guys like Reiss report nothing but candycorn, sunshine and blowjobs.
The problem I have with Borges is that everything he did could have been done without a press pass. For all his colorful writing the facts are nothing but rehashed AP wire news and crap from agents and other whispers you can find almost anywhere these days. The rest was just him being an essayist.
Well I already get hours upon hours of talking heads spouting endless opinions all day long on WEEI, ESPN, NFLN, FSN, etc. all using the same tired tiny shred of news I heard on the morning drive. Opinions are cheap. I'm tired of being "entertained" or "reading thought provoking pieces," I just want news, I want access to the people I really care about - the players, coaches, management of the actual team.
Reiss is one of the few guys who actually GETS THE NEWS. What a thought?! And with Reiss, it's always all the little things no one else bothers to get - nameplates on a locker not yet removed, a former pats practice-squader getting help from a vet in the weight room today, or something from a trivial free agent camp fodder guy who'll never survive the first cut down. Nothing is too small. Through him we get ACCESS - it's like we're just down there at Gillette, hanging with the team, soaking up every thing that goes on. That's what the press is supposed to be there for -- a proxy for the rest of us because we have day jobs and you can't fit millions of people into the press room anyway.
Bert Breer is actually starting to get it too. Even Thomase. Between those three alone I have hope. The main other guy I can think of like that at the national level is Adam Schefter. The guy delivers actual real information -- which is the only thing worth paying them for.
Whether positive, negative or otherwise, opinions and "critical thinking" is exactly what I don't need more of when it comes to the Pats. This isn't some government program or high art form here. It's f'in sports. I want to soak it in and live the dream.
