OT: Brian Schmitz Gone???

BassMaster · Post #1 » by **BassMaster** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:37 pm

I just found this at the Orlando Sentient:

*This newspaper is acting quickly. Effective today, Brian Schmitz has been replaced on the Orlando Magic beat by Roger Moore, who will rate each game from one to five stars.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/o ... 968.column

Orium · Post #2 » by **Orium** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:47 pm

Considering this Moore fellow appears to review movies, and the little 5 star comment.. I'd say this was a joke. Sadly

BassMaster · Post #3 » by **BassMaster** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:04 pm

Orium wrote:Considering this Moore fellow appears to review movies, and the little 5 star comment.. I'd say this was a joke. Sadly

Hey from what I gather Schmitz didn't have that much experience when he started his blog.
It would be great if it wasn't a joke/most likely as you said it is just that.

Post #4 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:14 pm

We got James Bond? UPGRADE

EasternMagic · Post #5 » by **EasternMagic** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:16 pm

just actually read it .... ya its a joke

magicfan4life05 · Post #6 » by **magicfan4life05** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:17 pm

BS fakes his own death!!

PimpORL · Post #7 » by **PimpORL** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:06 pm

Yea, it's obviously a joke

You know former ref and, as David Stern calls him, "convicted felon" Tim Donaghy loves making the NBA squirm with his long-awaited accusations that he was not alone in intentionally altering the outcome of games. A few thoughts:

*A letter filed in federal court by Donaghy's attorney states that "Referee A and Referee F" altered two games in a 2002 playoff series. Personally, I trusted A but always knew there was something fishy about that guy F.

*Looks like the outcome of NBA games fall into the "Three M's" categories -- Messaged, Manipulated and Manufactured.

*Should the next commissioner be Vince McMahon?

*This newspaper is acting quickly. Effective today, Brian Schmitz has been replaced on the Orlando Magic beat by Roger Moore, who will rate each game from one to five stars.

Optimus_Steel · Post #8 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:06 pm

LOL its a joke, the sad thing is that the Sentinel might actually pull something like that for real. And i think we all agree that BS is a douche.

Post #9 » by **craig01** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:11 pm

prorl wrote:LOL its a joke, the sad thing is that the Sentinel might actually pull something like that for real. And i think we all agree that BS is a douche.

True.

True.

The Sentinel would just replace the coverage by using more "picture articles".

Instead of an in game recap, they could just print the shot chart along with a couple of captions.

They are too crappy to print real content anymore.

Cigamodnalro · Post #10 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:43 am

If only...

Post #11 » by **Bensational** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:53 am

magicfan4life05 wrote:BS fakes his own death!!

that almost makes him as cool as Pauly Shore.

lovehoops01 · Post #12 » by **lovehoops01** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:30 am

cougar13 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Hey from what I gather Schmitz didn't have that much experience when he started his blog.
It would be great if it wasn't a joke/most likely as you said it is just that.

How you figure? I've been subscribing to the Sentinel for 15 years, and he's been writing for the sports department as long as I've been reading it. He's got lots of experience. He hasn't always written about the Magic, but they have had at least five or six people over the years who have written about them.

drsd · Post #13 » by **drsd** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:00 am

lovehoops01 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

How you figure? I've been subscribing to the Sentinel for 15 years, and he's been writing for the sports department as long as I've been reading it. He's got lots of experience. He hasn't always written about the Magic, but they have had at least five or six people over the years who have written about them.

From the O-Sen:

Brian Schmitz is the longest-tenured member of the Sentinel's sports staff, having left the Midwest chill to join the paper in 1975 upon graduating from the University of Iowa. He currently covers the Orlando Magic, a beat he inherited four years ago. Schmitz served as a columnist for 13 years at the Sentinel, earning various writing awards. During his career, Schmitz has covered 22 Super Bowls, 12 World Series, eight NBA Finals, five Olympics, various championship boxing matches as well as Florida, FSU and the Miami Dolphins.

BassMaster · Post #14 » by **BassMaster** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:39 pm

lovehoops01 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

How you figure? I've been subscribing to the Sentinel for 15 years, and he's been writing for the sports department as long as I've been reading it. He's got lots of experience. He hasn't always written about the Magic, but they have had at least five or six people over the years who have written about them.

So you are telling the rest of us that you want BS to keep on writing for the O.S. that you love his work.

Wow the exception to the general rule here. He may have many years experience, but that hasn't helped that he still stinks as a reporter IMO.

sChOlaRlY_Magi · Post #15 » by **sChOlaRlY_Magi** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:36 pm

I was giddy when I first read the title...

This is just Greene beeing green.

magicmamma · Post #16 » by **magicmamma** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:16 pm

cougar13 wrote: So you are telling the rest of us that you want BS to keep on writing for the O.S. that you love his work.

Do you think that makes sense???

If he had said GW Bush has a lot of experience as president of the US, would you interpret that as he wants to keep him as president and thinks he's a great president?

lovehoops01 · Post #17 » by **lovehoops01** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:54 pm

cougar13 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

So you are telling the rest of us that you want BS to keep on writing for the O.S. that you love his work.

Wow the exception to the general rule here. He may have many years experience, but that hasn't helped that he still stinks as a reporter IMO.

It was meant to challenge your assertion that you heard that he didn't have much experience before he started his blog. You've evidently got bad sources.

BassMaster · Post #18 » by **BassMaster** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:49 am

lovehoops01 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

It was meant to challenge your assertion that you heard that he didn't have much experience before he started his blog. You've evidently got bad sources.

I didn't say anything about his blogging I was talking about when he started writing about sports period.

lovehoops01 · Post #19 » by **lovehoops01** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:28 am

cougar13 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I didn't say anything about his blogging I was talking about when he started writing about sports period.

What? This is what you posted on the previous page:

cougar13 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-Hey from what I gather Schmitz didn't have that much experience when he started his blog.
It would be great if it wasn't a joke/most likely as you said it is just that.

No matter how you look at it, Schmitz has a lot of experience sports writing because he has been doing it for at least 15 years. So however you determined that he doesn't have much experience -- blog or newspaper -- well, it's just plain incorrect. I'm not really interested in continuing this discussion for pages, but I don't see how you can dispute that the guy has experience.

aleZ · Post #20 » by **aleZ** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:02 pm

Wow, even the joke's terrible, these guys are pulling out all the stops.