How to aggravate a team's fan base
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:58 PM
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Rankings, ACC
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By ranking Maryland’s Greivis Vazquez as the second-best shooting guard in the country (pretty good right?) and Scottie Reynolds No. 7, Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News managed to spur non-stop banter about his basketball acumen. Namely that he didn’t have any.
Readers were miffed that Vazquez wasn’t listed among the top point guards, and weren’t happy to see him among the shooting guards.
How does someone with such a tiny amount of knowledge/insight about the game write for a living about college basketball? Seriously no Vasquez from MD? He is the best point guard in the ACC and at least top 5 in the country.
If that wasn’t enough, DeCourcy’s graf on Vazquez aggravated the guys at Turtle Soup, who saw it as a backhanded compliment.
For a guy who doesn't make many 3s, he has tried a lot of them — because the Terps have needed somebody to try something. They should be more complete this season, allowing Vasquez to be more judicious.
OK, so DeCourcy didn’t laud Vazquez’s aggressiveness or his playmaking skills. But it reminds me of Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame induction speech: No praising, just an honest assessment. Did Vazquez shoot too much last season? Probably. But somebody had to carry the Terps.
Note to self: On the safe side, refer to Vaquez as a point guard…
