Timmermann Rant

[Triangle andToo]

Did this guy actually watch the same game and report on the same game that Triangle listened too? Listening too the pre-game show, Too learned that the Owls second leading scorer, Juan Fernandez would not play. Excellent Triangle thought, a big plus. Fernandez has had some tough times, but in the last 2 games he scored 20 against Villanova and 15 against Fordham. Timmermann made no mention of the missing Fernandez in tooday's article, why?. His whole article was based on Temple's .306 shooting percentage and attributed this too the Billiken's defense. Well, Temple was able too take 62 freaking shots! Team defensive stats are totally misleading, a player misses a wide open shot (even a dunk) and the defensive team gets a stop. This guy is really lazy - not even a mention of the following BESIDES the Fernandez injury:

1. Starting both Loe and Conklin and then Loe getting only 15 minutes and Remekun getting 23.

2. Cassity playing 34 minutes and getting only 4 shots (0-4).

3. Salecich playing 17 minutes (0-0, good but not for 17 minutes of playing time)

4. Ellis only getting 7 minutes of playing time without a shot - no explanation.

5. Billikens getting too the free throw line only 10 times and shooting a bismal 50%.

6. Billikens being 0-7 from 3pt. (He mentioned Temple's Moore being 4-17 from the field??)

These are all legitimate questions that a reporter must realize that impacted this game but none of these were addressed in his newspaper article about the game. Triangle realizes that column inches are limited - but he is a reporter of facts. Triangle also realizes that no columnist in the Post is going too touch our Billikens this year (unless there is some super dramatic turnaround of fortunes) so we are left with a game reporter. So what are we left with, Tom Timmermann, Mr. spin, Mr. let's not asked any tough questions in the locker room, Mr. let's not upset anyone. Reporting is reporting, the facts are the facts, we are not getting them from Timmermann and we certainly won't get them from 101.1. Where is Stu?

so it goes.

[One Man Dynasty]

Did this guy actually watch the same game and report on the same game that Triangle listened too? Listening too the pre-game show, Too learned that the Owls second leading scorer, Juan Fernandez would not play. Excellent Triangle thought, a big plus. Fernandez has had some tough times, but in the last 2 games he scored 20 against Villanova and 15 against Fordham. Timmermann made no mention of the missing Fernandez in tooday's article, why?. His whole article was based on Temple's .306 shooting percentage and attributed this too the Billiken's defense. Well, Temple was able too take 62 freaking shots! Team defensive stats are totally misleading, a player misses a wide open shot (even a dunk) and the defensive team gets a stop. This guy is really lazy - not even a mention of the following BESIDES the Fernandez injury:

1. Starting both Loe and Conklin and then Loe getting only 15 minutes and Remekun getting 23.

2. Cassity playing 34 minutes and getting only 4 shots (0-4).

3. Salecich playing 17 minutes (0-0, good but not for 17 minutes of playing time)

4. Ellis only getting 7 minutes of playing time without a shot - no explanation.

5. Billikens getting too the free throw line only 10 times and shooting a bismal 50%.

6. Billikens being 0-7 from 3pt. (He mentioned Temple's Moore being 4-17 from the field??)

These are all legitimate questions that a reporter must realize that impacted this game but none of these were addressed in his newspaper article about the game. Triangle realizes that column inches are limited - but he is a reporter of facts. Triangle also realizes that no columnist in the Post is going too touch our Billikens this year (unless there is some super dramatic turnaround of fortunes) so we are left with a game reporter. So what are we left with, Tom Timmermann, Mr. spin, Mr. let's not asked any tough questions in the locker room, Mr. let's not upset anyone. Reporting is reporting, the facts are the facts, we are not getting them from Timmermann and we certainly won't get them from 101.1. Where is Stu?

so it goes.

He answers most of your complaints in his game review at stltoday. I find these are usually pretty in depth, and I really don't think TT is lazy as you suggest. I'm pretty sure he has to give a broad summary of the games to the casual fan for the Post, and they just don't give him the time or space to go into details.

[SluSignGuy]

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/slu/article_d3f08332-1c5f-11e0-b050-00127992bc8b.html

[ARon]

Did this guy actually watch the same game and report on the same game that Triangle listened too? Listening too the pre-game show, Too learned that the Owls second leading scorer, Juan Fernandez would not play. Excellent Triangle thought, a big plus. Fernandez has had some tough times, but in the last 2 games he scored 20 against Villanova and 15 against Fordham. Timmermann made no mention of the missing Fernandez in tooday's article, why?. His whole article was based on Temple's .306 shooting percentage and attributed this too the Billiken's defense. Well, Temple was able too take 62 freaking shots! Team defensive stats are totally misleading, a player misses a wide open shot (even a dunk) and the defensive team gets a stop. This guy is really lazy - not even a mention of the following BESIDES the Fernandez injury:

1. Starting both Loe and Conklin and then Loe getting only 15 minutes and Remekun getting 23.

2. Cassity playing 34 minutes and getting only 4 shots (0-4).

3. Salecich playing 17 minutes (0-0, good but not for 17 minutes of playing time)

4. Ellis only getting 7 minutes of playing time without a shot - no explanation.

5. Billikens getting too the free throw line only 10 times and shooting a bismal 50%.

6. Billikens being 0-7 from 3pt. (He mentioned Temple's Moore being 4-17 from the field??)

These are all legitimate questions that a reporter must realize that impacted this game but none of these were addressed in his newspaper article about the game. Triangle realizes that column inches are limited - but he is a reporter of facts. Triangle also realizes that no columnist in the Post is going too touch our Billikens this year (unless there is some super dramatic turnaround of fortunes) so we are left with a game reporter. So what are we left with, Tom Timmermann, Mr. spin, Mr. let's not asked any tough questions in the locker room, Mr. let's not upset anyone. Reporting is reporting, the facts are the facts, we are not getting them from Timmermann and we certainly won't get them from 101.1. Where is Stu?

so it goes.

First of all : "a bismal"???? --> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abysmal

Secondly : Almost everything you point out is mentioned in either the game story or the blog report.

Finally : All of the talk about the team being 0-for on three point shots is misleading. McCall hit three different shots that were only 2s because he stepped on the line. So it is not like the team had no outside shooting.

[jbizzle09]

All this does is reiterate the fact that SLU got hosed on the foul cals down the stretch. We already knew that!

[Basketbill]

"Evidence of a conspiracy ""

Mike McCall hit a basket with 43 seconds to go. One ref raised his arms for a 3, and I wrote it in my notes as a 3, but the other two refs ruled it a 2, and that's what prevailed. Normally, this is the kind of thing refs would look at a replay for. But, there was no TV broadcast of the game.

No Broadcast??? Didn't some of you watch it on channelsurfing, if so why wasn't there a replay for the refs.....? Hmmmmmm

[bonwich]

First of all : "a bismal"???? --> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abysmal

See also

We really were pretty barfy. (I leave it to someone else to insert the appropriate image for that. )

[slubilliken09]

See also

We really were pretty barfy. (I leave it to someone else to insert the appropriate image for that. )

http://www.gifsoup.com/view/75157/team-america-barf-o.gif

[bonwich]

[sigh]

Subtlety is a lost art.