Here's my take:
GUERRERO FLUNKS FIRST TEST 8/6/03 - Stephen Nover
Is it too late to bring back Melissa Stark?
Lisa Guerrero is certainly not too hard on the eyes as the new Monday Night Football sideline reporter. But judging by her performance in Monday's Hall of Fame game between Green Bay and Kansas City, looks are about the only thing she has going.
Looks and maybe the ability to read a rehearsed question, that is.
What's with having to peak at note cards while doing an interview? This isn't some in-depth 70-inch New York Times article. It’s knowing a few statistics that almost all fantasy football players memorized long ago.
If you don't know Priest Holmes' numbers from last year, you have no business being part of this broadcast coverage team.
You can say it's too early to form an opinion, but I disagree. The tip-off on Guerrero occurred when she asked Holmes what he needed to do to get physically ready for opening day.
Holmes didn't go with a standard ‘jock’ answer. Instead he said, "Get paid, because I'm ready."
Guerrero blithely chuckled when hearing that, seemingly unaware that Holmes desperately wants a contract extension and a $10 million signing bonus from the Chiefs.
Stark - or any other serious reporter with a semblance of journalism experience - would immediately have seized that opening for a pertinent follow-up asking if the contract situation was much of a distraction. Even a question asking if he was more ready physically or mentally would have been acceptable.
It's the ability to think on your feet, ask appropriate follow-up questions and frame your question in such a fashion as to elicit as much information as possible that makes a good reporter.
Yes, it's only been one game. But do you believe Guerrero has these traits and abilities? You can say that she's just a sideline reporter. Yet, no sideline reporter draws as much attention as the one on Monday night.
It's another example of TV executives favoring looks and fluff over substance when it comes to broadcasting football.
After all, in this day and age of Terry Bradshaw and Chris Berman, there are some of us who watch football for football. There are other channels on the dial for looks and fluff.
Don't be surprised if, by the time the season ends, Guerrero joins Eric Dickerson and Marcus Allen as the worst sideline reporters of all time.
GUERRERO FLUNKS FIRST TEST 8/6/03 - Stephen Nover
Is it too late to bring back Melissa Stark?
Lisa Guerrero is certainly not too hard on the eyes as the new Monday Night Football sideline reporter. But judging by her performance in Monday's Hall of Fame game between Green Bay and Kansas City, looks are about the only thing she has going.
Looks and maybe the ability to read a rehearsed question, that is.
What's with having to peak at note cards while doing an interview? This isn't some in-depth 70-inch New York Times article. It’s knowing a few statistics that almost all fantasy football players memorized long ago.
If you don't know Priest Holmes' numbers from last year, you have no business being part of this broadcast coverage team.
You can say it's too early to form an opinion, but I disagree. The tip-off on Guerrero occurred when she asked Holmes what he needed to do to get physically ready for opening day.
Holmes didn't go with a standard ‘jock’ answer. Instead he said, "Get paid, because I'm ready."
Guerrero blithely chuckled when hearing that, seemingly unaware that Holmes desperately wants a contract extension and a $10 million signing bonus from the Chiefs.
Stark - or any other serious reporter with a semblance of journalism experience - would immediately have seized that opening for a pertinent follow-up asking if the contract situation was much of a distraction. Even a question asking if he was more ready physically or mentally would have been acceptable.
It's the ability to think on your feet, ask appropriate follow-up questions and frame your question in such a fashion as to elicit as much information as possible that makes a good reporter.
Yes, it's only been one game. But do you believe Guerrero has these traits and abilities? You can say that she's just a sideline reporter. Yet, no sideline reporter draws as much attention as the one on Monday night.
It's another example of TV executives favoring looks and fluff over substance when it comes to broadcasting football.
After all, in this day and age of Terry Bradshaw and Chris Berman, there are some of us who watch football for football. There are other channels on the dial for looks and fluff.
Don't be surprised if, by the time the season ends, Guerrero joins Eric Dickerson and Marcus Allen as the worst sideline reporters of all time.
