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MarkF
12-19-2007, 06:33 PM
I can't stand Rick Maese columns. I didn't like Laura Vescey's columns. But IMHO Maese is a big step down from her. At least she wasn't mean.

Today he decided to attack Bisciotti for defending Billick. I'll be the first to admit that I don't follow the Ravens very closely. I don't live in Baltimore anymore. And I'm a Baltimore Colts fan 'till the day I die. But even I can see that Bisciotti is a very good owner who runs a class organization. Supporting a coach who has a very successful past record is a class thing to do. (See: George Steinbrenner)

His last pervious column was about Mike Flanagan. What was the point of that? People have been talking about the fact that Flanagan seems not to have a defined job for months. Did the incredibly insightful Maese just figure it out?? Whatever else he is, I believe Mike Flanagan is an extremely high quality person, with decades of top level baseball experience. An organization could do a lot worse having a consultant on staff with his qualifications.

What is Don Zimmer's job? He is Senior Advisor to the Rays. Can it possibly be a bad idea to have too many experienced people on staff? Does everyone need a defined job? Is Maese an efficiency expert?

What exactly is Maese's job. Writing two columns a week, but only the weeks he works. Tough job. Glad I don't have to bear that burden!!!

I'm done reading Rick Maese. And during the time I save not reading his column, I won't spend it reading Peter Schmuck, whose name says it all.

BaltimoreTerp
12-19-2007, 07:05 PM
Maese has never impressed me. He just seems like a generic columnist. He has no connection to the city, and my guess is just using this to get a better job.

Vecsey never had a chance coming in. People remembered what she wrote on the Ravens going into the Super Bowl, and she never did anything that made people change their minds.

Maese doesn't have Schmuck's humor (even if he gets too cute at times), or Preston's aggressiveness (he might be annoying, but he is willing to take a stand and fight it out to the end), or either one's connection to the city (Preston from growing up here, Schmuck from being around for twenty years and living through all of the Orioles and Ravens highs and lows).