While We’re Waiting aims to be the round-up of the recent WFNY-esque information for your morning viewing. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email in the sidebar.
Sports Guy, FTW: “What’s the point of having reporters or columnists sit courtside when 97 percent of them don’t use that access for their stories? Most of the savvier teams (the Lakers, Celtics, Cavs and others) already came to that realization and moved press sections to the corners or balconies. [...] Jason Quick (The Oregonian) and Brian Windhorst (Cleveland Plain Dealer) are two examples of thoughtful beat writers who use their access as a strength — not just plum courtside seating, but locker room access for overheard conversations, mood reads or even armchair psychology — and really, that’s why I have both of them bookmarked.” [Bill Simmons/Page 2]
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This could get interesting: “Look, the Magic are going to end up winning sixty games. The Pistons are not a lock to make the playoffs at this point. The Magic have beaten the Lakers, the Celtics, the Cavs, and just about everybody except the Pistons. So are the Pistons a better team than the Magic? Does anyone think that? Do the Pistons think that? Okay, well, maybe. But then, they’re biased. The fact is that the Magic have nothing to prove by beating the Pistons. It’s a lose-only scenario. The Pistons have their number, not because they’re a better team, but because of matchups. [Matt Moore/Hardwood Paroxysm]
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Welp, see ya later: “First, it was Chris Cooley who didn’t want his ass shipped to Cleveland. Now, apparently, not-for-long Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler shares the Washington tight end’s feelings regarding the city. According to two sources with knowledge of the quarterback’s thinking, Cutler has a list of teams to which he’d be willing to accept a trade. The team of interest to those on this site, the Browns, do not appear on that list. “He wants no part of the Belichick tree. Two months of (Broncos head coach Josh) McDaniels was enough for him.” [John Taylor/The OBR]
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Get out the name tags: “OSU will be young but talented. He also pointed out that the Buckeyes (10-3 last season) might not get a true picture of how they’ll look until fall camp opens, considering that 18 of their 25 incoming freshmen will not arrive until then. This newness will be particularly evident on offense, where just four starters return.” [Ken Gordon/Columbus Dispatch]
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Negative VORP. Where your back-up would actually help your team more than you. Vince Grzegorek breaks out the list of those single-season Indians that actually took runs away from the team. [64 and Counting]
