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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 307343, member: 837"]
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I can certainly understand that people aren't huge Simmons fans. In fact, I've cooled on him a bit as I've transitioned into a job where I'm working during lunch and on the road a lot (i.e. less time to read long columns).
 
But I'm surprised to hear people don't like his style simply b/c I feel his style is the strongest part of his resume. I mean it's really an original form. He's not trying to keep it to 20" or remove his own opinions or claim to be an insider who knows everyone in the league ... He has fun, doesn't take it too seriously, readily admits when he's way off on something, does a pretty good job capturing the voice of the fan. And in this day an age when displaced fans still watch all their team's games and the amount of sports coverage available through TV, the Interwebs and radio is obscene -- being a beat reporter and talking to coaches, players and front office is really only part of the experience. Realizing that there is huge experience of pro/college athletics outside of that -- i.e. we're all watching the same commercials, listening to the same commentators, viewing games with buddies, online gambling ... -- is something Simmons did first. Well, I guess you never who was was really [I]first, [/I]but he clearly was a pioneer in this sense and, IMHO, has left guys like Rick Reilly behind as relics of a bygone era.
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