I'm so sick of sports writers. Every year after week 1 which everyone somehow thinks is all they need to know when it comes to the NFL this year then w/ arrogant certainty they start predicting Super Bowls. They do so before the season. I'd love to make arrogant certain predictions about teams and players and somehow get paid for it even though you bring back their words and tape and they weren't only wrong, but dead wrong.
One example is Bill Simmons and the Heat, especially when they first teamed up and throughout the season. His critique was never about Heat strategy but about roles and that they can't win without a clear leader and worse than that, he suggested the #1 guy should be Wade - it's obvious, especially now, that's terrible advice. But he is a good writer. I Rick Reilly is near the top of the list of ones I can't stand.
It would be easier to which ones I'm not sick of. Chris Broussard, he probably does have a history of awful predictions but he knows his shit. When it comes to general sports media figures I like Adam Schefter. I don't understand how he has any critics, he is almost always first w/ NFL transaction news and depth chart moves. I can't think of a time when his information was incorrect, he correctly called who the Cardinals' starting QB (in the middle of pre-season) was going to be after pre-season during the Whisenhut era of QB competitions (2008 - Warner over Leinart / 2010 - Anderson over Leinart / Skelton over Kolb). I also enjoy certain game broadcasters but no one holds a candle to how excellent Keith Jackson was.
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