Comments on: Phil Jackson is no Tommy Lasorda in LA

By: Chownoir

Chownoir — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:48:46 +0000

Plaschke is such a hack. His premises are frequently flawed, his writing is trite and formulaic. I don’t understand why he gets so many accolades. Maybe I was spoiled by growing up with Murray, Malamud and Ostler in the LA Times sports pages. But having Plaschke on there is a shining symbol of the decline in the quality and standards of writing.
One of the more unfortunate fallout of The National experiment was how Ostler was lured from the LA Times. After The National folded, Times stupidly never hired Ostler back and he went to San Francisco instead. I don’t read him online regularly but when I do, it seems like his writing is sharp as ever.
Can someone engineer a trade to get Ostler back to writing about LA sports and send Plaschke up to SF?

By: Busboys4me

Busboys4me — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:37:36 +0000

Great article Kurt. Plaschke is clueless about most of what he writes. If he had written Phil is more respected than loved then I might have agreed. Pete and Tommy Boy are rah rah type college guys. You either love them or hate them. Phil is more of a professor. We respect what he says and does, but most of all you admire his knowledge.
Pat was loved because of his panache, Pete because of his never say die attitude, and Tommy because he trully bleeds blue. Phil will be loved because he brought history and a winning attitude to Los Angeles. Anyone who can’t see that is a real Plasschke.

By: Busboys4me

Busboys4me — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:29:02 +0000

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:27:05 +0000

Thanks for clarifying the difference between love & PDA, Kurt…

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:25:36 +0000

Thanks for clarifying the difference love & PDA, Kurt…

By: Don

Don — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:54:56 +0000

Loved the last line

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:29:29 +0000

Plashke is a moron. His finger is never on the pulse of the city…it’s square up his ass.

By: wondahbap

wondahbap — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:52:34 +0000

Oooh…Get him. And Simers too.
Kurt,
You should have written this post in one sentence paragraphs just for Plaschke.