I guess I can’t say I was disappointed, but I am a little surprised that the Globe had nary a mention about the draft this afternoon. Maybe, FDA is working on his latest piece on the travails of Brazilian soccer.
Nothing in the Herald either, but for the 2nd time this week (maybe more) there was coverage on America's Cup racing down in New Zealand. Want to read the article Dell'Apa should have written, check out Steve Goff's excellent work through The Washington Post. Dell'Apa should have done a speculative piece on the Revs, possible moves, and the draft for today's paper. Saturday would then do a piece on Ralston & Twellman in respect to the U.S. match, as well as a draft piece that gives his mock draft or perhaps something saying what player(s) the Revs have targeted. Just my 2 cents The Magpie
Magpie, you are totally on-point. The best tribute that any of the Globe writers could have paid the late Will McDonough is to tackle each of their respective ‘beats’ with the same level of rigor and analysis as Will brought to his sports. I am really getting annoyed with FDA’s pieces. Can he really be that lazy and detached from the local team of record? I am all for incorporating news and analysis from the global soccer environment, but nothing on the Revs during one of its most important off-season weeks. Give me a break!!
there's no way frank was going to fit an article in today since he's covering the pairs professional women's brazilian beach volleyball quarterfinals for the "miscellany" column in the globe. just our luck. the draft just happened to fall at a bad time into his schedule. i'm crossing my fingers that "The Seleçao" for roller hockey doesn't make the world championships in april....'cause that'll clearly conflict with revs opening day.
It might be more cost efficient the Globe to just can FDA and run Reuters/AP MLS match write-ups. After all, it'd improve the level of reporting, but save some payroll. It would mean no more expounding on the serendipity of Brazil, though.
at least you can't accuse frank of not trying to keep local brazilians interested in soccer....unlike the revs!
If the only soccer Brazilians are interested in is Brazilian soccer, then there's no point in the Revs even trying.
he's covering the red sox today... don't blame him, the globe and its sports section in general is in almost complete dismay
As always, the best way to voice your displeasure is to write Don Skwar, the Globe sports editor. d_skwar@globe.com I think it would be nice if he heard that a segment of his readership is very disappointed in the lack of coverage on the Revs on the day of the MLS Draft.
That's too funny: FDA's covering a team where there's nothing to report (Red Sox.) FDA's not covering a team where there's something to report (Revolution.) Classic! The Magpie
thanks for posting that. i had that address.....but your post got me to fire off a quick little email.
Mr. Skwar's response to me.... Mr. Moles: In talking to Frank Dell'Apa, who is an ardent proponent of all things soccer, he thought the fact that the Revo were picking at No. 9 this year made this draft less vital than last year, when the Revo picked second. We plan to have a story for Saturday's paper, of course, because that will address whom the Revo got and where other players landed. Thanks for the email. Regards, Don Skwar, sports editor
Hmmm. So, I guess they will not be printing an analysis of the Patriots upcoming draft, since their first pick is in the mid-teens. If FDA were really a proponent for all things soccer, then he wouldn’t dismiss the importance of the No. 9 pick or the No. 29 pick.
Thanks for including this. I think it's time that Skwar got some regular feedback regarding the performance of Mr. FDA. Maybe we can improve the quality of the Rev's coverage in the process. The least Frank could have done was a short Draft preview, you know, to galvanise the fandom, that type of thing.
So the Revs are coming off their best season ever and picking at #9, not to mention the possibility of a major trade and maybe the return of the most popular player the team has ever had, but that's not of interest? Not to mention all the other trades and moves being made around the league. But yet another Carlos Alberto Parreira story is? And what is this "Revo" stuff Skwar is talking about? The first time I thought it was a typo, but considering that just about everyone uses "Revs" as the short version, I find it bizarre. Of course, 100 years ago newspapers were influential in naming baseball teams, so maybe Don has his eye on a similar form of immortality. Tom
I don't know, I think it is tough to fault the Globe on the frequency of their Rev coverage, and easy to fault them on quality. Granted there was no hard news about the Red Sox today, but they draw 30k + 81 times a season, have been around 90 years longer than the Revs, etc. Given our TV ratings and attendence, I think the Globe has actually been fairly generous in giving soccer space in the paper. My problem with the globe is, when they do have a soccer article, it usually either a. sucks b. has nothing to do with the Revs or c. both of the above
I found that odd, too. Ironically, however, FDA, in our random e-mails back and forth, refers to the Revs as "Revo," too.
As someone with a vowel ending my last name, perhaps I can understand how FDA feels inclined to ethnicise the Rev(o)s!