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  • HoopMoney
    Gettin paid in the shade
    • Mar 2011
    • 63

    FIRE Mike Wells

    Pacers need new beat writer

    Mike Wells has to be the worst beat writer in the NBA. He should be shipped to the D-league. How can the guy skip writing about the Pacers against the Knicks in the last home game of the season with the team trying to get some momentum? I'm being sarcastic but was their not enough story lines?

    Mike you need to step your game up. Are you tired of your job? Are you mad that you will have to move your vacation back a couple of weeks? Is the fact that the players hate talking to you hurting your ability to do your job? Do you not care anymore because nobody reads newspapers anyway? Is your true love tennis not basketball? Are you tired of the weather here and want to take your talents to south beach? Is your salary so pathetic that it only deserves half a** effort? I'm only kidding but still.

    Wells wrote a little piece called 'Pacers lose to Knicks as Stephenson earns place on bench' and all it talked about is Lance. The game was just a footnote to him. He already wrote in his Pacer Insider Blog about Lance. Why make the Pacer game about Lance? Why are you always a Debbie Downer? Is your personality so terrible that you can't help but be that way? You need to take some lessons from your predecessors. Or better yet just quit and find a different profession. Again I'm kidding but you see how inflammatory comments can get out of control.

    Indiana deserves a better beat writer than Mike Wells. Here in basketball country we love and appreciate the fundamentals of the game and want some insight to our team. We want our beat writer to know the game inside and out so they can ask the right questions. They should have there hand on the pulse of the team. Not always negative or positive but honest.

    This is not the first time that he has completely missed the boat. This is just the straw that broke the camels back. Don't distract the public from the playoffs. I say FIRE Mike Wells! No, that's a little harsh but maybe if someone on PacersDigest had access to the players we would get a different perspective

    What does PD nation think of Mike Wells and what a beat writer for the Pacers should be?
    Last edited by HoopMoney; 04-15-2011, 12:33 AM.
  • Unclebuck
    Administrator
    • Jan 2004
    • 36200

    #2
    Re: FIRE Mike Wells

    The "playoff push" is over, they are in the playoffs the first game is Saturday. Last nights game didn't mean anything, the Pacers are locked into their position. The Pacers have stopped preparing for regular season games and have started preparing for the Bulls.

    As far as firing Mike Wells, you need to take your complaint to the Indianapolis Star and whoever owns and runs the newspaper.

    The Pacers have no say so and they cannot send him to the D league.

    What do I think of Mike Wells? I think he is average at best, but we are a small market and I'm sure the beat writer working for the Chicago Tribume covering the Bulls makes a lot more money than does Wells.

    He's OK
    Last edited by Unclebuck; 04-11-2011, 03:47 PM.

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    • RWB
      Member
      • May 2004
      • 8050

      #3
      Re: FIRE Mike Wells

      I have no problem with Mike Wells and think he does a pretty good job compared to the fluff pieces that Montieth use to write.
      You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....

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      • Trophy
        Member
        • Mar 2009
        • 8557

        #4
        Re: FIRE Mike Wells

        I like Mike Wells and he gives a lot of information on what's going on with the team behind the scenes.

        He does tend to stir the pot a little, but it gets people thinking.

        No way should he be fired though.

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        • SoupIsGood
          flexible and robust
          • Jun 2004
          • 17463

          #5
          Re: FIRE Mike Wells

          Originally posted by RWB
          I have no problem with Mike Wells and think he does a pretty good job compared to the fluff pieces that Montieth use to write.
          Yeah. Sometimes I'm turnd off by Wells's personality, but he actually reports on the team. MM was a PR agent masquerading as a journalist.
          You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?

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          • cdash
            Whale Shepherd
            • Jun 2009
            • 32259

            #6
            Re: FIRE Mike Wells

            I like Mike Wells.

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            • 90'sNBARocked
              LovingTeamDipo!
              • Nov 2009
              • 10046

              #7
              Re: FIRE Mike Wells

              I think he's got a supreem woody to see Lance cut

              other than that, he seems pretty well respected around the league

              As much as some people want him gone, he probably wants a bigger market that bad
              Sittin on top of the world!

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              • Gold
                Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 559

                #8
                Re: FIRE Mike Wells

                I think he's alright. But I agree that the article focus was dumb. I also agree that he is a downer and pretty irrational a lot of the time. lol. Didn't he dub the Pacers not a playoff team after a preseason game?

                He gives decent information at then end of the day though, but I refuse to get caught up in his feelings on anything he has to write or tweet about.

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                • rock747
                  Member
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 12342

                  #9
                  Re: FIRE Mike Wells

                  Why so much Mike Wells hate? I don't know his personality but he seems to get the job done.
                  "We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.

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                  • Roaming Gnome
                    *****istrator
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 6115

                    #10
                    Re: FIRE Mike Wells

                    Mike Wells does a fine job... I think he is very personable and approachable as a fan. I feel that we get a lot more behind the scenes access to the team then we ever did with Montieth.

                    I understand that a lot of folks want a glorified shill for PS&E working the Pacers beat, but I'm a guy that wants to hear the good, bad & ugly that has to do with the team.

                    What good is a beat writer that is burying stories about locker room fist fights and malcontent players being refused to board the team's flight?
                    ...Still "flying casual"
                    @roaminggnome74

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                    • 90'sNBARocked
                      LovingTeamDipo!
                      • Nov 2009
                      • 10046

                      #11
                      Re: FIRE Mike Wells

                      nome

                      I know you corespond with him as I see ur tweets

                      Does he really despise Lance? seems personal
                      Sittin on top of the world!

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                      • Mackey_Rose
                        Droppin' knowledge, yo.
                        • Oct 2010
                        • 4464

                        #12
                        Re: FIRE Mike Wells

                        Originally posted by 90'sNBARocked
                        nome

                        I know you corespond with him as I see ur tweets

                        Does he really despise Lance? seems personal
                        Pretty much everyone who has a personal connection to Lance, and isn't trying to get something from him, despises Lance.

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                        • BRushWithDeath
                          Play McRoberts and Price!
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 5911

                          #13
                          Re: FIRE Mike Wells

                          Originally posted by 90'sNBARocked
                          nome

                          I know you corespond with him as I see ur tweets

                          Does he really despise Lance? seems personal
                          All those tweets he makes that he's upset Lance isn't dressed during a blowout so he can get floor time.

                          Must be personal hate.
                          "I had to take her down like Chris Brown."

                          -Lance Stephenson

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                          • Unclebuck
                            Administrator
                            • Jan 2004
                            • 36200

                            #14
                            Re: FIRE Mike Wells

                            Originally posted by RWB
                            I have no problem with Mike Wells and think he does a pretty good job compared to the fluff pieces that Montieth use to write.

                            I will say that Montieth was a better writer. Maybe not a better reporter, but a better Writer.

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                            • cdash
                              Whale Shepherd
                              • Jun 2009
                              • 32259

                              #15
                              Re: FIRE Mike Wells

                              Originally posted by Mackey_Rose
                              Pretty much everyone who has a personal connection to Lance, and isn't trying to get something from him, despises Lance.
                              Sounds like a classy guy.

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