Tom Reed - New PD Beat Hire

[e0y2e3]

I like the guy a lot already. Don’t for a second expect a guy coming from hockey to know the ins and outs of the on the court game at a level like a Windy but thus far he is following all the major players on Twitter and reading them all. He’s attentive, he’s slipped things I’ve said to him into blogs after researching to verify on his own, and he just seems to genuinely want to produce a solid product.

Guy was a high upside hire by the PD and one that I’m pretty damn happy w/ thus far. It feels weird to see the PDCavsInsider Twitter account actually useful again.

[RickNashEquilibrium]

I like the guy a lot already. Don’t for a second expect a guy coming from hockey to know the ins and outs of the on the court game at a level like a Windy but thus far he is following all the major players on Twitter and reading them all. He’s attentive, he’s slipped things I’ve said to him into blogs after researching to verify on his own, and he just seems to genuinely want to produce a solid product.

Guy was a high upside hire by the PD and one that I’m pretty damn happy w/ thus far. It feels weird to see the PDCavsInsider Twitter account actually useful again.

Couldn't have said it better. As I mentioned in the hockey boards, Tom was easily the best guy covering the Blue Jackets for years. Never a shill, was more in tune to things outside of Columbus, and simply a very good writer. Its great to have him up here considering he is originally from NEO. The best part is as you said, he's following everyone on Twitter and contributing there a lot just as he did down in Columbus.

[Orenthal]

Been a long time since I read a guy affiliated with the PeeDee/local, who actually said he didn't know, but would research and get the answer.

Glad you got his background as I was wondering why the twitter feed became slightly useful and was retweeting some of the major players. Saw his tweet, and e0 reminded me, that he will have an NHL hard cap background in the pape Sunday. As someone who is just connected enough to the information flow to get most things wrong, this should be a good read.

[YahooFanChicago]

I guess Mary Boyer spent countless hours and days training him and teaching him everything there is to know about the NBA.

[Orenthal]

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf ... hould.html

[motherscratcher]

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2011/09/nba_players_and_owners_should.html

Read that on the shitter this morning. So far so good. Nice article. I'm on board with Tom Reed.