Dolphins writer--Miami Herald

Eisenberg wasn't even full-time was he?

Needless to say, he wasn't the guy who turned the Herald down... The two guys who apparently did are both quite good...

 

The other guy from the Post they interviewed (and I believe offered the job to) was Carlos Frias. He ultimately decided he wasn't beat material. I think he's a feature writer.

Also, think Ethan Skolnick flirted with the idea of going back to Miami for this job. Not sure exactly how that played out though.

 

I heard Skolnick turned it down... Ethan's a hell of a writer... I've enjoyed reading his stuff for awhile...

 

Because there was some discontentment on his part at the Sentinel, though I won't try to get into the details lest I get some of them wrong. Appears they're working it out though.

 

Ethan Skolnick is great? Where did that come from?

Then again, Armando ain't anywhere close to great.

The Dolphins beat definitely needs some better reporters right now.

Saban's kicking their collective ass.

 

I would argue that this is one of the toughest and most competitive beats in the country. News is broken in all three main papers. Cole did great on this beat. Alex Marvez does very well. Todd Archer/Joe Schad/Jeff Darlington all did well enough at Palm Beach to get huge promotions.

 

Um, excuse me, but you are very misinformed. I agree with Mizzou here (does anyone ever do that?). Everybody on this beat kicks ass. There is more news broken on this beat than probably 90 percent of the beats in the NFL.

 

Cole was one of the best NFL writers in the country and a lot of news was still broken by Marvez and Darlington. Was Cole the best of the three? Of course, but the other two both do an outstanding job.

 

One thing I could never get past in regard to Marvez was his pro wrestling column. Maybe I'm being prejudiced toward people who get into that shit, but I think it really hurts his crediblity in a lot of readers' minds.

 

Alex's wrestling column predates his NFL coverage by many years. He began writing it for Miami before his freshman year in college.

 

Do you think Dolphins readers really care if the guy writes a wrestling column?