What ax does Omar Kelly have to grind against Koa Misi?

It is amazing to read his updates compared to the other beat writers. Almost all of them are self-centered about how HE predicted a player was good or how HE told us something would work. Very little substance that doesn't involve some sort of advertisement for himself.

Not to mention his monthly "Whoa is me people called me mean names on Twitter" rampage.

I wish he'd get a separate personal account and UM account. I know many of his followers are UM fans but those of us that are not could care less how many times he talks about the culture at the U.

 

Kelly loves him some Crowder though.

 

He's wrong about one thing, PFF's ratings are not adjusted "per snap" as he says.

There's an extremely high correlation between the magnitude of a rating (either positive or negative) and the number of snaps the player has gotten. The way PFF does their stuff they just tally everything. The more snaps you've had the better chance you have of rasing your already positive rating even higher, or lowering your already negative rating even more.

He pointed out that Misi did it in 280 fewer snaps as a means of trying to say that Misi's high rating could be due to sample size. But in reality he was inadvertently pointing out that Koa Misi did not need those 280 snaps extra at-bats to get such a high rating.

 

Refer to Sick's post.

 

I think you guys just like to feel slighted. A few comments about his opinion on a player isn't an "agenda". He only brings up Misi when asked, and recites facts about snaps.

His opinion on whether the guy is meeting expectations or not is his opinion. We, here, can't even agree on what we feel about Dolphin players - you expect to agree with every beat guy out there?

What I don't understand is, if you don't like the guy - why follow him? I don't care for Salguero and don't care what he thinks about any Dolphins player. So I don't follow or read him.

 

I don't follow him, I just read whats posted here and his content is weak IMO.

 

No way on GOD'S green earth will Misi make the pro bowl

 

The difference is one player(WAKE) was averaging 12 or so plays per game and Misi gets that many plays in less than 1 quarter.

 

Misi has averaged 38 snaps a game through the first 10 games.

He's averaged 17 pass rush snaps opportunities per game. In 2009, Wake averaged 13.4 of those.

 

Well at least I can get this shot in now...

Who else is SICK TO DEATH of hearing about his workout routine??? I could give a crap less what he does at the gym... I read the Tweets on Sun Sentinel for Dolphins news!!! MUCH rather read the other dudes updates!

 

For the most part i like Omar.

Does he always give great in insightful info??? lol no. He is around the team more then any of us and he does toss out a few things we wouldn't know other wise.

To me his biggest flaw is him being a fan of the team he covers....that and he's a bit of a dork lol.

 

I think what some fans and Kelly forget is that he is a second round rookie conversion from DE to OLB. Is it that ****ing hard to believe he has room to improve and he needs some time? For goodness sakes the guy is the 9th best OLB in the NFL as a ROOKIE!

 

Omar Kelly might be the worst "journalist" of all time. Guy literally sucks at his job.

 

Objectivity in the South Florida sports media died years ago, even before Armando Salguero and Jason Cole high fived each other.

 

All through camp Omar wouldn't even refer to him by name. He clearly has a problem with him. Why? I haven't the foggiest idea.

 

There’s probably some insight to be gleamed from Kelly’s comments about Matt Roth this week.

 

In truth, I just looked back at the thread title and thought it read "What axe does Obama have to grind against Koa Misi".

 

Misi damn near picked off the ball on the short side of the field. Had a tackle for a loss.
I'm not sure why having this kid is a rub... Even if he ultimately moves inside.

 

Omar is/has/always will be a giant douche bag. I had a multiple email argument with him about a player no longer on our roster a few years ago and he proved himself to be an idiot and an ego maniac.

 

Looking at his tweets, he has a hard on for the guy. He apparently has a bone to pick with the FO about letting him go. Apparently he believes the 2 spot difference in rankings between Roth and Misi is enough to warrant Parcell's head on a platter.

 

I really don't mind that Omar Kelly isn't convinced about Koa Misi. That's his opinion and he has a right to it.

The thing that rubs me wrong is that because his opinion is a certain way, he puts his slant on everything about Koa's work with the Dolphins. Like with this PFF stuff. He's quoting their ratings and rankings like they're the encyclopedia footballica. But when it comes to Koa Misi's being the #8 OLB behind his boy Matt Roth, somehow THAT particular ranking is wrong...because Misi's played however fewer snaps than Roth.

I mean on the one hand I see his point, the guy that is able to always stay on the field is more valuable than the guy that can't because there are situations you don't want him to be in. But on the other, he refuses to see that the way PFF sums up their ratings for players, the guy that plays more snaps is very likely to have a higher positive rating than the positive rating of the guy that plays fewer snaps. If you play more, you have more sacks, tackles, catches, yards, etc. That's how it goes. PFF's ratings system is not purely a per play efficiency rating. But if you tell Omar this (as I did), he's going to disregard it, because it doesn't fit what he thinks about Misi.

 

Omar is jealous because Misi has better hair and actually knows something about football.

 

PLUS, Roth barely sniffed the field his first two years. I think Misi's ok.

 

He basically alluded to on Twitter his opinion that Koa Misi is the weakest link on the defense. Someone asked him who he felt the weakest link was and he said he's not saying, because there are too many Twitter gangstas.

 

Is it not just easier to call him an ***?

 

At least hes acknowledging the man's name....before the season started he would only call him out as #55.