Article critique 2

For this article critique I read "Down But Not Out" by Kellis Robinett from the Idaho State Journal. It was an article about the Idaho State men's team and how after they have lost 3 straight games, they still don't feel defeated. I liked the overall idea of the article and I thought it had some great insights and comments.

I didn't think the lead into the story was special, but it was good; "The Idaho State men's basketball team didn't carry the look of a defeated squad at practice on Wednesday." The first time I read it, I read it quickly and thought that it had said that the bengals looked deafeated. It made me look more into the article and then I had to re-read the lead and realized that the article was about a positive outlook for the basketball team.

I hope the article was written on actual perceptions from watching the team practice rather than the hypothetical situation of looking on the bright side of the situation. I think it is easy to write a positive article but I hope this article was inspired by the team instead of the idea by the author.

I thought the following line was well writen; "Maybe they know something the rest of us don't. If ever there was a time for them to feel down, this would be it." The article also contained a really well placed quote from Logan Kinghorn. I think the article would have been stronger if there were more quotes in it although it would be hard to get good fitting quotes on this topic from the players. The article talks about O'Brien and it compared last year to this year and previous years under a different coaching staff. Logan commented on this by saying, ''We can't compare this year to last year or any year. If we did that, we'd already be throwing in the towel. Because then we'd be thinking this year is going to end like last year, which is something we can't do. That would mean the season is over. But it's not over. Not by a long shot.'' Knowing how this local basketball star feels about his own team gives the article the positive outlook that it started with.

Overall, I think this article is very well written. If it was written on the team's actual attitude in practice, I like the idea a lot better than a made up situation.