Just heard on 790 the Zone..

[KB21]

Check out the soundbite he had on Ricky Williams leaving his gameplan sheet at the hotel.

[tmac13]

Dimino is an excellent interviewer..He get people on that no one else gets because he is very knowledgeable and asks intelligent questions..BK may be a great GM, but he is an ass..

[chillzatl]

but at least show the people who are interviewing you some appreciation for taking the time to be interested about you and your team. I've heard about 3-4 interviews with him and he's always the same way.

condescending is putting it nice...

[chillzatl]

he asked him if he felt that, after the moves they've made, if they were a playoff quality team. That's a far stretch from predicting the playoffs.

[skaughtybee]

Yes. I think the question was interpreted in the light of the "playoff guarnatee", hence my use of the word prediction. Any way you shake it, I give the same answer Knight did...and I am not diplomatic at all.

[pathway23]

I agree, I think that Dimino asked the wrong questions, and Billy answered them as he could. I also think Dimino was wrong when he blamed the playoff guarantee on Knight, I think that was Babcock? Dimino should have asked about the players that were acquired rather than the team performance before the games are even played. I usually like Dimino's interviews, but I thought this one sucked and it was mostly his fault.

There is a lighter side of Billy that Dimino failed to bring out.

[Lascar78]

Lon Kruger suggested the playoff refund (he was getting canned if they failed anyhow), babcock approved it

[chillzatl]

he's like that in every interview I've ever heard from him (3-4). He dodges questions and turns into an ass any time he's asked something that he doesn't like.