A Comment on Ailene Voisin and 'Getting Over It'

Just awesome.

are men. So her looks are a big plus anyway.

I love how Ailene assumes the only reason Kings fans loved Kayte is because of her looks. While that was a positive, that’s not the sole reason why Kings liked her. She is insightful and knows the game.

In general, guys love women who love sports and know what they are talking about. There have been beauties before who were sideline reports (Jill Arrington, Lisa Guerrero) but they didn’t last long because they knew nothing about sports. Kayte knows what she’s talking about and that’s why we loved her.

and now I remember why I don’t have a subscription to the Bee anymore. There are really few redeeming qualities to it anymore.

that is all

I literally had this on my copy book (http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/23/2770678/get-over-it-guys-grays-a-big-upgrade.html) and had just logged in to StR to post a fanshot, with a catch title of something along the lines of “Haters Gonna Hate” only to have my thunder stolen.

This article was a new low even for Voison. She didn’t really take shots at Kayte but C’Mon, I get that its summer and all but there is really nothing better for you to discuss Vosion?

The thing with me more is her replacement. Jim Gray is a major, MAJOR tool plain & simple. I cannot stand the guy. He is fine sometimes here & there but I honestly do not care one bit about anything he has to say regarding our Kings.

Was Kayte perfect? Of course not but this is a small market team who can do without “big time” douchebags who could care less about the Sacramento Kings.

To me this was an attempt by the Maloofs to try to make the Kings look bigger than what they are. You want to make the Kings “big time”? Then open up your wallets & let Geoff Petrie do what he does.

I also think Kayte was “not renewed” because Jim Grey for 20 games probably cost them twice Kayte’s 82 game salary.

Because this is just plainly ridiculous. Of course, that’s exactly the problem here. As usual, it’s Voisin trying to justify why Kayte should have been let go; it’s not about Jim Gray really.

Unfortunately, we are stuck with Ailene unless someone who is beyond crazy wants to start a daily newspaper and lose way too much money. Sigh……

Most fans don’t seem to be excited about it, and I doubt we ever will be. Kayte was a real part of the family, and Gray is an outsider. No one gives a crap who he’s interviewed and who he’s pissed off. Maybe that’s just Sacramento showing what an unsophisticated small-town it is. Or maybe we just couldn’t care less about Jim Gray and his “connections”. We’re not L.A. Get over it.

I have not really gotten into the whole signature thing, but I love this, “I didn’t major in Common F-cking Sense, but …”

Last three points are funny because they’re true.

Although my vote still goes to @kayte_c. And, no, not just because she’s easy on the eyes. She’s very good. Plus, Gray only doing 20-ish gms.

Who does the other home games that aren’t marquee enough for Gray? Plus, let’s get real with the idea that he’ll be a pitbull in this gig.

It’s not that kind of job, especially when you were hired by the owners of what will be a sub.500 team. For entertainment value, Kayte wins.

RT@uncleducker What possible hard nosed reporting can Gray do from the sidelines? Talk about hiring a cattle rancher to herd your goats.

I don’t usually care what she thinks, nor like her writing style, but her writing this is so stupid. Does the Bee even want readers? The fact that she thinks it’s all about how Kayte looks is shortsighted and irrelvent even if it was true. Truth is, Kayte was pleasent on the eyes, and all Aliene’s ramblings seem to be to me is the bemoanings of a woman who hit too many branches as she fell down the ugly tree.

From my wife: Ugly people gotta hate on beautiful ones..That’s all it is.

I feel like a good Kings journalist should, and we know Amick definitely read. Hopefully she reads sometimes and can realize how dumb that column was.

Yes we would. But we don’t. We dislike her because she is god awful and terrible. I’ve taken shits with more journalistic capability than her.

Why do we always seem to keep the wrong individuals around the team?

with this piece ….. everyone talking about it. To me, Ailene has absolutely no merit and no credibility, which is why I don’t read the Bee anymore, and one reason why I spend a lot of time on this site.

She’s Sacramento’s version of Spencer and Heidi Pratt ….. has nothing to contribute to anything, so she says something asinine and hopes it gets her attention.

Oh, and as far as Katye goes, yes she is beautiful, but that’s not why I like her. Hell, i liked her more on the radio! She knows the game, bottom line. Lisa Guerrero was hot as well, and she made me wanna mute the TV cause you could tell she had no clue what she was talking about.

Katye for 41 games > Jim Gray for 20 games, in my opinion.

But you guys are saying a LOT of pretty sexist shit on here, mainly the whole “jealousy” argument.

Before I get into this, I’ll say that I’ll miss Kayte. I think she was capable as a sideline reporter (though sometimes her assignments were just so awkward that no one could’ve made them good), and very strong as an analyst. The few times I heard her on the radio for a post-game breakdown, she was great. I think she’ll be really successful in the future, where ever she ends up.

That said, what I get from Voison’s column is that she thinks the experience and credentials of Gray makes him an improvement. I don’t know enough about him to form an opinion, but obviously you guys are perfectly entitled to disagree. But what I don’t get from this column is any hint of jealousy. Automatically assuming that women are jealous of other women they don’t like is just stupid, because it’s very rarely true. I pretty much hate the useless celebrities who are famous for being famous, and I am not jealous in any way of them. I don’t want to be stalked by the paparazzi and scrutinized 24/7. But any time I make any sort of negative comment, guys assume I’m jealous. I assure you, I am not.

I mean, really, the only thing she really says about Kayte is that she wasn’t as good as Kara (which is true) but better than Angela (also true). Yes, her assumption that guys only liked Kayte for her looks is wrong, but you guys can’t deny that plenty of guys like her because she’s beautiful. Maybe not people on StR, but we’re hardcore fans. The average viewer may not be.

Maybe I’m being a bit pessimistic about this whole Kayte issue, but I just guarantee there are plenty of people out there who don’t give a shit about anything but her looks. It isn’t you guys, and you have every right to strongly disagree with Voison for what she said, but there have to be guys out there who are the opposite of StR posters.

Anyway, again, you guys have every right to disagree with Voison’s assertions, but to assume she’s jealous (or to call her ugly/unattractive) actually hurts your argument.

Sure, Kayte is pretty. But that’s not her only good quality. We’re not exactly a group that is super focused on looks. I mean, have you seen this?

the sideline reporting was the least of Kayte’s broadcasting talents. She was awesome on the now defunct House Party Live, where she proved to be knowledgeable and quick on her feet. She has also proven very capable on the post game radio recap on KHTK. And now all of that is apparently gone, traded in for 20 games of Jim Gray.

Sure, Ailene, Kayte was easy on the eyes. But to accuse a fan base of being that shallow is an amazingly stupid think to do. Just amazingly stupid.

but for those who missed my comment after the lottery let me tell you how prepared Mr. Gray is for the job. At the block party he introduced Donte as our draft pick last year. Yeah, that’s two mistakes in one intro.

Way to do your research and care Jim Gray!! Hell of a first impression!!

when she showed up Kozimor and it helped him get the boot. That was my favorite thing about her.

her response
 ’ Voisen is a jealous bitch isn’t she?’

… is projecting. She’s accusing fans of thinking this way, because this is how she thinks. She is constantly guilty of judging men based on her attractiveness.

As a reporter. She was fantastic.

The fact that she is alsoa bombshell has nothing to do with why I am pissed she got canned.

..besides her appearance, was her experience as a player AND her classiness. She was also ALWAYS right there in the huddle for every time out, taking notes and analyzing the plays. Whenever I went to a game she was up and about, taking notes, talking to people.
You rarely saw her just sitting around writing things down, she was out there getting the info.
Perhaps at times she failed to deliver the info as in depth as we would have wanted, but her time to deliver said info was limited, and she was still learning the ropes. Its not as if she had been a reporter for YEARS who was delivering crap for us on a weekly basis, (Insert Aileen Voison), and yet still thought she was doing a brilliant job, when clearly she is not.

As to how solid beat reporters Sam Amick and Scott Howard Cooper (hell, even Mark Kreidler and Marty McNeil) are let go, yet prove their “mettle” and worth by getting hired almost immediately by national outlets such as ESPN and Yahoo! for their pieces, yet the Bee keeps a writer who is obviously not well received and respected even less locally. The issue here isn’t whether or not Kayte C is / was good looking, or whether Jim Gray is a tool. The issue is that Ailene’s horrific writing agenda and skill set are so pathetic and The Bee has let everyone else go, that this is all there is to read about the Kings in our local media, and this would be enough to piss off even a casual sports fan. The Bee has lost its credibility (if they had any to begin with,) and showcasing Ailene’s hack writing in the sports section is further evidence that they don’t have the first clue what their readership is interested in. My subscription was not renewed a long time ago….

yet the Bee keeps a writer who is obviously not well received and respected even less locally

that’s why she’s still here. She gets people fired up.

Play at home or work!

Say “Jim Gray” out loud, then write down the first words that come to mind. I’ll go first.

“Jim Gray”

“Annoying twerp”

See how fun and easy it is!!!

Search for Aliene under google images and look what comes up!

So now we get to watch a crap team AND a crap sideline reporter? Great.