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The article written by Mike McGrath essentially addresses the point of view Brad Gilbert who was the former coach of Scottish tennis player Andy Murray, that at the present time Andy Murray's mother would be the best fit as his coach. The article which is expressing a simple viewpoint achieves its goal which is to depict Gilbert's view and successfully eleaborates why he is of this opinion by including appropriate quotes which complement the story, "now when he looks over to his box he has nobody to be mad at. He can't be mad at his mum!".
Although the story achieves this primary goal, it is however extremely narrow, in that it does not express any analysis into these comments. The article does not explore any reaction from any other relevent parties such as Murray's last coach Miles Maclagan (who he axed in July 2010), current players who are being coached by family members or Murray and his mother Judy themselves. The article is also missing pieces of information which would not only add to the article's credibility but also add to the reader's insight into the story. The article explains that Gilbert coached Murray for 16 months until 2007, however there is no mention of why this association ceased and who was to blame for their parting ways. The fact that this information is left out leaves the reader to assume that Gilbert's comment "He can't be mad at his mum!", refers to the notion that during their association together Murray often directed anger towards him.
McGrath's article is a fairly poor online piece of journalism as it diplays a very narrow point of view which requires the reader to seek further information to fully comprehend key aspects of the article and does not display alternative reactions from relevent parties on this view held by Brad Gilbert.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/tennis/3106583/Brad-Gilbert-Andy-Murrays-mother-can-be-his-coach.html
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