[Idiom] Should Be Shot

[CaseyA]

The No-Stats All-Star - NYTimes.com

For most of its history basketball has measured not so much what is important as what is easy to measure — points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocked shots — and these measurements have warped perceptions of the game. (“Someone created the box score,” Morey says, “and he should be shot.”) How many points a player scores, for example, is no true indication of how much he has helped his team.

Does "he should be shot" mean "to hell with him"?

 

[5jj]

Does "he should be shot" mean "to hell with him"?

No more than it 'means' "he should have been strangled at birth". These, and many other expressions, show strong disapproval/dislike of people and/or their actions.