The Times Sorta Kinda Follows Up on OJ Payogate

I'm not too impressed by the hard hitting journalists doing all the digging with shovels at the Times.

I think the shovels are being mainly used to bury something or to shovel something usually left in the yard.

5 months ago Barnes2JJ 7 comments 0 recs |

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What an ass!

Cheatey Petey is really getting my blood boiling. Here is his line: “scrutiny is the price for being at the top”. What an ass monkey.

Here’s a news flash, Petey: you’re NOT at the top. And I don’t hear stories like this coming from Florida, Texas or other top programs. The scrutiny is not because you’re at the top…it’s because you cheated while trying to get to the top.

The Trojan Delusion continues. They have indeed found their perfect coach. I can’t think of anyone who fits their mentality better than the Humanitarian.

But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.

by tasser10 on May 28, 2009 9:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I doubt even the LA lovefest for Manny could have survived that sort of comment

If Manny had said, “Scrutiny is the price for being at the top,” when he was suspended for steroids, everyone would probably think he’s an ass. It’s truly amazing the stuff Cheatey gets away with.

by bornagainbruin on May 28, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They know they are skating on thin ice.

The tone of the event was set early, with moderator John Jackson, a former Trojans football player, reminding the gathering, some of whom paid as much as $350 to attend, that there were questions that couldn’t be answered.

Carroll mentioned that the media was present and urged the crowd to “have respect of the issues.”

Sounds to me like they are on constant alert. They want to be very careful they don’t give anybody a sound bite that can come around and bite them. It also sounds like they know the difference between willfully blind partisans and flaunting their misdeeds before them.

“Let’s not talk about the white elephant in the room, and who knows if we ignore it long enough, maybe it will move along by itself.”

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on May 28, 2009 11:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ditto

I got the same sense from the column.

by Barnes2JJ on May 28, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How to defend your reputation...

1. Act like the allegations are sour grapes (Pete Cheat): “Scrutiny is the price for being on top.” (Translation: scrutiny is the price for being a serial offender.)
2. Make jokes about something else (Floyd): “They all declared for the NBA.” (Translation; I’m taking the Fifth, while the rats have left the sinking ship.)
3. Have your friends actively participate in the coverup (John Jackson): “There were questions that couldn’t be answered.” (Translation: we’ll talk about the players, but not how much we pay them.)
4. Scare your supporters into silence (Pete Cheat): “The media are present, have respect for the issues.” (Translation: anything you say can be used against me in a NCAA death penalty hearing.)
5. Don’t let your players know the truth, as they might spread it (Floyd): ""We are as much in the dark as everyone else." (Translation: all we know is what gets published in the Times, i.e., nada).
6. Don’t permit questions from the media (all). (Translation: it worked for Nixon, at least for a while.)
Remember, if we let you sit, you must acquit.
P.S. If you read this entire message, you are entitled to academic units for Public Communications, just like Charles White and many of his teammates received,

by ucla7477 on May 28, 2009 6:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, 7477, one little error

You don’t have to read the entire message to get academic credit for Public Communications. All you have to do is either be part of the public or know part of the public, and either have communicated or know someone who communicated. And you certainly don’t have to be able to spell “Public Communications.”

by Fox 71 on May 30, 2009 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nothing new.

Not even the remaining players seem to know what’s going on. A few, speaking anonymously because of the sensitive nature of the situation, said they were as much in the dark about their team’s future as anyone else.

“No one ever mentions it, and we’ve been trying to block out the distractions and ignore it,” guard Marcus Simmons said of the NCAA investigation.

In other words, jam your head into the dirt and make like an ostrich. This article just reminds me how sleazy the trOJies are. I understand if some players make bad choices, but here it’s the coaches and the administration. It’s amazing they have gotten away with this for so long. And why? Because they don’t self-report violations like they are supposed to. If they don’t self report, they seem to get away with everything. The NCAA regs are all screwed up.

by UCLAbruin920 on Jun 1, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs