Karen Love: "Rumors are flying but none of them are true,"

by Class of 66 on Apr 9, 2008 7:25 AM PDT

Front Page in the Oregonian Sports Section

Joe Freeman of he Oregonian spoke with Karen Love, yesterday.

He reports that the Loves have not met to discuss Kevin's future and that no decision has been made. Kevin plans to come to Oregon, this week, for a family meeting.

Sorry, I looked at the HTML tag page but couldn't figure it out and don't have time this morning to struggle with it:

"The report is wrong because he hasn't made his decision yet. He's coming home this week and we'll sit down and talk about it as a family, just like we've said all along. Honestly, that's the truth."

The article says that when the rumors surfaced CBH called KL and that KL "... assured his coach that it was merely a rumor."

The leaks have harmed KL:

"Kevin called me in a panic (Tuesday) saying 'Mom I have not made a decision yet and I'm coming home to do that'. He was really upset that someone had said he declared."

The real importance of all of this is not whether KL declares or not. Yes, that is important to KL and all of us.

The real importance is that, once more, the MSM got it wrong -- this time causing KL and his family angst and pain.

They deserve to do what they have been telling us they will do -- make a sound, family decision.

There is absolutely no reason to crowd them or force them to rush the process.

The Love family, including KL, has been totally straight with the world since he declared that he was coming here. KL and his family have handled the year with grace.

They should be allowed to run their process without having to deal with rumors.

I hope KL comes back. If he plays here 4 years, I won't want to see him leave. (LMR -- you are in this group, too.)

It's wrong for the MSM, to push him out the door just so that a reporter or two can claim "credit" for the story.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of BruinsNation's (BN) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of BN's editors.

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Ahhhh The MSM.......

Go UCLA!

by madmaxucla on Apr 9, 2008 7:54 AM PDT 0 recs

Dear LA Times

Please DIAGF.

by paulucla on Apr 9, 2008 8:04 AM PDT 0 recs

DIAGF?

Die in anonomously grotesque fashion?

greg in denver

by gbruin on Apr 9, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up 0 recs

LOL

if that's not it, your version is pretty good.

is it "Please Die in a Goddamned fire?" Another board I'm on uses "DIAF" which is "Die in a Fire"

by freesia39 on Apr 9, 2008 9:26 AM PDT up 0 recs

Which is why he will make a decision soon..

..one that is not hurried by the press and blatherers, but one to get all of this nonsense behind him.

SJH, the MSM reminds me of that great old Kirk Douglas movie, "Ace in the Hole" where he plays a reporter who keeps a cave-in victim trapped by suggesting elaborate ways to rescue him (rather than just dirctly tunneling in) and milks the whole story until the guy dies. Meanwhile, there's a whole circus/carnival and crowd around the mouth of the cave.

So typical of our "American Idol" culture.

God, it's great to be a Bruin!

by whp68 on Apr 9, 2008 8:05 AM PDT 0 recs

When we heard the news this morning

And they cited the fishwrap, Mr. BB replied, "So you know it's not true."

Glad to hear it's all rumors, at least for now.

by bruinbabe2000 on Apr 9, 2008 8:23 AM PDT 0 recs

The 'wrap needs to get blasted for this

It's not just that they made up a story. I am convinced that Doh! and the gang at the fishwrap make up stories all the time. After all, it's a lot easier to just make something up than to go digging for the truth. What made this piece of fiction all the worse is that the fishwrap "reporters" and "editors" dressed it up to look like a real story, complete with a real source who had to be anonymous (apparently because he has infiltrated La Cosa Nostra - nah, I guess that's another hard-hitting story), and details that made it sound good (Deep Throat couldn't say anything until after the press conference.)

Shame on the fishwrap. They have hit the daily double. First we get UCLA covered by a trOJie, although he swears he will be honest and objective as he turns his back on bu$hgate ("just a disgruntled agent") and the White Nation ("oh, those rascals - what will those kids do next?") and goes looking for more Bruin athletes who got an anonymous bag of groceries. Then we get this drivel.

It's too bad I don't subscribe so I can cancel. And I elect not to click on their website or links in case that affects their circulation numbers. But I know what I would do if I were the SID: "Memo to Fishwrap: You will not get any press credentials this year - but you are eligible to buy season tickets."

by Fox 71 on Apr 9, 2008 8:46 AM PDT 0 recs

lol

funny

by bruin95 on Apr 9, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

media out of control

I just got multiple texts from friends saying they heard on LA radio that KL had signed an agent...saying the source was the LAT?! WTF is going on?

by uCla on Apr 9, 2008 9:48 AM PDT 0 recs

I dunno

I'm not sure its worth making a deal out of this now...he's gonna go, and if by some miracle he does stay, then we blast the msm..

O.A.

by Ollie on Apr 9, 2008 10:17 AM PDT 0 recs

For those of you

who haven't seen this movie, I'm going to spoil the ending for you. If you would like to remain in suspense, read no further:

Howland addresses Love's, Collison's, and Westbrook's draft status during his press conference as "I have no comment on that at this time. I will allow these young men to announce their decisions on their own."

Love takes a few days to "talk about it" with his parents (because the topic certainly hasn't come up before-lol). Collison does the same.

Love and Collison hold their press conferences and announce (gasp!) that they will declare for the NBA draft and hire agents.

Westbrook, who during this time has received an assessment of his draft stock, shortly afterwards does the same.

There, sorry to ruin it for you.

"You don't make it to the Final Four three straight times for no reason..Obviously coaching has something to do with it." Darren Collison

by godblesstyus95 on Apr 9, 2008 12:57 PM PDT 0 recs

I Don't Think Any of Us Doubt How the Movie

will end.

But, I think, out of respect for the players and their families, the MSM ought not tell the ending as if they've seen the movie. They haven't. It hasn't been released and neither have preview copies.

Said another way, they are reporting as fact events that have yet to happen. They may be predicting, correctly -- and if so should label it predictions or guesses, or speculation.

Kevin Love should not have to have it appear that he told the world before telling CBH -- or tell his mom that he hasn't said anything publicly about declaring.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Apr 9, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

The Wire

your reference to movies led me in a small leap to this season's story line for "The Wire" on Showtime.

The really scary part in The Wire and in these reports is that after the reporters make stuff up, readers including those with influence take actions based on the assumption (erroneous) that the reporters had valid sources with accurate info.

Admittedly, potential distortions in the athletic process at UCLA don't compare to potential mayhem on big city streets. Nevertheless, it would be really refreshing just for once if the Dohns and Pucins of the world would just shut up until they had actual, verifiable stories, rather than keeping their pipelines full with bullshit, unverified nonsense. I would hate to think that our student-athletes think that they need to make hasty, non-carefully thought out decisions simply because the local media have stoked the flames.

by islandbruin on Apr 9, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ahh, to be able to set a deposition

Steve, wouldn't you love to be able to depose Doh! or Pucin about their stories? Of course there would be an objection or two: "Oh, really, I can't disclose my sources. James Madison drafted the Constitution, the Code of Hammurabi, the Napoleanic Code, and the Morse Code all with the idea of keeping me from having to say I made all this stuff up because I have no sources."

But at the end of the day, I think these guys would be shown to be dilletantes and fools.

by Fox 71 on Apr 9, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

You caught me at a great time

taking a break from reading a deposition someone else took. Ugh!

I would love to take on these so called reporters.

I've often thought the most important of all courtroom skills was the ability to ask hard, direct questions and to force responsive answers.

Obviously, both of us would like to put them under oath -- to create some "risk" for them if they don't tell the truth.

The way things work, now, they are actually rewarded, by website hits and reader numbers for fabricating or stretching.

Back to the depo's -- thanks for the break.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Apr 9, 2008 8:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

So...

You a paper-pusher or a real lawyer, that is, a trial attorney?

by Bruins100NCAA on Apr 10, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

Real?

Never been a transactional lawyer.

Was a legal services lawyer, Central Valley of CA, a law professor and a trial consultant. Throughout all, I've been a trial lawyer. I've done both civil and criminal litigation.

I don't know if that makes me real or not.

Was pushing through depo's last night because I'm consulting on a case now in trial, and was needed to work on a cross. Kept me up all night. Remembered what it was like to be a young lawyer.

How about you?

sjh

by Class of 66 on Apr 10, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

Sorry I'm late...

I'm a law student. Probably going into criminal law for the people.

You sound as real as can be.

by Bruins100NCAA on Apr 10, 2008 8:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

Is it just me

or is anyone else kind of excited to have a team that won't be expected to win it all? As much as I want KL, DC, and RW back I think it will be fun around here to have a team with a lot of unknowns come together through the season and hopefully be one of the surprise stories in college basketball next year...at least thats how i'm looking at it

by dijonplease on Apr 9, 2008 1:48 PM PDT 0 recs

It's a mixed blessing

with Championship aspirations comes a lot of frayed nerves and unrealistic expectations. Then again, your team is good enough to compete for a title, so what's there to complain about?

If, once again, we are the Baby Bruins, the joy we once got in the simpler things will return.

by Tydides on Apr 9, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up 0 recs