Rob Parker controversy

Oh, the "we get picked on too" defense.

Uh-uh.

 

hey frederick, know what i heard? parker not only lies for the suits he also attends the dreaded 10 a.m. meetings.

 

I have no idea what you mean by the phrase. If I come on and post something, it's usually pretty accurate. Obviously I will not break the confidence of a friend but there will be some action involving Rob and he will not be fired.
And I agree with Frederick, Rob manned up. He apologized. Time to let it die.

 

. . . until the next time he attempts to commit career suicide with his mouth.

 

Why, did you think some political point was being implied? I read it as an indication that the coach knew how to take care of himself if it came down to a physical confrontation -- the same as if he had been described as a former nightclub bouncer or a one-time Golden Gloves champion or an ex-policeman.

Also, doesn't the coach sound like a politician doggedly sticking to his talking points? Repeatedly asked whether his son-in-law should be fired, he answered a different question by saying that he himself was present at all the meetings. All I can take from that is that the head coach is calling all the shots and therefore it doesn't matter whether the coordinator is his son-in-law or some guy off the street.

 

Honestly, T2, I'd have been confused with any of the examples you listed in your post. To me, makes no sense to the current situation.
Didn't think it was a political point, just pointless.

 

The writer may have brought up the tough-guy reference because he personally thought Marinelli should have punched Parker out. The sentence before the Vietnam reference: "Parker is lucky Marinelli didn't come off the podium and give him the business."

 

It's a decent defense. Sources shit on reporters all the time. Reporters forgive the sources and move on to do their job. This coach was recipient of a bad joke. The coach expressed his feelings; the writer apologized because the joke was inappropriate and we move on. You think the guy should get fired for this or disciplined? I don't. People could write books about the stupid things thrown out there at news conferences during a long season. He apologized. Story is overblown.

 

Don't forget, this is the same guy whose sources told him a while back that an MSU player was involved in a brawl. He went on TV and basically threw the kid under the proverbial bus when it wasn't true at all.

 

Buh... buh... buh ... his friends will stick by him.

 

By the way, sources who "shit" on me wouldn't be forgiven. That said, I can remember ever being foolish enough to use a source who would "shit" on me. Maybe that's why I don't have a column in the Detroit News.

 

Unless it's not. Hey, kinda like a Rob Parker thought process!