The Oklahoman lays off 57

Stunning to see him run away from the thread and back to the basement.

 

I've never heard of Brian Cook. But after reading some of those stories he wrote, he's a perpetual awful writer on top of being a classless jerk.

 

"burgeoning"

 

NEW RULE: (proposal, anyway)
1. Advocating a the layoff of legends can only be done by posters who've worked the same number of years or more at the same level or above as said legend.
Discuss

 

Berry Tramel? Legend? Really? Wow. That's on some kind of inside-the-borders-of-Oklahoma curve, huh?

That's not to be taken as any sort of a endorsement of Mr. Cook's comment, of course.

 

can't wait to see what karmic justice comes your way. what an unbelievable prick.

 

Off the subject, my favorite line in Moddy's "weak-ass" Just for Men commercials was when Walt Frazier says, "No play for Mr. Gray."

 

First, let me echo the sentiments about those who lost their jobs. I think each of us dies a little inside with every new thread along these lines.

Now, a coupla things to ponder for Mr. Cook:

1.) Scholarships are a privilege, not a right. The felony charge alone should have been enough for the kid to forfeit his.

2.) DI football players, like it or not, are role models. What they say and do in public carries influence. Stoops gave this guy a second chance. He blew it.

3.) Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from any consequences.

I don't know Berry Tramel. Given what's been written about him in response to your ill-advised missive, I have to assume he's more concerned about his coworkers who just lost their jobs than he is anything you write. Which is as it should be, because, having read the above-linked blog post, I've concluded that you're a muckraker of the lowest order.