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Originally Posted by Soundy
What a shocker. Fact is, this is SOP for just about anything where the press is involved: something gets said, it gets reported with a little embellishment, maybe a little slant... perhaps a little "error"... people go berzerk over what they heard rather than what was actually said, and there's no going back. By the time it gets cleared up, the story has grown mutant legs of its own and people will just go off on it based on whatever version of it fits their own version of reality.
AV can't fucking win. He tries to keep his mouth shut, and the fans and sports pundits go on about how he should just tell the truth because this is a sports town and we're all smarter than that and can see what's really going on regardless of what he says. So he lays it bare, and everyone shits on him with an "O NO HE DI'NT!" and "HOW CAN HE GET AWAY WITH THAT?".
Personally, I liked that he stood up there and admitted he hadn't prepared the team properly for the playoffs... admitted he fucked up, owned it... okay, let's move on. I remember Pratt and Taylor going on about that sort of thing at length when the whole Tiger Woods mess was going on - Pratt especially said Tiger shoulda just stood in front of the cameras, admitted he fucked up, owned it, and moved on, because then you leave nothing for your doubters/naysayers/enemies to call you out on. If you try to hide shit, they'll just keep digging it up and never go away. So... put it all out there for them and walk away.
Really, we've seen the same thing with the 'roid monkeys in MLB: the guys that owned it have vanished from sight... those that keep trying to deny it are just continually getting browbeaten and questioned and belittled and dragged through the mud.
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Agreed. Liked AV's answer. He goofed up, admitted it. I can live with that and look to next season.
Tiger/MLB guys should of come clean. Media would of left them alone. Look at A-Rod. He admitted it and the media doesn't say anything about him now. Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire are basically crucified now.