hoya95
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Post by hoya95 on Sept 16, 2009 15:47:45 GMT -5
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theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Sept 16, 2009 16:02:43 GMT -5
Some of those comments are vicious.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Sept 16, 2009 16:28:30 GMT -5
Jesus. Some people are truly warped.
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Sept 16, 2009 21:02:02 GMT -5
Well it looks like ESPN go to those comments and deleted them. I just checked and there are only 29 comments TOTAL on the article. I dont really have an opinion on Brand as I didnt follow the things that he did very closely, but if i hated the guy (even if i really hated him because he like beat me up or stole my girlfriend and not just because he fired a coach i liked) i wouldnt waste my time commenting on an article about his death. Beyond being sick, it is kind of pointless.
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mchoya
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Post by mchoya on Sept 16, 2009 22:56:11 GMT -5
Well it looks like ESPN go to those comments and deleted them. I just checked and there are only 29 comments TOTAL on the article. I dont really have an opinion on Brand as I didnt follow the things that he did very closely, but if i hated the guy (even if i really hated him because he like beat me up or stole my girlfriend and not just because he fired a coach i liked) i wouldnt waste my time commenting on an article about his death. Beyond being sick, it is kind of pointless. Tell that to all of those who thought their opinion vis a vis Teddy and Chappaquiddick mattered.
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theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Sept 17, 2009 10:01:29 GMT -5
Well it looks like ESPN go to those comments and deleted them. I just checked and there are only 29 comments TOTAL on the article. I dont really have an opinion on Brand as I didnt follow the things that he did very closely, but if i hated the guy (even if i really hated him because he like beat me up or stole my girlfriend and not just because he fired a coach i liked) i wouldnt waste my time commenting on an article about his death. Beyond being sick, it is kind of pointless. Tell that to all of those who thought their opinion vis a vis Teddy and Chappaquiddick mattered. I really hate to continue this, but I kind of had to respond. Ted Kennedy has remained tight-lipped about his involvement in a case where a person died and he was almost certainly the last person to see her alive. He was thus viscerally connected with the death of someone. At worst, it seems like it was negligence. And that very personal involvement in someone's death seems to be a very significant counterweight to the hosannas that described him as a fighter for the weak. Myles Brand fired Bob Knight and consistently defended the BCS in favor of a playoff. Methinks that the two stories aren't the same.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Sept 17, 2009 17:57:13 GMT -5
I can't say I've agreed much with the NCAA under Brand or previous, and I can't say the public handling of Bob Knight was done all that well.
That said, it's amazing to me the intense hatred these relatively small parts of a person's life can engender -- never mind that we'll never know the whole story.
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