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11-01-2006, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by G-FORCE
Who is taking offense?
"(Receiver Steve) Breaston can go back to whatever he's doing these days, if they could ever find a way to actually apply him in the offense. He's worthless in my mind, outside of returning a few punts. I'll say that, and he'll end up winning the game for them on Nov. 18. But he hasn't done anything since his freshman year."
He did say "if they could ever find a way to actually apply him in the offense", but he said he still is "worthless" and he "can go back to doing whatever he is doing these days."
Also, who knows waht he meant by saying "if they could ever find a way to actually apply him in the offense." He may be saying he is underutilized, but he could also be saying he can't do anything in the offense. Nobody knows.
Either way, the vast majority of what he said was just ripping into Breaston. Is it true? Yeah for the most part, but you can't say things like that when you have his type of job.
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So as you claim, nobody knows what he meant. Better hurry up and pretend like what he said was horrible though!
His "type of job" is to give his opinion. He did. He's right. You can bold the parts that make him sound like an asshole out of context all you want...but that doesn't change the fact that there is a context to what he said and there are words that show he wasn't calling the kid completely worthless in all aspects of life.
Get over it.
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11-01-2006, 10:55 PM
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Listen guys,
If Herbstreit just had a job on a radio show in Columbus, there would be nothing wrong with what he said. However HE IS an employee of ESPN, and one of the faces of college football. When you are in that position, you have to be careful with everything you say.
Is this really that big a deal? No. Should he have any suspensions/fines against him, probably night. However, with the type of job he has, calling a college athlete "worthless" (yes even if it is just in football) is out of line. He knows he should not have said what he said.
Is it a double standard? Yes it is, but welcome to America.
Again, it's not that big of a deal, just my "unbiased" opinon.
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11-01-2006, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by UNSTUCKBUCK
I beg to differ, Kirk Herbstriet accomplished that feat no more than a few hours ago...(happy gilmore reference) 
And, he called him worthless the way he is playing football. It's true. My two best friends (scUMmers) agree. He didn't say Steve was worthless as a human being, did he? Now that would have been funny. |
Sometimes it isn't always if he is right or wrong. I know we all hate being "politically correct", but when you are in his line of work that is what you have to be.
If he had said Breaston has been "ineffective" this wouldn't be a story. Sometimes you can't be blunt and call a COLLEGE football player "worthless" (and I know he was only talking about football).
The fact that he is a Buckeye and was talking about a Michigan player magnifies the situation. He should know he needs to watch what he says.
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11-01-2006, 11:01 PM
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eh....[censored] michigan, they are all worthless. Some, more than others.
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11-01-2006, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by G-FORCE
Sometimes it isn't always if he is right or wrong. I know we all hate being "politically correct", but when you are in his line of work that is what you have to be.
If he had said Breaston has been "ineffective" this wouldn't be a story. Sometimes you can't be blunt and call a COLLEGE football player "worthless" (and I know he was only talking about football).
The fact that he is a Buckeye and was talking about a Michigan player magnifies the situation. He should know he needs to watch what he says.
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11-01-2006, 11:07 PM
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This can't possibly be this important...
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11-01-2006, 11:08 PM
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G-Force, do you actually watch ESPN? This isn't C-SPAN we're talking about. "Careful" isn't exactly a word in their journalistic lexicon.
Herbie was right on. Breaston is worthless in their offense, as in, he produces nothing of value. Kind of like your QB and WRs at NIU. 
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