Where is your support for your implicit conclusion in the first sentence that he didn't? He very well may have by then known his story wasn't true for one of a number of reasons, and been told by his lawyer not to say anything except as part of a negotiated settlement.
In a rational world, that's correct. But the reaction is far more important than my initial point. People don't like Gottlieb, so it's o.k. to attack him even where your rational for doing so doesn't support the attack. It is what it is.
Yup. It's actually very sad. America is so dug in on if I don't like someone everything bad said about him must be true that many good people can't even see their own behavior.
No I very clearly have said me characterizing what you said as defending him was incorrect and I was wrong. All I'm saying is I wasn't viewing this as an isolated incident with Gottlieb, but now I see where you were coming from with your original point.
Revisionist history. Read the first post. Skiblets called him a slimeball, and offered as evidence an article that did not prove that he did anything more than get a story wrong. You're acting as if Skiblets just called him a slimeball and I objected and said he wasn't (and, as I keep saying, I have not yet once said Gottlieb is not a slimeball).
This quote is unbelievable to read.
My hatred of you? You have to be kidding. I don't even know who you are.
Of course, I disagree with people all the time on here. Maybe I'm reading into it and there's no hatred, but I can't think of a single time you've ever responded to me and not thrown in multiple personal attacks against me
Would something as allegedly innocuous as a misreporting based on a source lead to a lawsuit? I don’t think we see a lot of those flying around when someone’s sources are innocently inaccurate
He stole the card at ND..and was shown the door, which is what led to his transfer to OSU.
I'm expecting a pretty good year for the team, so feel extra responsibility to stay focused on pointless arguments, excessive definitive proclamations, and deliberately avoiding any subject matter directly tied to the original post. Mental toughness is incredibly important.
Read Doug's reflection on his actions, Gottlieb: The mistakes I made, and the price I paid - The Athletic
Great piece, appreciated Gottlieb's candor and sense of humility. Really love to celebrate comeback stories, unsure whether I can celebrate Gottlieb. Given his history of reckless journalistic half-baked takes its generally difficult to empathize with him. Gottlieb though is not the only broadcast analyst shilling questionable takes, on and off the air, he's simply a member of a very distinct club.
Poor effort. Where did I say he did something wrong. I'll make it easy for you and copy my post:
That’s a “reflection”? Lol he called himself a thief, said he (rightfully) felt like a loser, and went over how it all worked out in the end.
This is now kinda hard for me to believe after seeing his admitted college percentages, namely 46% from the line lol I think that was the one truly humbled part of his article.
It's hard to believe he'd be the best player in a men's league in Canton CT? I think there was one other former D1 player (low level) who was about 40 years old and maybe 2-3 former D3 players, everyone else topped out in HS in places like Avon, Simsbury and Burlington.
46% from the line is 46% from the line lol but hey if your league was that horrific what can I say