Colin Cowturd on Sean Taylor

[djnemo65]

I'm going to write a letter to ESPN letting them now that I will not support their radio station during the time that his show is broadcast. Chip pointed out correctly that, not only is he a jerk, but his knowledge of sports is extremely superficial.

His handling of this tragedy has been despicable and I can only hope that consequences result from it.

[70Chip]

Steinberg linked to this piece at Awful Announcing, but in cased you missed it, they echo a lot of the Warpath's sentiments:

Awful Announcing: Colin Cowherd Sure Is Classy

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

I'm going to write a letter to ESPN letting them now that I will not support their radio station during the time that his show is broadcast. Chip pointed out correctly that, not only is he a jerk, but his knowledge of sports is extremely superficial.

His handling of this tragedy has been despicable and I can only hope that consequences result from it.

I don't know if that would even help. If you take the time to write a letter, ESPN knows you're listening to this clown. It's one of those situations where any pub is good pub. The fact that everyone is pissed off by his insensitive and immature commentary will probably result in higher ratings. The best thing to do is just turn it off. Don't listen. No listeners = No adv. revenue and then he goes away.

[Beemnseven]

So, did anyone else hear him admit he was wrong today? For those that didn't hear it, basically he said his job is to opine, sometimes he's aggressive and turns people off, but that's life in talk radio.

He did say that he still believes his original opinions were reasonable based on his past. But at the same time, he was wrong. It's not often he does that.

But then, he took a call from some ditz named Jennifer in California who went on to say that she didn't think Colin was wrong, that Sean Taylor DID wind up involving himself with the wrong crowd, though indirectly from his sister.

His HALF-sister you twit. And no, Taylor DID NOT "involve himself" with the wrong crowd by his HALF-sister dating someone who's brother turned out to be a thug.

Some people still can't stand the fact that this was a random act.

[70Chip]

I guess it's good that he apologized but I will continue to oppose him in all his insidious forms. His show is the Family Guy to my Cartman:

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[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

So, did anyone else hear him admit he was wrong today? For those that didn't hear it, basically he said his job is to opine, sometimes he's aggressive and turns people off, but that's life in talk radio.

He did say that he still believes his original opinions were reasonable based on his past. But at the same time, he was wrong. It's not often he does that.

But then, he took a call from some ditz named Jennifer in California who went on to say that she didn't think Colin was wrong, that Sean Taylor DID wind up involving himself with the wrong crowd, though indirectly from his sister.

His HALF-sister you twit. And no, Taylor DID NOT "involve himself" with the wrong crowd by his HALF-sister dating someone who's brother turned out to be a thug.

Some people still can't stand the fact that this was a random act.

At least he was man enough to admit that he was wrong.. I still don't have any respect for him because if he was a professional to begin with he would have waited until the facts were out before spewing garbage from his trap..

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

So, did anyone else hear him admit he was wrong today? For those that didn't hear it, basically he said his job is to opine, sometimes he's aggressive and turns people off, but that's life in talk radio.

He did say that he still believes his original opinions were reasonable based on his past. But at the same time, he was wrong. It's not often he does that.

But then, he took a call from some ditz named Jennifer in California who went on to say that she didn't think Colin was wrong, that Sean Taylor DID wind up involving himself with the wrong crowd, though indirectly from his sister.

His HALF-sister you twit. And no, Taylor DID NOT "involve himself" with the wrong crowd by his HALF-sister dating someone who's brother turned out to be a thug.

Some people still can't stand the fact that this was a random act.

Yeah at least he admitted he was wrong. I really didn't think he would do that. I'm surprised.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Yeah at least he admitted he was wrong. I really didn't think he would do that. I'm surprised.

Someone had a frank discussion with his producer last week about the offensive errors of Cowherd's ways. And that's all I'll say about that

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Someone had a frank discussion with his producer last week about the offensive errors of Cowherd's ways. And that's all I'll say about that

Very nice

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Very nice

Yeah, well I'm not going to presume that my convo had anything to do with that. If there's one thing I've learned from working with Cowherd it's that he'll decide what he's going to do. It's hard, very hard, to sway him. And usually the best way to do it is to make it appear as if he came up with it all on his own.

But I deal with him so little.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

I'm by no means a Cowherd fan. But at least he stepped up and took the responsibility to apologize (Even if a "frank" discussion helped prod his apology, kudos Smoot). I must admit, my first thoughts were that it was something from Sean's past that came back to haunt him, but I certainly wouldn't have made the statements Cowherd did to millons of listeners.

Who, why, or how won't bring Sean back or any comfort to his family, but I'm glad that my initial thoughts were wrong and Sean's past had nothing to do with this tragedy.

I haven't heard anything from Wilbon in terms of an apology, or did I miss something (I was out of town and off-line for a couple of days)?

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Some people still can't stand the fact that this was a random act.

NO it wasn't. This was planned. Plenty of facts point to it.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Buster

NO it wasn't. This was planned. Plenty of facts point to it.

It was random in the sense that Sean Taylor's past troubles did not lead to his death.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Buster

NO it wasn't. This was planned. Plenty of facts point to it.

Well it's fairly random as far as crimes go. What crimes aren't random? A bank robber picks out a bank, a mugger picks out a person, a car jacker picks out a car, a rapist picks out a victim, etc. The bottom line is Sean's past lapses in judgment or run-ins with the law had nothing to do with his death.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Well it's fairly random as far as crimes go. What crimes aren't random? A bank robber picks out a bank, a mugger picks out a person, a car jacker picks out a car, a rapist picks out a victim, etc. The bottom line is Sean's past lapses in judgment or run-ins with the law had nothing to do with his death.

Which was why I was so happy when the Rev. from Sean's funeral called out he media for bashing his past and using it as reasoning for his murder. "They ought to be ashamed" were his words. Good for him. Hit the nail on the head.