The Go2Guy delivers…. sort of.
Fig Jam
While it lacks the passion and glee that accompanies any article written about a UW athlete in legal trouble (he didn’t thank god in this one), the Go2Guy did sort of step up to the plate and follow up on the Andy Roof story in today’s PI. He even took the time to distinguish between UW and WSU transgressions, which was to be expected.
A few interesting notes about the story is that Moore talks to Roof’s dad about the incident, and Tom Roof blames a lot of other people while simultaneously sliding a little threat towards the readers in, “You don’t shove Andy.” If you accept Roof’s version of the story took place, then every piece of negativity towards his son disappears. He was the victim. Andy didn’t instigate the fight came to him (and all the guys with broken bones are proof that you in fact should not shove Andy). Andy wasn’t drinking he had alcohol poured on him (obviously). Andy wasn’t the bad guy, the other idiots who hurt the girl Roof was with were the bad guys. A lot of spin, mostly inconsequential.
Another point of interest was that Moore indicates it’s unclear whether Roof will play again or not for the Cougars. That is surprising. I would presume that a kid who is coming off a full year suspension for legal trouble would not be able to overcome a criminal complaint being filed against which included felony assault. I guess the WSU coaching staff is taking a wait and see approach, but you gotta believe that Roof was on a pretty short leash and is done.
Anyways, I suppose I’m content with the piece even though it doesn’t cast judgment like the UW articles. It’s more or less just reporting on the facts, but at least it made it’s way into the paper. I guess I’m mostly content with the notion that Moore probably understands a little more why UW fans don’t always think it’s so funny when he laughs and points when their athletes get in trouble. The emotions tying a fan to a school are real and when a kid gets in trouble (a kid who you maybe had a soft spot for and who you thought had turned a corner) it sucks to read about how awesome or funny it is to someone else. Especially true when the kid may have a real problem that needs to be addressed somewhere other than the sports page.
So, sorta an equal playing field for both schools, although I think that this piece is largely so that the next time a UW athlete gets in trouble Moore can really go after him with a vengeance and feel OK about it. Oh well, so be it. He’s a coug.
Loading ...
What is Jim Moore doing reporting on the facts?
Roof also said of staying sober: “I heard a great quote: ‘Stay out of the barber shop because sooner or later, if you don’t stay out, you’re going to get a haircut.’ So I stay out of bars and don’t go to parties. It’s not even tough.”
I’ve got a better quote for Andy to remember: Stay out of Thai brothels because sooner or later, if you don’t stay out, you’ll be paying for sex with a 12-year-old or a she-male or both.
That quote keeps me out of parties and bars every time.
Further evidence that Keystone light > Busch light.
Frattiest beer is and will remain the elusive [nowadays] Key Ice.
key ice? is that getting a toehold in sweden? i thought they only drank mead and lingonberry juice.
Props to G2G for swallowing his (cougar?) pride and writing this article. The superiority of Keylight to Busch has been proven by Nobel prize winning scientists, although this may have something to do with the fact that WSU currently counts zero Nobel laureates among their faculty. If only the Scandinavians gave an award for best Pita manufacturer…
I think Key Ice can now only be ordered through secret government channels, even then, Pete ‘the Frat-man-in-Chief’ Coors reserves the right to cancel any deal. Rumor is that for every Key Ice sold on this secret market, $0.08 is donated to the cause of toppling Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega.
I’ll only be happy when he comes up with a slogan for WSU like he did for UW. In his writing he always refers to us as “Probation Nation”. I was going to make suggestions for him but couldn’t think of anything to rhyme with felony or academic probation.