Tiger Woods still hasn’t spoken about the most covered fender bender in Florida history. 911 tapes are going to come out tomorrow from the incident and the picture of what happened has grown cloudier instead of clearer over the past 48 hours.
Jay Busbee at Devil Ball Golf, who incidentally is one of our favorite golf bloggers to read because he is one of the few that is willing to not pull a lot of punches when writing about the big boys, put forth a piece echoing similar points that we made earlier about Tiger, and how he should (key point here) for his own benefit, get out front and share the facts around this incident.
If you’re the objective sort, give it a read and at the end ask yourself if Busbee is suggesting anything out of bounds, which boils down to:
- Tiger should get out in front of this story that is spinning out of control due in large part to his lack of sharing any details of what exactly happened.
- He cannot rely on his good ole boy network of the golf media to come rushing to his defense as the story has superseded sports journalism and is now a celebrity and culture story. TMZ is not going to do Tiger any favors.
The response? Exactly what anyone who has ever dared criticize Woods would expect – a freakout by the Tiger Woods fanboys. A few choice excerpts from Devil Ball comments:
Maybe you should go suck his d*ck busbee and then he will tell you his life story and what actually happened that night. Leave him alone, he will tell you when he wants, media just loves making everyone think the situation is worse than it actually is. If something did happen between tiger and his wife thats probably because some [profane] paparazzi people like TMZ cough cough made some bull [profane] up. Regardless tiger is above the media, he doesnt give a [profane], he has money and he owns the sport of golf. So get off his nuts and just be thankful he didnt get seriously hurt.
Busbee, you are simply pathetic. Can the guy actually get to feeling better before you ask him to respond to innuendo? But hey, feel free to use the National Enquirer as a source anytime you’d like. That will save us all the time of actually reading your garbage.
Tiger doesn’t need to do anything except continue to mind his own business like you should do. Do you post to the whole world when you make a mistake (I don’t think so). That’s the problem with this world, people don’t know how to tend to their own affairs and stop putting their noses in other’s business. Knowing what happened to Tiger is not going to improve or affect your life one bit except that it will give you fuel to write more negative crap. Get a life!
Classy.
When are we all going to learn that Tiger Woods is a human being and has shortcomings like all of us? When hero worship results in the inability to have some objectivity it’s both pathetic and frightening. Busbee wasn’t saying Woods is now suddenly a horrible person. Or that everything he has accomplished is suddenly undone. No he simply pointed out the obvious that if Woods wants the story being told about him right now to be accurate and go away sooner vs. later, then he’s the only one who can make that happen.
Real crazy talk. I guess Busbee isn’t angling for that Tiger Woods interview anytime soon, which is fine with us. If the cost of access is trading in your credibility and integrity then it’s too high a price anyway.
By the way, if you’re wondering if you’re a fanboy here is a helpful chart.
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I stick by my earlier post. He was getting diapers at CVS and was texting Elin to see she needed baby powder also. You should not text and drive. Especially when someone is swinging a six-iron at your lips…
I saw that…totally made me laugh. At least it wasn’t ’sexting’.
You’re obviously just as retarded as Jay and the other hacks at Yahoo. Tiger doesn’t Owe Anyone an explanation, least of all the media.
Did you ever consider the fact that maybe he doesn’t give a shit what you or anyone else thinks? No, he shouldn’t “set anything straight”; perhaps he will go about his life as per usual.
Mind your own fucking business “Hack”.
Nice… you got a mention in the “update” section of Busbee’s blog.
God… if you can hear me. You’re absolutely right, we should mind our own business.
Next time Tiger hawks another GM product, we’ll mind our own business. Next time Tiger wears Nike on the course, we’ll mind our own business. When Tiger makes another 2 million dollar “appearance” fee, we’ll mind our own business. If we did mind our own business and not care about athletes or celebrities, they’re wouldn’t be any business. There would be golf.
“Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off…”
33% makes a good point. When you are “representing” products, and being paid millions to present a certain image, then your actions are in the public arena.
I’m with One-Eyed. I know I’ve made 3am trips to Meijer for Children’s Motrin. I haven’t hit a tree…yet. If I do, I will be happy to explain to the police that my reason for being out was “fever reduction.”
No, he makes an wholly irrelevant point.
Just because someone appears on TV, does not grant you exclusive inside access to the every-day details of their personal lives. When he’s on TV, or out on the Golf Course – that is his “Public” time. Otherwise, people should mind their Own Fucking Business and worry about themselves. His wiping of his ass, or his marital disputes doesn’t concern you nor anyone else.
If you are too retarded to grasp that simple concept, then, may God help you.
As for the “Police”,
Sgt. Kim Montes, the patrol spokeswoman, said she expected troopers to return to Woods’ house when they report for duty about 3 p.m……
Montes has said Woods is not required to give a statement, only his driver’s license, insurance and registration of the SUV…..
Enough said. Tiger doesn’t Have to Say Shit; least of all publicly.
Now, I suggest “Hack” and the rest of you get some proper “Lives”.
Just in case anyone wishes to have further back and forth with God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit they are all one in the same, so you can address them as one entity. But if you went to Sunday school you probably already knew that.
Allh… if we are going to play the “mind your own fucking business game” will you participate and mind your own business by not posting on other people’s websites who pay hard earned money to keep them going. Hey… practice what you preach.
Fool, this is a “Blog” with a “Comments” section; it’s entire Purpose is for discussion. Please, if you wish to make a point; make sure it’s an intelligent one.
Step your “IQ” game up a few notches before your next attempt at an rebuttal. You make “Hack” and those other “wannabe” journalists look relatively intelligent with the stupidity you’ve spewed out thus far.
Fool? Who are you? Mister Tee.
I agree with God. (except for the retarded part) ;o)
I think Buddha might give us a more enlightened opinion?
I am not sure what entertained me more-the post or the comments. You sure got someone worked up, Hack!
I heard Colin Cowherd today talking about his hate mail and (paraphrasing) he said “If you’re in radio or digital media and don’t get hate mail, you’re not doing something right…”
So…there’s that.
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