Mike Parker and Media Hypocrisy
by Matt Daddy on May 12, 2011 9:00 AM PDT
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PrintThe hypocrisy of the media never ceases to amaze me. They make every effort to sell out athletes, to grab a few more phone calls on their radio show and get a few more clicks of web traffic, but all the rules change when it's one of their own. With Mike Parker's recent display of good etiquette by making sure to finish everything on his plate, there has been a rush by the media to run to his side and support and protect him.
I feel bad today for Parker but encouraged that he's moving forward with courage. I'm as proud as ever to have him as a friend. But I worry about some others in my business so willing to possibly torch a good man's career or just, in general, cause him and his family even further embarrassment.
Parker is seeking treatment for alcohol abuse. Oregon State is standing by him. And so are a lot of friends and colleagues. Also, loads of perfect strangers.
Those are all the right moves today.
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JohnLund955 John Lund@dwightjaynes Well done father, good piece and insight per usual, Parker is class guy who will use this to get better
Before posting embarrassing videos think of consequences. A man could lose his job, home, rep, family. Think beyond the cheap laugh.
If this were an athlete, would they be saying the same thing? Why the change of tune from a group of people ready to tar and feather the next sports figure who finds himself in the same hot water? Is it because he's a media colleague? A number of these same media members only a few days ago were bemoaning the stupidity of Kiko Alonso. Some even questioned Chip Kelly's willingness to be supportive of his player in such a difficult time and talked about how Kiko has ruined his second chance at playing football by committing an alcohol induced crime.
Let me be clear, these two situations are not the same. Kiko is in trouble for committing a crime while intoxicated, and not for being intoxicated in the first place.
But what if instead of Mike Parker this had been Chip Kelly? Would their words have been as supportive? Would they still be chastising the videographers or would they be trying desperately to get a hold of them to get an interview and be the first to scoop the details? I doubt they'd be writing about what a good guy he really is, how he's working with his church and administrators to get over these problems. I struggle to believe they'd be talking about the pain in his voice instead of trying to find every angle to spin this into how he should not be a coach or in the public eye.
What makes me most upset are the media members attacking the people that filmed and uploaded Parker's dietary habits. As if they did something wrong by being a starting point for Parker seeking help and getting over his problem. Where were his colleagues before today? You're kidding yourself if you think these guys have never once seen Parker out having one too many. Don't assume that this is Parker's first time being that drunk. The self-righteous media saying, "these kids should have put down the camera and tried to help him out" need to look themselves in the mirror especially considering most of them will go on to tell you right afterwards what a good man Parker is and how well they actually know him. Where was that indignation before the video?
So why the acrimony over someone like Kiko and the rush of sympathy for Parker? They see Parker as one of their own. A hard working, middle-aged to older man, exhausting every effort to use each ounce of his potential. He's been a mainstay in Oregon and Portland media for decades. They're horrified thinking about how the little amount of notoriety they possess in comparison to him could vanish as quickly as a napkin on a dinner plate. And for someone in such a dying industry, it's imperative that they circle-the-wagons and protect him.
Whereas the Kiko's and Chip Kelly's of the world are privileged and fortunate to have what they've been given. If they squander their opportunity they should be held accountable and lambasted. Just another spoiled football player/coach frittering away his talent. Chip Kelly and Kiko Alonso are like the Whack-A-Mole game. Knock one down and another pops up for you to take shots at.
In a deteriorating industry like print and radio media, they don't have that luxury.
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Isn't hypocrisy wonderful?
"David Paulson dropped a ball one time just to see what it felt like. But he didn't like it so he decided not to do it again." -Mark Asper
Media always take care of their own. That is why I like CK even more that he could care less about them.
As punishment, Parker should be forced to watch every Beaver game forever.
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by NEP on May 12, 2011 9:23 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
What's worse is Cazano's "ethical dilemma" whether to talk about it at all...
Considering that three times over a three hour span I got into my car and heard them talking about Parker. I can only assume that was the entire topic of that show.
When I saw that video, I didn’t know who it was. I really felt bad for the guy and that hasn’t changed. It’s a really pathetic sight and there is something to be learned here: I think we do get carried away sometimes with the public voyeurism and are too quick to laugh at something that may be funny on the surface, but is really quite depressing.
Having said that, you are spot on about the hypocrisy. I would expect this behavior from a 20 year old college student, not a 40 something grown man. Maybe because it is so pathetic they are taking it easy on him, but I have no doubt if it wasn’t a colleague of theirs involved they would have crucified him.
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No that is funny. What he did was hilarious. If you can't laugh at it you are missing the point.
by NICKPAPAGEORGIOTHEDUCK on May 12, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
As I said, it was intitially funny, made me chucke to myself
Then it just became sad and pathetic. Sorry. I don’t like watching “bum fights” either.
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I don't like bum fights either.
But I think part of life is dealing with the mistakes you made. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life. But my father always told me that if I made my bed, I was gonna have to lie in it.
I’m not disagreeing that it is sad and pathetic. Unfortunately, it is also pretty funny. I’ve been drunk and stupid before, but I’ve never been so messed up that I would eat an inedible object. In this way it is funny to me. In another way you are right, it isn’t funny:
It could actually be a sign of severe alcoholism: a condition called pica. People who are deficient in Vitamin B-12 can have a side effect of eating objects like dirt, etc due to the neurological manifestations B-12 deficiency causes. Severe alcoholics are often B-12 deficient because they tend to not eat a balanced diet, and also because the alcohol decreases absorption of B-12 in the small intestine. This could actually be what the guy needed to turn his life around.
I just feel that this is doing something very stupid. It may be a sign of a bigger problem or he may have been really drunk that night. It sounds like the former is the case, but I don’t know the whole story. To me the fact that it was sad and pathetic doesn’t change the fact that he did it. But it also doesn’t mean the man should lose his job.
by NICKPAPAGEORGIOTHEDUCK on May 14, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
This theory only holds water if napkins are high in B-12. Anybody know? Dr. of the River Hood?
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by Bill Musgrave on May 14, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Paper is mostly cellulose and indigestible by humans.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
What if you put maple syrup on it?
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by Bill Musgrave on May 15, 2011 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions
We all know the 'virtues' of adding fruits and vegetables to our beer, right?
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It's both funny and very sad.
Easy to laugh when it’s a stranger.
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree and I guess that's my point
At some point its good to step back and realize that a stranger is still someone with a history all their own. Our world tends to detach us from one another and we forget that.
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Sure. Sometimes.
don’t really like Isaac and Suke and NPR is having yet another fund raiser…
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I have no real problems with Canzano as a radio host – probably because I know what to expect with him.
Hell – he’s way more sane than poltiical talk hosts.
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Really, it's day to day
Some days tolerable, other days not so much.
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its because they know the guy
i mean, an athlete has it way better right, being the toast of campus, going to school for free, and he does something to mess it up and he should be publicly chastised. (sarcasm). i think a lot of it may come down to jealousy of athletes and i hate to say but maybe some subconscious racism towards black athletes.
You say sarcasm about your first sentence
but isn’t that actually exactly why this difference happens? As sports fans or media consumers we aren’t just here to get facts and stats. We like stories about people we know, people we look up to, people we love to hate. Athletes, movie stars, politicians, royals etc are all examined closely, and they both benefit and suffer from it. The millions of dollars, the fame, the attractive members of the opposite sex are balanced by the scrutiny, the invasion of privacy, the wolf-pack media.
I’m sure that Alonso had great benefit from his football player position, beyond the scholarship and board. Every free drink at Taylors and every eager co-ed came his way exactly because we love to be involved in famous/cool people’s lives. As a consequence he also gets blasted by the media and risks losing his status when he does something really really stupid.
That being said, the video of napkin eating is really funny. Alcohol abuse is sad, but some of the actions of drunk people you just have to laugh at. He wasn’t doing something horrible like beating an old lady or driving drunk, just chewing paper. It is funny, and it is funnier bc he is loosely connected with the university we love to make fun of
sorry, i switched gears halfway through the post and didn’t change the beginning. i think college players are exploited greatly, sure they benefit in obvious ways, but when you remember these guys are 18-22 its tough be critical of them on a national level. why does a 50 year old radio guy get a break when he should know better than a 21 year old linebacker. when journalists essentially tell us whats happening in sport they have a much greater responsibility. they shouldn’t be throwing one guy under the bus, saying he’s a lost cause and that he blew his chance and then stand by their colleague and say they support him
I think that Chip or another head coach would rightfully be held to a higher standard
than either college players or lower level media figures. They are representatives of their university and even state, and are paid millions of dollars per year not just to yell at kids in practice, but to promote the image of the program. If that was Neu-weasel or Lane Kiffin chomping napkin we’d be in hysterics.
LOVE IT!
how about a second story to expand on the ways the media’s hypocracy, or flat out lack of logic in any way, plays it’s self out. I’ve been waiting (kinda) patiently for someone with the fortitude to address this very topic.
Nice job!
by Quacker Backer on May 12, 2011 10:34 AM PDT reply actions
There’s nothing funny about a man’s demise.
WHile I agree with this quote from Canzano…
There is something funny about a drunk man, alone, in Denny’s, eating a napkin.
However, this video would have still been popular if it wasn’t Mike Parker, and some random guy, alone, in Denny’s, eating a napkin.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-R-E-J-E-C-T-E-D"
Yep, saw this video a month ago before the guy as ID'ed
and it was funny. It still is funny now that I know who it is, although tempered by his obvious shame and admitting to having a problem.
Mike Parker is an old white guy. If he’s drunk in public, it’s because he’s an alcoholic, and needs our full support.
Kiko Alonso is a college student. If he’s drunk in public, it’s because he’s a stupid kid that can’t hold his liquor, and deserves the punishment he gets.
Young college students don’t get to be alcoholics. Duh.
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Kiko broke into somebody’s house, Mike parker was drunk at Denny’s.
One is a crime, the other is an American way of life.
Generally I would agree about media hypocrisy but this is different, because the circumstances are different. The first guy can’t stay out of trouble and commits crimes when he is drunk, the other guy just make a fool of himself in public places.
"What the hell was that?"
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by QuackinAK on May 12, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree they are not the same situation
but the media reaction can be compared. Both people are being scrutinized for doing something dumb while intoxicated. Both are representatives of their universities, and both have had university officials come by their side and support them.
The media reaction to them doing something dumb are vastly different. Is that because one committed a crime and the other didn’t? Would their reaction change that drastically if Parker had committed a crime (say got a DUI) or would they still say he needs support and encouragement?
What about how Kelly’s been criticized for his dealing with Kiko and how OSU has been trumpeted for supporting Parker? On top of all that I find it hard to believe that if Parker has gotten this low to this point in his life that he hasn’t taken liberties with the law before. Besides, how drunk he was he could very easily have been the one banging on someone’s door.
I’m not excusing Kiko, and I still think he needs to be kicked off the team, but the media reaction to athletes and coaches is far different then their reaction to one of their own.
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I have to agreee...
Parker ate a napkin. Alonso forced his way into a house and drove drunk. Parker could’ve been driving that evening but we don’t know. However, as a counterpoint to this argument, the male brain isn’t even fully developed until 30, let alone at 20. I can’t stand the local media, especially Canzano and his black and white thinking. He is all or nothing type and I have turned off his show. All the callers agree with him because anyone that disagrees with him is cutoff.
Juju is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Perhaps you can imagine how Parker got to and from Denny's??
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by Famous Duck on May 12, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Jaynes has come to his defense
on that front too citing that he “took a cab”. How he got that information or whether that could be verified is beyond me.
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It makes sense
considering he was in LA with the OSU team and rarely do those guys take their own cars or rent one while down there.
To me this isn’t about Parker. It’s about the media reaction. How much “investigative journalism” has Jaynes done to figure out why Kiko broke down that door? Or did he just chalk it up to another drunk idiot privileged athlete that should be thrown away with yesterday’s trash. And how DARE Chip Kelly support Kiko or try and help the kid long term!!!!
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If he is getting black out drunk at his age...
the probability that he has driven drunk is astronomical.
Juju is the same yesterday and today and forever.
So if Parker gets wasted while travelling with the teams
How can OSU suddenly be surprised by his behavior? Even Canzano noted in his article that Parker has done much worse (if I remember correctly).
That adds another layer of hypocrisy: If his colleagues knew, and his employer likely also knew, they are now only concerned because the publicity of it has only spotlighted their own failures to help the man. Help they say he only now deserves…
Did any of that make sense? Stupid work keeps distracting me from more important things…
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One of our principals was an OSU student during the Erickson years and said he saw Erickson and Parker totally blitzed together on multiple occasions. If the students knew, I’d be awfully surprised that the administration didn’t.
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by lovemyducks81 on May 12, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
All things being equal, it's likely that Parker has driven drunk.
Alcoholics are very good at leading outwardly normal lives while drunk.
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it's more just common sense. He was in a large, congested city and traveling with the team. There would be no reason for him to get a rental there.
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If he was staying at a LaQuinta, there's no reason to think he wouldn't have walked to Denny's.
Just sayin’.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
He might have walked to Dennys
but if he was eatin’ his napkin, I doubt he walked back. Do they serve booze @ Dennys?
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
some do
I know the one in Olympia does
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
There’s a lounge in the Dennys right down the street from our office.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
It's settled then, I'll see you all at Denny's for a Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity Hefewizen
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by Bill Musgrave on May 13, 2011 5:46 AM PDT up reply actions
That was my point...
However, how they can crucify a kid and come to Parker’s defense is indefensible. It’s hypocrisy and they are modern day pharisees. I can’t even listen to the show.
Juju is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Incorrect.
It’s likely that Parker has driven drunk. The difference is he didn’t get caught. You can’t have it both ways. Parker did something stupid but harmless, something he would not have done sober. Kiko also did something stupid that he would not have done when sober. Does the fact that he was so drunk he thought he was breaking into his own place make him actually a worse person?
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I am not defending his behavior
I am merely pointing out the difference in what we know about the two situations. Is it likely that he cruises home on the many country lanes around Corvallis when he is drunk? Maybe, but I don’t know that for a fact.
The truth is he does know these other media personalities, and has a lot more familiarity with them. Why is it surprising then that they are so quick to support a friend and colleague? How would you react if this was your friend, or colleague, or brother, father etc.?
Is it right to crucify Kiko? Probably not, but he does have a documented history whereas I am not aware of Parker having a history of this type of thing. It may be hypocritical, but the facts are the facts, and they are different.
With that said, I would expect that a man of Mike Parkers age should be more mature than a man of Kiko’s age and held to a higher standard. Alcoholism is an ugly thing especially when it is a part of somebody you know or love. I hope they win their battles.
I think the media can do a better job of being objective about Coach Kelly’s dedication to helping these guys be better men. Canzano can’t say no to generating controversy, and it seems his reaction to all such situations is simply to “throw the bums out, facts be damned.” And this is inexcusable.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
I'm not commenting on the media hypocrisy.
It’s a wasted effort.
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s likely that Parker has driven drunk
Because he ate a napkin? Jump to conclusions much?
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My name is not Bryce.
by Im Chris Hansen on May 12, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Just because I bring a 6-pack to an under age girl's house I have bad intentions?
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
Not at all.
A person who reaches that level and is going into a program is a person who has likely driven drunk. Not a jump, just logical.
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I find that rather slanderous to call someone that has an alcohol problem a drunk driver
but you have the right I suppose.
I guess he also breaks into strangers’ houses too. Thats pretty logical, by your logic
Why is Andrea Kramer trying to eye fuck me?
My name is not Bryce.
by Im Chris Hansen on May 12, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Who called anybody a drunk driver?
I simply said it’s likely that he has driven drunk. I didn’t say “has.” And I’m correct, statistically speaking.
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Im Chris was right
The only generalization you can make from the statistics is that someone who has an alcohol program is more likely to have driven drunk than someone who has not.
You can’t say HE has driven while drunk, probably or not.
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Give the guy a break. Its likely all of us would be black out drunk if we had to cover that dumpster fire of a basketball program for 15 years.
by WhenDUXattacK! on May 12, 2011 11:44 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
OT
I found this word by word guide to writing a manifesto the other day, and it made me think of Canzano.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
That's exactly correct
except the last word or short sentence/paragraph must tie into the phrase/idea that began the article.
Pure formulaic writing at its best/worst.
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Serious Hyprocisy
From Canzano’s article:
Nobody should delight in someone else’s struggles. Nobody should laugh.
This video will not define Mike Parker.
I keep telling myself that.
He’s a public figure, so there’s news value.
But the more significant value is the human value, isn’t it?
There’s nothing funny about a man’s demise.
I read this and I feel like it’s deserving of every facepalm gif on the internet. Over and over we read articles by Canzano about how Jeremiah Masoli HAS to go, how LeGarrette Blount will be forever defined by his punch and that event SHOULD define him. How Kiko has been drunk one time too many and it’s best if we just throw him out and pretend he was never a Duck.
On the radio we hear an almost giddy edge to these stories, an excitement to pound the table and say “This event proves my point that there’s something wrong with <Coach, player, team, university, etc.>” There’s an excitement when somebody gets caught doing something naughty because, as a public figure and a polarizing one (by way of the colors they wear on the field), it makes for great argument and debate with very little empathy or humanity.
I’m not defending any of the kids who get into trouble, they do deserve to be punished for getting dangerously wasted or making stupid decisions. And so do the adults and professionals who make similar choices. If anything, I’d be more concerned about a grown man who’s abusive behavior has grown over time to really serious levels, over a young guy who makes a dumb move or hasn’t figured out his own mind and body yet.
Canzano has built his entire reputation and identity around tearing down people who make mistakes, being uncompromising in his condemnation. Being the voice of corporal punishment, the face of zero tolerance. And yet, here he is, watching a guy who SHOULD know better, make those exact same choices not once, but over and over until he finally gets caught and admits defeat. Then Canzano turns on the sympathy, saying we should all show some kindness to a poor lost soul, that nobody is perfect and if anything we should be glad this guy got a shock like this so he can get himself back on track and return to doing what he does best. Somewhere out there Kiko Alonso is searching for the Star Trek facepalm gif.
by JonathanPDX on May 12, 2011 12:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Couldn't agree more.
Rec’d
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I still can't believe it's Parker.
Until yesterday, I thought this was just some random dude. But it’s freakin’ Mike Parker, the voice of the Beavers! He’s now officially in the upper echelon of infamously drunk men, right on the level with David Hasselhoff and this guy. Awesome!
As for the discussion of media hypocrisy, I completely agree with Matt Daddy. I’m just not that surprised. This was far more shocking and infuriating to me.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3EF_YtluGY
Cougar fans really are nice. One even helped this guy get his shoe on.
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I don't even want to go there.
Although I’m surprised you’re shocked.
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m shocked at your surprise.
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by ProbablyMonty on May 12, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm unsurprisingly not shocked.
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
annnnnnd...
That’s what she said.
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by Matt Daddy on May 12, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Rec'd with a quickness.
THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.
by HoodRiverDuck on May 12, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
With suprising, shocking speed.
Fuck you, Juju. We'll do it ourselves.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on May 12, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Parker was a Duck
Parker went to the UO. If I’d gone to the UO and ended up calling Beaver games, I’d get drunk too.
by uoyeah on May 12, 2011 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
At one point Parker was the heir apparent to Jerry Allen.
He called Emeralds baseball games for years. Eventually, when it became clear that Allen will probably have the Duck mic until he croaks, and when Darrell Aune pulled off his own C.L.M., the baver job opened up and Parker moved north.
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Darell Aune, now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Logging it back away in the old guy memory… now.
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by Bill Musgrave on May 12, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps a better point of comparison would be the LGB media fury...
Kiko has already been in criminal trouble before (I dont know if Parker has or hasnt been in alcohol related legal trouble before)
Whereas the LGB media frenzy was a first time thing, LGB had never been caught doing something ill-advised prior.
And what we have here is a low moment that can not be greeted with tolerance
.
This is what Canzano wrote about LeGarrette’s punch. And yet, he was not supportive when UO stood behind LGB and allowed him to work his way back onto the field.
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I know I've been quiet the past few weeks, but this is an issue that is near and dear to my heart. I'm so damn worked up about it that I can't hold back any longer. But first, I feel the need to clear something up.
Are you people saying that it is somehow wrong to eat napkins?
THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.
by HoodRiverDuck on May 12, 2011 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Zee napkin fish, yes, zat is okay to eat, no?
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by Bill Musgrave on May 12, 2011 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Not only is it okay to eat napkins
but I am certain that at least 3 members of this site could give you some super delicious napkin recipes.
Absurdity is my favorite.
What a coincidence.
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The review is PRICELESS!
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by DuckUntilDeath on May 16, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
What If It Was A Duck!?
Must make a statement about this media market and several of it’s higher profile commentators (Canzanass!). What if it was Gianzante or Jerry Allen and NOT Parker in this situation? Canzanass would be going NUTS about WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE OREGON PROGRAM!? HAS CHIP KELLY LOST CONTROL?! It makes me sick. I know this is what would happen!
End of Rant. I hope Parker gets better.
Meaning... What if it was the DUCK play-by-play talent...
Yes, Parker is a Duck… tragic:
Good Duck graduates with bright future….
Makes mistake of taking job with Beavers….
Beaver environment so horrible her turns to drink….
Even the best Ducks wouldn’t be able to hold up.
Anyway…
The point being if a Duck announcer was in this position, Canzannass would be all over it!
You’re new around here, huh? eDuck?
I hate to bust your bubble, but there isn’t some great anti-duck conspiracy from Canzano, and Mike Parker isn’t getting a “pass” because he’s working for the Beaver.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-R-E-J-E-C-T-E-D"
you misspelled 'baver'
But, yeah, I don’t understand why people thinks Canzano has an anti-UO agenda. He writes whatever is going to get the most page views and sell the most papers, and UO is just more popular than OSU.
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If it was a Duck, no one would have been upset.
It’s much more socially acceptable to eat Duck than to eat napkin.
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by Gorbachav5 on May 13, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I refuse to eat duck from August-January for superstitious reasons.
I can’t be the only one, can I?
The "Bill Simmons" of ATQ
Wait!
Are you suggesting that opinion reporters skew their reports with….opinion?! NO WAY!
Just another lesson for the kids out there; personal bias should always be considered when evaluating opinion, especially when disguised as fact or truth…especially the “Bald Faced” variety.
I guess your really do need fiber pretty bad when you get that old.
Maybe he spilled something in his throat he wanted to clean up.
Pretty sure the over-under on number of kids at the table that accepted a dare to eat their own napkin after that was 2.
“I’m encouraged that he’s moving forward with courage.” That line alone indicates the quality of journalist attached to the words. Personally, I’m discouraged by Dwight James’ encouragement from courage…or at least the resulting pontification thereof.
If I were Parker’s boss, the next time we went out to eat I’d ask the waiter to cut up his napkin for him, have a good laugh, and order some more drinks.
Where has Parker's courage been up to getting caught on You Tube months ago?
By his own admission, he’s had a problem with alcohol for YEARS. Those kids might just have saved his family, career and life. Does anyone think he’d be seeking treatment if he hadn’t been “you tubed”? Parker’s media friends have fast-tracked him to sainthood.
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