The CBS Director is a shameless whore for showing Calhoun's granddaughter crying

[Hokie]

Wow, that really crossed the line of civility. We were treated to a closeup of UConn coach Calhoun's little granddaughter crying after the UConn loss not just once but twice. These fuck's will do anything for a picture. Screw them. I could care less who won but that was just tasteless.

[Psephos]

1. disagree n/t

[Hokie]

2. It was completely revolting

Just why would you disagree?

[trumad]

3. Jesus

you need to get a grip

[Hokie]

11. I have a grip

Anyone who doesn't condemn that shameless whorism is an ass.

[Upton]

4. Big deal

lighten up.

[Condem]

5. Hell, I'm guilty.

I laughed at the little urchin and gave her the finger. Fuck Jim Calhoun.

[Upton]

6. You gave her the finger?

:rofl:

Big time win by MSU...I thought they were about to blow it though, I kept thinking how Memphis blew that big lead with a couple minutes left last year.

[Condem]

7. Yeah, I did Upton.

You show that shit, you suffer the consequences. Yup, they almost blew it. We we're all yelling, "Hey, can you keep the ball out of the big, white stiffs hands"?

[madinmaryland]

8. Take that shit over to GD.

[Hokie]

9. Wow you are real peice of shit.

I could haven given a fuck who wins Condem but now I hope UNC kicks their asses back to East Lansing.

[Condem]

16. Hey, Hokie.

Thanks for setting up the pool. Now, run along, child. Over to the Lounge. The Forum's not for you.

[Hokie]

17. Oh really? So who appointed you to anything?

I was here when you were in diapers sonny.

[Condem]

18. Let's not go down that lane, Hokie

I'm a whole lot smarter than you. I can god damn guarantee you that. Sonny????

[Hokie]

20. Ask me how impressed I am, Condem.

If you wish to continue to be act in the manner of an ass then be my guest.

[Condem]

21. 1-800- Bets-r-off

Must of had alot riding on that game, Hokie.

[madinmaryland]

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[LiberalFighter]

12. I sort of agree that it might not had been in good taste. At the same time

I didn't see her crying. More along the line of her not being happy.

[bigwillq]

14. She did have tears in her eyes.

Although she wasn't weeping. I didn't see any "falling" tears.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Well I was looking... Have HDTV. Was looking at her eyes. I may have missed it.

[bigwillq]

13. Disagree.

They've been doing that for years with wives, kids, grandkids. It's part of the game. Stay home if you don't want to be on TV. Watch it from your room where no one can get you.
Emotions are a part of life.

[Hokie]

15. Wives are adults

Small children should be off limits. The replies to this thread are a real surprise and make me ashamed of DU.

[caraher]

24. They have done it for years, but it's not part of the game

it's part of the sappy spectacle CBS gloms on top of the game. I've despised their coverage for years... especially how they treat the games as coaching matchups. Sure, Tom Izzo and Jim Calhoun have a lot to do with the outcome of the game, but I really don't need to see shots of Izzo's wife or Calhoun's granddaughter - I can infer from the outcome of the game what their emotions might be, if I really cared.

I think the coach fetish betrays an inability of the folks who run the broadcasts to identify with the athletes themselves. We get this obsession with the coaches as managers, motivators and strategy wonks rather than a focus on the young people playing their hearts out. Love of the game seems eclipsed by love of lovers of the game.

Showing reactions of relatives is sports coverage's version of sending the reporter to ask the family that just lost their home in a fire how they feel.

(Tangentially related... one of my favorite postgame interview moments ever was after Houston beat Louisville in the '80s when Olajuwon was a new sensation who had not yet learned the lingo of sports cliches. Some idiot asked him, "How do you feel?" after their semifinal victory, and he said something like, "We played hard. We won. We are happy." I think he was a bit taken aback by the question but managed to give this answer without any obvious signs of condescension.)

[Iggo]

19. The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat.

Nothing wrong with showing both.

If you can't stomach it, don't watch it.

[Forkboy]

22. Tacky, but not that offensive.

I'm quite sure the kid won't be emotionally scarred for life because a camera showed her tearing up. I didn't see it, but I'm guessing they didn't do it to mock her or make fun of the Calhoun family or anything.

The beauty of sports to many of us is, unlike a soap opera or a movie, it's unscripted drama. This illustrates that drama to perfection in many ways, and shows the emotion involved, even for a child of the coach. It's emotional for people to see as well (as evidenced by your reaction), and that's why they do it.

Honestly, I'd be with you if I thought this was harmful to the child somehow, but by tomorrow she'll be playing again. Kids are like that.

[Onceuponalife]

25. I'm getting tired

of peops who post with strong opinions, then anyone who disagrees is an "ass."

[LisaM]

26. I agree with you. It was tasteless and out of place

and did a big disservice to the tens of thousands of people from Michigan who were in the crowd who were happy to have something positive to cheer about for a change.

[Hokie]

27. Looks like we are in the minority

I haven't changed my mind but I was way out of line calling Condem a POS. Not very nice on my part. :( I still think giving the kid the finger even through the TV though was a bit ... bizarre shall we say.

[Condem]

28. Not if you were with the group I hang with, Hokie.

I couldn't hear the sound, so all I saw was a Huskie. You have to understand us Big Tenners. We've been catching a ton of shit lately. Fed up with it. The "aw, shucks" moments don't register, right now. Redemption would. Not that it will happen, tonight. Class move, Hokie. Join us for a Big Ten Tailgate. You'd love it. Peace. The funny thing is..I'm the quietest one of the bunch. Go Spartans!

[Hokie]

29. I understand the group thing

It kind of brings out the primal emotions. Been there, done that. I am still pissed at myself for losing my cool. It doesn't happen often but it can be right ugly when it does. (Or so I have been told.)

[Condem]

30. Hokie

I'm going to hang here at the Forum for a little bit. Then go to bed. This one's over. Men against boys.