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The Morgan Fogarty thing...

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SorthNarolina Newbie

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I didn't see it as sexist or anything.

Sitting in the front row is what reporters work for. Its a sign that you have arrived. True for white house pressers, true for any presser. JR did not ask her to sit up front because she is an attractive female. He asked her to sit up front because she had established herself as a reporter in JR's circle of trust.

Yes, other reporters threw a hissy and jumped on it as sexist. But to assume an attractive female (why is this fact even brought up by reporters) can only be asked to sit up front because of her looks is in itself sexist as hell.

Buncha idiots, the lot of em.

I agree the only thing I saw wrong with it is he was really throwing his weight around kinda of bitching but I guess the big cat can't take criticism from Brotha Fred too easily.

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the Morgan thing is being blown out of proportion.. how about you all relax and get a sense of humor..

and JR wasn't bitching.. he was putting the dumb questions back on the reporters to which they had no choice but to agree.. because reporters are looking for a story, especially when there isn't a story..

all he did was put the reporters in their place... I'm amazed right now at all this controversy..

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I didn't know what to think at first. I tuned in as he was talking about emails, so I was a bit dumbstruck. The Q/A seemed way too short, and I certainly didn't feel any better about the direction of the organization. And I know, after that disaster, Luck's parents will take notice and most likely not give our organization the thumbs up.

Will that be Luck's deciding factor? Probably not. There's a lot better reasons to come out right now than for Luck to stay at Stanford, our organization's PR taken into account. But we should be doing everything we can right now to attract talented players and coaches, not turn them off.

This is concern #1 immediately after seeing the news conference.

The influence of that presser on Luck's decision to join our team may never be known. If Luck decides not to declare it will always be a possibility that JR f'kd it up with his less than professional temperament and negative outlook on the CBA.

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I really doubt Luck will give a poo about JR's presser.

He has access to people who meet with the guy personally, talk to him personally, and hell, once he declares, they're probably going to chat.

Luck has access to information we don't; he doesn't need to rely on sound byte snippets or anything. He works with people who know JR pretty well and I'm sure that if he is going to refuse to play here we'll hear about it soon.

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Good thing you're not in the PR business, because that would be an absolute disaster. Just look at the venom (your word) on this board for Mr. Richardson. Wow.

I agree. JR basically just said everything that the very people that are bashing him now have been saying for the last two years. Even better, he didn't give some vague company line when asked direct questions either, which was also a complaint by those who are bashing him now. Go figure.

JR just earned a ton of respect from me after that presser.

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This is concern #1 immediately after seeing the news conference.

The influence of that presser on Luck's decision to join our team may never be known. If Luck decides not to declare it will always be a possibility that JR f'kd it up with his less than professional temperament and negative outlook on the CBA.

I may be one of few.. obviously this is the case...

but JR made one statement that made me feel really good about the future.. That those 3 men will be looking for a coach to bring success to the Carolinas.. Those 3 men are respectable regardless of how bad they damaged the media's ego..

Hurney, JR, and Morrison made it clear they are there to bring success to this franchise and nothing less will do..

this might not mean much if you have no respect for their intelligence, but I on the other hand find this a good thing and respect their intelligence..

Their goal was clearly stated: coach up younger players and have back to back winning seasons..

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the Morgan thing is being blown out of proportion.. how about you all relax and get a sense of humor

Even Morgan herself said it was a running joke between her and JR after she trashed him.

She even said that she has received email from women support groups asking if she was ok, with what JR did to her.

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This is concern #1 immediately after seeing the news conference.

The influence of that presser on Luck's decision to join our team may never be known. If Luck decides not to declare it will always be a possibility that JR f'kd it up with his less than professional temperament and negative outlook on the CBA.

JR clearly said back to back winning seasons is the goal. And those 3 men are there to ensure that happens..

If I were Luck, I'd feel very good about that. They are successful at what they do and are done waiting around for a coach to figure it out..

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the Morgan thing is being blown out of proportion.. how about you all relax and get a sense of humor..

and JR wasn't bitching.. he was putting the dumb questions back on the reporters to which they had no choice but to agree.. because reporters are looking for a story, especially when there isn't a story..

all he did was put the reporters in their place... I'm amazed right now at all this controversy..

Exactly. She was on 610 this morning. Said she and Jerry have developed a friendship since he called her about her bashing him and the Panthers in a segment on her show "The Edge."

HE WAS JOKING WITH HER.

I watched the presser and thought the same thing. It's only because he's old and she hot people are trying to make something out of nothing.

She said she wasn't hurt, embarrassed, or mad. It was all in good fun.

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Exactly. She was on 610 this morning. Said she and Jerry have developed a friendship since he called her about her bashing him and the Panthers in a segment on her show "The Edge."

HE WAS JOKING WITH HER.

I watched the presser and thought the same thing. It's only because he's old and she hot people are trying to make something out of nothing.

She said she wasn't hurt, embarrassed, or mad. It was all in good fun.

I get that he was joking with her, but why even go there in a press conference and expose yourself to other interpretations?

If it's an inside joke, it should have been kept inside, not aired in a press conference infront of a whole audience of people who may not be in on the joke.

JR should realize that because he's an old man and she's a hot young blonde people might misinterpret his attention to her. It's the same thing we talk about with players: the best way to avoid trouble is to avoid putting yourself in a situation where you may be vulnerable.

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I get that he was joking with her, but why even go there in a press conference and expose yourself to other interpretations?

If it's an inside joke, it should have been kept inside, not aired in a press conference infront of a whole audience of people who may not be in on the joke.

lol.. he didn't hit on her.. he didn't joke about hitting on her.. he didn't say anything but "come sit up front so I can abuse you like you abused me"..

if ANYONE took that sexually, they are the fool.. he was making a very clear reference in a joking manner..

this is a non-issue.. and pointless to discuss.. lol

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lol.. he didn't hit on her.. he didn't joke about hitting on her.. he didn't say anything but "come sit up front so I can abuse you like you abused me"..

if ANYONE took that sexually, they are the fool.. he was making a very clear reference in a joking manner..

this is a non-issue.. and pointless to discuss.. lol

Did you actually watch the press conference? He made reference to her several times... it wasn't just the "come sit up front" thing.

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I get that he was joking with her, but why even go there in a press conference and expose yourself to other interpretations?

If it's an inside joke, it should have been kept inside, not aired in a press conference infront of a whole audience of people who may not be in on the joke.

JR should realize that because he's an old man and she's a hot young blonde people might misinterpret his attention to her. It's the same thing we talk about with players: the best way to avoid trouble is to avoid putting yourself in a situation where you may be vulnerable.

Obviously, you were offended by that. It hasn't offended others. Most importantly, it didn't offend Morgan Fogarty, who all of this was directed at.

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