Keith Olberman Calls Coach Holtz A Scumbag

[alabama mike1]

This stuff needs to stop.

Keith Olbermann under fire for calling Lou Holtz a 'scumbag' after legendary coach's death

Keith Olbermann sparked outrage with an inflammatory comment about deceased coach Lou Holtz, continuing his pattern of controversial social media posts.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Tidewater]

"Don't speak ill of the dead."

Sound advice. Even if you disagree vehemently with them. Just be a mensch.

 

[crimsonaudio]

literally no one cares what that blowhard thinks about anything.

And FTR I’ll happily say that about him if he kicks the bucket before I do. He’s a garbage human.

And I don’t even care for Holtz.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

Olbermann should know how to spot one by now; he sees one every time he looks in a mirror. Screw this guy!

 

[Tidewater]

literally no one cares what that blowhard thinks about anything.

And FTR I’ll happily say that about him if he kicks the bucket before I do. He’s a garbage human.

And I don’t even care for Holtz.

This does seem like a cry for attention. I do not even know what platform he is on any more.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

This does seem like a cry for attention. I do not even know what platform he is on any more.

I think it's the "attempt to renew my career through absurd outrage" platform.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

This stuff needs to stop.

Keith Olbermann under fire for calling Lou Holtz a 'scumbag' after legendary coach's death

Keith Olbermann sparked outrage with an inflammatory comment about deceased coach Lou Holtz, continuing his pattern of controversial social media posts.

www.foxnews.com

Most people who lash out like this normally are dealing with a lot of self-misery. There's no telling what type of personal demons he's dealing with and his way of coping is to spew stuff like this as his distraction.

 

[Crimson1967]

I never cared for Holtz and thought his 0-12 seasons was hilarious. But I refrained from posting on the thread about his death because I didn’t want to look like a jerk and he didn’t bother me to the level that I would celebrate his death.

 

[92tide]

Most people who lash out like this normally are dealing with a lot of self-misery. There's no telling what type of personal demons he's dealing with and his way of coping is to spew stuff like this as his distraction.

he could also just be an insufferable douche

 

[Bazza]

"Don't tell anyone about your problems. 80% of the people don't care and the other 20% are glad you have them."
~ Lou Holtz

 

[Bamabuzzard]

he could also just be an insufferable douche

Correct, which means he's forced to be around himself more than anyone else. How miserable do you think that has to be?

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I never cared for Holtz and thought his 0-12 seasons was hilarious. But I refrained from posting on the thread about his death because I didn’t want to look like a jerk and he didn’t bother me to the level that I would celebrate his death.

I thought it was inappropriate to bring up Kobe Bryant's rape allegation in the hours after the helicopter crash. Don't get me wrong - that should be in his Wiki biography, etc, it happened, and that he lied about at least some of the things is 100% correct. But especially since his daughter died with him in the crash, give the family a period of time to process their grief because at that point it didn't matter so much. (It's a little different with Lawrence Phillips, who DIED IN JAIL).

But in the past few weeks, Keith has gone after Linda Cohn (who also seemed both competent and pretty friendly as an ESPN host to me), someone else I saw (name escapes me at the moment), and now rather than "hey, I'll keep my mouth shut" goes full idiot on Holtz.

Holtz was both undeniably a good coach AND a controversial coach, leaving probation in his wake at every job he ever had. It's fair in telling the overview to mention both I think just like it was okay to say Coach Bryant got aTm put on probation when he was there. I think in both cases the good they do outweighed the bad.

But we're to the stage now where if I disagree with your politics at the most basic level - I don't mean Nazism, Klansmanism, etc, I'm just saying we disagree on tax cuts or spending increases - you are consequently a worthless hopeless punk.

It's not healthy that's where we are.

 

[Crimson1967]

If the coach at William & Mary today said his team’s problem was they had too many Marys and not enough Williams he would be cancelled and forced to attend sensitivity training.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

If the coach at William & Mary today said his team’s problem was they had too many Marys and not enough Williams he would be cancelled and forced to attend sensitivity training.

True, which is just another reason why CFB is dying. Getting one's manhood questioned is a time-honored methodology of getting the most out of a player.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

True, which is just another reason why CFB is dying. Getting one's manhood questioned is a time-honored methodology of getting the most out of a player.

Traditional manhood is now commonly referred to as "toxic masculinity". A man looking as feminine as possible is now deemed "manhood".

 

[CrimsonJazz]

Traditional manhood is now commonly referred to as "toxic masculinity". A man looking as feminine as possible is now deemed "manhood".

 

[92tide]

If the coach at William & Mary today said his team’s problem was they had too many Marys and not enough Williams he would be cancelled and forced to attend sensitivity training.

definitely if he was the coach of the women's team

 

[92tide]

Traditional manhood is now commonly referred to as "toxic masculinity". A man looking as feminine as possible is now deemed "manhood".

the constant whining by "traditional men" about cancel culture taking their manhood and the need for acknowledgement of their feelings seems pretty feminine to me

 

[Bamabuzzard]

those poor men may never recover such a challenge to their traditional manhood

My wife's side of the family has a "wonderful mix" of political and religious representation that more times than not has caused holiday gatherings to be more "meh" than "Merry". One of my wife's cousins is a far left liberal who has attached her livelihood to catch phrases like "cultural appropriation" by whites, "toxic masculinity", etc. Over the years she's struck up conversations at family gatherings about crap she knows is going to cause an argument but did it anyway. This past Christmas we were at the grandmother's home doing Christmas and her dried up looking worm of a husband (with her standing by him) was trying to open a jar of olives. He was struggling and couldn't do it. I'd had a few glasses of wine and felt in the holiday spirit. So I grabbed it from him, popped it open, handed it back to him and said "If you'd had a little bit of that toxic masculinity you could have opened that jar". Smiled and winked at them both as I walked off to get another glass of wine. Who needs enemies when you've got family?

 

[92tide]

My wife's side of the family has a "wonderful mix" of political and religious representation that more times than not has caused holiday gatherings to be more "meh" than "Merry". One of my wife's cousins is a far left liberal who has attached her livelihood to catch phrases like "cultural appropriation" by whites, "toxic masculinity", etc. Over the years she's struck up conversations at family gatherings about crap she knows is going to cause an argument but did it anyway. This past Christmas we were at the grandmother's home doing Christmas and her dried up looking worm of a husband (with her standing by him) was trying to open a jar of olives. He was struggling and couldn't do it. I'd had a few glasses of wine and felt in the holiday spirit. So I grabbed it from him, popped it open, handed it back to him and said "If you'd had a little bit of that toxic masculinity you could have opened that jar". Smiled and winked at them both as I walked off to get it another glass of wine. Who needs enemies when you've got family?

you should have stuck your hand in to grab a few olives as payment for services before handing it back