Comments on: Wonder, Think & Know: Manti Te’o Edition

By: barbara

barbara — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:33:50 +0000

…i’m sure that was a rhetorical question…maybe, accompanied with an eye roll…i’m sure greeny will be all over this…can’t wait to hear the spin on MIKE & MIKE…or…maybe it will be all NFL…with sprinkles of greeny’s error english grammar…of which he’s unaware…hubris is a great thing to observe…

By: barbara

barbara — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:47:34 +0000

In reply to Jim.

…i agree with much you say, jim…of course, i view life thru shades of blue and gold…i will just say that i think this ‘kid’ is above the curve in understanding accomplishment v fulfillment…i admire his work ethic in the training room/at the training table…i am encouraged to ‘check myself’ when it comes to being of service and paying it forward…as for the rest, only those who have never opened themselves to someone who has played them…only those who have never found themselves defending a friend/love interest to a doubting parent/friend would look at this story as implausible…

…of course, i have no interest in perpetuating the mean-spiritedness i’ve been witnessing…soooo–what ever happened with the saga of the under-inflated footballs???…yes, i think ND gets the microscope…and…good for ND…we are and have always been RELEVANT!!!…to me..

By: Patrick John pirozzi

Patrick John pirozzi — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:37:15 +0000

Amazing what a difference one day makes following one interview which hasn’t even aired yet!!
I wonder if the entire journalistic world will dedicate as much time, money, energy or enthusiasm to vindicate a young man as they were to bury him…..or maybe that’s just not sexy

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:41:11 +0000

In reply to Jack. The best case scenario is that Manti T'eo wasn't involved in the hoax and that most people take a charitable view of the situation and will recognize the people who are attacking him as being a bunch of assholes.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:30:26 +0000

This story is less than three days old, and there’s a lot more to learn. The haters will lynch Notre dame at the slightest opportunity and they’ll attack Manti T’eo as well. (in both cases, a lot of that has to do with religious bigotry among the press, although you’ll never, ever hear that addressed or even hinted.) Shame on them for that, not on ND or on Manti T’eo.

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:06:56 +0000

Even if you are in Manti’s corner on this (whatever that means), what is the best case scenario? That an All-American linebacker from Notre Dame is also a complete idiot? Naive and trusting aren’t really enough

By: Hollywood Hop

Hollywood Hop — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:31:16 +0000

The players probably were affected to some degree. Who knows? It’s all hindsight. Manti, no matter how this turns out, has besmirched ND’s reputation,along with his own.He’s at least taken the University’s cache down a notch. Who knows how much this will fester. It’s like Ara getting caught shoplifting, to use a bad analogy. That mouth agape sickening feeling. Unbelievable! This with Kelly’s tenure in dispute, what do you say to recruits?! No matter what his involvement it’s a bad breakfast.

By: Bob Howsam, Jr.

Bob Howsam, Jr. — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:20:30 +0000

In reply to GraceHallChapel86.

I’m not sure, at this point, that it WAS the Irish who played on January 7.

It may be, after all we’ve heard at this point, that the folks on the field in the blue jerseys on January 7 were actually all … distant cousins … of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo … and that the game was not actually played in Miami, but was actually staged on a back lot in Hollywood … and that the screenplay and footage of the game were actually done by John Chambers at the request of Robert Mendes. The one person who was oddly silent yesterday after all this broke was Ben Affleck. How crazy is that? This even caught the attention of Matt Damon, who tweeted, “I dropped a dime on that game, but I’m going to have to go back and take another look at the tape. I’m pretty sure I saw some guy who looked vaguely like Tuiasospo dressed in a Neal jersey fumble that second punt.” He later tweeted, “rather odd that a game of this magnitude never made it to NCAA Replay.”

🙂

By: GraceHallChapel86

GraceHallChapel86 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:51:02 +0000

While it is essentially a truism that the Irish did not play up to snuff on January 7, in my mind there can be little doubt regarding at least some of the reasons for the debacle.

After losing to Texas A&M, Nick Saban remarked that they just couldn’t achieve the mental intensity they needed to win.

Some here seem it unthinkable to even whisper that these events has /anything/ to do with Notre Dame being plastered by the Tide. But my response would be this: With Notre Dame’s coach flirting with the NFL, and having an interview planned for the very next day AND Notre Dame’s #1 defensive player and team leader dealing with the humilation and dread that comes with being scammed (or helping perpetuate a scam, or some mix of the two–however it comes out), how could the Irish NOT be mentally affected by it all? How could the chemistry which was there all season not become imabalnced? ND needed /everything/ going for her to win out in the regular season.

It is now clear much of what she had then was lost by January 7, or at least misplaced when it was needed the most. I’m not talking blame, just explanation.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:19:37 +0000

Manti, I think a lot of us are behind you and want to believe that you were just a very trusting, naive young man. From what I have heard you were a truly amazing, well rounded person while attending ND; always willing to help others and set such a wonderful example for so many. Only question I truly have is why are you letting so much time go by without just telling everyone the truth and setting the record straight. If its what I think, which is that you were truly the victim of some elaborate hoax and your only guilt is embellishing the relationship, then that is a minor problem which will be forgiven mainly due to your age and immaturity. The longer you let this story stay on the front and back pages of papers throughout the US, the longer this already weird story continues to take on a life of its own and make you look like your hiding something. Come on Manti: Its time for you to give your most important press conference of your life and please be prepared to answer questions LIKE A CHAMPION!