veganfan21 wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Yeah, it was a weird mix. I'm not easily offended, but I have to believe a bunch of listeners were. Somehow, in their zeal to show Alford for the scum he is, they basically pass over the real bad guy that gave Alford the clear opportunity to show what a slime he is. There's a Christian angle in there somewhere and a possible reluctance to paint a black sexual predator as exactly what he is. And amongst all of that, bernstein throws out a thought about his regret in not impregnating a black woman. A joke, I know. But it was just strange. And it obviously had to offend somebody. He's the guy switching back and forth between offensive humor and Very Important Radio. And that takes a deft touch that he definitely lacks.
Well, Pierce is the easy and justified target. There's really no argument to be made against Pierce; his transgression is self-evident. Alford's transgressions are less obvious, which is why I think Bernstein approaches the Alford story so ferociously.
I do agree that it's a little weird to be talking about Alford with so much else going on.
Again, the guy just got hired to one of the four or five premium jobs in college coaching. I have no issue with them digging this stuff up and going over it. Especially when Alford is glossing over the facts at a press conference.
But this isn't a big story. He's been coaching since the incident at Iowa. It isn't like he was banished and now UCLA is resurrected him. Cover the hiring, bash Alford, and move along.
Armstrong, Penn State, and CTE are huge national news and I would bet that the majority of listeners would prefer not to have a show so focused on even those admittedly big stories. You would think a station who's marketing department long sold it as "local" while bashing ESPN, i.e. Mike & Mike, for their Jets coverage in this market would understand that.
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