[CBFF] How long till the love for Lovie?

[Jerry Madsen]

Speaking for myself, I have no reason to distrust the victim's account
of the incident.  Manning may very well be as guilty as the victim is
asserting.  But I also have no reason to distrust the Bears' brass and
their behind-closed-doors handling of this situation.  Once the league
office renders a decision, the Bears will be free respond to Manning.
If at that time they have a lukewarm response, then criticize them;
but to do so now is premature.

I'm also struggling with whether or not it's the Bears' place to
sanction Manning.  If I get in a fight at a bar here in South Bend and
spend the night in jail, does my employer have the right to discipline
me for what didn't happen on company time?

Jerry


On 10/4/06, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I don't understand how you can take everything at face
> value from people who have every reason to lie about
> the situation but not trust the word of the victim at
> all. Earlier you mentioned several times that the DA
> cleared him of some of this - where's your proof that
> he said those things? I supplied the information that
> I used to draw my conclusions. BTW, Maurice Jones-Drew
> was also at the Denny's when the incident happened but
> the charges were dropped against him, so it's not like
> this is all about the money or football players or
> whatever you think.
>
> If your statement was just addressing the coaches then
> I guess I have to remind you of a coach who kept
> claiming that everything was fine with the OC and he
> trusted him completely. How about the faith JA had in
> Chad Hutchinson until we saw how bad he was in
> preseason? Lovie Smith hadn't even heard of the
> Probation Report, so how does he know more than us?
> These guys make mistakes all the time and I don't see
> any value in just accepting their statements as the
> absolute truth. I assume they did something, but I
> don't think it was enough if he plays every game.
> -Chris
>