The more interesting verbal sparring I heard today was Chuck Swirsky, the new afternoon host at the Fan 590 radio station, coming down on Doug Faraway for 'dissing' Allen Iverson for his press conference theatrics the day before in Athens.
Faraway commented, that Iverson should have had a soother, at the least, for his kid, while standing up before the world's press. It was at the conference coming a day after the historic US loss to Puerto Rico in the Men's Basketball lid-lifter at the Olympics.
Swirsky, a softie, decried his fellow worker. "How can you criticize Iverson for having his kid up there?"
"We want our athletes to be more human and here you are calling him out."
I think those are accurate quotes, but I was on the road at the time I heard them and I might have only got them approximately right. The sentiment is correct.
Chuck, you are wrong.
Iverson had no business bringing his kid to work. He's been doing it for a while and nobody's called him on it. But the kid's a prop. Who's going to ask the nasty question of Iverson (who's done enough regularly, to get asked HARD questions) when his adorable little tot is right there, looking all googly-eyed and happy at the whole world? Iverson has a thug mentality. It landed him in prison. He hasn't left it behind, either. It takes a thug to hide behind a kid.
Doug, you are absolutely correct.
But should we really be surprised? Iverson treats the press with the same distain he treats Larry Brown's coaching. That would be world championship, NBA-winning and NCAA-winning coach Larry Brown. Iverson? He carries HIS trophy around like so much body armour.
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