blood pressure - rising

I'm at the office...not accomplishing much.

The main topic on the Dan Patrick show today is Nick Saban's comments on Monday, referencing 9/11 and Pearl Harbor as a means to motivate his team.

I think the comments were asinine, but I don't really have high expectations for comments coming from any coach after a loss. (Read the update at the tail-end of that above entry...talk about a great PR skill. That's amazing.)

The thing bothering me the most is the people calling up to support Saban and his tactics or saying that the loss was a travesty (at least to the players). I understand that the players carry the loss around with them for a while, but a travesty on par with those two attacks? I don't think so. The lack of perspective is remarkable listening to the show...

One of the University's alumni suffered an unfathomable tragedy this week. Siran Stacy was involved in an accident in Alabama. Six people were killed as a result, the victims include the driver of the other vehicle and five members of Stacy's family, his wife and four of their children. His youngest daughter remains in the hospital.

One of the callers had the gall to say, yeah Stacy's story was sad, however, that didn't happen on Monday when Saban made his comments. Am I stupid, or does that not make the comments any easier to swallow?