bgbigdog said:
CDAGRIZ said:
Good info. I wonder why he would still be pursuing the ultimate release of the info when the book has been released for months. The financial stuff seems to be sorted, so what is the motivation? Second edition? Or, ratification of previous inclusion of information? Maybe I'm over-thinking something for the first time ever.
This could ultimately become another cereal thread. May our children forgive us.
Second book. Though it has already been used, the new working title for the next volume includes the phrase " I'm back for more cash."
Who here has actually read the book? I'm a former player, alum and father of one female student with a second one headed that way. As a family, we purchased one copy, read it and passed it to the next. I'm not going to give a full review here, and don't believe it to be an outstanding book by any means. In general, my take on it is that he takes a lot of conjecture and provides only the facts that support his view. I wouldn't say he mis represents facts, but certainly puts his spin on it.
I played for Larry Donovan and fortunately, Don Read. It was a very different time in Grizzly football. As an example, my daughter dated two players, one of which is a major contributor, while the other is a further down the depth chart. Both were very respectful when met, but my daughter confided in the simple fact that when around campus one was very different. Of her own violation, she doesn't date either of them any longer, doesn't speak ill of them and still has some limited contact with them. However, she just mentioned the team in general has an attitude. But in her defense, she did say a lot of the other teams have attitudes as well and as with any group like that, some of which is to be expected. I pointed out that even when I played, and we weren't a 1/4 of the deal the team is now, we had bravado and could be exclusive. But, I also didn't live in a instant media world back then. Things happened, and word didn't get out. To me, the team is being scrutinized at a high level and there is a medium in place to immediately publish any transgression. That being said, it doesn't justify unacceptable behavior.
The overwhelming theme in the book is binge drinking and impaired choices. Secondly, in general our lack of acknowledgement that rape isn't limited to an unknown assailant in a dark alley. I wish I had the answers, because it keeps me awake at night sometimes when I think of my two girls out there. No woman deserves to be raped, we all understand that and I think would agree with that premise. If I really believed Missoula was any worse then any other similar institution, I would not have allowed my girls to attend. The bottom line was there was increased publicity and it provided the vehicle for his book and he is going to ride it until it is out of gas.
