Comments on: T.O. Blames Media for Reputation. Really?

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By: suibne

suibne — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:51:00 +0000

why do you even put the mike in this bumblef.ks face?

By: robertinnis

robertinnis — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:34:01 +0000

well TO needs some sort of crash course on this stuff,

By: robertinnis

robertinnis — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:34:01 +0000

well TO needs some sort of crash course on this stuff,

By: CoachDebra

CoachDebra — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:06:37 +0000

Hmmm – perhaps what's needed isn't PR coaching – but my kind of coaching

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:39:59 +0000

Chad Johnson seems to know how to make his media relationship fun and T.O. seems to know how to turn it into root canal. Would coaching help? Maybe. I agree he's no good with bland athletespeak, but I'm not sure how much is going on between the ears there.

By: CoachDebra

CoachDebra — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:59:13 +0000

Exactly – the question then becomes: “Do we expect our entertainers to also be leaders and role models?” I think that we do. The role of an entertainer can be a very powerful influencer because of the media attention, because of the visibility of that person to a large number of people. But our entertainers are not trained as leaders – and our leaders are expected to be entertainers.

There's something very off in this scenario. If we equate visibility with credibility, quality and leadership – perhaps we deserve low quality leaders.

T.O.'s qualifying characteristics are the ability to run fast, leap high and catch a funny shaped ball. That doesn't mean he is a leader.

Perhaps, someday, he'll choose to take advantage of his visibility to make a difference in the world – instead of just scratching his own ego. But I contend that's HIS choice, not ours and not the Media's.

By: Brad_Williamson

Brad_Williamson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:39:09 +0000

TO should continue to stay away from the help of PR people. Without his outrageously raw antics, he wouldn't be the valuable media entity that he is today.

Love him or like him, the man is quite the entertainer – ya can't deny him that.

By: CoachDebra

CoachDebra — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:26:43 +0000

Professional sports is part of the Arts & Entertainment Industry. As a professional athlete – particularly a star athlete – you are paid to entertain.

T.O. needs to grow up and take responsibility for his communications both on and off the field. Agreed, completely – But why should he?

He's not held to any standard of conduct or expectation of leadership by his team, his coach, the owners or the NFL. There's no downside for him – he just keeps making more money.

Hey, he's entertaining – isn't he just doing his job?

Perhaps if we STOPPED WATCHING HIM. Perhaps if we stopped wasting TV time on him, he would get that his behavior is inappropriate. But what he's doing works – he gets attention, he gets money. Where exactly is his motivation to change?

By: Tim Newman

Tim Newman — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:47:45 +0000

I agree. Only you are responsible for what you say and what your actions are. You must take responsibility! Also, dont forget that he threw Jeff garcia under the bus when he was in SF.