Comments on: Tiger Woods’ Dumb Advisers

By: Gianna Patterson

Gianna Patterson — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:59:43 +0000

Tiger Woods is a very good golfer but his reputation as a cheating husband made him a bad character.~::

By: Frank Philp

Frank Philp — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:34:35 +0000

Die Helden sollten sich Cirie gestimmt. Sie ist nicht die stärkste Herausforderung, aber sie ist ein Spiel-Player. Wenn sie nicht loswerden, sie bald werden sie es bereuen.

By: Philip Gould

Philip Gould — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:14:24 +0000

Tiger Wood’s comments concern his personal therapy more than anything else. That is the first priority for him, to get well.

By saying all he did, he owning his actions and faults. He is also defending his wife and family which is also part of therapy.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:08:39 +0000

I was hoping you would write a follow up piece or two about Tiger. I thought your first article “To An Athlete Screwing Up Young” was very thought provoking. Will you please give us your thoughts now that the “press conference” has taken place?

By: Barry Buss

Barry Buss — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:51:20 +0000

That is quite possibly the worst written piece of op/ed I have ever read…and you are a legitimate writer..WTF Mr. Moore? You can not get through an entire sentence in the first three paragraphs without saying something inaccurate, illogical,or downright illegible .

We begin with the inflammatory “more stupid advice” yet never get any of the old advice that would make the pending press release the “more”. Then you dive in to sympathy and forgiveness, stating they will not likely be the “outcome”…sympathy and forgivenes are things that are granted when asked for, but only then…he hasn’t asked for anything yet, and he is smart enough to know not to tomorrow…only.time will ease any residual ill feelings people may have toward Tiger…

When your entire public persona has been a sham and a lie of this magnitude, do you honestly think anyone wants to hear a single word from this guy??? Would you believe a word he said??? Better yet, does anyone really even care anymore???

What we have learned from Tiger’s downfall is that Tiger was not really all that loved by anyone for that matter…His accomplishments are awesome beyond words, but Tiger Woods is an assassin, a killer, a cold hearted competitor of the highest magnitude…nobody “likes” Tiger…there is nothing there to like, hence there is little to nothing to resurrect …he was a product, a manufactured image of corporate capitalism, entirely neutral about anything and everything that has any meaning….

Tiger Woods sadly is just another in the long list of superstars who fai to live up to the standards they purport to uphold….but are we shocked? hurt? devastated? not even close

So when you discuss the easing of the scrutiny upon him…where you been Jim…its eased to the point that those who cared some when it happened may shrug their shoulders…others who may hear of it, are jut further annoyed at this non event being held by this failed person..

It is way too soon for this…We don’t need more Tiger, we need a different Tiger..and that Mr. moore, is goingto take a long long time…there is no next hole for Mr. Woods on this course..he failed at life at a colossal level…he just needs to go away and stay away for a little while longer..

Re the media…I could write a novel on the complicity of the MSM in perpetrating this multi-billion dollar fraud on the consuming public…this has been going on for a long time, and are you trying to tell me that not one single journalist knew this was happening? The link below is from May of 2009, the story broke by the Enquirer in late November….the only thing worse than the journalism leading up to the car accident has been the journalism that has come after the accident, where every writer who ever penned an article goe all Dr Phil on Tiger,, humiliating themselves in the process ..

You can be proud to stand at or near the top of that list…its very late, if i have more time and still feel a little grumpy, I;ll deconstruct the rest of your piece for you, but man, you are out of your league here on the personal advice front ..Bad

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/09/holly-sampson-describes-s_n_386362.html

By: Tim Rock

Tim Rock — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:43:59 +0000

I’m told he can’t be told how to do things. That may be the biggest impediment to getting him on track.

By: Harvey Kahl

Harvey Kahl — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:32:36 +0000

I want to see him play golf. If he’s smart, he will never ever give that Q&A session that you seem to need. Speak for yourself. I’m not interested. I’ve lost a lot of respect for Tiger as a person, but who watches him for his moral purity?

At tournament news conferences he should just politely deflect non golf related questions. Eventually the noise will start to die down as everyone realizes that the answers to their questions will not be forthcoming.

If he is playing the Accenture, then he should have his little news event off-site. I wish him well, but his wife ought to dump him. She’ll have plenty of cash, whatever the settlement, and besides the money, who needs that life?

By: Steve G

Steve G — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:26:10 +0000

Your assuming that his advisers actually advised him to do this. For all you know they pleaded with him to take a different approach. Nobody knows for sure. One thing is for sure…Tiger doesn’t owe anybody anything.

By: Stanley

Stanley — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:18:34 +0000

Tiger Woods made himself a paparazzi, muckraking object that will dog him from now on. He needs to face that fact and get on with his life.

He owes a big apology to his family — which he’s already done — but his fans don’t need to know the details of his private life; his many mistresses will be more than happy to spill the beans anyway.

Tiger should pick up his golf clubs and return to doing what he is the best in the world at; playing golf. When he got married, I questioned whether it was a smart move. I couldn’t see him having the same family life as Jack Nicklaus and if his marriage did fail for any reason, his professional golfing career would suffer for an extended period. Now, he needs to suck it up, close his ears to all the jokes and jeers, get back on the links and finish what he stated out to do. Break all professional golfing records.

As a fan, I would rather watch him play than any one else.

By: Ken Vest

Ken Vest — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:49:08 +0000

Your take on the media role in all this is spot on. And you may be right about the public reaction, but there is the possibility, stupid “press conference” aside this strategy may work. What people will mainly see is Tiger playing golf with his friends and his target audience –guys who play golf and don’t especially like the topic in the first place -will be reminded of the golf part of his story. Remember pictures rule and how many news orgs will use sound from the statement in subsequent coverage —it will mainly be Tiger on the links, where his fans want to see him return.