Updated Feb. 19 12:15 P.M.: Instead of shedding some light into what he has been doing the past 2 months, Tiger Woods started the blame game in his statement this morning. He blamed the media for relentlessly pursuing his wife and children. Now I do not agree that his wife and kids should be harassed because of what Tiger did, but Tiger caused more damage to his family than the media could ever do. Tiger is in no position to blame anyone but himself. Had it not been for Tigers actions, he would not have put his family in that kind of situation. No one is at fault but Tiger. Not his wife, not his kids, not his mistresses, not the fans, and not the media. Just Tiger.
Tigers deficient apology today left me and I'm sure a lot of people scratching their heads as to why here and why now. We learned little to nothing about the past 2 plus months of Tigers life. He did say that he has been in therapy, but not for what. He read an insincere, prepared speech that everyone knew he did not write and I'm sure if you asked Tiger he would honestly say he probably would rather not give. It was total PR damage control that probably did more harm than good.
What would have been better for him to do was make a brief statement and apology followed by a brief question and answer. The best thing is you could have prearranged the media and even the questions you wanted asked. No one was forcing him to do this. This is not a PGA Tour event where he must sit down and answer questions from the golf media. He could have answered or not answered anything he wanted. Something unprepared and from the heart would have gone over much better. And anyone who says that Tigers' apology today was "sincere" and "from the heart" was not watching the same press conference the rest of us were. You couldn't get any more insincere than that.
So do you buy or sell tigers apology? Comments...
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Tiger Woods is scheduled to make a statement on Friday to lay out his future plans and to make a formal apology. He will not answer any questions from the small media that will be in attendance.
Sounds like he will do what Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee did when they went back and forth with each other about Clemens' steroid use.
Lets hope Tiger will shed some light into his life between Thanksgiving and now, and hopefully he will announce when he will return to golf.
I'll have more after his statement Friday
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