Your RBR Word of the Day: apothegm

…I wonder why I don’t remember the name of Ann Simon…Anne Simon…Ann Symon…whatever.

or what? Ouch!

pretty well i’d say. “a man of few words, but when you’re man like paul bear bryant, actions speak louder than words” right after getting her @$$ handed to her. good job anne simon…

“I can’t believe the producers are gonna make me ask Coach Bryant a question during a game!”

Afterwards: “Fuck this shit! I’m gonna stay at home and raise kids!”

this is not Coach Bryant’s finest moment. He’s being downright rude. Like any good Alabama fan, I think the world of the man, but I’ve never understood it when people talk about how awesome it was when “Bear told off that female reporter.”

Also, this never gets mentioned, but I read somewhere that Bryant called Simon the following week and apologized for his behavior. They actually hit if off and talked several more times before his death. Given his status at the time, he certainly didn’t have to apologize to anybody, especially a sideline reporter. But he did. And to me, that explains a lot about why Coach Bryant and “class” are so often identified.

I agree with you. He was of course in the heat of the moment and in a hurry to get in the locker room and deal with the team. When we are down at half I am in no mood to be PC either. Great show of humility for him to apologize.

least he didn’t pull a Loyd Carr and just walk away like a giant douche.

…and someone else is usually writing the questions. Those people are the ones who irritate me. It reminds me how ticked I am when a reporter asks a family member “how they feel” after a relative is murdered. Well how the hell do you think they feel?

rude or not I love it.

…but once in the mid-80s there was an NFL broadcast without any announcers at all. You just listened to the officials and stadium announcers. It was the best broadcast evah.