Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Augie Garrido and 2nd Place
This whole post-CWS debacle has gotten out of hand. Everyone around the country now sees fit to bash Augie Garrido and Texas for not taking part in some made-for-ESPN second place ceremony.
Stop it.
I don't recall Bob Stoops' Oklahoma Sooners going back out to the Sugar Bowl field for any lame runners-up presentation. John Fox and the Panthers didn't take the stage after the Super Bowl, either.
But now Garrido is "classless" because his team, which lost in heartbreaking fashion, chose to remain in the locker room, rather that take away from Cal State-Fullerton's moment in the spotlight. It's crap, and everyone that perpetuates this ignorant opinion is full of crap.
Texas lost. They had no business on the field after the game. CSF fans didn't want to see Texas get a trophy. I don't think Texas fans did either. Besides, Garrido was told that returning to the field was optional. And even if it wasn't, it's ridiculous to ask 25 kids, who have just had their hearts ripped out, to go back out to the field. No other sport does it. Why should college baseball be an exception?
This entire episode is nothing more than a chance for (a) The self-appointed, self-righteous "class police" to make a hubbub by singling out someone else for their alleged shortcomings, and (b) Texas-haters (and there are a lot) to get in a few pot-shots at the UT program. Both instances prove only that the finger-pointers are truly the ones that lack said class.
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Stop it.
I don't recall Bob Stoops' Oklahoma Sooners going back out to the Sugar Bowl field for any lame runners-up presentation. John Fox and the Panthers didn't take the stage after the Super Bowl, either.
But now Garrido is "classless" because his team, which lost in heartbreaking fashion, chose to remain in the locker room, rather that take away from Cal State-Fullerton's moment in the spotlight. It's crap, and everyone that perpetuates this ignorant opinion is full of crap.
Texas lost. They had no business on the field after the game. CSF fans didn't want to see Texas get a trophy. I don't think Texas fans did either. Besides, Garrido was told that returning to the field was optional. And even if it wasn't, it's ridiculous to ask 25 kids, who have just had their hearts ripped out, to go back out to the field. No other sport does it. Why should college baseball be an exception?
This entire episode is nothing more than a chance for (a) The self-appointed, self-righteous "class police" to make a hubbub by singling out someone else for their alleged shortcomings, and (b) Texas-haters (and there are a lot) to get in a few pot-shots at the UT program. Both instances prove only that the finger-pointers are truly the ones that lack said class.
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