01-17-2013, 07:13 AM
Wish I'd remembered that first, but I didn't.
Here's a hint:Â Fawn Liebowitz
It would be easier to have sympathy for the family in general if after four years of national adulation for his son Manti's dad hadn't morphed from humble Hawaiian dad into some reality-TV bully. Just last week we had the story of dad punishing the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper for daring to publish a picture of his son--on his back doing the dead-bug-- as the illustration accompanying the story of N.D's mugging at the hands of Alabama. A parent being proud of a high achieving offspring is understandable, but something went to somebody's head.
 The most generous spin of dad's inadvertent promotion of the whole story is: he was also a victim in the hoax but made up white lies to support and embellish it. Which cleans him up a bit, but still leaves him with mud on his shoes and shins.
That...and the fact that ND knew about it in December, but apparently decided to try to ride it out and hope it (pardon me) died quietly out of the public eye.
Here's a hint:Â Fawn Liebowitz
It would be easier to have sympathy for the family in general if after four years of national adulation for his son Manti's dad hadn't morphed from humble Hawaiian dad into some reality-TV bully. Just last week we had the story of dad punishing the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper for daring to publish a picture of his son--on his back doing the dead-bug-- as the illustration accompanying the story of N.D's mugging at the hands of Alabama. A parent being proud of a high achieving offspring is understandable, but something went to somebody's head.
 The most generous spin of dad's inadvertent promotion of the whole story is: he was also a victim in the hoax but made up white lies to support and embellish it. Which cleans him up a bit, but still leaves him with mud on his shoes and shins.
That...and the fact that ND knew about it in December, but apparently decided to try to ride it out and hope it (pardon me) died quietly out of the public eye.