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Have you lost respect for Tony LaRussa after his DUI charge?
I still think he’s one of the best managers in the history of baseball but drinking and driving kills and I think he put himself and others in danger. I mean falling asleep at the wheel of a car at a stop light? He had to be pretty wasted. Not to mention he hasn’t come out and talked about it yet.
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10080153
All the people saying “everybody makes mistakes” should know that he very well could have crashed into somebody and killed them you hear it all the time in the news. This wouldn’t be just a “mistake” if that had happened now would it?
LaRussa will eventually apologise. He may look like he’s ducking the press now, however he is part of a professtional organisation. Most likely there will be publicists called into a press meeting and LaRussa will be coached on what to say by someone working for the organization. It’s all about image, and they will most likely try to make it perfect before Tony comes out and says anything. Don’t flame him for what he did, unless it’s May and he still hasn’t apologised.
What he did was wrong, and not a typical mistake. Yes, he could have absolutly hurt someone, and because he didn’t doesn’t make anything better.
I have not lost any respect for Tony as a person. Hundreds of DUIs are written out everyday. While I’m not declaring it wasn’t wrong, many people you know have DUIs and I’m sure you’re not casting them out into the flames. However, I have lost respect for him as a coach. He is the leader of one of the elite teams in the majors, and I cringe everytime they show up at PNC Park because of the potential beatdown they can put on my beloved Pirates. Regardless, he is supposed to be an image of self-control and decipline, neither of which he showed. I say this whole thing should be dropped, because I am sure Tony will get enough heat through the league council. To make things worse, with all the coverage on this occastion I’m sure he’ll feel the presure of all the dawnting eyes that will lay upon him at every away game he goes to.
I would not be surprised if such an event would lead to his retirement at season’s end.
Cardinals’ Tony La Russa DUI Interview
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