Well, there's media savvy, then there's Pat Dye ....

Unless I'm taking this the wrong way -- hey, it's happened before -- former Auburn coach tries to strong-arm media ...

http://www.macon.com/2010/11/22/1350846/dye-speaks-up-for-newton.html

 

Dye's done this before, and Jackie Sherrill did the same thing.

Put a guy on the spot in front of 300 people staring at him, and the reporter either buckles or says he'll write it.

 

F*ck Pat Tie

 

Just ask an audience member after the speech what Dye said. Gets around off the record ;D

 

The public is dumb enough to fall for that shit and hate the media even more. Of course, the reason open practices are no longer open is because fans, not media, rush to message boards and give a minute-by-minute account.

I swa a situation several years ago where a Division I football program had a pep club meeting that assistants and former players would speak at every month. They had signs outside the place saying that everything behind these doors is "off the record."

Didn't work.

 

So I'm guessing he was going to tell some off-color Bama jokes and talk crap about the Tide. Big news.
I always hate crap like that. You are there because you think an event is newsworthy, you are showing respect. No doubt these are the same clowns who will back the media for ignoring them if you don't show.
Hell, has Dye heard of Twitter? Figure people would have posted what he said (maybe even accurately), uploaded video of him etc.

 

I love Pad Thai

 

Didn't Stephen Breyer or Antonin Scalia pull this same shit a couple years ago with a public appearance?

In other words, it's not just meatheads.

 

<<Stephen Breyer or Antonin Scalia>>

They aren't meatheads?

 

Well, Scalia isn't.

 

Did Dye also tell the general public not to post anything he said on message boards, Facebook or Twitter? If not, then he's got no damn business saying that to a reporter.