Steve Kerr: 'I lied'

[Dick Whitman]

Asked twice whether Andrew Bogut would start last night, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr lied in order to secure a competitive advantage:

2015 NBA Finals -- Golden State Warriors coach admits lying about plans for Game 4 starting lineup

It seems to me that right and wrong aren't to be treated in a relativist manner. Steve Kerr lied. There's no way around it. We've been taught since we were toddlers that lying is wrong.

Shame on him.

 

[JC]

****, if you are trying to make a point just make it.

I assume you are trying to compare this to the student loan thread.

 

[Dick Whitman]

****, if you are trying to make a point just make it.

I assume you are trying to compare this to the student loan thread.

I just think it's shameful that Steve Kerr would lie to advance his own self-interest. Wrong is wrong.

 

[zagoshe]

A coach lied to the media.

Next up, the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, the sky is often blue and it is raining in Seattle......

 

[Songbird]

Don't know if **** was dicking around but I did find this nugget from 2007:

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Division II Grand Valley State
stunned No. 8 Michigan State, the Big Ten favorite, 85-82 in two
overtimes Friday night in an exhibition game.

Jason Jamerson had 19 points for the Lakers, while Justin
Ringler had 16, including a three-point play at the end of
regulation. Callistus Eziukwu of Grand Valley State had eight of
his 15 points in the second overtime.

The Spartans shouldn't have been shocked at the loss since they
trailed the Lakers for more than 38 minutes before escaping with a
win last season. This time, Grand Valley controlled the game for
most of its 50 minutes.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Wrong is wrong.

 

[Songbird]

Was hoping Grand Valley would've played Arizona when Kerr was there. But alas ...

 

[JC]

I just think it's shameful that Steve Kerr would lie to advance his own self-interest. Wrong is wrong.

You're not very good at this.

Not everything is analogous, but you know that.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Why is it OK for Steve Kerr to lie?

 

[JC]

Not going to play your ridiculous game.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

One day, Steve will master the coach's art of deflecting the question. He's not there yet.

 

[TyWebb]

Eddie Izzard once had a great bit about perjury (lying). He said because there should be degrees of perjury like there are degrees of murder. First-degree perjury would be like saying the holocaust didn't happen and ninth-degree perjury would be saying you "shagged" someone when you didn't.

 

[heyabbott]

Why is it OK for Steve Kerr to lie?

it is not. NBA COmmissioner LeBron James should suspend him for at least 2 games, 3 if neccessary

 

[Key]

Steve Kerr is a fraud, but not the criminal kind.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Steve Kerr used you, media. You were his plaything.

Kerr knew it would be reported that there were no lineup changes. He knew the Cavs would learn this. He knew this would throw them off the scent of adusting against his adjustments.

Like he cared about a Twitter firestorm if he hedged or held out on who was starting. He wouldn't be involved in it.

He used the media to completely keep the Cavs in the dark.

As he said, they don't give our the trophy for most moral. America needs to learn a lesson from this.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Believe most of America already knows this. And has for centuries.

 

[YankeeFan]

There aren't enough negative consequences involved in Kerr telling a lie. It wasn't worth it for him to tell the truth.

This is a simple fix. We need a law, with significant negative consequences, that makes it a crime to lie to the media.

I'm sure our lawmakers would support this.

(Well, in reality, they might, so long as they exempt themselves.)

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

There aren't enough negative consequences involved in Kerr telling a lie. It wasn't worth it for him to tell the truth.

This is a simple fix. We need a law, with significant negative consequences, that makes it a crime to lie to the media.

I'm sure our lawmakers would support this.

(Well, in reality, they might, so long as they exempt themselves.)

Lying to the media is a party platform.

 

[BTExpress]

Why is it OK for Steve Kerr to lie?

Because the media put him in the position of asking for information he did not want to accurately provide and was under no obligation to accurately provide, because it affected a competition that had not taken place.

Of course, "No comment" would have been the morally superior answer. No lie there.

But if the media asks him, say, "If tonight's game comes down to a final possession, what play are you going to run?" only an idiot would expect a truthful reply. Once you begin to ask about strategy and personnel decisions BEFORE a competition (as opposed to after), all answers need to be taken in that perspective: From a competitor trying to win a competition.

 

[Dick Whitman]

"No comment" would have been the morally superior answer. No lie there.

Thank you. This is what I wanted, from the person I wanted it from.