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Originally posted by Gattigap
Do you think she really meant that? I dunno, but I doubt it. Strikes me that her response was the professional way (and probably the only practical way) to try and deflect it.
Other reactions, like pushing him away and calling him an asshole, probably wouldn't have played too well with the network brass, even if she were right.
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I thought that she handled it very well -- though I have to admit that I was really worried about Joe Willy there for a bit, and am relieved if turns out that he was just hammered. I thought that maybe all those hits to the head he took as a Ram late in his career had caused him to develop mental problems. Seriously. The way he was talking and what he was saying -- it was painful even before he hit on Suzy. And his line came across as more pathetic than lecherous.
The question I wonder about irregardless (ha!) of whether he was drunk or stupid is why ESPN chose to put him on the air. I assume someone found him on the sideline, asked him if he wanted to opine about Pennington, etc. Don't you think that after seeing him for 15 seconds that you would have made some excuse about not having time instead of putting the man on live with Suzy?
