This post is in response to the Tiger Woods ESPN link under the links tab on my page. Tiger Woods is obviously a control freak and has always been that way. He very rarely did anything, whether it be an interview or appearance, without knowing exactly what was going to happen from beginning to end. That is how he built his “empire” if you will. He makes all the decisions and that is that. Well, he finally lost control and things spiraled downhill for him after his untimely run-in with the fire hydrant. Tiger finally came forward, sort of, on Feb. 19th. He held what he called a press conference. However, in true Woods fashion, there were only certain people invited to the press event. He only invited media that he knows and trusts. He also had friends and family at the speech. Secondly, there were to be no questions from reporters after his comments. There was also a special room that other reporters could sit in and watch the event. Well that sounds an awful lot like what everyone else in the country was doing. From a public relations standpoint, this didn’t help his cause all that much. I know he loves being in control. But if you want us to believe you’re human and humans make mistakes and you’re trying to recover from it and make things better, then treat us like people. I’m not so sure that it hurt him to do it that way. But for crying out loud get up there and face facts. I know “addiction” is something that is hard to deal with and understand. But, get up there and answer questions and be honest with us. He didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know. We know it’s not Elin’s fault. We get that. We know you screwed up. We don’t need to sit and listen to you like a nervous 9th grader giving his first speech in class. Tiger sounded more like the voicemail lady on cellphones than a real person. Thing about it is Tiger: you lost control of your life and yourself. Trying to handcuff the media in your road to recovery will not make it any easier. It’s silly to call that a press conference, because it wasn’t. But it certainly got the ball rolling with all kinds of opinions. It was certainly a trending topic on Twitter. ESPN, along with most news outlets, went wall to wall coverage of Tiger. To sum it all up with some advice, let the media be your friend Tiger. And remember, you brought this on yourself.
The Tiger Woods “Press Conference”
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