Great read on Collins

Easy · May 7, 2009

plcmts17 said:

Wasn't the Kermit punch on Rudy in 1977??
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Yeah, that letter has lot of holes. Fisher didn't elbow Scola in the face. I doubt that they will take it seriously.

If you write a letter to complain, at least get all the facts straight.

Electro · May 7, 2009

Rockets Jones said:

Read this on King Solomon's blog and just thought I'd point it out to you all. The guy is spot on and the letter is very well written. My respect for Doug Collins has gone to an all-time low after last night's game. He was not even hiding he wants the Lakers the win. The guy was just being the mouthpiece for 99% of the fans, Stern, and the so called experts who all want the Lakers to win. Maybe he knew the game was fixed, who knows. There's absolutely no limits to what could be going on behind closed doors.

http://blogs.chron.com/jeromesolomon/2009/05/suspend_kobe_please.html

Anyways, I registered a complaint via TNT's website.
Anyone who agrees can go here http://support.tnt.tv/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5477
and make their voice felt. Just go to the contact button, and proceed from there. Here is the content of my email:

Dear TNT,

I am sending this email to register a complaint about Doug Collins' commentary during last night's Houston Rockets/LA Lakers telecast. I realize that Collins is a respected and well-liked member of both the NBA and broadcasting community, but his remarks after the Lakers' Derek Fisher cheap shotted the Rockets Luis Scola with an elbow to the face, were over the top. Collins rattled on for about five straight minutes about what a tough guy Derek Fisher is.

Although the referees called a Flagrant Two on Fisher, which earned him an automatic ejection, Collins seemed to think this play demonstrated what a gritty player Fisher is. Essentially, he praised punching someone in the face when they are not looking. Is this something that TNT condones? Are we really at a point where it is not only OK to potentially seriously injure a player with a cheap shot, but the TNT staff endorses such tactics?

Perhaps we in Houston are sensitive about this subject because in 1972, one of our greatest sports heroes, former Rockets coach and player Rudy Tomjanovich, almost died after being struck in the face by Kermit Washington while trying to break up a fight.

Please ask Doug Collins if he thinks this showed how tough Washington was. Collins should apologize on the air to fans everywhere immediately. In Houston, we don't call a sucker puncher a tough guy. We call him a coward.
Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Mason H. Lerner
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the ERA of writing letters and complaining in order for a particular "entity" to grant your requests in the name of "customer satisfaction" for "customer LOYALTY"......

is weak, over-rated, and played out since 2002. Welcome to the real corporate world, and take it from a consumer...i'd be tired of hearing customers complaining all the time as well.

Yes, Doug likes the Lakers...and if we when this series I want to see how he'll play his fandom down.

across110thstreet · May 7, 2009

I'm not seeing where Solomon commented on Collins.

rocketfan20 · May 7, 2009

I was thinking the same thing about making this complaint. If it hadn't been someone on the Lakers, Collins would have been saying what a cheap shot it was that had no place in the game or the league, but since it's one of the Lakers, he's fawning over his toughness.

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