Dominik85 posted:PABaseball posted:Dirtbag30 posted:Seems pretty simple and apolitical to me: Astros AGM stuck his foot in it big time and publicly in a moment of jubilation. Even worse, it was on a taboo topic (domestic violence). Then the organization compounds error by (a) falsely blaming the reporter and (b) failing to admit original mistake. Thanks to a healthy dose of arrogance, the Astros turned a bad situation worse and created a huge PR nightmare/crisis for themselves,
Time to go back to PR 101, do a bigger mea culpa, and admit ALL the mistakes. Only then will this pass.
After Game 1 this "story" won't be a story anymore. So no they don't have to admit all the "mistakes". Because nobody cares and they are not going to fire a guy who helped but a world series team together.
But just tell me which is more believable?
Astros exec randomly went up to three female reporters out of nowhere and let them know how happy he is about signing the man on a night where he blew a world series clinching save? Because he's just that misogynistic?
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Media members misinterpret comments?
I wasn't there and don't know what was said nor do I care. But how can discipline be called for when nobody knows what happens? Knowing how easily things get misinterpreted and taken out of context how can we say that he did anything wrong in the first place let alone needs to be disciplined for it? The Astros are playing in the world series tonight, there is no PR crisis.
Well the report wasn't he went there and told them how happy he was but that he was screaming it aggressively in their direction several times including using of the f word and Astros didn't deny that.
Probably wasn't meant misogynistic either but out of the emotion. Still terrible handling by the Astros PR guys, they could probably have resolved that already had they acted like it is 2019 and not like it is 1988.
Here’s an assessment from the N.Y. Post, which for those who aren’t from the NY area is the city’s conservative leaning local tabloid.
https://nypost.com/2019/10/22/...tter_impression=true
I would agree that this story won’t stay in the headlines for long, likely a 24hr cycle. But it’s clear Taubman’s remarks were intended for the female reporter, and were absolutely misogynistic. It was an immature and stupid thing to do, even in a heightened emotional moment. You’re a major executive, in a big market city, representing a top tier organization. Matters were made worse by the clubs PR response, which I guarantee will end up with someone (perhaps a team of people) being fired. It was the opposite of damage control. The only response that was appropriate, intelligent and displayed any understanding of the situation came from Hinch. This will all blow over, but it shouldn’t have happened in the first place and could have been diminished by a more professional initial response.