Awful: 'Mattress Mack' fires Borell day after fairytale BC Sprint win

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

With all due respect, do people here make the same sort of snap judgments in their everyday lives that they are making in this thread? If so, how does that work out for you?

There are a lot of moving parts in this discussion, and I think it's at least reasonable to assume the story is not as black and white as people here, and all over the internet, are suggesting.

i have no doubt that is true.
i haven't made any judgements, because there's always at least three sides to every story...
but i did want to make sure anyone saying 'tax write off' knows that he can't have a loss each year, else it's a hobby.

as for the firing, i don't know why anyone would be surprised that he fired his latest trainer, he has quite a track record of that.

[jms62]

We are not in the industry nor do we have a means to talk directly to the parties therefore we shouldn't voice an opinion based upon what is being presented in the media and on the Internet. Business as usual.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by jms62

We are not in the industry nor do we have a means to talk directly to the parties therefore we shouldn't voice an opinion based upon what is being presented in the media and on the Internet. Business as usual.

Nobody said that ( except you ). What I suggested was that people, given there is no way they know the actual story, might want to at least be a little more open to there being more to the story.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Nobody said that ( except you ). What I suggested was that people, given there is no way they know the actual story, might want to at least be a little more open to there being more to the story.

There is no way to know any "actual story" unless you are one of the two parties. All people can do is comment on is what has been presented to us by the media. That applies to any story. The "Snap Judgement" you cite may be due his history with previous trainers and people not giving him the benefit of the doubt based upon that. I would really be interested on Chuck Simon's take on this.

[Holybull1]

Originally Posted by jms62

I would really be interested on Chuck Simon's take on this.

This ^

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Holybull1

This ^

But I can certainly understand him choosing to not comment on the matter.