Rashaan Gaulden blasts Kirk Herbstreit for hypocrisy

[MT LeConte]

OK Herbie, I'm gruntled again.

 

[tennrich1]

Actually Kirk has been mostly positive about Tennessee until this year. I know he seemed to feel the frustration that Vols fans felt when he made the comment about Gaulden. He’s since apologizing to Gaulden and we can move on. Trust me it’s better to have him on our side than against us.

 

[BigBadVol]

[twitter]https://twitter.com/KirkHerbstreit/status/939923756205588480[/twitter]

He certainly owned up to it. I’m glad because I’ve always liked him. The others not so much.

 

[njvols]

Yeah but its nice to see Yahoo promote an article saying Gaulden is right and Herbstreit is a peckerhead.

Surprised they didn't somehow tie it back to Schiano.

 

[volKano]

Actually Kirk has been mostly positive about Tennessee until this year. I know he seemed to feel the frustration that Vols fans felt when he made the comment about Gaulden. He’s since apologizing to Gaulden and we can move on. Trust me it’s better to have him on our side than against us.

This. Apologized fully in writing for all too see. Everybody makes mistakes but only a few admit them.

 

[EricFreakingBerry]

Well, my Mayfield/Gaulden quote collage went viral today. First time I've ever gotten a pic to go even somewhat viral. Even Deion Sanders saw it, lol.

So all in all, Lady Vols win and I helped motivate Herbstreit to an apology.

Today was a good day.

 

[give_him 6]

I'll give it up to Herbie. Glad that he realized the mistake and owned it.

 

[Wishbone]

Fans who are supportive of the double finger salute by a representative of UT towards any team are severely misguided to say the least. A total lack of class and respect. UT used to be better than that, I can't believe other Vol fans feel this way. If you honestly think that what that kid did was a good thing, maybe you should start cheering for another team. UT doesn't need fans like that!!

 

[volKano]

Fans who are supportive of the double finger salute by a representative of UT towards any team are severely misguided to say the least. A total lack of class and respect. UT used to be better than that, I can't believe other Vol fans feel this way. If you honestly think that what that kid did was a good thing, maybe you should start cheering for another team. UT doesn't need fans like that!!

None of these posts said anything about liking it. Gaulden apologized for it also. This was about double standards so get off your soap box.

 

[EricFreakingBerry]

Fans who are supportive of the double finger salute by a representative of UT towards any team are severely misguided to say the least. A total lack of class and respect. UT used to be better than that, I can't believe other Vol fans feel this way. If you honestly think that what that kid did was a good thing, maybe you should start cheering for another team. UT doesn't need fans like that!!

I was highly critical of Rashaan when it happened. Still believe he should've been taken out of the game, possibly suspended the next.

Not many here are arguing FOR Gaulden's actions. 75% of the posts after the Bama game were very critical of his double bird.

What the root cause of this uproar, and what we have been arguing is AGAINST Herbstreit's condemnation of Gaulden one week vs. his silence over Baker's actions against Kansas, followed up by a highly pro-Mayfield Heisman congratulatory tweet. He was blatantly trying to rationalize Baker's lack of character to the masses via double standards.

So I suggest you revisit some historical forum posts of the Bama game and afterwards to see the majority criticizing Gaulden, and try to understand that in no way were we trying to honor what he did.

We were standing up for Tennessee again against obvious hypocrisy, because it needed to be done.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Herbstreit is the best in the business. He made a poor comment or choice of words and tonight admitted so. To me he seems like a very genuine nice person and I think he was just overzealous in his particular take that day.

I’m sure I’ll get roasted for that comment, but I’ll Take it.

 

[sport111]

Herbie is one of the best in the business. He apologized. Not many other big name announcer have the guts to do that . I totally disagree with the racist thing as well. He criticizes black and white athletes every Saturday. He praises black and white athletes every Saturday as well. He seems like a stand up guy to me and actually is more positive toward ut than most.

 

[easleychuck]

Herbstreit is a tool. He should be careful of his own 'image' he's built up for himself.. Glass houses brother, glass houses..

Kirk has an image. problem a'right. Having an affair with a police chief's wife tends to sully one's reputation. One of the main reasons he ran off and moved to Nashville.

Ole Kirk needs to start pushing away from the buffet, too. He has been packing on the old lbs. lately.

 

[Rusty-Shackelford]

I liked Herbstreit before this season but he has trashed our players,our team and the fans the last few months so I for one am done with him. Mayfield is great and Rashaan is trash,wrong! He trashed us over Schiano but if he were to take over at Ohio State Herbie would be leading the lynch mob.

 

[dduncan4163]

 

[n_huffhines]

Good on Herbstreit. He's a class act. When your job is to talk in front of millions of people for 10+ hours a week, you're going to end up contradicting yourself. Ignoring this is what most broadcasters would do. Herbie owned it.