Tiger's Confession/Courtesy: AP
Tiger is not a gifted talker, never has been. But I think he did pretty well for himself in his confessional. He admitted to most everything, and appeared sorry while asking for forgiveness and understanding. It’s my belief most people will give him the benefit of the doubt. Americans are a very forgiving people.
It could have been better though. Tiger was so scripted and so slow in his delivery. It gave the appearance that he was almost robotic. I would have preferred him to be less scripted, or not scripted at all. Sure he would have stumbled a bit, but it would have humanized him which is precisely the point. Be real. What a concept.
Foolishly setting ground rules that he would not take questions from those in attendance only left open questions about what really happened Thanksgiving night, and in the days and weeks before. He said he and his wife, Elin, never had a single domestic abuse incident among them. Really? We’re just supposed to take his word on that, and his claim that he never ever used performance enhancing drugs?
Tiger has obvious problems with the truth based on what he’s admitted to. A line of questioning would have given us a chance to chew on his answers and read his body language. But Tiger wouldn’t have it. The law of inertia says for every action there’s an equal reaction. Apply it here. The more you try to control things, the more they spin out of control.
I suggest Tiger hold one more news conference, a true news conference. He should do it the day he returns to competition. I’d advise him to say “Guys ask me what you want and I’ll answer as best I can. I may not be able to answer everything, but I’ll try to be as honest and cooperative as I can without sharing moments that should never leave the personal bubble of privacy that married couples share. But this is the last time I’m going to answer questions about what landed me in therapy.”
Everybody would get it out of their system and eventually we’d all move on. That really ought to be the goal.
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