UCF Fans Inundate Orlando Sentinel with Immature and Profanity-laced Criticism
The Orlando Sentinel UCF beat writer Kyle Hightower published an open letter to UCF fans in which he attempted to explain the media responsibility and interest in the untimely death of UCF football player Ereck Plancher. This excerpt alone explains the reason Hightower and his paper have not rested on this story:
“Bottom line, players described a version of events that was different from what George O’Leary and Keith Tribble told the media. We NEVER have said which account is right/wrong or tried to blame ANYONE in anything we have written. “
Therein lies the problem. A coach with limited credibility when it comes to telling the truth describes a situation far differently than the players. The players’ description likely puts UCF in NCAA violation and O’Leary a knowing participant in the eventual collapse of Plancher.
Lying on one’s resume is one thing. Lying at the scene of a young man’s death is fully another. It remains to be seen if that is the case - and the Sentinel is the major party pursuing the truth, or at least trying to reconcile the two sides.
UCF hired O’Leary knowing the faults he’d presented in the past from lying to physically abusing his players. The administration to this day defends that decision and allegedly is crawling in bed right along side their hire, O’Leary.
Kudos to the Orlando Sentinel for seeking the truth, regardless of the maelstrom of insults and profanity being tossed their way by UCF fans.