What is Gary Parrish's problem?

cowbells

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Andy Kennedy's best friend and mouthpiece. Anything he writes is with the motive of sucking up to Kennedy. Of course AK doesn't want Sidney to be eligible. Parrish is hiding behind the stance of compromising the integrity of the NCAA, when in reality he is just terrified of how good we can be this year. He is truely an embarrassment to his profession.
 

BlindDawg

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jamdawg96

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Mostly just to get under his skin.

"Gary, are you and Myles Brand blowing each other off on the weekends? You're pointing out a questionable recruit for Mississippi State University, with little evidence, save an LA Times article with a source that's been on the wrong support end of everything involving Renardo Sidney. Grow some balls and write about Memphis. Then maybe your childish speeding ticket analogies will hold some water. They've done tons worse than Stansbury and MSU (or anyone on the west coast, for that matter) ever dreamed of. Coach Cal ran one of the dirtiest programs in the country while he was there, and you write nothing. This information is easy to come by, yet you don't even pursue it. You are a piece of **** journalist who can't bring himself to go after the big boys, or your beloved Tigers, and instead you pick on a school that has a middle of the road reputation because it's easy. These are playground caliber write-ups with nothing to offer. Maybe one day your testicles will drop from your stomach and you'll be worth a damn. At that point, you'll go after Kentucky. You'll go after the thousands of dollars that John Wall already has in his parents' bank account, and you'll sift through the dozens of forged academic documents Calipari has provided for. Why not question that camp? Get a #+@%#+# life and do something worth a damn rather than trudge through softball gimme ******** that the NCAA is tossing up. Jesus, man. Are you really trying to be worth a ****? Are you that naive? Or are they paying you off too? Grow some nuts and expose some real dealings before you write some "I'm going to be sympathetic with the NCAA" load of crap that doesn't provide any new insight on the corruption of college athletics. I lost all respect for you in your last article. You're taking the easy way out. Until you call out the NCAA, you're just a phony *****. I hate to be rude, but like Kenny Powers says, I had to !%@# you up with some truth."

Yeah, it was a humor-injected rant. But Gary Parrish has been on this **** way too long. Sidney's no different than most of the high-profile prospects. The only difference is he had an LA beat writer stuffed up his *** and he was recruited by a program that got exposed for wrongdoings prior to his arrival.
 

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I think he's obsessed with this particular case simply because he gave his opinion months ago that Sidney would never play college ball. Now, he's doing everything he can to make sure that his opinion comes to fruition and and if for whatever he reason he turns out to be wrong, he wants it to look like a travesty.

Parrish is nothing more than a national CBS sportswriter. He has no more pull than you and I, and he won't influence the case in the slightest one way or another.

Now, this is in no way defending him, but I will say that he did write quite a bit on Memphis as soon as the whole Derrick Rose/SAT story broke. I think he also wrote something about John Wall's arrest when he was still a heavy Memphis lean. I think that his obsession is with scandals that involve southeastern schools. I really don't think he plays favorites, but right now, there isn't much going on other than the Sidney case.
 

olemissbydamn

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Thanks for the early morning laugh.

If anything, Parrish is a Memphis homer. Yet he blast them for some of Calipari's moves. The guy is a pretty fair writer.
 
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here's some of what gary had to say in response to an email I sent him...

"Must be a Mississippi State fan.

I swear, if Ole Miss signed this kid you'd be screaming.

But because it's your school, you bury your head.

Hilarious..."

He went on to say some things about how could his parents afford $4k-$5k per month for rent and there not be some wrongdoing going on. I've never lived in California, but I know it's pretty expensive and $4k-$5k isn't out of the ordinary for rent. I asked him to show me proof of wrongdoing and he can't. Just said "that's what I think."

Basically, this guy is an *** and his response to my email proves it.</p>
 

Fresno Bob

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The black helicopter theories with them are amazing in regards to Parrish and he went to school there. No, he couldn't give a rat's *** about Mississippi State, not in any way, shape, form, or fashion. He cares about having people read his stuff. Nothing more, nothing less. If it gets a reaction, he knows he's been successful.
 
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I couldn't care less whether or not this douche is a southern sportswriter. I just don't understand his obsession with Sidney. If he's going to write an article about Sidney and how he shouldn't be cleared, he needs to show some proof to substantiate his view or shut the hell up about it.
 

AshleySchaffer

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I dont understand Parrish's deal either. It seems like the NCAA is paying HIM on the side to write articles favoring them in the Sidney case. I have yet to see Gary Parrish on ESPN, CBS, or any other TV sports network, but I see ANDY KATZ who wrote an article believing that Sidney will eventually get cleared. Katz's articles have far more validity than anything that Parrish has ever written.