Alex Albright on Brown-Brent tragedy: ‘We’re just trying to handle it the best we can

[WoodysGirl]

Originally Posted by RoyTheHammer

I didn't ask you anything..but you're right, its not worth arguing about. No one made themselves avaiable to the media in any official question and answer or interview session though. A reporter saw Albright mingling in the lobby and decided to go badger him with questions about the incident and kept at it even after Albright said it was too soon to comment. Its pretty clear.

Its also clear, to me, that questions about an incident like this shouldn't even be asked in the first place. Its a private issue and a tragedy.. not something somebody should be going around looking for a quote on. I know its their job to report the "news", but have a little decency.

[View Full Quote]If it was your friend who had just tragically died in an accident like this not 24 hours ago and your other friend was in jail for manslaughter, i wouldn't rush up to you and go, "Hey, HEY WOODYSGIRL.. so yea, what do you think about your friend being dead now and your other friend being a murderer, huh.. HUH?!"

You disagree? That's cool.. no more to discuss then.

As a lay person off the street, of course you say you wouldn't ask, tho who knows what you would actually do in private conversation.

But you don't work in the media, so while it might be unpleasant to do, it's their job. If there's an opportunity to speak to someone post-tragedy, it's their duty to do it or lose their job.

[RoyTheHammer]

Originally Posted by WoodysGirl

As a lay person off the street, of course you say you wouldn't ask, tho who knows what you would actually do in private conversation.

But you don't work in the media, so while it might be unpleasant to do, it's their job. If there's an opportunity to speak to someone post-tragedy, it's their duty to do it or lose their job.

So if i identified myself as "media", you'd be more accepting of me rushing up and asking you that question.. hours after it happened?

[WoodysGirl]

Originally Posted by RoyTheHammer

So if i identified myself as "media", you'd be more accepting of me rushing up and asking you that question.. hours after it happened?

I'd be accepting of it regardless. My position is if the player didn't want to respond to the initial inquiry, all he had to do was say, "No comment."

Even in private conversation, when I've had something emotional going on and someone inquired, once I said I didn't want to talk about it, that was the end of it.

Under these circumstances, the media would've accepted it without question and no follow-up. My assumption is based on the overall story and following twitter all day yesterday. They accepted the Cowboys statement and all reported that the Cowboys were not making any players or coaches available for a media session.

[RoyTheHammer]

Originally Posted by WoodysGirl

I'd be accepting of it regardless. My position is if the player didn't want to respond to the initial inquiry, all he had to do was say, "No comment."

Even in private conversation, when I've had something emotional going on and someone inquired, once I said I didn't want to talk about it, that was the end of it.

Under these circumstances, the media would've accepted it without question and no follow-up. My assumption is based on the overall story and following twitter all day yesterday. They accepted the Cowboys statement and all reported that the Cowboys were not making any players or coaches available for a media session.

Sadly, that wasn't the end of it here. Its a direct quote from Albright that he said, "Its too soon to talk about it."

Yet more questions were asked of him about it.

Now, you say you'd be accepting of me coming up and asking you that question hours after it happened to your close friends. Somehow i don't think you'd be as accepting if it had actually happened to you, but even if you were the patient and understanding type and were actually accepting of the question.. it doesn't make it right for me to ask it. As a human being, i should have more common sense and decency than to come and ask you a question like that hours after it has affected you in such an emotional and big way.

[WoodysGirl]

Originally Posted by RoyTheHammer

Sadly, that wasn't the end of it here. Its a direct quote from Albright that he said, "Its too soon to talk about it."

Yet more questions were asked of him about it.

Now, you say you'd be accepting of me coming up and asking you that question hours after it happened to your close friends. Somehow i don't think you'd be as accepting if it had actually happened to you, but even if you were the patient and understanding type and were actually accepting of the question.. it doesn't make it right for me to ask it. As a human being, i should have more common sense and decency than to come and ask you a question like that hours after it has affected you in such an emotional and big way.

I think you're grasping on to the "It's too soon part" and not seeing that Albright had an extensive interview.

He's quoted in about three different articles all over the place. Obviously he didn't mind talking about it.

As I stated before, one can ask, but it doesn't mean I have to answer. So you can ask, "WG, how are you doing? Are you ok? Do you want to talk about it?' If say I don't want to talk about it, then that's the end of it for me.

[RoyTheHammer]

Originally Posted by WoodysGirl

I think you're grasping on to the "It's too soon part" and not seeing that Albright had an extensive interview.

He's quoted in about three different articles all over the place. Obviously he didn't mind talking about it.

As I stated before, one can ask, but it doesn't mean I have to answer. So you can ask, "WG, how are you doing? Are you ok? Do you want to talk about it?' If say I don't want to talk about it, then that's the end of it for me.

All the articles i've seen have the same two or three quotes in them.. all saying virtually nothing except the PC, "we feel.. sad" "this is a tragedy" answers.

..and again, from your own article, this was not any kind of scheduled interview. It was a reporter, or group of reporters, who according to them, say Albright mingling in the hotel lobby and decided to approach him about the subject. They also kept with the questions after he is quoted as saying its too soon to talk about it.

You said the questions would have stopped there.. but clearly they didn't.