Committing to commitment
Apr 13, 2013, 2:24 AM | Updated: Jul 26, 2024, 1:15 pm
What happened to commitment?
When did we change as a society that what you say is what you mean?
If a liberal does something clearly on the wrong side of personal accountability, the response is “Bush did it.” Conservatives justify their own negative actions by saying, “Well, Clinton did the same thing.”
Who’s going to be the first guy that says what they mean and follows through with what they say?
The Los Angeles Dodgers committed to having Andre Ethier on the Doug & Wolf Show Friday. After the gutless act of Carlos Quentin, the Dodgers called to cancel Ethier’s appearance. This isn’t an attack on the Dodgers PR department per se, but it is on all of them. The actions of Carlos Quentin have nothing to do with the commitment they made to us. PR departments across the country would do the same thing.
How about talking to Ethier ahead of time to go over potential questions while still keeping with the commitment?
Steve Alford verbally agreed to a contract with New Mexico covering the next 10 years. Just days later he was announced as UCLA’s head coach.
Notre Dame didn’t tell the ACC they will accept the terms of their new partnership as soon as they can. They committed to play five ACC games every football season but are going to break other commitments in order to achieve their new commitment.
The days of a man’s word meaning something are officially over.
