Matt Kuchar was wrong to stiff caddie, but venomous overreaction is wrong, too. My latest column; plus our Kyler Murray-to-Dolphins posit with Murray vs. Tua Tagovailaoa poll. Last day to vote!; also, remembering Parkland one year later & more
GREG COTE'S RANDOM EVIDENCE BLOG: MIAMI. SPORTS. AND BEYOND.
1) It's FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. Hope y'all felt much love on Valentine's Day, while also remembering the 17 lives lost one year ago in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland. It will never be a happy Valentine's Day for the loved ones left grieving. Shouldn't stricter gun control and a ban on assault weapons be a bipartisan issue above politics? May the March For Our Lives activism this tragedy spawned continue and grow. 2) Visit Greg Cote Tuesday for best-of podcast from this week's Le Batard Show on ESPN. It's really bad, thanks to my record-low performance. You're welcome! 3) Football is done, but never too late to buy our 'Fins At 50' book for the Dolfans in your life. Check it out on Amazon. 4) In The Previous Blogpost (ITPB): Bob Costas walks away, your Miami's-next-champion verdict & more. 5) Join us on Twitter @gregcote. Also Facebook and Instagram.
YES, KUCHAR DID A DUMB, CHEAP THING. NOW GET OFF HIS BACK!: I guess that would be my latest column if you boiled it down to two short sentences. Yes, the PGA Tour star Matt Kuchar, who'd just won a tournament and its $1.3 million prize, paid his caddie a piddling $5,000. But as bad as that was (and it was), the overreaction vilifying Kuchar may be worse, especially when extenuating circumstances and the full picture of Kuchar are considered. For that more nuanced look I invite you to visit my newest column here:He Was Wrong To Stiff Caddie, But Vilifying Kuchar is Wrong, Too. (Kuchar and the caddie are pictured, in happier times, before the bag man realized his week's pay envelope was a little very thin).
MURRAY IN '19 OR TAGOVAILOA in '20? VOTE NOW: In my latest column I propose that the Dolphins fast-track their future by (hopefully) drafting Kyler Murray this year rather than gambling to maybe get Tau Tagovailoa a year later. To read that column, visitWhy Murray Is Perfect Fit For Dolphins. Now, in this poll, I'd like to know your opinion on this. That the Dolphins will be moving on from quarterback Ryan Tannehill seems so increasingly clear it's almost as if he's already gone. But who's next? A stopgap veteran seems unlikely. The draft seems far likelier. And the choices seem fairly clear. Draft Oklahoma's Heisman-winning Murray 13th overall this April if he's there, which he plausibly might be. Or tank this coming season and gamble you'll be bad enough to get a pick high enough to go for Alabama's Tagovailao in 2020. No guarantee Miami would get either guy, of course. But if the plan is to draft your future, Murray now vs. Tagovailao later seems the probable either/or. Your opinion goes here:
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