Kent Desourmaux interview

[eajinabi]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Of course, but that's neither here nor there with how appropriate it was to ask Kent about Big Brown.

How was it appropriate? This question was raised 2 years ago and it was answered 2 years ago. Was he expecting Desormaux to say: Yes Mr. Costas, I had money on the race and I purposely pulled up Big Brown to ensure that I cash in on the eventual winner. He made Desormaux look like a dick. Kent was never suspended for what he was accused of so why stir up conterversy thats not even there?

[Thunder Gulch]

Desormeaux is an ass, so no sympathy. Loud mouth f*ck blames everyone but his own crappy rides.

[randallscott35]

He was confident Paddy was a turf horse after that effort.

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

He was confident Paddy was a turf horse after that effort.

lol

Makes two of us.

[-BT-]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

Desormeaux is an ass, so no sympathy. Loud mouth f*ck blames everyone but his own crappy rides.

agree 100% he plays the monday morning quarterback to perfection, step back for a second and just listen how overconfident (prick) you sound like. I've NEVER heard an interview with him where he's admited to messing up, nor never not put a horse in a spot to win. Everything is "this caused me to do that... or i would have won"

-bt-

Originally Posted by -BT-

agree 100% he plays the monday morning quarterback to perfection, step back for a second and just listen how overconfident (prick) you sound like. I've NEVER heard an interview with him where he's admited to messing up, nor never not put a horse in a spot to win. Everything is "this caused me to do that... or i would have won"

-bt-

He would really look cool if he put on a bicorne for all interviews.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

How was it appropriate? This question was raised 2 years ago and it was answered 2 years ago. Was he expecting Desormaux to say: Yes Mr. Costas, I had money on the race and I purposely pulled up Big Brown to ensure that I cash in on the eventual winner. He made Desormaux look like a dick. Kent was never suspended for what he was accused of so why stir up conterversy thats not even there?

If Kent really did look that way, he did it to himself. I don't think he looked as bad as you seem to think he did. There's no statute of limitations on screwy rides in Triple Crown races. People rant about Smarty Jones' trip in the Belmont every year, sometimes not even during the TC season.

Costas wasn't playing "gotcha journalism." He might blunder into something, but he's not malicious. He found a connection that sounded all soap opera-y and asked about it. At worst, it was lazy. It's not irrelevant. If Bob had really wanted a good interview, he should've gotten hold of Kent in Bermuda. Steve showed everybody how it's done.