Here is one story ESPN, Alexi Lalas, John Harkes, and the rest of those butt-fucky schmucks not named Ian Darke will not tell you.
Tonight, the Philadelphia Union played a club friendly against English Premier side Everton. Now Everton are in their pre-season, so not everyone is going to play 90 minutes. I think everyone knows that. But for the Union's standpoint (because the game is being played at PPL Park), a major selling point of the match was Tim Howard. Unfortunately, at the last minute, Everton and Tim Howard announced that he would not be playing in the match.
Now normally, this slight mis-communication could be understandable. While still a nuisance as the Union used Tim Howard as a major selling point to this match, we must understand this is Everton's pre-season and they may not want to waste their goalkeeping fixture in a meaningless match in Philadelphia.
The problem comes in when Tim Howard decides to lie about the whole thing. This is what Tim Howard told ESPN today in regards to not playing tonight in Philadelphia.
Those decisions are obviously made jointly, but unfortunately, they were made quite a long time ago. They don’t get made this week. Those types of things are discussed amongst ourselves months and months in advance.Upon hearing of this statement, Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz told the following to Philadelphia Union writer Chris Vito.
"We're really surprised. One of the reasons we entertained Everton's phone call was because of Tim Howard and we were under the impression Tim Howard was playing."Now why on earth would Sakiewicz get the impression Tim Howard was playing if the decision not to play Tim Howard was made months ago. Well, when this friendly was first announced back in April 2011, Tim Howard had the following to say.
“Philadelphia Union is a fantastic club and I’m really looking forward to playing against them,” said Howard. “Nick Sakiewicz brought me through the ranks when I was younger, I’m friends with members of their coaching staff, and one of my best friends, Danny Califf, plays for them. It's a club whose results I always look out for and hope they do well.Tim Howard: World-Class hypocrite.
“It will be a tough game for us. They're going to be in the mold of their manager, Peter Nowak. He's a tough, hard-nosed former Polish international who doesn't back down. I know for a fact from being very close to him that he expects nothing less from his team as well.”
(h/t The Brotherly Game)
When I saw the headline "Tim Howard: World-Class Hypocrite", i expected a post in which you explained Tim Howard being a world-class hypocrite.
ReplyDeleteInstead, I read about Tim Howard not informing the Union of his non-playing.
You do understand that the quotes you gave in April are outstandingly irrelevant because he meant it...do you?
When Tim Howard said the decision to play him was made a really long time ago, uhmm, has the thought occured to you that that could've been in May??
So he didnt inform the Union of him not playing...and hes a World-class hypocrite. GREAT WORK!
Maybe you dont know what a hypocrite is.....
And now I just read a comment from someone who did not read the post.
ReplyDeleteMerriam-Webster's definition of hypocrite: "a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings" (link: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrite)
Tim Howard in April 2011: "Philadelphia Union is a fantastic club and I’m really looking forward to playing against them. Nick Sakiewicz brought me through the ranks when I was younger, I’m friends with members of their coaching staff, and one of my best friends, Danny Califf, plays for them. It's a club whose results I always look out for and hope they do well."
Tim Howard in July 2011 (that's 3 months later for the mathematically disabled): "Those decisions are obviously made jointly, but unfortunately, they were made quite a long time ago. They don’t get made this week. Those types of things are discussed amongst ourselves months and months in advance."
Tim Howard stated one thing (he would play) then turned around, did not play, and said decisions like that to not play were made "months and months ago" and did not play in the Union game. All the while, he had members of the Union front office believing he was going to play until the decision came a few days before the match Howard was not going to play, when he used the guise of a "holiday" as a reason for his not playing. (link: http://twitter.com/#!/RBrightUnion/statuses/93409118051766272).
Let me repeat myself because it is clear I am dealing with someone who is not very bright. Hypocrisy is saying one thing, and doing another. Tim Howard said one thing, had everyone believing he was doing that thing he said he would do, then turned around and did something else. That is the dictionary definition of hypocrisy.