Comments on: What grade would you give A-Rod for his performance?

By: Cramer/Stewart: 3 Communication Commandments | Matt Eventoff

Cramer/Stewart: 3 Communication Commandments | Matt Eventoff — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:19:16 +0000

[...] a bit, but two things the public is slow to forgive are hypocrisy and/or inconsistency (see A-Rod, Eliot [...]

By: Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:29:31 +0000

There’s no love lost between A-Rod and I, but I have to say, a C- is a little harsh. In the area of delivery, the poor guy did control his pacing pretty well, threw in some emphasis and eye contact, all while swallowing a fairly bitter pill. And sincere or not, that final “to my teammates” pause was an excellent concluding gimmick!

By: Yukiko

Yukiko — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:02:06 +0000

I enjoyed this. I don’t grade student presentations but I would definitely tell him to work on not sounding or looking like he is reading off the script. (That huge wrinkle between his eyebrows because he is slightly squinting to look at it!) Grabowski’s comments seem to have a point and probably represent the views of many fans, but then in some sense he is in a lose-lose situation: no matter how well he presents it, people would pick on something to talk badly about him anyway.

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:55:13 +0000

@Nikhil: better than Petitte?

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:36:50 +0000

I thought it was a solid performance – perfunctory apology without trying to be overly contrite, which would have been far more artifical, (and he notes only in passing a real issue – that the results of the test were not supposed to be made public), basic details of substance use answering most questions. I give it an A-. He’s handled steroids issue better than anyone else in baseball.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:29:12 +0000

Arod is such a turnoff on every possible level of communication and/or connection that he makes you not want to watch baseball. However, I do think it is possible that his entire existence is laced with such a permeating and thorough shame and that is why he is so detached and unengaged in his communication with other people. I don’t follow this guy, but I can’t remember ever seeing him not sullen. He’s just awful in my opinion, and how he ever got anyone to pay him so much money is really, really weird.