“We are very sorry that we showed a penis on our website”. Man, if I had a dollar for everytime I’ve had to write those words. Thus apologized Redskins TE Chris Cooley, whose cock JPG seen ’round the world yesterday was of lesser concern to Washington head coach Jim Zorn than the appearance of something else no one in their right mind would want to look at; a ‘Skins playbook. From the Washington Post’s Jason Reid and Jason La Confora.
“My first thought is to just make a team-wide statement and talk about it,” said Zorn, who will speak with players before the team begins preparations to face the Arizona Cardinals. “It’s not just Chris, anybody can do that, and we’ve just got to make sure that these guys are using” common sense.
A photo of six questions from the “Tight Ends Test,” which was in the Redskins’ playbook for their game against the New Orleans Saints, was posted on Cooley’s blog on Sunday. In his response to the questions, Cooley, among other things, briefly described the play of the Saints’ defensive ends and listed the numbers of players used in defensive packages.
It “is quite interesting, I think for all coaches in today’s technology-sound world,” Zorn said. “At any level, not only the NFL level, but at any level there’s MySpace, Facebook, there’s blogging. I just think it’s something that most coaches have never had to deal with or have dealt with. This will be my first experience. There’s no rules, there’s no laws.
“I think the rule of thumb that I’m going to have to contend with here is that if you have your own blog, and you’re putting photos or you’re even saying anything, that nothing really should be put in there that has Redskins playbook [on it]. That goes without saying. I think Chris used a little bit of poor discretion using that type of prop, if you will.“
I have now seen the “offending” picture. Hey, I read a newspaper in the nude SOME times…uh-oh, TMI alert!!!
So sorry…
What do I call Cooley NOW??? LMMFDO…oh, SO appropriate!!!
This is becoming a trend in the NFL. At least Santonio Holmes doesn’t have to worry about being embarrased about his foray into nude pic posting.