I was always pretty neutral on Gottlieb and indeed, agreed that some SU fans were overly sensitive about him and his shtick.
However, that changed for me during that unexpected Final4 run, where he willingly showed his biases with every victory we piled up.
It was like he couldn’t bring himself to admit that maybe, just maybe, we were better than he gave us credit for. Not asking that he should’ve changed his opinion on whether we should’ve got in that year, but for Pete’s sake, at least acknowledge the team was better than you thought.
There’s a clip of a segment where i believe Greg Anthony, and everyone on set literally laughs at & calls him out for his anti-SU bias, and his total unwillingness to admit he COULD, maybe, just maybe...have been wrong. That sealed it for me.
He’s an arrogant, unremitting ahole, who trolls fanbases under the guise of pseudo professional journalism. The fact that he’s a convicted thief is irrelevant at this point, but unsurprising in that it exposes his overall hypocrisy. Its serves as just another window into his character. JMHO
