Conference Points Not Premeditated Because Jack “Just Happened to Stop By”?

Why The Face? This is just dumb.

“If you are wondering how sports headlines come about, understand that sometimes it’s almost by accident….Irish athletics director Jack Swarbrick just happened to stop by the session to listen – and he, too, was hit with the question about conferences.”

C’mon now, do they really think we’re stupid?

First of all, the AD doesn’t just HAPPEN to be walking by a coffee shop in NYC where his Head Football Coach is having coffee with the media, and pop in ‘just to listen’. This isn’t freaking the Central Perk in Friends.

Neither dude lives anywhere near NY, and there’s a 0% chance that Swarbrick didn’t know exactly what was happening at the time.

So, #1, it was no accident.

Second, if Swarbrick was ‘popping by’ just to listen, then why was he quoted like crazy? Why did he talk for so long and at such length about how likely it is for ND to join a conference? If asked the question, he could’ve just said “This is Coach Kelly’s meeting, I’m just here to listen, so I’ll hold off til the next time I discuss it formally.” Clearly, Swarbrick is smart enough to know that this is an option.

This was as planned as anything I’ve seen at worst, or, at “best”, it’s a message that Jack’s been itching to put out there, and he found a way to make it happen.

ND isn’t helping itself with a foolish statement like this. Of all the Friend’s cast, this sounds a lot like Joey.