Originally Posted by
DannyInvincible
If Kimmage is of the opinion that the awarding process should not be subject to a public vote and that a select panel of sporting experts should decide the most deserving candidate because a public vote effectively renders the whole thing a popularity contest, that's fair enough and I can see his point. However, he could easily have left his analysis at that - at the level of procedural critique - without getting needlessly personal by bringing James' family into it in order to downplay the admiration the wider public have for James' endeavours. Instead, Kimmage added a hyperbolic jibe about James' parents being the only people who believed James was worthy of the award when this was demonstrably false, given the highest number of the general public who voted evidently felt James was deserving. That may have riled James a bit.
Still, on the whole and to be fair, Kimmage was complimentary (and I only read his words, so didn't actually hear his tone, which could well have been light and jocular for all I know, particularly as it will have been obvious to anyone aware of the award that more than just James' parents felt James was deserving), so, yeah, no need for James to react by being so defensive and mocking of Kimmage, who is a highly-regarded and well-respected journalist. The best way for James to have shown his lack of concern for Kimmage's opinion would have been to ignore the criticism or to thank Kimmage for his opinion but say he respectfully disagreed.
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