Part 6: 'Bobby was behind the whole thing.'
The photographer was waiting for me outside. Somehow, he knew that I made a daily run to this coffee shop. Did she give the Daily Mail my address? He spotted me approaching, followed me inside to the counter, and waited to hear me say my name to the cashier for my to-go order to confirm he had the right target. Then he scurried back outside and took up a position at the entrance to my building. This guy was a pro.
Now he had an unobstructed line of sight as I walked some 50 yards, totally exposed, back to my front door. He was calm, not like the panicky pack of paparazzi you see on the news sometimes, jostling each other and madly snapping bursts of photos. The Daily Mail guy had some 30 seconds to shoot—an eternity—and he was taking his time, chilling on a concrete bench, adjusting his cartoonishly long telephoto lens at his leisure. I only noticed him halfway through the kill zone. Should I turn around? Oh, God, that would be worse, right? I just smiled and walked by.
The picture was posted later that night, and the headline could not have been better for Olivia and Bobby than if they had written it themselves...
https://t.co/ibGDnYuhAs
@rabreedlove@DennyBurk You’re right I was feeling crabby. Sorry.
I will say: I live eight hundred yards from Vaught-Hemingway but am hard core LSU and this situation was more complex than your characterization implies. All done now and we’ll just have to see how it all plays out.
@PGuy77@texaslnghn@colecubelic No, he quit on the team. I live 800 yards from Vaught-Hemingway but have been a Tiger fan for 47 years. He broke the golden rule and quit on his guys for what he thought was a better opportunity for him alone. This is basic stuff.
@jprich7196@daviddowda@DanWolken Yiu understand this is sports, right? There IS a code based on emotion and common purpose, and Lane flagrantly violated it. If you don’t get that, I can’t help you. Other jobs would have come, but this shot with this locker room, never again.