UCLA Dad Theriot is spinning his way out of Facebook fiasco
by anh_sc79 on Nov 5, 2009 2:20 PM PST
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So by now you all probably heard about Mr. Theriot and his thoughts on "Coach" Rick Neuheisel.
After some thoughts (or I imagine heavy dose of insults from likes of Mushroom and calls from UCLA AD), Mr Theriot is telling the world that it was some freaky hacker that posted those negative comments:
I am Brian Theriot and a loyal Bruin. My Facebook was hacked over 13 times in 72 hours with my password being randomly changed then sent to me via email on a reset code.
My facebook is very fun for me and my family but not given to comments or statements that were posted on it over the weekend. I have, as an NCAA Champion and UCLA Captain, a devoted love to UCLA Football And Track. I am a big fan of Coach Rick and the direction of the program.
In no way, shape, or form do I agree or condone what was put on my facebook.
And, for anyone that would like to speak with me personally.... My last post on my facebook prior to this mess was about my favorite.....Brett Favre.
I have spanked the Register and asked for a retraction. Frankly, I am just a dad riding out four more games and enjoying a great UCLA experience. Nothing more and nothing less.
Gee Mr. Theriot, you telling some crazy hacker hacked your account 13 times in 72 hours?? You believe we're really stupid? So you get password change notification and you do nothing? LOL. That's good spin, sir.
Here is where your post doesn't make sense: "My last post on my facebook prior to this mess was about my favorite.....Brett Favre.". According to OC Register blogger, there were posts criticizing "Coach" RN before and after your post about BF.
Adam Maya actually grills him on it:
Maya: There were multiple posts on your Facebook page attacking the program, beginning Saturday night and continuing through Monday morning. In-between there were multiple posts on Brett Favre and Halloween photos, which have not been removed. If you posted those, you would have seen the comments from Saturday night, which were still on your page as of Monday. Are those your posts from Sunday?
Theriot: “I’m a big Brett Favre fan. My last post I think was about 5:20 p.m., Sunday.”Maya: Right. And the posts attacking the program came before and after that. The first ones were from Saturday evening, shortly after the UCLA-Oregon State game. The others came on Monday morning. You’ve admitted you posted Sunday. So if someone else wrote these posts on Monday, what about the posts from Saturday?
Theriot: “Those aren’t me. I don’t attack the program. I’ll be honest with you, do I disagree with the use of my son? Yes, but that’s irrelevant. That’s no reason to attack the program. In the midst of all this (on Monday), I was communicating with Bob Field, the associate athletic director, about the situation with my son.”Maya: OK, but I want to make sure we’re clear on this: There were comments on your Facebook attacking the program on Saturday night. You said you posted the Halloween photos and comments on Brett Favre on Sunday. Did you write the comments from Saturday night?
Theriot: “I was in Corvallis. How would I do that?”Maya: You still could have easily logged into a computer. You could have even done it from your phone.
Theriot: “You think I’m going to do that while I’m having a good time when I’m in Corvallis on Halloween night? There’s no time for that.“Look, this is a newsworthy story. But I’m a true blue Bruin. I love the program and I love Rick Neuheisel. It’s not a big deal, but this thing steamrolled and now it’s in USA Today. I got hacked and that’s it. No big deal. Certainly I have differences as a parent but every parent does. I can’t win that battle. I’m not mad at anybody.”
Haha. So apparently the guys posts on his Facebook, sees 13 notifications of password change and doesn't notice the mess. Yeah, right... Looks to me, and few more CF fans (mind NON-USC fans, including some non-Mushroom worshipping readers at Ruined Nation), that Mr Theriot is just in "spin" mode. He looks incredibly bad in the eyes of UCLA AD and fellow Bruins, so he makes up a story on evil hacker.... Do you actually believe that??? Unless you are Mushroom-minded inbecile, you shouldn't.
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Yeap...
Are you telling me that his Facebook account was hacked that many times?
Right…and it only happened to this guy….because why?
Not buying it for a minute…
The guy needs to man up if has an issue with Slick Rick…He made big error airing his dirty laundry about this…he gets waht scorn he deserves!
Agreed
He definitely should have thought about any potential backlash after BEFORE he posted his thoughts on a public forum. I’m pretty sure that about 99% of the public will see this for what it really is.
I honestly have no idea what’s up here, but using Occam’s Razor, it was Mr Theriot that wrote the posts. My only questions would be… How did this reporter catch wind of it & know the exact timeline? Are they FB friends? Low level set on FB privacy? Was the reporter just surfing FB & saw it? Did some UCLA or SC fan see it & their first instint was to call the OCR guy?
Anyways, there’s only one way to get the thruth. Mr Theriot must give us all his FB & email acct info and we can all independently verify! >:-)
by impaulv on Nov 5, 2009 5:44 PM PST via mobile reply actions
My Guess Is...
One of Senior Theriots FB friends saw it and tipped off the OCR guy. Gotta love the social networking era! :D
The way this whole tempest in a teapot is unfolding is really quite amusing. And honestly, I don’t know which is more fun – Mr Theriot’s self destruction or the hyperbolic and blind rage over at BN regarding how the reporter dares question him!
It’s pretty clear that this Theriot guy got caught doing something very stupid. But in this Internet age we’ve all done a drunk post on some forum or other — it happens, we regret it, and it goes away in a little while. This Theriot guy is just digging himself deeper with wild tales.
But the disingenuous outrage against the paper and the reporter over at BN are really something else! Let’s indulge in a bit of a hypothetical experiement: what sort of reaction do you think the good people over at BN would have if, say, this came from the dad of a young player at Cal, or Arizona, or even Purdue? I find it a bit hard to believe that their first reaction would be to leap to the parent’s defense. In fact, I imagine unbridled glee on their part. And, if this were an Sc player’s dad, they’d point to it as yet another bit of evidence of a program out of control! The schadenfreude fest would be unimaginable!
But it really is part and parcel of the lockstep, Orwellian mind control over there. The BN regime is never wrong, and propagandizing every little element is their primary goal. Dissent, disagreement, or differing opinion is not only not tolerated, but forcefully ridiculed and ultimately banned. Not only that, but the entire dictatorship indoctrination is almost sublime. Post after post holds up their beloved “CRN” as some sort of bastion of humility, integrity, and perfection – usually taking the form of finding a story that isn’t very flattering to a coach of a different program (say, Leach and the “fat girlfriends” quote), then making these grand, almost deified pronouncements about how their “CRN” would never do that because of his inherent superior makeup. Never mind that the same would apply to almost every other coach out there — it is “CRN” who is the banner-carrier of upright behavior! And even when giving praise to another coach (say, the way Kelley disciplined Blount), it is done with equal accolades about how “CRN” would have done the same thing — perhaps even better.
Those kids over there are really quite the sideshow. Endlessly amusing, often aggravating, but never dull.
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It's spelled J-etc
by SoCal Oski on Nov 6, 2009 12:10 PM PST reply actions 7 recs
sigh
I imagine unbridled glee on their part.
Really? You think that if the parent of a walk-on fullback at some random school complained about the kid’s playing time on Facebook, anyone on Bruins Nation would care? Sure if it were USC there would be some (or plenty of) schadenfreude, but that makes it different from this site how exactly? Or any other UCLA/USC site?
That sentence pretty much sums up your whole post. You’re so filled with seething hate for BN that you miss the fact that the vast majority of what’s written there is nothing like what you imagine, and anytime there’s a whiff of controversy you can’t help but read into it what you want to see. And when that fails just make $hit up. But who am I to question your hyperbolic and blind rage. Oh well.
by SuperBruinMan on Nov 6, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Actually ---
I don’t hate BN. Honestly. But if you believe that there isn’t an overriding, oppressive regime in charge of it that absolutely does not tolerate different opinions, then you are somewhat deluded.
Read over any posts where someone dares express an opinion different than your Ruler and Master’s. As an example, I recall a brief exchange between your High Panjandrum and some guy named ucla13-9usc (or something), where that poor sod ended up licking the boots of your Supreme Leader just so he wouldn’t get banned!
You BNers have a very well earned reputation. Try looking at that place objectively and then look at the other blogs out there (AtQ, CC, BtD, CGB, etc).
ALL HAIL THE GLORIOUS BN LEADER!
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A bit hyperbolic
Yes, the moderation is stricter, but it’s not true that any disagreement is banned and differing opinions aren’t tolerated. About 99% of the people banned violate one of the following rules:
Any insult or any comment that would be perceived as an insult, attack or a lecture to the moderators could be subjected deletion, warning or subsequent banning. . . . Also, we will not tolerate any lectures to moderators on how they should run this community.
Also note (Trojans pay close attention to this) if you insult UCLA or anyone/anything associated with UCLA you could be subjected to immediate banning. There are lots of message boards to engage in cheap trash/smack talk.
It’s pretty clear in the rules, and it’s not the only website that has that policy (esp. wrt comments on moderators). It may also be worth noting that just because someone on CGB says they’re watching an argument on BN and someone got banned, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true.
by SuperBruinMan on Nov 6, 2009 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
Not the place
CC is not the place to raise the absurdity of BN.
Look, I have nothing against you (other than your knee-jerk reaction), and I find many posters on BN to be quite easy to get along with. Ryebredraz, for one. But to call the moderation at BN “strict” is such a short-sell that it is laughable. Even worse, BN paints Ucla fans in a pretty embarrassing light.
Anyway, this is not the appropriate forum for this. I’d discuss it with you on BN, but … well, BANNED!
Good luck against UW.
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We're cool...
don’t sweat it
I like a great debate on just about anything…even the virtues of BN. But not with a guy that only comes here to defend them.
I can’t remember the last time he came here to have a decent discussion about football or hoops…oh well.
SORRY BUT-----------Violate rules people come here and other places break the rules.
They don’t get banned the fact that your leader is immature is the only reason
Please don't tell me what to do or think, what I might say is a personal opinion.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 6, 2009 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
So much to say...
but it’s pointless.
I really don’t have the time to waste…where would I go to get that time back?
You haven’t been here in what 12-18 months and you came back to comment on this???
Well, OK
I guess…
Actually
since the end of the last basketball season, so 6 months or so. Haven’t posted a whole lot on any sports forums this season.
by SuperBruinMan on Nov 7, 2009 1:01 AM PST up reply actions
Just FYI SBM
My buddy chimed in on BN on a thread about USC fans being less than polite at the USC ucla game. My buddy then brought up the fact that a Trojan fan lost an eye at the very same game when he was attacked by 10 bruin fans. Nestor immediately banned him.
That is laughable
“Stricter”? Any dissenting opinion, counter, or reasonable debate discourse results in immediate banning from Jihad Nestor. The BN moderator rules are not followed, and not worth the HTML code in which they are written.
Another FYI
None of these rules apply to USC fans that post there. I posted there one time, and was immediately insulted by several people. I wasn’t banned, but my innocuous comment was met with hostility.
LOL you stand by all that what a hypocrite, not even a true Bruin would stand for some of the crap that BN spews.
Please don't tell me what to do or think, what I might say is a personal opinion.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 6, 2009 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
Brian is a good guy I have talked to him in person a couple of times.
They use to live down the street from me (Costa Mesa Cal.), but they moved about 2 mouths ago I think to the Westside since his wife works in Hollywood. But he never talked down about Ucla from me in fact he wanted to help my company get involved with Ucla Athletics, also maybe to get on broad with his wife’s production company. I feel he is a good person if he has a problem with the coaches and staff, well it’s all he said she said kind of the way of the medias life.
Please don't tell me what to do or think, what I might say is a personal opinion.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 6, 2009 12:15 PM PST reply actions
Whats funny
Is that people actually give a rip that some guy went off on a coach that isn’t playing his kid. Hazleton was much the same way. The biggest difference with the Hazleton situation is that he at least had the guts to come out and admit his statements on the record. Theriot is backpeddling, and most likely lying.
I understand the parental instinct, but at some point you’ve just got to let it go.
Didn’t someone post to this very blog from the same place that Hazleton’s dad works? At some point, you’ve got to question whether you’re really helping your child by going public.
I dont think Hazleton's dad wanted him to come to USC at all
Once he got here, anything short of him bring a #1 receiver wouldn’t be enough to keep him in Los Angeles.
USC pushed him out
If Theriot actually played, then it would be interesting to watch CRNweasel’s reaction. At SC, Vidal has a great soph season and was expected to have an even better junior campaign. He was injured, his Dad made the comments, and the coaching staff never played him again after his healthy return.
Even if his Dad was a troublemaker, why blame the kid? He was a stud and would be a huge value to the offense if playing as a Trojan right now. We hurt ourselves.
Just wondering
Any rational ucla fans that post here:
Do you believe Theriot’s story about being hacked?
Knowing that the comments in question were posted Saturday, and Monday. Theriot admits to posting Favre comments on Sunday.
I personally don’t believe it. The ole “Why would I do that? The consequences would be really bad” defense doesn’t fly with me. It really doesn’t matter anymore though. It wouldn’t have mattered at all if a fairly inconsequential personal blog weren’t reported by the OC Register.
I’m annoyed by the attention it got from Maya. There weren’t a lot of big UCLA things out there, but I’m not sure this even counts as newsworthy but for his decision. I really think the guy has an agenda against us, and I’m the last person to believe that stuff.
Go Bruins!
I agree with you
that it isn’t a very important story in the scheme of things. If anything I agree with another poster’s assessment that it could be part of a story regarding how the internet has changed things by allowing players, parents, and fans to instantly throw their opinions out there and criticize their coaches publicly.
In my opinion the whole Randall Carroll thing, and this Theriot thing is no different than the “white nation” facebook, and hazleton debacles at USC.
I don’t believe Theriot. But really all we have here is a guy who wants to see his son play more, and really what parent wouldn’t want that. He just would have had more guts if he came out and admitted that he wrote those things, and that he was or wasn’t sorry about it. Maybe he said it in frustration for the loss. Either way, lying about it just makes him look like a twit.
No
Before this whole facebook thing he used to post on Bruingold as Oldtimecoach (or something close to that). I don’t read that board often, but it didn’t take long to decide never to read his posts – usually incoherent babble about the fullbacks’ role in the offense. Not knowing who he was , I just assumed he was, well, crazy. Apparently he has since been banned from Bruingold, if that has any reflection on his credibility.
by SuperBruinMan on Nov 8, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
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