Tiger Woods: The Speech

Okay, the speech was delivered. Tiger apologized to people, took the blame and wasn't sure when he'd back to play. Did we learn anything? Not much. Tiger delivered a speech, but he didn't say much of anything. Did he write the speech? Most of it? Some of it? Tough to tell.

Would he have even delivered a speech if it wasn't step 9 of the 12 steps? I don't think so. If he offered this speech freely and not as part of a program he would have and should have months ago. We would have received the same information a month or two ago so why wait? Because he wasn't to that stage of the program yet.

I'll admit I was a little confused when Tiger admitted to a "sense of entitlement" leading to his transgressions. The confusing part to me is that I thought he had a sexual addiction. However, he said today that essential he thought he had worked hard enough and achieved enough professional success that he deserved to get laid whenever he felt like it. The entitlement takes away the 'need' for sex. I actually appreciate the admission because it brings him to our level a bit more than being a sex addict did. He is ungodly wealthy, famous and as such had women throwing themselves at him and like many regular folks put in that situation he took advantage. 

The most disappointing statement of the speech was "This is a private matter between a husband and a wife". He basically said he will never answer a direct question about this fiasco, ever.

The overall feeling I got from this was that not much will change with Woods the way people wanted. He will not become more fan friendly, and certainly not more media friendly. Sadly he will probably become more publicly robotic than he had been before, and not the "real" guy we as golf fans hoped to see. He has every right to want to shield his family, but publicly Woods needed to become more open about himself. I fear the divide between Woods and his fans will become an intentional chasm, rather than a figurative embrace.

What do you think?