Former Bears Coach Mike Ditka left no doubt about how he'd treat the writer of a new tell-all book about the secret life of Walter Payton according to Andrew Greiner and Jeff Goldblatt of NBCChicago.com. "I'd spit on him," the coach said in an exclusive interview with NBC Chicago. "I have no respect for him." The book, The Hero No One Knew, posits the idea that Payton took drugs, had extramarital affairs and often contemplated suicide. "Pathetic. Despicable. It serves no purpose," Ditka said. He said Pearlman's reporting shouldn't be trusted and the writing was likely motivated by money. "People will buy it," Ditka said Source: The Redzone
MD has it right,.. Taking a shot at someone who can't speak up for themselves (and MD is probably right it just about the money) is pretty cheap and worthy of contempt,...
i love ditkas honesty. loved it ever since he ripped and exposed gene upshaw for the fraud he was when it came to how the union treats retired players. as fas as this book goes i will never read it. payton is my favorite nfl player ever. i dont care if he lived his life in an imperfect way. thats not really my business and nobody else's for that matter.
personally i wouldnt be surprised if payton became dependent on pain killers considering what he put his body through during his playing time. again though thats his business. i just think its pathetic a person would do this to make money. pathetic but certainly not surprising.
