SI.com’s Peter King in his “Monday Morning Quarterback” column on Andy Reid’s situation involving his two sons:
a. We psychologists and family counselors in the media seem to be certain it would be better for Reid and his family for him to quit his job or take an extended leave to be home with his wife and three children. I don’t remember everyone jumping to tell Tony Dungy to quit his job and go home to be with his children when James Dungy committed suicide.
Dungy had kids at home. Reid has kids at home. Suicide, drug addiction. I wouldn’t criticize either man for chucking it all to change lives in the middle of a family crisis. Nor would I pretend to know enough about either situation to know whether the right thing is to stay or quit. How do I know whether Reid has three Eagle scouts left at home or three derelicts? How do I know whether the two who went off the deep end did so alone and with no involvement of the other three kids in the family?
Memo to the media: butt out and allow Reid and his family to make the necessary decisions regarding their lives.
