Dwyane's World

What's more surprising: the fact that Dwyane Wade was dumb enough to compare losing basketball games to September 11th, or smart enough to apologize for it the next day? Well, since it was probably his PR Department that made him apologize, not Wade's genuine gesture, I don't think I can choose the later. Answering questions yesterday, Wade said:

“There’s going to be times when we might lose one, two games in a row,
maybe two games, three games in a row, you never know. It’s going to
seem like the world is crashed down. You all are going to make it seem
like the World Trade has just went down again. But it’s not going to be
nothing but a couple basketball games lost and we’ll have to get back on track.”

While Wade probably offended thousand's of people, he's not the first moron to touch on the sensitive subject. Nick Saban, head coach of the University of Alabama Football Team had this to say after a monstrous upset against the University of Louisiana-Monroe in 2007:

"Changes in history usually occur after some kind of catastrophic
event. It may be 9-11, which sort of changed the spirit of America
relative to catastrophic events. Pearl Harbor kind of got us ready for
World War II, or whatever, and that was a catastrophic event."

No Nick, the loss would have been like September 11th if two planes had flown into Bryant-Denny Stadium, as the fourth quarter was ending. Way too offend the World War II Veterans also. However, none might be worse than Rick Pitino's comparison in 2009 after being accused of rape (and at least adultery). In response to how him and his family will get through the tough times, Pitino said:

"When 9/11 hit, you needed a community to get you over it. In
New York City, it was easy because everybody knew the devastation
of that and they got each other over it. In Louisville, the impact wasn't
felt like New York City, but I needed the community to help me get over it.
The university officials and my friends and loved ones have helped me
through this very difficult time."

Although Pitino did lose his brother-in-law during the September 11th attacks, it hardly seems that would justify a comparison to committed adultery. At least the first two comments were sports-related, this is just in bad taste. I think we can all agree that, under no circumstances, is a 9/11 references comparison ever appropriate in sports. If I had a nickle for every dumb comment an athlete made...