Wow - this is a big time shocker. Don't read ANYTHING into Murph's "no comment" - other than that he has a lawyer that is advising him well. Even if I were representing the POPE I would recommend my client say NOTHING. Still - I wonder if there must be something to this. I can't imagine the DA having an axe to grind with Murph. In fact - I would think he would be extra careful before brining these types of charges against someone of Murph's stature. That is what troubles me about this. All we can do is wait for the judicial system to work this out. Hope this isn't true.
This will tarnish a great family member of this community. I surely hope that non of this accusations are true. Say Clutch, this is not one of your early april fools joke that you have every year! Is it?
One thing that can be assumed is that Calvin has made some pretty bad mistakes in the past. Fourteen children with at least three women in different locations around the country is a bad situation. There is no way he could have raised all his children, so there is no doubt some of them must hold a lot of resentment. Especially if he squandered his money and wasn't even able to support them, which seems to be hinted at with the Chronicle comment about him not having the means that most people would assume. What a shame. I hope this is about money, and Calvin had nothing to do with this bizarre double life he is being accused of.
thats very true doctor robert I like other fans assume Calvin has simply led a marvelous life. It actually didn't even dawn on me that 14 kids with 3 women might of resulted in unstable upbringings for some of them. It didn't until now. Right now Calvin certainly seems like a respectable citizen, but I wonder if in the past if he was always so respectable. Will not get this out of my mind until all this mess boils over
True about some Child Molestors are repeat offenders but look at the date they said from 1988 to 1991. I mean people molested their child usually when they are too young to understand and defend themselves. Some Child Molestors will stop molesting after certain year whne he knows the child is old enought to understand that it is wrong amd will defend his/herself and report it. So the accusations is pretty much is coming to light that he did molested them in their young age during those periods only to maybe stop for fear of getting caught. I mean it's common sense to know that young kids who do get fondle, sexually molested at a young age don't know if it's wrong or right. It's only when they grow up and read, watch and listen that they learn from the society that it is wrong and that is when they find anger for what happen to them when they couldnt defned themselves. It's a cruel world that some of the kids have to go through and find a voice to speak out to whom will listen and believe such accusation with no evident but the only evident is within their own pain. I'm speaking from experience that isn;t as serious as these girls claim but it's still p!sses me off to think about it and no way I'm going to speak out cause this will jsut be embarrassing to live with if others know. YOu gotta be pretty brave to speak out but like I said, my situation wasn't as bad. It was something stupid when you were kids.
Wrong. The first thing a lawyer tells you, or advices a person to do, is NOT to say ANYTHING. Period. What you say can be twisted in any way.
True, but what about guilty people that is obviously guilty? Lawyers are pretty idiotic you know. Well, that's their job to make believable nice person out of a corrupted human. Read and watch about the defending Lawyers and you will know what I'm talking about. Guessed what, Lawyers who are so good a their jobs win cases for the quilties.
Oh.. My.. Goodness.. This is some seriously bad dream I am having right now.. This is just not fair.. even if he is not guilty of the accusations, it is probably a given that he is guilty of not being a good father.. and even that hurts.. hell, I have been trying to think of a way to get down to the floor at a game with my 3-year-old son to meet Calvin before or after a game.. And now this.. this doesn't just hurt him, or his family.. this hurts all Rockets people everywhere, heck it wounds the entire CITY.. I am tapping my red shoes together.. 'there's no place like home.. there's no place like home.. there's no place like home!!!!' damn damn damn
My first instinct is to believe Murph did nothing, and that this is just a conspiracy concocted by some of his girls who didn't get the attention of their father. A father figure is, after all, important in any child's life. However, the fact that he works with so many children does not mean that he would not molest children. It could be a penance of sorts (does anyone know when, exactly, he started working so intensively with children?), trying to work with other children to sort of cleanse himself from his demons. I'm not saying this is the case, I'm just saying there are too many scenarios of what could have happened for us, the uneducated, to speculate on.
This is shocking. I remember meeting Calvin when I was in elementary during the championship years. And the fact that he was always the announcer as long as I've been alive makes him almost the Rockets to me. Him and Rudy are two of the first things I associate with the Houston Rockets. It was really tough last year when Rudy got sick and this is tough because I've always liked Calvin. I'll reserve judgement until I know more of what happened. If it is not a true story, I hope the people accusing him get whatever worked out that caused them to do this to their father. If it is true, he should be punished and I hope he gets the help he needs as well. This is a bad situation for everyone all around because even if it were not true that is sad because it means they obviously don't have the relationship they need with their father. And if it is true, then well it's really sad for the victims involved.
OMG, this is really crazy. I hope this is not true cause i really loved this guy and his knowledge about basketball. I pray god that this is not true.
I can't believe this. I'm pretty young and I wasn't around when Calvin was a player but I like to learn about the history of the game and I know Murph was a damn good player. I always thought he and Bill were the best tandem in the league. I met him once when I tried out for his Whiz Kids team a long time ago and he was so nice. He really seems like a good guy. It's just so easy to poke fun at his wardrobe though. I really hope that this isnt true. The Rockets and the city of houston don't need this right now. If things don't work out with Calvin, maybe we could lure Kenny Smith away from TNT.
i just caught the last 2 seconds of a bill worrell interview on sportcenter...does anyone know what he said?
I think previous comments about these kids not speaking up until now b/c they didn't know it was wrong would be true if the kids were teenagers now. However, these kids are in their early to late 20's and they should have known years ago what Calvin "allegedly" did was wrong. It just seems convenient that all of a sudden, all of them come forth with this allegation. I would think that out of 5 of these kids, at least one of them would have told someone before now and that it would have gotten out. Also, I have to agree with previous posts about what kind of households these kids were raised up in. First of all, their mothers basically slept around with an athlete and had his kid. Thus, mom probably wasn't the best role model. Secondly, their Dad was absent most of the time. There's definitely going to be some instability. I think we need to look at whether or not these families are enduring financial hardships or asked for money recently too. Like I said in a previous post, I have met Calvin a number of times (including when I was 9 yrs old) and he has always been nothing but a positive figure to look up to. I'm not saying that it is not possible that he is guilty. It just seems a little bit fishy that all the allegations came out at once and who they are coming from.
one of the biggest things i look forward to at the beginning of the season is hearing bill and calvin again. i'm shocked about what has happened and can only hope that it's not true and he can come back to work.
I remember how he scammed the City while incharge of that dance camp thing. He filled out sheets to show he was working on certain days on the camp thing, when in fact he was announcing Rox games, and he bought lots of equipment that was never used, and over stated the number of kids who attended it. ( I can't remember what it was about, some kind of show for the Mayor or something back in 1998) IIRC I still love the guy when he does color comentating though. I really hope the allegations by his kids are false. His name has already been damaged. I heard his lawyer say today that his kids are disgruntled and are after his wife's teaching retirment money which was left to him.
