It would be reasonable to think that Jabba was
not solely responsible for the Rangers* Statement, the one saying, “See that
girl I stalked for weeks and then asked out? I only realised she was ugly after
she said ‘no’.”
When you think about it, had
Jabba fired the Statement off in a fit of pique without consulting senior Rangers*
board members he might have risked being fired. In fact, one wonders if Jabba actually helped
tone it down, being a man who knows the (admittedly expansive) limits of
credibility and shamelessness within his own swamp.
In fact, that the Statement
was met with almost universal incredulity in the normally Sevco-reliable
Scottish sports media may suggest Jabba telling his boys not to give it much
traction, perhaps intending this as a lesson to whoever it was at Rangers* who stepped
on his toes by effectively doing his job for him. No one likes their bosses doing
their job for them. Best it goes wrong and they learn the hard way to leave it
to the experts in incredulity and shamelessness.
Whether he did or didn’t tone it
down, it is doubtful he could have created and released the statement under
the Rangers* logo, and officially, without it being cleared at the very top. And
yet, murmurings are that most senior Rangers* people are embarrassed by it. Now, who does that
leave?
Certainly, the statement was glib and shameless.
Certainly, the statement was glib and shameless.
