Bliss planned Baylor cover-up

Fort Worth Star-Telegram ^ | August 15, 2003 | Danny Robbins

[Timesink]

Click on the image above for a transcript of some conversations, a timeline and photographs of the key people.

[Lancey Howard]

Absolutely incredible.
This pathetic sack Bliss was a coach for 28 years??
He must do hard time.

[happygrl]

He must do hard time.

Yes.

And that doesn't begin to mitigate the attempt to smear a dead man.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Baylor used to be a religious school right? methodist?

[happygrl]

Baylor used to be a religious school right? methodist?

No.

Southern Baptist, if you can believe it.

But Sports is a Religion in Texas and nothing usurps it's pre-eminance, except murder it seems.

[rabidralph]

the dome of that arena looks like an IUD.

[Dick Vomer]

I heard someone on the radio saying he thought Bliss would land on his feet and coach somewhere else..... I guess it'll be in Huntsville. Isn't this obstruction of justice or at least conspiracy to obstruct... or commit perjury...

What an a-hole to smear a dead guy.

[tdadams]

"You don't even have to tell me about Dotson because he's still alive," Bliss said. "But Dennehy is never going to refute what we say... he's dead, so he isn't going to argue with me at all."

What a reprehensible scumbag! There truly is a special place in hell for people like this.

[dtel]

Bliss is not what he appears.
There have been violations at every stop in his 28 years and this latest transgression proves exactly what a POS he is.
Rot in hell, Dave.

[Clara Lou]

I'm really sad for Baylor. They work hard to be a good university. Baylor let $$$ and the quest for recognition blind them. It should never have joined the Big Twelve-- it's the root of this particular evil. Baylor has been in over its head since the old SWC died.

[lelio]

Reached at his home late Friday, Bliss told the Star-Telegram that he had been trying to "share some of the stories that I had heard, and I was completely wrong in what I did."
...
Bliss told one player. "I think the thing we want to do _ and you think about this _ if there's a way we can create the perception that Pat may have been a dealer. Even if we had to kind of make some things look a little better than they are, that can save us."

That doesn't seem to be talking about what you heard, but rather trying to save your a$$.

[McLynnan]

"I'm upset that Bliss would even think about doing something like that because I know the man and I never would have thought he'd do anything like that. Still, until I hear the tapes myself, personally, I'm going to say no.

Valerie, publicly eating crow here! Early on, I wouldn't believe Bliss was capable of such deception, plotting and self-serving obstruction. As a member of The Baylor Fast Break Club during part of Bliss' tenure here, I am stunned. My daughter and his son run in the same crowd, and I truly feel awful for his family. The man seemed to have character in spades. This is sick beyond belief.

[TexKat]

Patrick Donnehy's autopsy showed two bullet holes to the head and no drugs in his system.

Carlton Dotson has been charged with Donnehy's murder. Members of Dotson's family has reported that Dotson complained of hearing voices. Was those voices Bliss's voices. I am not the least bit inclined to believe that Dotson acted alone in this. Just what else is Bliss covering up. Bliss had to know that Donnehey was dead all along.

And to add insult to injury this scum (Bliss) had the nerve to attend Donnehy's funeral.

[McLynnan]

Yes, it's all extremely disgusting, and I have a feeling we've only touched the tip of the iceberg. Not to mention Tom Stanton may have been a sacrificial lamb in all of this to cover Bliss's rear. Any bets on how long Sloan hangs on?

[SVTCobra03]

I agree. Arkansas should have been the 12th team.

[txzman]

Bliss deserves to do some real time in prison - as well as the Cowboy's player who killed 2 good samaritans on the highway at 100mph and then lied about it.

[ValerieUSA]

Bliss indicated that Thomas' loyalty stemmed from the fact that Baylor coaches publicly said they knew nothing about the player's alleged threats when the matter was raised by Dennehy's friends and family.
"Harvey will do anything," Bliss told Rouse. "And the reason is because we did it for Harvey."
After Rouse responded by saying, "I'm with you," Bliss added: "You know, I mean, we stuck up for ... That's why we're in this jam, we stuck up for Harvey. I said there were no threats, and all these people got ticked at me."

Bliss needs some serious prison time.

I never met the man, but his demeanor and the words he chose to use on TV interviews when Dennehy was reported missing set off alarms for me. It was all schmoooooozy Christian platitudes that sounded exactly like what people would want to hear, and could have been applied to any question or situation at all. I've seen these corrupt charlatans operate before, and Bliss was a classic case - all image, no substance. Fooling people was his number one mission - not coaching. He is dangerous.

[beckett]

Wow...worse than I thought. Bliss really disgraced himself.

[TexKat]

Not to mention Tom Stanton may have been a sacrificial lamb in all of this to cover Bliss's rear.

At this rate, Carlton Dotson could possibly be a sacrificial lamb also. Dotson could have been running for his life. There is something definately weird about this case.

Dotson goes to a grocer in his home town, calls 911 on his cell and informs the 911 rep that police was trying to keep tabs on him and turns himself in. FBI says Dalton confessed to the murder of Donnehy and Dalton states he did not confess. A few days later Dotson is being lead into a courthouse or jailhouse by authorities while he (Dotson) is looking around himself and behind himself as if he was afraid that someone was after him. Something is definately weird about this case.