I think you're jumping to conclusions. I also think you're going out of your way to conjure up an argument that paints Moyes in as negative a light as possible. I don't particularly like Moyes. I don't rate him as a manager. I also think he did a lot of harm to the relationship between us an Everton. But I'm not one for letting my personal dislike of people cloud my perspective on things. Obviously, he shouldn't have said it. It wasn't called for.
But I don't think it's as big a deal as some are making out. I'd probably have a different view if he had a track record of doing this type of thing, but he doesn't. As far as I'm aware this was a once off situation. And as I said earlier, the tone of the exchange didn't come across as particularly threatening. Was her laughing a nervous reaction? I don't think any of us can know for sure. It didn't sound nervous to me. I think the fact that she has happily accepted his apology without kicking up a fuss evidences that she didn't construe the threat as a serious one
Maybe it's not as big a deal as some are making out. I actually didn't think too badly of him before this - I mentioned a couple of pages back that I'd begun to see him as a lovable idiot - a Frank Spencer type if you will - leaving a trail of destruction in his wake wherever he manages. I certainly didn't go out of my way to paint him in a negative light because I dont like him.
It is hard to completely judge the tone, even when you've seen the video. For me the two things that tip if from being 'good old fashioned honest bantz' to something a bit more sinister are:
1) The forced smile even though he's clearly fuming during the actual interview seems to spill over into the incident (his laughter still seems forced). I don't think it's that easy to switch off the fume that he was obviously experiencing during the interview.
2) The imbalance of power - high profile male Premier League manager talking to young female freelance dispensible journo in a massively male dominated arena. He really should know better to put her in that position even if it was good natured.
The tweets Chakan's just posted reaffirm my view.
I'm not going to be judge, jury and executioner on it and say he has to be sacked, etc, but I think it was well out of order.