And he is compensated quite well both for winning football games and talking to the press. He's pretty shitty at the latter.
Who cares? I mean, yes he's an bad person to reporters and he's mean, but what's the issue? Do you think the reporter had her feeling hurt? Does the school, program, look bad? The Answer is no on all fronts. the reporter works for ESPN, for god's sake. She's a pro working at the highest level of college sports, working a primetime national football broadcast. comes with the territory, no?
Bill's a D-bag to the media - granted - but he's certainly not alone.