The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Keating may bear meaningful responsibility for failing to confront Neil’s danger after recognizing that Neil lied about speaking to his father.
In the discussion (4)
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- Keating knows Neil is emotionally distressed and advises him to tell his father the truth.
- The boy claims that conversation happened, and Keating appears to recognize the lie but does not intervene.
- The panel disputes whether Keating could have known Neil was in mortal danger.
- The take reframes the firing as potentially connected to negligence rather than pure scapegoating.