Collins, who took over as the starting quarterback last season, acknowledged the offense's failures in 1999.
Researcher Aaron Lazare has studied apologies for years, concluding that an effective apology has four parts: It acknowledges the offense, offers an explanation for the offense, expresses remorse or shame, and involves a reparation of some kind.
The offender must clearly and completely acknowledge the offense.
Meanwhile, on "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central last week, Samantha Bee played the role of the philandering wife, standing behind a podium contritely acknowledging her offense while her husband stood behind her with the downcast eyes so familiar from Silda Wall Spitzer and the political wives who had come before.
Carter thought the applicant should have walked away, but in Wahl's opinion the applicant did the right thing by acknowledging the offense without ending the interview.
You must fully acknowledge your offense, explain what happened, express your regret, and show that you will do differently in the future.
During his naturalization interview, he freely acknowledged his past offense (and his numerous traffic violations).
Fassel acknowledged that the offense's failure to score a touchdown after the Dilfer fumble may have affected team morale.
But a 2005 report from Vault.com, a career information firm in Manhattan, said 67percentt of the 1,150 people it questioned acknowledged the same offense.
Coach Jim Fassel has no theories, although he acknowledged that the offense has been somewhat out of sync without wide receiver Ike Hilliard and running back Tiki Barber, who have each missed two games because of injuries.
He acknowledged that the offense's continuity after a season in McVay's system could factor into a decision to hold him out.
