As a journalism student, and hopefully a future journalist, would you have accepted a 'no comment' without trying to persuade him to give a comment? And the counter argument there is that Jimmy wouldn't have spoken without being approached by the press.
I've never once blamed Scott, and if you read my post I actually laid the blame squarely at two other sets of feet.....
But in the interests of debate, I think you have to blame either The Sun or Scott for the tone of the article - and my money's on The Sun having edited his article.