Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Jan 21, 2014 13:36:34 GMT -5
Exactly why should he apologize? Did he go off a bit, yes. He had a microphone shoved in his face by a bubble head Andrews minutes after the game ended. He clearly has an issue with Crabtree and aired that grievance in the heat of the moment. It bears noting that he uttered no profanity.
I find it hard to believe his comments bothered any of his teammates or coaches.
All of this hand wringing about his "epic rant" (10 seconds tops) speaks only to the overall wimpification of America.
Get over it.
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Jan 21, 2014 14:37:26 GMT -5
Where you see this primarily in the context of the continued wimpification (a phenomenon I agree exists) I'm rather more concerned about what this says about the continued crassification of America, the celebration of self out of all proportion at the expense of any sense of decorum, class or dignity.
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Jan 21, 2014 15:11:25 GMT -5
Imagine an NFL player on the brink of the Super Bowl, doing an over the top "look at me" act. Sherman was a jerk, but owes an apology to no one but his family.
As an aside, Sherman's "tirade" was nowhere near as offensive to me as Ray "hide my white suit" Lewis' God is on my side act of a year ago.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jan 21, 2014 17:47:01 GMT -5
Trash talk is awesome. That is all.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Jan 21, 2014 17:52:10 GMT -5
It had a bit of a Clubber Lang thing to it (though not nearly as crass). I thought it was pretty funny and, considering the backstory, not completely unwarranted. It's sports, not a scholarly debate. It's competitive and, for me, I like seeing a guy amped up like that who actually cares about winning. Too many pros (in baseball especially) seem to not give a rip one way or the other.
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