Formal apology to Mr Richard Sherman from me. Fox should have never stuck a mic in his face right after the game... heat of the moment.. guy can be on my team any day and twice on Sundays.
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Fox did thier job. That is like saying woman shouldn't have worn that skirt if she didn't want to be raped. It is deflecting blame from where it belongs. Thier job is to get reactions when they are fresh. Nobody else on his team was an assclown. It was after the game for them too.
CDWright U are right.. I am not excusing his rant... he should have had more control...no question.. but after seeing this video I just posted from ESPN.. I stopped thinking of the man as a straight thug and realized it was much more the intensity of the moment... a moment by the way that you nor I have experienced.. so I am not about to be holier than thou... its why I am apologizing ..cause last night that is what I did.
This post was edited on 1/20 1:23 PM by lauzardo
As I Posted in another thread, let's not crucify the guy.. He is not a thug and probably could have gotten into an IVY college on an academic ride, running track and playing football on the side. He is no dummy. An inner city kid who really should be a role model.
Nobody said the was a thug. We said what he did was acting like a douche. The two things have nothing to do with the other. You can be a douche and be an upstanding citicizen usually. Any given day you can say or do something to make you a douche.
People toss around the heard thug way too much. The stuff I have seen posted about Sherman is way worse than anything he said in that interview.
Lauzardo- You are a longtime poster who is intelligent. I am sure you have watched hundreds of playoff games in your life and in every one you have seen the star players interviewed on the field immediately after the game. Correct? Then why are you covering up for this guy? I posted the following on another thread but it fits here also.
Richard Sherman is a great NFL player who may be the best in the business.
But he is a selfish, out of control moron. What kind of player, with any tiny bit of class or sense of professionalism, takes such a triumphant team moment and makes it all about him?
For you apologists who try to attribute his outburst to being "caught up in the moment" I ask you: How many immediately-after-the-game interviews have you seen in your life? 50? 100? 1000?
Now, I ask you: How many have you seen in which a player has acted like Richard Sherman did, making it all about himself and nothing about his team? I can tell you that I have seen absolutely zero. Quite honestly, I have seen many, many, many players act emotionally but I have never seen a player act like that.
I have never seen a player disgrace himself, his team, and his sport the way that this man did. He may be a superstar player, but he is a disgrace as a person.
Richard Sherman is a great NFL player who may be the best in the business.
But he is a selfish, out of control moron. What kind of player, with any tiny bit of class or sense of professionalism, takes such a triumphant team moment and makes it all about him?
For you apologists who try to attribute his outburst to being "caught up in the moment" I ask you: How many immediately-after-the-game interviews have you seen in your life? 50? 100? 1000?
Now, I ask you: How many have you seen in which a player has acted like Richard Sherman did, making it all about himself and nothing about his team? I can tell you that I have seen absolutely zero. Quite honestly, I have seen many, many, many players act emotionally but I have never seen a player act like that.
I have never seen a player disgrace himself, his team, and his sport the way that this man did. He may be a superstar player, but he is a disgrace as a person.
It was the heat of the moment he has worked his whole life for this & he was damn pumped he made the biggest play in the biggest game of the yr besides SB... I blame FOX Sherman has been like that & knew what they were getting into.. I WOULD LOVE 11 RICHARD SHERMAN's on our D
My problem is he made it all about him. 24 hours later we are STILL talking about RS and hardly a word about HIS TEAM'S great win over SF.
Yeah, he made it about him and that is being a douche no matter how smart he is, how good he is or how soon after the game they interviewed him it was.
It isn't the kind of thing you praise just because he is a good player.
It isn't the kind of thing you praise just because he is a good player.
Pete Carroll obviously disagrees with Lauzardo, and agrees with myself, RooferMike, CDWright, and the many other Cane posters on the various threads on this board devoted to Richard Sherman and his childish antics. Carroll stated to the press that he pulled Sherman aside and told him that the problem he has created is that he has made himself the focus of the media, and has subordinated his team's success. 54 players and a dozen coaches were responsible for getting the Seahawks to the Super Bowl, and now his teammates have been shoved to the side by a mindless media that seems to just want to talk to Richard Sherman.
Sherman is not benefiting from this publicity. He has merely become the most recent version of Miley Cyrus, George Zimmerman, Kate Gosselin or any other polarizing public figure. Meanwhile, his Seahawk teammates are being robbed of their moment of glory.
Think about this: Most NFL fans and reporters already knew that he was a great player. In other words, he already had the respect of his peers, NFL fans, and the sports media.
Now, because of his moronic rant, millions of people who had never heard of him before Sunday think he is a complete douche bag. Good job Richard!!! Great strategy!!!
By the way, here are two quotes showing what a moron he is. The first one he has stated in many versions over the past two years. The second he stated while screaming at Erin Andrews:
Quote #1- I don't get any respect!
Quote #2- Don't you ever talk about me!
Huh?
I don't care what his grades were at Compton High. I don't care that he went to Stanford. I don't care that he is allegedly very bright.
Often times, when a person is not being guarded, he gives an insight into his true self. And on Sunday he showed America that he is a freakin' moron.
This post was edited on 1/21 12:20 PM by Joer
Sherman is not benefiting from this publicity. He has merely become the most recent version of Miley Cyrus, George Zimmerman, Kate Gosselin or any other polarizing public figure. Meanwhile, his Seahawk teammates are being robbed of their moment of glory.
Think about this: Most NFL fans and reporters already knew that he was a great player. In other words, he already had the respect of his peers, NFL fans, and the sports media.
Now, because of his moronic rant, millions of people who had never heard of him before Sunday think he is a complete douche bag. Good job Richard!!! Great strategy!!!
By the way, here are two quotes showing what a moron he is. The first one he has stated in many versions over the past two years. The second he stated while screaming at Erin Andrews:
Quote #1- I don't get any respect!
Quote #2- Don't you ever talk about me!
Huh?
I don't care what his grades were at Compton High. I don't care that he went to Stanford. I don't care that he is allegedly very bright.
Often times, when a person is not being guarded, he gives an insight into his true self. And on Sunday he showed America that he is a freakin' moron.
This post was edited on 1/21 12:20 PM by Joer
Good article on the "controversy".
But from my perspective, the heat Sherman is getting is not just misguided but ludicrous. This is a guy who represents one of the best kinds of sports stories there is in the world: the rise from the bottom, the profound destruction of obstacles, the honest success story built by a foundation of hard work and loving parents. If anyone with a brain took the time to learn about Richard Sherman, and then put him in the context of the rest of the National Football League, he'd be a pretty hard guy to bash.
Firstly, we're talking about a 25-year-old who came out of the streets of Compton, California. Sherman graduated from one of the worst school districts in the United States, one that boasts a 68 percent of all federal and state inmates are lacking a high school diploma, you could say Sherman avoided a horrifying fate. But to say he "got lucky" or "escaped" would be foolhardy. He didn't "just graduate," either. He finished with a 4.2 GPA, second in his class, and went on to Stanford University, one of the most prestigious places to get an education in the entire world. He busted out in a rocket ship. He went from a world of gang violence and drugs to everything that Palo Alto and Stanford University represent.
And where did Mr. Sherman get the work ethic to put up those grades and make it to a school that offers that kind of education? Probably from his father, Kevin, who has worked in the sanitation department for Los Angeles for more than thirty years. But you won't see that on Sherman's stat sheet, and you definitely won't hear about it when ESPN analysts comment on his post-game interview today. Most interesting, though, is that Sherman's story isn't a big secret. NFL Films has even done a short documentary on "the trash-talking cornerback."
So now, America, let's talk about Richard Sherman in the NFL. Let's talk about the Stanford graduate from Compton who has never been arrested, never cursed in a post-game interview, never been accused of being a dirty player, won an appeal in the only thing close to a smudge on his record.
This past off-season, 31 NFL players were arrested for everything from gun charges and driving under the Influence to murder.
Last year, Kansas City Chiefs player Javon Belcher killed Kasandra Perkins, his girlfriend and the mother of his own child, before taking his own life.
Week in and week out, we sit down in front of our televisions and cheer for these freak athletes to destroy each other's bodies in one of the most brutal games known to man. Most of us probably do it with a beer in our hand, screaming and cursing at our TVs in a desperate hope to change the outcome of the game. We ignore how the NFL's owners use our tax money so freely, and we don't seem to care much about the brain damage retired players suffer from every year.
Yet, when one kid who has overcome everything, one kid who was doubted by the very player he overcame on Sunday, decides to emphatically claim he is the best (by the way: he is), this is what upsets us? Man, could you imagine if this generation had to deal with Muhammad Ali?
Last night, when Richard Sherman went on his rant to Erin Andrews, most of America thought they were learning about the arrogance of another NFL player. But in reality, what Richard Sherman did was teach us about ourselves. He taught us that we're still a country that isn't ready for lower-class Americans from neighborhoods like Compton to succeed. We're still a country that can't decipher a person's character. But most of all, he taught us that no matter what you overcome in your life, we're still a country that can't accept someone if they're a little louder, a little prouder, or a little different from the people we surround ourselves with.
In the words of the great Richard Sherman, there is only one question: You mad, bro?
What Richard Sherman Taught Us.
But from my perspective, the heat Sherman is getting is not just misguided but ludicrous. This is a guy who represents one of the best kinds of sports stories there is in the world: the rise from the bottom, the profound destruction of obstacles, the honest success story built by a foundation of hard work and loving parents. If anyone with a brain took the time to learn about Richard Sherman, and then put him in the context of the rest of the National Football League, he'd be a pretty hard guy to bash.
Firstly, we're talking about a 25-year-old who came out of the streets of Compton, California. Sherman graduated from one of the worst school districts in the United States, one that boasts a 68 percent of all federal and state inmates are lacking a high school diploma, you could say Sherman avoided a horrifying fate. But to say he "got lucky" or "escaped" would be foolhardy. He didn't "just graduate," either. He finished with a 4.2 GPA, second in his class, and went on to Stanford University, one of the most prestigious places to get an education in the entire world. He busted out in a rocket ship. He went from a world of gang violence and drugs to everything that Palo Alto and Stanford University represent.
And where did Mr. Sherman get the work ethic to put up those grades and make it to a school that offers that kind of education? Probably from his father, Kevin, who has worked in the sanitation department for Los Angeles for more than thirty years. But you won't see that on Sherman's stat sheet, and you definitely won't hear about it when ESPN analysts comment on his post-game interview today. Most interesting, though, is that Sherman's story isn't a big secret. NFL Films has even done a short documentary on "the trash-talking cornerback."
So now, America, let's talk about Richard Sherman in the NFL. Let's talk about the Stanford graduate from Compton who has never been arrested, never cursed in a post-game interview, never been accused of being a dirty player, won an appeal in the only thing close to a smudge on his record.
This past off-season, 31 NFL players were arrested for everything from gun charges and driving under the Influence to murder.
Last year, Kansas City Chiefs player Javon Belcher killed Kasandra Perkins, his girlfriend and the mother of his own child, before taking his own life.
Week in and week out, we sit down in front of our televisions and cheer for these freak athletes to destroy each other's bodies in one of the most brutal games known to man. Most of us probably do it with a beer in our hand, screaming and cursing at our TVs in a desperate hope to change the outcome of the game. We ignore how the NFL's owners use our tax money so freely, and we don't seem to care much about the brain damage retired players suffer from every year.
Yet, when one kid who has overcome everything, one kid who was doubted by the very player he overcame on Sunday, decides to emphatically claim he is the best (by the way: he is), this is what upsets us? Man, could you imagine if this generation had to deal with Muhammad Ali?
Last night, when Richard Sherman went on his rant to Erin Andrews, most of America thought they were learning about the arrogance of another NFL player. But in reality, what Richard Sherman did was teach us about ourselves. He taught us that we're still a country that isn't ready for lower-class Americans from neighborhoods like Compton to succeed. We're still a country that can't decipher a person's character. But most of all, he taught us that no matter what you overcome in your life, we're still a country that can't accept someone if they're a little louder, a little prouder, or a little different from the people we surround ourselves with.
In the words of the great Richard Sherman, there is only one question: You mad, bro?
What Richard Sherman Taught Us.
Joer I hear you, and like I already mentioned, not excusing this guys behavior for a moment, I was disgusted when I saw it live. And Carroll being upset is correct. I'm just not going to throw the first stone, or any stones for that matter. The guy had a mic stuck in his face seconds after an emotional, no wait, a ridiculously emotional conclusion to a game he basically won.
And this goes way back. He and Crabtree had an incident at a charity softball event last year where they got into it after Crabtree apparently said some things about Sherman's heritage. Again what he did has no excuse and it was wrong...but to name call a guy and be derogatory towards him (douchebag) is basically doing the same thing he did..except he didn't use any profanity.
And this goes way back. He and Crabtree had an incident at a charity softball event last year where they got into it after Crabtree apparently said some things about Sherman's heritage. Again what he did has no excuse and it was wrong...but to name call a guy and be derogatory towards him (douchebag) is basically doing the same thing he did..except he didn't use any profanity.
Lauzardo- You are solid and respected poster, and one of those CaneSport members who respects you is me. I don't always agree with your opinion, but unlike others who throw random remarks out with not a shred of evidential support, you are one of those folks who always articulates your point, which is why you have a positive impact on the board.
I think this is just one of those times where we will agree to disagree.
I think this is just one of those times where we will agree to disagree.
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