What's your take on Richard Sherman?

[Bomberooski]

Plenty of people in the league as talented as Sherman that manage to do their job without being an asshat.

Talent isn't an excuse to be an asshole.

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So if ramjackson's excuse isn't talent then what is it? :shifty:

 

[CCBrink]

:yup:

 

[Houston]

:jonesy:

 

[jeffx]

I don't have a problem with Richard Sherman. I wish he was on my Giants. Football is a brutal, violent, emotional game, played by testosterone-filled genetic freaks. So he was highly-charged after making a terrific play to send his team to the SB - so fucking what? Doesn't make him a 'thug'. I have a bigger problem with the sideline 'reporters' sticking a mic in these guys' faces immediately after a win and asking them idiotic, obvious questions. As for the twitter tough guys, they wouldn't have the balls to talk that smack to Sherman's face.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I saw somebody make a great point yesterday. By the time Sherman talked to Andrews something like 10 minutes had passed from when he swatted the pass.

Enough of this nonsense that "he was excited and caught up in the moment". That was 100% performance. "Look at me, look at me!"

Andrews follow up question, instead of "Who was talking about you?", should have been "What is wrong with you? Why are you acting like a mental case?"

 

[Bomberooski]

I saw somebody make a great point yesterday. By the time Sherman talked to Andrews something like 10 minutes had passed from when he swatted the pass.

Enough of this nonsense that "he was excited and caught up in the moment". That was 100% performance. "Look at me, look at me!"

Andrews follow up question, instead of "Who was talking about you?", should have been "What is wrong with you? Why are you acting like a mental case?"

It was 6 minutes. And I'm glad you're able to fill us in on how the excitement meter works after making the play to put your team into the Super Bowl against someone he obviously has beef with. All of us who have never lived in that moment appreciate it.

 

[jms493]

its really comical that the media is still talking about this. Time to go on media black out till superbowl.

 

[ram29jackson]

I saw somebody make a great point yesterday. By the time Sherman talked to Andrews something like 10 minutes had passed from when he swatted the pass.

Enough of this nonsense that "he was excited and caught up in the moment". That was 100% performance. "Look at me, look at me!"

Andrews follow up question, instead of "Who was talking about you?", should have been "What is wrong with you? Why are you acting like a mental case?"

it was also the second time he did it after the game. He first did it for a Mexican station reporter before Andrews.

I'm also hearing on radio that he hugged Andrews before they started.

you can say he's no thug but its blatant self promotion and theres plenty of other film of him just being a general jerk after and during games and pissing off more than receivers. He kicks people when they are down and takes pride in it which makes him an annoying dumb ass no matter how good he did at Stanford

 

[ram29jackson]

per Forbes

5. His degree from Stanford was in communications … which might explain why, while he seemed to be hollering like a crazy person, he didn’t curse and looked into the camera the whole time.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tommyto...houghts-about-that-richard-sherman-interview/

 

[Bomberooski]

it was also the second time he did it after the game. He first did it for a Mexican station reporter before Andrews.

I'm also hearing on radio that he hugged Andrews before they started.

you can say he's no thug but its blatant self promotion and theres plenty of other film of him just being a general jerk after and during games and pissing off more than receivers. He kicks people when they are down and takes pride in it which makes him an annoying dumb ass no matter how good he did at Stanford

ram29jackson,

So jealous.
So bitter.
So much more annoying than Richard Sherman.

Mad a guy for stuff that he does on a day to day basis.

 

[Tailback U]

Being horribly blown out of proportion at this point.

You can watch the interview with the Mexican guy and him hugging Andrews before the interbiew, literally changes nothing about any of this. He was fired up for the Mexican guy and his hug on Andrews was awkward and forced. He was amped, no doubt.

He is cocky and not afraid to be. we all know this. I personally am not a big fan of cocky athletes, even if they are great.

I liked mayweather before he got huge and started acting like a jackass. GSP is one of my all time favorites because he is humble.

Michael Jordan was the greatest of all time but he never talked shit about players on camera or told anyone how great he is.

Football is an emotional game, so is every sport. Just because it's physical doesnt excuse you from being a cocky prick.

It's why most people enjoyed watching Bo truck Bosworth.

Act like you've been there before.

 

[ram29jackson]

ram29jackson,

So jealous.
So bitter.
So much more annoying than Richard Sherman.

Mad a guy for stuff that he does on a day to day basis.

you should change your name to BomberRedsocksooski :smug:

 

[Glenbino]

Being horribly blown out of proportion at this point.

You can watch the interview with the Mexican guy and him hugging Andrews before the interbiew, literally changes nothing about any of this. He was fired up for the Mexican guy and his hug on Andrews was awkward and forced. He was amped, no doubt.

He is cocky and not afraid to be. we all know this. I personally am not a big fan of cocky athletes, even if they are great.

I liked mayweather before he got huge and started acting like a jackass. GSP is one of my all time favorites because he is humble.

Michael Jordan was the greatest of all time but he never talked shit about players on camera or told anyone how great he is.

Football is an emotional game, so is every sport. Just because it's physical doesnt excuse you from being a cocky prick.

It's why most people enjoyed watching Bo truck Bosworth.

Act like you've been there before.

Yeah after I saw the Mexican interview it made me lose a little bit of respect for Andrews for seeming so aghast when she should have known what was coming.

Still doesn't change the fact that he took the opportunity to trash an opponent rather than thank his other teammates, coaches, owner or fans.

Lots of better ways to express your happy emotions.

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[Warner2BruceTD]

It was 6 minutes. And I'm glad you're able to fill us in on how the excitement meter works after making the play to put your team into the Super Bowl against someone he obviously has beef with. All of us who have never lived in that moment appreciate it.

You are never going to back down on defending him, I get it.

But jeez, just admit it was an attention grab. You can enjoy the antics even if they were (obviously) contrived.

 

[Bomberooski]

You are never going to back down on defending him, I get it.

But jeez, just admit it was an attention grab. You can enjoy the antics even if they were (obviously) contrived.

Of course it was! Pro sports IS all about attention grabs. That's what it is. But was his move simply an attention grab? I don't think that at all. Everything following has been for sure. He loves the spotlight. But that interview that started it all was raw excitement and all part of the moment in my opinion.

 

[Houston]

Pro sports IS all about attention grabs.

It's these kind of statements in this thread that I don't understand...

 

[ram29jackson]

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Of course it was! Pro sports IS all about attention grabs. That's what it is. But was his move simply an attention grab? I don't think that at all. Everything following has been for sure. He loves the spotlight. But that interview that started it all was raw excitement and all part of the moment in my opinion.

 

[wr50l]

These pros live in a different universe. Paid millions to do something so utterly redundant, just like actors and pop stars they spend their whole adult life in what is practically a completely different society. So long as they pay their taxes and don't commit any crimes I just couldn't care less; they don't affect me or my enjoyment of sports.

 

[Hasselbeck]

:yup:

Clear as day you have a guy here that burns red hot and in a hurry. His whole career dating back to when he was 9 in pee wee sports, Sherman has been a shit talker that has used the smallest bit of a slight to fuel him.

Pretty obvious what set him off here.. for one, he hates Crabtree. Richard Sherman is a shit talker but he also went months without saying a peep about someone.. he's not just identifying a player on each team and saying "you suck, you suck, you're sorry, you're mediocre" etc... but this obviously goes way back and why I believe to an extent that this all started at Fitzgerald's charity event.. but again, in context, maybe wasn't as bad as Sherman made it out to be because again.. Richard Sherman is that type of player where it will not take much for him to swirl it around in his head that he's being slighted.

With that said.. you had that "fight", "argument" whatever.. then you have Crabtree backhand complimenting the Seahawks defense besides Sherman.. and then you have Sherman trying to tell him good game in the heat of the moment and again he felt slighted and that just set him into crazy mode.

I do agree with Warner that this was pre-determined in his head the moment that game ended. Sherman had been dying to have this moment for months. He's definitely not a thug, he's incredibly smart and articulate.. but this was all planned out. If you watch the mic'd up shit about the NFC Championship, he's even telling Earl Thomas that they're about to throw at him. He knew he'd have his chance to make the play to allow him the ability to one, talk down Michael Crabtree and two.. make a name for himself.

Where I do agree with Sherman though is that I don't think he ever thought in his mind that it would blow up to be THIS big to where he's getting CNN interviews and the like either.

Long story short.. I can see where people would be turned off by that behavior and I can see why others love it. It's the same reason why TO is loved and hated.. it's the same reason why Floyd Mayweather is loved and hated.. and on and on down the line with any overly cocky athlete.

 

[Bomberooski]

It's these kind of statements in this thread that I don't understand...

You don't agree that once you are in the pro scene you're trying to get attention one way or the other? I couldn't disagree more. These guys are doing a job. Whether you do it the way Manning does (the interview with Ron Burgandy) or the way Sherman did (the post game interviews talking about Crabtree and stirring the pot) you're looking to get noticed. It's all about that $$$ in the end.

But I truly still believe that what happened immediately after the game was adrenaline and how that dude is wired.