endzorn":t7gjy05p said:http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/28/great-moments-in-media-arrogance-marshawn-lynch-edition/
Imagine that, someone with perspective and common sense.
endzorn":t7gjy05p said:http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/28/great-moments-in-media-arrogance-marshawn-lynch-edition/
Scottemojo":ifpqxb0e said:fake ass troll alert.
cdallan":2gpqiuy9 said:Sorry, but technically fulfilling a contract is still fulfilling a contract. If the party that drafted the contract then gets upset because thd spirit of the contract is not being fulfilled, then go away and draft better contracts.
Sports Hernia":2gpqiuy9 said:Meh, if you (a reporter) need a quote from ML or any other player to do your job, then you (the reporter) are very poor at your job and should probably find another line of work. Reporters seem to have this entitlement attitude, when they really have no reason to.
Rocket":2gpqiuy9 said:No...Popeyejones":2gpqiuy9 said:Basically, what he's doing is akin to a toddler who doesn't want to eat his peas mashing them all over his face and chewing them up and spitting them out and yelling "Look, mom! I'm eating my peas!"
What we're watching is a kid named Roger, who has the only basketball in the 'hood. Roger is getting pissed because the rest of the guys don't want to play HIS way so he's taking his ball and going home...
THAT is what's happening here... Roger is pitching a fit. He acts like a spoiled baby but he's got leverage cuz he's got the only ball in the 'hood.
hawknation2015":2gpqiuy9 said:From Sherman's excellent editorial . . .
Under Goodell the league continues to put players like Marshawn Lynch in a position to be mocked by the media, which seems to get a kick out of seeing people struggle on camera. As teammates we’re angry because we know what certain people do well and we know what they struggle with. Marshawn’s talking to the press is the equivalent of putting a reporter on a football field and telling him to tackle Adrian Peterson.
Some of the same people slamming Marshawn for not talking are just as likely to condemn the Browns’ Andrew Hawkins and Johnson Bademosi for protesting police brutality with T-shirts. They want to hear us speak, but only if we’re saying something they want to hear.
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/27/richard-s ... -magazine/
Dizzlepdx":1v6hh2fh said:A couple additional thought on this discussion: I recently read something from Sherman (I don't recall where) that Lynch has major anxiety issues when put in front of a group of reporters. Don't know the validity nor the medical/psychological basis for this.
Dizzlepdx":1v6hh2fh said:Who gives a flying-f whether or not he's complying with the 'spirit' of their media contract. When a coach or quarterback or Goodell for that matter, completely ignores a question and gives his own pre-scripted answer, is that complying with the spirit of their contracts? If someone gives the exact same answers week to week is that complying with the spirit? So many of these guys give absolutely worthless answers, are Lynch's worthless answers any different?
Dizzlepdx":1v6hh2fh said:And lastly, no one cared that Lynch wasn't doing interviews till one or two national writers (again, don't have the reference but maybe someone can help me out) got pissy because he ignored them. There are so many guys willing to give fantastic interviews: Sherman, Thomas, Bennett, Wilson to name a few, why would you spend so much energy to try to wring pointless answers from Lynch.
kearly":1sh9f7bo said:Scottemojo":1sh9f7bo said:fake ass troll alert.
Nah, he's a 12. Look through his post history. He's a hawks fan with a boner for absurdity.
BocciHawk":1m57308m said:I actually think that his catchphrases and strategy going into media sessions might be a coping mechanism for social anxiety. I think that some concerns might be due to the fact he can't predict what people will ask, and he doesn't trust that people won't twist his answers... so if he goes in with a coherent game plan, and knows it will work regardless of what is asked... and on top of that, if his strategy amuses him, even slightly, well, it seems like he'd be able to function and possibly even enjoy it.
I think that this is a plausible scenario. I think it's masterful, by the way, and amusing. If he really wanted to piss people off, he could just stay "I'm looking forward to Sunday" or "On to Cincinnati"... the truth is that 95% of what is said in these things is just the same thing over and over, meaningless claptrap, so why should people get upset when he uses his own absurd meaningless catchphrase?
Popeyejones":15izqvcp said:BocciHawk":15izqvcp said:I actually think that his catchphrases and strategy going into media sessions might be a coping mechanism for social anxiety. I think that some concerns might be due to the fact he can't predict what people will ask, and he doesn't trust that people won't twist his answers... so if he goes in with a coherent game plan, and knows it will work regardless of what is asked... and on top of that, if his strategy amuses him, even slightly, well, it seems like he'd be able to function and possibly even enjoy it.
I think that this is a plausible scenario. I think it's masterful, by the way, and amusing. If he really wanted to piss people off, he could just stay "I'm looking forward to Sunday" or "On to Cincinnati"... the truth is that 95% of what is said in these things is just the same thing over and over, meaningless claptrap, so why should people get upset when he uses his own absurd meaningless catchphrase?
So you think he's being antagonistic as a coping mechanism for social anxiety disorder, or you think repeating "I'm just here so I won't get fined" to unrelated questions thirty times in a row isn't actually antagonistic.
You argue both, but it can't be both.
And seriously, if he has a social anxiety disorder why can't he just offer to do some five minute one-on-one phone interviews instead and avoid this whole thing?
And not to put too fine a point on it, but he doesn't seem to suffer from social anxiety disorder when he's giving interviews to promote his own brand (as he has also been doing this week).
Blitzer88":1zsvqqmo said:One interesting point they made on Around the Horn today was how Tom Brady always wears his team Brady hat to pressers, yet he has never been fined for that. Yet, when Marshawn wears his brand he is threatened with fines.
Popeyejones":2yhmizu8 said:If he 1) took a stand and just didn't fulfill it or 2)...I'd be much more sympathetic.
Popeyejones":2yhmizu8 said:hawknation2015":2yhmizu8 said:From Sherman's excellent editorial . . .
Under Goodell the league continues to put players like Marshawn Lynch in a position to be mocked by the media, which seems to get a kick out of seeing people struggle on camera. As teammates we’re angry because we know what certain people do well and we know what they struggle with. Marshawn’s talking to the press is the equivalent of putting a reporter on a football field and telling him to tackle Adrian Peterson.
Some of the same people slamming Marshawn for not talking are just as likely to condemn the Browns’ Andrew Hawkins and Johnson Bademosi for protesting police brutality with T-shirts. They want to hear us speak, but only if we’re saying something they want to hear.
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/27/richard-s ... -magazine/
I tend to agree with Sherman on most issues and celebrate him for speaking out on them, but this is a silly comparison.
Protesting the hyper-criminilization of black men in the United States and legal murder of them by officers of the State is NOT the same thing as protesting having to spend 15 minutes one week a year answering stupid questions about what your favorite foods are.
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Equating protesting police brutality with protesting answering dumb questions about unimportant minutia for a five minute stretch is chicken little nonsense.