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Nice synopsis of a character some fans/observers of his time here have picked up on. He's just so odd. I always thought he wanted to become a cool "power couple" like Beyonce and Jay Z. But the thing is RW is decidedly not cool like Jay Z, and Ciara, from a purely appearance standpoint, doesn't quite complement his smarmy "black Opie" good Christian boy persona. For a guy who is image obsessed, he's proven to be a bit of an awkward and inept fashioner of it.Would you buy a used car from Russell?
The Russell Wilson brand has flopped since football bread rolls. And then there was Dangerwich. Then there were those perfume ads marketed so the user could imagine the smell in their bedroom. The only time 3Brand clothing comes to mind is when Ciara shows up nearly nude at an Oscar party and you wonder where her clothes are.
His individual brand is non marketable and Ciara just makes it worse.
Russ would fail at podcasting let alone network. He is worse than unentertaining. He inspires the same reaction you get when you click on home shopping network. He’s not getting offers to join Amazon or ESPN, that’s for sure. And hes not starting the next New Heights with Ciara, either.
So that would leave coaching, except that the first rule of as an offensive player is to read the defense. Im not sure Russ could explain it to a 5 year old as that would require understanding it yourself.
A bunch of 49ers from the 1990s started their own private equity group and were early investors in legal pot. Maybe that’s the answer, not necessarily pot but investing with others of similar background whom you trust and who trusts you. But then again, who does?
Russ is in a pickle.
Totally agree with you about him becoming a successful football pundit, or podcaster, or reality show type of personality. He's just not that interesting of a guy, at least in terms of appealing to anything other than a very small percentage of the audience for such things. He's not enough of a controversial douchebag to attract an audience's attention (there's so many of those around already), and neither is he someone capable of providing any kind of a keen and unique insight into just about any topic of significance you can think of. Such a thing takes a singular mind who is decidedly not obsessed with how their thoughts and opinions are going to be perceived.
I agree. RW is in a pickle. He does have a significant net worth now, and if he manages to live within his means, he'll be just fine from that angle. I do, however, still thinks he sees himself as some kind of significant agent in the Lord's plan. We'll see how that goes.