OT- Thoughts on Richard Sherman interview
January 20th, 2014 at 1:35 PM ^
Here's a +1 from the heart.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
The fact that he said he was "better at life" than someone shows who he truly is more than this interview did.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
January 20th, 2014 at 12:03 PM ^
Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Personally, I thought his outburst was in poor taste and lacking in class.
I prefer the Barry Sanders understated approach to success: Keep the mouth shut, hand the ball to the ref, and jog slowly to the sideline.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:15 PM ^
The problem with a lot of professional sports for me is all this swag bs and over the top attitude. Trash talk is fine during the game, after the game, act like a god damn professional. There is no sportsmanship anymore, just a bunch of over inflated egos and douchebag personalities. Great game last night, but that type of behavior is why the NFL doesn't grab me like it used to. This and plenty other examples (this week alone), is why I refer this league as National Felon League. For every tom Brady and Peyton manning, there are 8 Richard Sherman's.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
January 20th, 2014 at 12:05 PM ^
He has had an outstanding career and had just made the biggest play of his life (so far) in the biggest game of his career (so far) to have a shot at earning something that few people can say they've rightfully earned. I would say he earned the right to be ecstatic after making a game saving play.
Athletes talk trash. It's always been a part of the sports world. Who says that Crabtree wasn't running his mouth all night?
January 20th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
I assume no one saw when he went on set with the Fox guys for an interview where he was pretty composed and funny.
The guy just beat a WR that has talked a big game, and his college coach who wouldnt draft him. People that call that embarrassing apparently dont get excited for things.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:30 PM ^
beat the receiver, he beat the QB's late throw. In actual fact Crabtree had him beat.
January 20th, 2014 at 6:36 PM ^
Crabtree did not have Sherman beat. He was with him stride for stride. Not sure what you saw, but Sherman had great defensive positioning on Crabtree even before they made it into the endzone.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
I get both sides of the discussion. I understand how a person who is passionate about what he does can respond this way, if he is an emotional person. I do not think it is appropriate to behave that way in public, but I can see how it could happen.
I personally don't care for the personal boasting comments stating that he is the best cornerback, and belittling another player. However, I feel the same way about Crabtree's responses back to Sherman. This unfortunately is part of sports and is the definition of unsportsmanship.
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January 20th, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
I don't see how this pass deflection had anything to do with Crabtree. Had the pass been a foot higher, Crab may be giving the same interview. Sherman was in position and made a good play on an imperfect pass. The LB who hustled the whole way is the real hero for Seattle. Instead of giving his teammate the spotlight for hustling and being around the ball, Sherman takes the credit for himself... D. Bag.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:21 PM ^
I never understood how Sherman could say that Crabtree was only an average widereceiver. Crabtree was double covered and had no opportunity to get to the ball.
January 20th, 2014 at 1:32 PM ^
January 20th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
I feel like everyone who's saying it's thuggish never played a sport in their lives. You're going to be calm and collected moments after the biggest play/game of your life. Sherman said what he'd had said to one of his teammates to a reporter.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
It just amazes me to see people get so incredibly worked up about this. It's not like he said anything vulgar.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:19 PM ^
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January 20th, 2014 at 3:43 PM ^
This is shockingly relevent.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:23 PM ^
I'm going to go the "Dad" route here - but what kind of modeling behavior is that?
"Hey, son... if you break up a pass, don't act like a complete jackass like that, ok?"
January 20th, 2014 at 3:47 PM ^
After he saw the interview, my 9 year old looked at me and said something to the effect, "Dad, what is wrong with that guy? He's a jerk. His team is going to the Super Bowl and the first thing he has to say is how great he is and how bad the other player was?"
It is very similar to me to what Crean did last year at Crisler. IU wins the B1G title and Crean's priority is to verbally accost our assistant about "ruining IU's program."
To me, that behavior is inexcusable, and revealing of a very disturbing character flaw. Not thuggery by any means, but very telling.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
January 20th, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
However, guys like Joe Montana, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Darrell Green, Reggie White, Rod Woodson, Steve Largent and about a thousand other guys were better at what they did than Richard Sherman is at what he does and they did it for longer. Even Champ Bailey was the best CB in the game for about 3-4 years. None of them talked like Sherman does. What he does is so over the top that he takes away from his what he does on the field.
I respect a guy who can be great and not shove it in everyone's face. His behavior is childish, he may play like a man on the field, but he acts like a brat off of it.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:26 PM ^
January 20th, 2014 at 12:29 PM ^
But yes, I agree - he's a loud self-centered egomaniac, but not a thug.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:39 PM ^
January 20th, 2014 at 12:46 PM ^
Thought it was hilarious. They didn't throw at him all game and when they did, he made a huge play.
I wouldn't act the same way, but if that's how he plays football, I don't see what the problem is. I'd rather watch that than the BS canned responses we get 98% of the other times.
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January 20th, 2014 at 12:49 PM ^
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January 20th, 2014 at 12:54 PM ^
It didn't look like anyone has posted this yet (apologies if someone did), but here is Sherman's response on SI's MMQB:
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/01/20/richard-sherman-interview-michael-crabtree/
January 20th, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^
Thanks for posting this, Newman.
January 20th, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^
January 20th, 2014 at 1:10 PM ^
I thought it was hilarious and didn't have any problems with it at all what so ever. You want to interview an extremely passionate player right after he's made a play that will send his team to the Super Bowl, and you're shocked you get a passionate interview? OK...
In other news it really doesn't help the outside perception that the Seattle Seahawks are all rampant abusers of adderall.
January 20th, 2014 at 1:25 PM ^
I didn't have a real problem with the interview, Or the ensuing interviews, but it's definitely not EXACTLY what everybody wanted him to do.
January 20th, 2014 at 1:25 PM ^
Not a fan of either of these teams playing in it.
January 20th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^