Much needed OT: Golden Tate
To switch it up a little... I was watching this Notre Dame / WSU game, and Golden Tate is having his way with them.
Golden Tate is a phenomenal athlete. Ever since Michael Floyd went down, Tate has stepped up big making all sorts of plays. In Wildcat formation, as RB, or as a receiver, he's been a vital role in the ND offense.
My question is, does anyone else find his attitude off putting? I know folks who hate ND will concur, but I'm curious what the mgobloggers who don't hate ND, or can at least be impartial (Yep, all five of you) think. Is it me, or is his arrogance completely unnecessary? Wouldn't you try and keep his attitude in check if you were his coach? Or would you applaud his in-your-face attitude?
October 31st, 2009 at 8:54 PM ^
Golden Tate took a deliberate swan-dive into the MSU marching band (he came to a full stop, planted, and jumped). Guy's kinda dick. Great athlete, but still.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:11 PM ^
I obviously agree. Total d-bag thing to do. But as formerly anonymous says below, swagger is important.
Maybe someone should just tell him "hey, i love your swagger, but no golden showers on opponents' bands, please."
October 31st, 2009 at 10:54 PM ^
He thought it was the ND band
November 1st, 2009 at 9:43 AM ^
otherwise he is a complete idiot. No one wearing kilts, a big block S, green and white are all things associated with ND.
November 1st, 2009 at 9:57 AM ^
nope, He a missed TD in the opposite corner of the stadium where the ND band was and the quarter ended, so they switched ends of the stadium and woops. LoL,
BTW the ND band doesn't wear kilts, they wear dark blue and white uniforms while the MSU band wears dark green and white uniforms. Tate basically had two short steps after catching the ball at the edge of the endzone and there was the band....
October 31st, 2009 at 8:54 PM ^
Sometimes it runs over a little bit more than I'd like, but then again I'm a sports official that hates watching kids in my game do similar things. I don't mind a little swagger, but yeah, some of his antics (swan diving into the band) are too much.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:01 PM ^
his attitude seems to fit in with the Jimmy Clausen and Armondo Allen mold. Lots of cockiness. I hate it, but at the same time I hate everything about Notre Dame.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:10 PM ^
since we beat the irish WE HAVE THE REAL 'golden' TATE
October 31st, 2009 at 9:13 PM ^
...Washington State is just God-awful. Oregon could have beaten them 100-0 earlier this year if they wanted to. They put in their second string QB in the second quarter.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:18 PM ^
could the OP provide examples of said dickishness? Im curious
October 31st, 2009 at 9:26 PM ^
He does the holding up of the finger to his helmet to signify "shhhh"-ing the crowd, does some post touchdown celebrations, some after the catch light taunting, as well as things like the swan dive. Doing some of this is fine IME, but he does it so much it comes off as a negative sometimes.
October 31st, 2009 at 11:08 PM ^
The pointing is to "God" as in thanks, couldn't do it without you. CBs jaw with receivers a lot pre-snap, obviously you only see it after the play if Tate is thrown to but he has no reason to take it sitting down especially when he makes the play in coverage.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:35 PM ^
He kinda reminds me of Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers) in both aspects.
October 31st, 2009 at 10:02 PM ^
He's pretty good
October 31st, 2009 at 10:22 PM ^
Hmmmm..
He's alright to me.. I'm not sure that the swan dive was deliberate.. and to be honest.. the stuff that kid has done wouldn't be an issue to us if he was wearing a Michigan uniform.. We probably would have won vs State and Iowa this year with a player like him on offence.. :-/
October 31st, 2009 at 11:15 PM ^
Msybe it's just me, but I feel like the pointing to God runs counter to Christian principles.
Pointing to God screams, "Look at me! I made a great play, now I'm going to show you how good of a person I am!"
There are exceptions of course, but I think the point to God has gotten away from its original message.
October 31st, 2009 at 11:23 PM ^
I put it in the same category as the players who drop to a knee and bow their heads, I don't really have a problem with that.
November 1st, 2009 at 12:40 AM ^
If I was Weis I would just tell him to go on doing whatever he wants... he is obviously producing without Floyd. I just looked , he has like 60 catches, the #2 receiver on ND has about 30.
As far as his attitude I thought you were referring to when ND's backup QB threw one into the ground in front of Tate's feet when he was wide open and Tate just stood there and glared at the QB like 'bitch, please'. That was kind of d-baggy, yet hilarious.
November 1st, 2009 at 1:24 AM ^
For some reason many top receivers tend to be pricks. Golden Tate is no exception. Hopefully he will be pulling that shit in the NFL next year, and not against our porous secondary.