Mr. Yost

September 28th, 2016 at 2:34 PM ^

But on this one, I can't lie...that's pretty fucking cool.

Just the fact that he's a guy who geniunely just wants to be on a team and play a sport...and he works at it and has some success. 

I mean look at that field. It looks like a public rec field. It's terrible.

I hate all the SEC and Tebow hype like everyone else, I give a pass on this one. This is pretty awesome.

Now when he strikes out his next 200 at bats and then hits another bomb and THAT leads SportsCenter? Yeah...then I'll be like "WTF? Show me another guy who'd lead SC in this situation. A homerun in the instructional league after going 1 for 201?!" Then, I'll get it.

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uncle leo

September 28th, 2016 at 2:12 PM ^

The hate Tebow has gathered in his career. It's not his fault whatsoever that the media covers him non-stop. He's a good dude that seems to do all the right things in life, took his flippin spring break to go help sick people, and puts forth his best effort no matter what. And yet we put guys on the highest of mountains that are successful in sports but are complete sleeze in real life.

Good for him. It's a cool story that a guy who hasn't played baseball in like a decade is even able to make a semblance of professional baseball.

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NRK

September 28th, 2016 at 2:24 PM ^

I can explain from my point of view:

  • Generally, I think Tebow is a pretty good guy. Probably better than me in terms of what he does to help others out too.
  • The media coverage on him as a sports figure, compared to other sports figures in the same current situation, is astronomically high.
  • The annoyance with the media over-coverage is projected to the individual who is the subject of that coverge.

 

That's it. Yes, it's not his fault, he seems like a good guy from what I know. But I get annoyed if I have to see some stupid story about him because it's Tim Tebow. How many other good guys out there are hitting a HR in a minor league game, or having tryouts, etc. that never would get that coverage. 

Put another way, he often gets coverage because of who he is perceived to be by the media, rather than by what he's doing. That leads to resentment.

Eventually that causes you to become annoyed with the person themself. It happens.

 

(Not commenting on religion here so just take that off the table altogether - or some it may be a plus, for others a minus - I'm not going to go down that rabbit hole.)

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NRK

September 28th, 2016 at 5:16 PM ^

I can understand how others project their hate onto him using very similar logic that I've presented, yes. I get it if I where to put myself in their shoes that it would create Harbaugh in a similar position

Of course, there's a number of differences:

  • As MGoStu points out, Harbaugh's attention comes in large part due to his success and his role as the head coach of a major college football program, whereas Tebow's comes from who he is and his percieved likeability/story-ability. 
  • I am personally connected to the University of Michigan as an alumni and fan, so I do not become annoyed with the over coverage (for the most part....)

Harbaugh got coverage on sattelite camps because he was "challenging" the SEC and causing news stories. While part of that is Harbaugh overload in offseason, it also is extremely relevant to college football.  A guy who hasn't played baseball in 10 years trying out and making a team is not a major news story, unless you're looking at the underlying person.

Harbaugh climbing a tree on the other hand? Pretty Tebow-ey story though...

But yes, generally speaking neither of them should be personally blamed for the media falling in love with them. It's easier to project annoyance onto the person than it is to say "damn Channel 7 Action News/SBNation/ESPN/BTN/SEC/Finebaum/anything stop heaping media attention onto Harbaugh"

 

Of course, part of my post was that I completetely acknowledge in my above post that it's not the person's fault nor should they be hated for it - rather that it's something that occurs when this situation arises.

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