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Originally Posted by jaxmagicman
I think Sherman is an interesting character. I didn't like the Seahawks and was rooting for the 49ers and was going to root for the Broncos in the Super Bowl. But the backlash he got for making a comment that really wasn't that bad has pushed me to root for them. He graduated Stanford. He finished second in his class in High School. So he talked a big game. Shut him up by beating him. We have had athletes who talk and they have been loved. Jordan talked. Babe Ruth trash talked. Muhammad Ali trash talked. There isn't anything wrong with it in my book. You don't someone to trash talk them, you beat them on the field. I don't do it myself. But when someone does, I don't see it as unprofessional. It is part of the profession. These guys are playing a game. They can't all answer questions with grace and humility. It is boring. It is contrite and it reeks of being fake. I need characters like Sherman in my life because it makes things interesting.
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There is a time and place for everything. There is zero debate about the fact that what Sherman did was not only unprofessional but beneath him. He's not a thug, but he acted like a thug. It was unnecessary for him to do what he did when he did it which is why he's not only apologized but wrote a well written article explaining himself. Thugs don't care enough to go through all that for people to understand where he's coming from.
He turned himself into a villain. The entertainment aspect of his character doesn't preclude chiding.
The issue I had (and I assume most have at the core) is not the trash talking but instead the overall aggression in which he presented it towards an innocent sideline reporter in addition to the choking sign and getting in Crabtree's face right after the fact.
For that moment, Sherman was the face of sports arrogance and the entire internets exploded with aggression towards him.
I hope he continues to be a character, but in the future maybe he'll think it through a little bit better.