Patriotic Fervor
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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- Mar 31, 2005
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i respect him because hes been a great football player and person since coming into the league. Just recently had he said anything questionable. How is he stupid by calling out a coach ? Hes got his reasons and we dont agree but it doesntm ake him stupid. Hes a smart guy and a lot of fans around the league would admit(take away recent stuff) Same goes with maturity..when has he caused trouble before? Hes not 1 of thosep layers all about the money and popularity. He may not be the "classiest" guy in league NOW but hes still a class guy and dont let 1 incident fool you. Hes clearly dissapointed. Do you consider BB classy? Some wouldnt because "pushing a photopgrahper, dropping F bomb" and all that non sense. How about Brady flipping on SChot last year? Do you consider him classy still? maybe not a classy move but hes still a very classy guy
Well, as Mark Twain said, "Better to remain silent and have others think you a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!"
Unfortunately for him, he cannot un-ring this bell. It becomes a part of his publicly perceived persona, and since it is his most recent public utterance, it is that which is most likely to be retained in the public's collective memory, which is short-term all the time.
This does not mean it is fatal to that publicly-perceived (and carefully crafted?) persona, but it does mean he will have to work at correcting the mistake he has made, and work of that nature is always a lot more arduous than the the initial utterance.
This is probably worse than Isiah Thomas' remark about Larry Bird just being another white guy who wasn't that good. Bird pulled Thomas' fat out that fire for him, but the sheen was off the guy after that.
It remains to be seen if anyone in the Pats' organization will to something similar for Tomlinson.