Kapanda wrote:Your fan base's adoration for Wilson
Are there really any NFL teams that don't have adoration for their quarterback?
Kapanda wrote:and Sherman's smug self
The media played this up a lot and, because it's what it is, follows its own made up conceptions.
Sherman came on a lot of people's radars when he seemingly wasn't cordial to Michael Crabtree after a game. What the world mostly didn't see was why:
CBS Sports wrote:Moments after Seattle beat San Francisco in the NFC Championship game, we saw just how intense Sherman's distaste was for Crabtree. In the days since, everybody -- from Pete Carroll to Tom Brady to John Madden -- has weighed in, and Sherman even apologized.
But Wednesday night, NFL Films showed a much different Sherman, who was mic'd up during the game. With seconds left in the fourth quarter, he made the game-saving tip in the end zone on a ball intended for Crabtree that was intercepted by Malcolm Smith. Moments later, Sherman found Crabtree and said, "Hell of a game. Hell of a game," while extending his hand.
Here was Crabtree's response:
Reality squares with Sherman's account
It turns out that Crabtree was being overly aggressive and physically attacking Sherman, Sherman gets angry in an interview about it and HE apologizes. The monster is now the guy that was face-masked and apologized anyway.
And so they tend to follow it up with stories that tend to support the idea that Sherman is an arrogant monster because that's what the media does. He's a great player, he's loyal to his communities both in Compton (where he grew up) and Seattle, and he's lately been trying to stick up for the players against the owners—the latter have been overstepping (in my opinion) by doing things like dictating what brands of things players can use in their personal lives based on who pays the NFL to dictate these things.
I do understand that he's loud and foul-mouthed, I guess, and maybe I'd feel different if he weren't my own guy. But he is, and I love him for what he does.
Kapanda wrote:Also your 12th man BS
I've heard people say this, but I actually don't really understand it. I like that players and managers alike, go out of the way to make the fans feel like part of the team.
Kapanda wrote:Cards' surprising victory run was just that, it seems - surprising.
They still need to get knocked down a peg or two for us to catch up with them.
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