Fans are so petty. We expect athletes to be emotional, but only as emotional as WE say they can be. Newton just got beat to hell in losing the biggest game of his life, but he can't be mad about it. He has to sit down and answer inane questions with grace and forbearance before he even gets to take a shower. He has to be upset, but too u…
Fans are so petty. We expect athletes to be emotional, but only as emotional as WE say they can be. Newton just got beat to hell in losing the biggest game of his life, but he can't be mad about it. He has to sit down and answer inane questions with grace and forbearance before he even gets to take a shower. He has to be upset, but too upset. It's just a game, after all. But he can't SAY, it's just a game. The Super Bowl is far too important for that, after all.
I respect the emotionality of the players, and also recognize that a QB is paid an incredible sum of money to represent the team in a certain fashion, and folks in leadership positions are obligated to exercise a high degree of impulse control in such situations. What we saw after that Super Bowl was an indication of what irritated Steve Smith and others behind the scenes.
As I remember it, Newton was at the press conference, but Chris Harris or one of the other Broncos players was on the other side of the curtain doing his own conference, so basically Newton could hear the whole thing about what Denver did to win. So he was already mad about losing but also listening to the other team. Not an excuse but some context.
You are right! I was over on the Broncos side but that's what happened, per folks who were there.
In the context of these top 5s, and the spirit of my Cam thoughts, I don't think you can do "he was absolutely brilliant in 2015" and not add "and it ended with him storming away from the podium in a huff." Acting like there was nothing a little unprofessional about the way he handled himself is just as false as saying, "he wuz a fluke who had one good year."
Fans are so petty. We expect athletes to be emotional, but only as emotional as WE say they can be. Newton just got beat to hell in losing the biggest game of his life, but he can't be mad about it. He has to sit down and answer inane questions with grace and forbearance before he even gets to take a shower. He has to be upset, but too upset. It's just a game, after all. But he can't SAY, it's just a game. The Super Bowl is far too important for that, after all.
I respect the emotionality of the players, and also recognize that a QB is paid an incredible sum of money to represent the team in a certain fashion, and folks in leadership positions are obligated to exercise a high degree of impulse control in such situations. What we saw after that Super Bowl was an indication of what irritated Steve Smith and others behind the scenes.
I can see that kind of thing being grating behind the scenes even if it's more understandable in the aftermath of losing the SB.
As I remember it, Newton was at the press conference, but Chris Harris or one of the other Broncos players was on the other side of the curtain doing his own conference, so basically Newton could hear the whole thing about what Denver did to win. So he was already mad about losing but also listening to the other team. Not an excuse but some context.
You are right! I was over on the Broncos side but that's what happened, per folks who were there.
In the context of these top 5s, and the spirit of my Cam thoughts, I don't think you can do "he was absolutely brilliant in 2015" and not add "and it ended with him storming away from the podium in a huff." Acting like there was nothing a little unprofessional about the way he handled himself is just as false as saying, "he wuz a fluke who had one good year."