[dabigv13]

My facebook has been very active on this topic, so I think it's worth writing a post just to help me get my thoughts on the interview straight.

My opinion about Sherman goes back all the way to the USC games and all the woofing he did (which I loved!)- if he wasn't one of us, I'd most certainly hate him. He has some issue with being "disrespected", which is a theme that I think is far too prevalent in the modern sports world. No matter what his personal history with Crabtree, there was no reason to go seeking him out after the play to mock him. If he's trying to gain respect, I can't think of a worse way to go about it. Sportsmanship should have a role in the game.

And no matter what Sherman says about it today, and I think his opinion piece was very well written, he has too much of a history of being a grade-A douche on the field to overlook. Maybe it's all a show to build up his media presence (if so he's been crafting it since he was still an underclassman in college, so I think that's bogus), still doesn't make it right.

Finally, I think this unquestionably harms Stanford's "brand" to some degree. Certainly a lot of comments to that effect in my little corner of the social media world.

[dabigv13]

My facebook has been very active on this topic, so I think it's worth writing a post just to help me get my thoughts on the interview straight.

My opinion about Sherman goes back all the way to the USC games and all the woofing he did (which I loved!)- if he wasn't one of us, I'd most certainly hate him. He has some issue with being "disrespected", which is a theme that I think is far too prevalent in the modern sports world. No matter what his personal history with Crabtree, there was no reason to go seeking him out after the play to mock him. If he's trying to gain respect, I can't think of a worse way to go about it. Sportsmanship should have a role in the game.

And no matter what Sherman says about it today, and I think his opinion piece was very well written, he has too much of a history of being a grade-A douche on the field to overlook. Maybe it's all a show to build up his media presence (if so he's been crafting it since he was still an underclassman in college, so I think that's bogus), still doesn't make it right.

Finally, I think this unquestionably harms Stanford's "brand" to some degree. Certainly a lot of comments to that effect in my little corner of the social media world.