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Chad Johnson...

Discussion in 'Other NFL' started by MikeHoncho, Dec 20, 2009.

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  1. MikeHoncho

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    Had considered wearing Chris Henry's #15 jersey, but decided not to for the SD game.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4756880

    I take anything that guy says with a grain of salt. The team is already wearing a #15 sticker on their helmets, but Chad initially didn't think that was enough apparently. The reasoning behind his retraction is what I wanna call BS on. Chad Ochocinco suddenly being worried about being a distraction? BS! Truth is, he was set on wearing #15 to bring attention to himself, but then realized how offensive it would be to do so. Yes, sounds harsh but I believe this is the reality of the situation. In short, Just about everything #85 does makes me sick to my stomach.
     
  2. RunRickyRun

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    The world is full of "haters" as we like to call them.

    It's also filled with people who believe what others say (gullible).

    Either way, I believe Chads motives in this one situation. He lost a dear friend, and he wanted to honor him. My team lost a member due to an overdose, we retired his number and wore his jersey the next time out. College team mind you. Good luck to Chad, I hope he busts out a colored chin strap.
     
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  3. MikeHoncho

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    Argh, I posted this thread in the Dolphins Section
     
  4. MikeHoncho

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    It's really hard to like a "look at me" kind of player. A guy who don't mind dropping $30K to go out of his/his team's way to showcase himself. A guy who will skip training camp because he wants out of town despite having signed a multimillion dollar contract to do just that. A guy who attends Monday Night Football games just to put himself in the lime-light once more before next week's games (Ok, it's on his day off). Hard to take a guy like that seriously, much less buy into his latest act.
     
  5. xphinfanx

    xphinfanx Stay strong my friends.

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    Chads comedy cracks me up the dollar bill stunt ect.He pays big bucks for those seconds of tv air (fines lol). Glad he had enough morals not to wear #15. Wait knowing Chad tho the games not over i would'nt put it past him.
     
  6. Jaydog57

    Jaydog57 Canes/Fins/Magic fan

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    To a lot of people, if he wears the jersey, then he's an attention whore. If he changes his mind, he's the same thing.

    As for his onfield antics, they don't bother me a bit. Chad is what keeps the NFL from being the No Fun League. God forbid you try to make it more entertaining for the people in the stands.
     
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  7. MikeHoncho

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    Winning is entertaining. Game-turning goal-line stands, one-handed tippy-toed side-line catches and big effort plays are entertaining enough without a clown putting on a sombrero after having caught a touchdown.

    Celebrations will never be bigger than the play itself, and it's ridiculously moronic to try to make them so (at one's own expense, no less). Guys like #85, just can't seem to grasp that concept, among other things. Because fans don't jump out of their seats when a player pulls out a cell-phone and pretends to make a call after a play. They go nuts for the play that put the player in that position.
     
  8. PhiNomina

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    I wasn't sure my opinion but after having followed him on Twitter, and speaking with people in Cincinnati, the guy does a TON in the community and loves to entertain. I don't think he ever is nasty or mean spirited (you rarely see DB's talk bad about him after games).

    Some days he'll randomly post on Twitter to meet him at such and such movie theater and he'll pay for the first 100 people. He doesn't take that stuff to ESPN, I think he loves being the center of attention but have yet to see him do it in a mean spirited or unsportsman-like way.
     
  9. MikeHoncho

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    It's not about being mean-spirited. It's about putting the team in the backseat for a little more attention.
     
  10. PhiNomina

    PhiNomina White-Collar Redneck

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    I think we also need to remember that football is a game. It isn't war. Guys who make a tackle and try to look as angry and mean / intimidating as possible get celebrated as a "warrior" but the guy who puts on a sombrero or does a funny dance gets fined?

    I hope my kids look up to the guy having fun out there and not the one trying to be intimidating and angry all the time.
     
  11. PhiNomina

    PhiNomina White-Collar Redneck

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    I understand your point but his antics don't scream "look at how great I am" as much as "I'm having fun out here".

    Agree to disagree - I can definitely see your point and why people wouldn't like him. I personally find it entertaining and know that a lot of people in Cincy love the guy - that is what matters.
     
  12. MikeHoncho

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    Apples and oranges. If the "warrior" with the mean face ran to the sidline and put on a sombrero after a tackle, he'd get fined too.
     
  13. PhiNomina

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    The rules are clearly stated and he should definitely be fined for doing that (he shouldn't be above the rule). But I think the NFL needs to let the guys have SOME fun out there. Seems to me that if wearing a sombrero on your own sideline is a fine, then getting in guy's faces and pushing and shoving should be as well.
     
  14. MikeHoncho

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    It's the usage of props the League has problems with. There's a difference between celebrating and being emotional after a play, and turning the endzone into the set of "Whose line is it anyway?"
     
  15. Dannyg28

    Dannyg28 Say hi to the rings

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    he was going to wear his jersey to try and honor the guy, same as when Jonny Unitas died and Peyton Manning and (i think) Kyle Boler wore his black hightops or when baseball honors Jackie Robinson and a bunch of players wear his number in remembrance.

    I think this is an instance in which the people are basing the action based on the person who is doing it rather than the actual action itself. His friend died, he was just trying to honor him the best way he could think of.
     
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