Monday, January 15, 2007
Tomlinson the Hypocrite...
"I would never react in that way. I was very upset," Tomlinson said. "When you go to the middle of our field and start doing the dance Shawne Merriman is known for, that is disrespectful. They showed no class and maybe that comes from the head coach."So let me get this straight LT...you're saying the Patriots have no class because they were mocking one of your players who celebrates his sacks by taunting other teams? Are you kidding me?
Merriman, nicknamed "Lights Out," did a spasmodic dance to celebrate each of his NFL-high 17 sacks.
I respect LaDainian Tomlinson a lot on the field. He's the best running back in the game and he plays the game the way it should be played. However, he acted like a complete moron and a sore loser after the Chargers lost to the underdog Patriots yesterday.
Like a fool, Tomlinson went after someone on the Patriots right after the Chargers lost. The above quote explains why he did so. Again, are you kidding me?
Is this what our society has come to? Now it's disrespectful to mock players who act like idiots and celebrate every sack like they just won the super bowl? Hey, LT you might want to think before you say something stupid again because Merriman shows no class every time he does that stupid dance.
And LT, answer me this...was it classy when Merriman sent Miami Dolphins Defensive Player of the Year Jason Taylor popcorn in the mail so "that he can watch the Chargers in the playoffs" all because Taylor had the temerity to rightfully question why Merriman was rewarded with a Pro Bowl spot when he was suspended four games for using an illegal substance? Looks like your team might have no class, LT. And I guess Merriman should ask for the popcorn back so he can watch the Patriots and Colts on TV next week.
And LT, refresh my memory...who was the team that got flagged twice in the second half for taunting and for late hits? Oh, that's right it was your classy San Diego Charger teammates.
And another question...since when is it classy to try and start a fight with opposing players after you lost? Look in the mirror LT before you accuse somebody of having no class after you tried starting a post-game fight.
LT, you're a great player, but you acted like a fool after the game and then sounded like a hypocritical fool afterwards. If Merriman is going to dance around like an idiot and show up opposing teams every time he makes a play one would think that tends to irritate the other team. One would also tend to think that fires the other team up and also sets Merriman up to be taunted himself if he does not back his taunting or his play by winning.
Maybe the Patriots shouldn't have danced around afterward, but if Merriman shows some class himself that would have never happened. And LT, you guys were the best team in football and should have coasted to the super bowl. Maybe if guys like Merriman spent less time taunting Jason Taylor and more time focusing on the Patriots you would still be playing.
So LT, the next time you call out another team for being unclassy you might want to look around at your teammates and their actions and ask yourself just how classy your team is.
You're a great player and a future Hall of Famer, LT.
But after the childish way you reacted to losing and the way you whined afterward, you're also a hypocrite.
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