Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch is a jerk

[Auggie]

Last edited Wed Jan 28, 2015, 12:15 PM - Edit history (1)

During the annual Super Bowl media day, Lynch answered every question with some variation of "I'm here so I won't get fined." He occasionally changed the delivery but stuck to his script.

Lynch stayed at his designated podium for 4 minutes, 51 seconds -- over an hour less than all his teammates and coaches -- and was asked 29 questions. At the 4:51 mark, he said "time," stood up and walked away from the microphone.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12237417/marshawn-lynch-seattle-seahawks-uses-same-answer-repetition-super-bowl-media-day-here-get-fined

Act like a grown-up already

[KamaAina]

1. Locking. Not LBN.

For the record, it's "Marshawn".

[Auggie]

2. Thanks

[JeffHead]

3. I'm only replying so I don't get fined.

[Auggie]

6. +1

[ProfessorGAC]

7. You're Fined For A Bad Attitude

No excuses. You owe 3 cents.

[Goblinmonger]

4. I completely agree

I get that maybe public speaking isn't his thing and he may think it's all kind of stupid, but you make millions of fucking dollars and that fact means you need to be a public figure. Don't like doing this, then get a different job.

[TBF]

19. He tried to talk about his foundation

and underprivileged youth in one of the earlier interviews. Of course the white press crew wasn't into that.

I don't blame him for getting pissed.

[Iggo]

8. Yeah, but do he cheat?

Know'm say'n?

[Cali_Democrat]

9. Marshawn Lynch fucking rawks...

[Jamaal510]

10. Players

shouldn't get fined if they don't want to give interviews, and it's not as if what players typically say during interviews is that important or adds much to the game. It's mostly the standard "we executed well...I respect the other team...(name player) stood out..." or if they lose, it's "the other team outplayed us...we're going to practice more...change our plays...look forward to next week...etc." It's plain that Roger Goodell et al. will use any trick to shake the players down and get a few extra bucks.

[Auggie]

13. Yeah, but this is media day at the Super Bowl ...

wouldn't kill him to be civil for a few minutes.

[fishwax]

15. Players make the money they do in no small part because media coverage

creates a demand for the product, and with that in mind I don't have an issue with requiring them to have some media availability, especially in prep for the Super Bowl.

Of course, Lynch's choice to answer all the questions this way has become a story, so he's actually doing his part to feed the beast.

[JonLP24]

22. The media is there because of the demand for media coverage

Its role is that way. Certainly earlier or decades since, coverage has helped create a demand for the product but today that would mostly be filled by national TV broadcasts, interviewers asking players questions is more of the demand people want in off-the-field coverage.

For me, I hate 99% of the spectacle nonsense that fills Super Bowl weeks & the Super Bowl itself. I watch it because of what happens within the 60 minutes of game clock.

I certainly have a different opinion when it comes to what the NFL requires, I also don't believe it has much of an impact with the demand already there.

[bigwillq]

11. Or not a jerk.

http://deadspin.com/marshawn-lynch-already-explained-why-he-hates-talking-t-1682306801

"I've never seen anybody win the game in the media. But at the same time, I understand what it could do for you, if you wanted to be someone who talks a lot. But that's not me.

"And I'm not as comfortable, especially at the position I play, making it about me. As a running back, it takes five offensive linemen, a tight end, a fullback and possibly two wide receivers, in order to make my job successful. But when I do interviews, most of the time it'll come back to me. There are only so many times I can say, 'I owe it to my offensive linemen,' or, 'The credit should go to my teammates,' before it becomes run down.

"This goes back even to Pop Warner. You'd have a good game and they'd want you to give a couple of quotes for the newspaper, and I would let my other teammates be the ones to talk. That's how it was in high school, too. At Cal, I'd have my cousin, Robert Jordan, and Justin Forsett do it.

"Football's just always been hella fun to me, not expressing myself in the media. I don't do it to get attention; I just do it 'cause I love that (expletive)."

[madinmaryland]

12. Really stupid fucking rule that the NFL is enforcing.

Who fucking cares. IT'S NOT LIKE HE IS FUCKING CHEATING, Belicheat & ***.

[DinahMoeHum]

14. WTF IS THE NFL'S PROBLEM WITH THIS GUY ??????

Buncha fuckin' toe-rags think they can make him perform like a trained seal.

LEAVE MARSHAWN LYNCH THE FUCK ALONE, ROGER GOODELL !!!!!

ASSHOLE.

[mythology]

16. He also seemingly can't stop grabbing his crotch as a celebration

The amusing part of his media thing is that he could make it go away by answering a few questions and not repeating the same phrase over and over and still be out of there in the same time.

[R B Garr]

17. Wrong! If I remember correctly, his media aversion began during

and because of his college football recruitment and his choice of college. He was heavily recruited by some big name powerhouse football schools, but he ultimately decided to stay closer home and chose Cal. Cal is a great academic school, but it is obviously not a big name football school for someone of his talent.

That's what I remember about him during that period. He got a lot of bad press because he declined schools like USC who was No. 1 in rankings for about 3 years straight during the time he was recruited. If I remember correctly, he got pissed at having to answer questions about his college choice, and I guess it stuck with him.

[Grassy Knoll]

18. Because Deflate Gate......

Was So yesterday!!!!

[TBF]

20. Marshawn Lynch is not a good little preppy -

and he's not following directions from the billionaire bosses.

That's what it takes to succeed in capitalism.

And he's telling them where to shove it.

I like him more every day.

[JonLP24]

21. Considering I have the same issues

I completely agree with Lynch and was a big fan of his teammates rallying around him last year's media day.