The Sherman Deliberation

Richard Sherman's live rant is the talk in every household, but why?

If you haven't seen Richard Sherman speak his mind during a live post-game interview with Fox, where have you been hiding? (See it here) 

It once again brings Sherman straight into the spotlight for saying exactly what he thinks, regardless of who it's about. After Sunday's interview (post NFC Championship victory over rivals San Francisco 49'ers), Sherman has been called every explicit in the Oxford dictionary, but the word on most peoples mind is classless.But why?

It shows how much the game means to him, how much it meant to be a part of the winning play, how much the man wants to be better than his opposition.

Sherman argues that Micheal Crabtree (San Francisco 49'ers wide receiver) had been talking all game, but it's Sherman that hits the spotlight. Not for running back into the changing rooms like most players, but for showing true emotion in the heat of the moment. It shows that the game was not only real, but hit him emotionally. Who doesn't want more moments like that, where athletes that are idolized show that these games matter and are not just another paycheck.

With Sherman it's easy to label him a thug, but bear in mind that this is a man who graduated from Stanford (and coincidentally played there under Jim Harbaugh). A man that grew up in the streets of Compton, arguably one of the roughest areas in the USA, but still managed to 'make it' to the NFL. He has said that he is used to hearing people talk about what he is not able to do, and so far he's proved most of them wrong. 

While Sherman can talk as fast as he can run, he can also back it up. That's the person that he is. Why are we pretending that this is the only man who trash talks while playing; every player does. So why during a game where you're legally allowed to 'hit' an opponent to the floor using brute force we draw the line at trash talking. Why are we also pretending that players should love each other, embrace each other after the game and tell the other how beautiful the other played during the game. Rivals don't like each other, Sherman even acknowledged post game, “A lot of what I said to (Erin) Andrews (Fox reporter) was adrenaline talking, and some of that was Crabtree. I just don’t like him.”
Naturally when you make a game winning play against someone you just do not like, the adrenaline speaks. In my opinion, we need more Richard Sherman's. People who are not afraid to speak out and say it exactly how it is.
But no matter what you think about the cornerback, he sure is unique.

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