kobebryant":3r0rquap said:
Very true. But for arguments sake should we not prefer someone to be the most natural and unfiltered version of themselves rather than calculated?
To me there is no right or wrong way to go about it, but a lot of what Sherm, Newton and Russ do is brand building in their own unique way. I think Russ falls more inline with the approach taken by traditionally safe corporate types like Jordan, Lebron, Tiger (prior to his fall), Jeter and that is why he may be more widely accepted.
Well, that's pretty much the issue. Cam's antics make him seem like a self-important narcissist. Rarely celebrating with teammates, he tends to over-celebrate his personal achievements, and he doesn't dull the edge of it with very much humility. Lack of humility from a hero figure leads to an inevitable backlash of public opinion.
Sherman rode out the backlash and emerged as a much more humble creature, playing up his respect for guys like Larry Fitzgerald, but the backlash was always mitigated by the fact he was a founding member of the LoB and had a brotherhood thing going on that made him seem less self-absorbed. Showing respect for the elite receivers in the NFL then made it seem like he was actually a rational guy and maybe Crabtree really was that mediocre and undeserving of respect.
Russ is of course a cyborg, so don't use him as a comparison because he is only as human as his AI allows. Many think he was dorky for looking up things online to say to Ciara, but the reality is that everything he says, thinks, and feels is a result of data retrieval - the internet being a prime source - with just enough God thrown in to make people think he's not really a machine.