Unpopular opinion alert: Marshawn Lynch is being immature

therealjohncarlson":3gimat6p said:

Ok now before you jump all over me hear me out. We aren't talking about a doctor or a teacher here or some other "important" job here so let's have a little perspective. Marshawn is paid a crap ton of money for playing a sport. Now I love marshawn, he's probably my favorite offensive player on the team right now, but in this case I believe he is acting entitled and immature.

Now if lynch actually has a social disorder that's one thing, but all the evidence points to this being fake, since he was nice and loud (comparitively) in buffalo, and has suddenly turned silent here. So common sense and rumblings from inside the locker room has told us he had bad experiences with the media prior, so the vast majority folks on here believe this gives him the right to blow off the media here, and be disrespectful to them? People across all jobs have duties that make them uncomfortable, that is part of being an adult and growing up! You shut up and do it because your boss told you to. Would you blow off your boss and tell him you don't want to do something because it makes you "uncomfortable"? I sure as hell hope not.

I believe people on here are letting their love of lynch and the Seahawks cloud their judgment on this situation. I think most on here would be call anyone doing a similar thing in their own industry an "entitled brat" or something similar. So why not hold marshawn to similar standards?

Ok now I'm ready

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SnoCoHawk":1v83xbwq said:

Russell should write him up some platitude flash cards that he can read from:

-One game at a time.
-We're just playing for each other.
-They're a great team, I expect a competitive game.
-All the credit goes to my teammates.

Because hearing those things over and over again are absolutely critical to my enjoyment of the game.

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ZorntoLargent":339172t9 said:

And then purposely trying to get a story out of him when you KNOW he doesn't want to talk?
I think THAT is why he's being immature. He made his case, yet they STILL come over and bother him knowing he won't give them any REAL answer.
The local radio guys know not to even try.
It's like, "hey lets go see if we can make him react".

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Scottemojo":2uze6w93 said:

Lynch says nothing.
Russell talks for 15 minutes, says nothing.

Who cares?

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therealjohncarlson":1rattp78 said:

ZorntoLargent":1rattp78 said:

And then purposely trying to get a story out of him when you KNOW he doesn't want to talk?
I think THAT is why he's being immature. He made his case, yet they STILL come over and bother him knowing he won't give them any REAL answer.
The local radio guys know not to even try.
It's like, "hey lets go see if we can make him react".

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The point is that the media is allowed to interview him, according to marshawns boss. Marshawn is not allowed to just blow them off, according to marshawns boss. That's all that matters

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SnoCoHawk":z78hu2qx said:

Russell should write him up some platitude flash cards that he can read from:

-One game at a time.
-We're just playing for each other.
-They're a great team, I expect a competitive game.
-All the credit goes to my teammates.

Because hearing those things over and over again are absolutely critical to my enjoyment of the game.

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Basis4day":2bx9wya5 said:

therealjohncarlson":2bx9wya5 said:

ZorntoLargent":2bx9wya5 said:

And then purposely trying to get a story out of him when you KNOW he doesn't want to talk?
I think THAT is why he's being immature. He made his case, yet they STILL come over and bother him knowing he won't give them any REAL answer.
The local radio guys know not to even try.
It's like, "hey lets go see if we can make him react".

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The point is that the media is allowed to interview him, according to marshawns boss. Marshawn is not allowed to just blow them off, according to marshawns boss. That's all that matters

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And since they're allowed to interview him i ask again, what are these questions that everyone is dying to hear the answers to?

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therealjohncarlson":y568ix6a said:

Scottemojo":y568ix6a said:

Lynch says nothing.
Russell talks for 15 minutes, says nothing.

Who cares?

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Marshawns boss does, that's the whole bloody point. I don't get why people don't see this. Marshawns job isn't to decide whether he should be answering questions or not, his job is to answer them because it's in his contract and his boss told him to

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therealjohncarlson":1cglrgfm said:

Scottemojo":1cglrgfm said:

Lynch says nothing.
Russell talks for 15 minutes, says nothing.

Who cares?

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Marshawns boss does, that's the whole bloody point. I don't get why people don't see this. Marshawns job isn't to decide whether he should be answering questions or not, his job is to answer them because it's in his contract and his boss told him to

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SnoCoHawk":r3iubgsk said:

Russell should write him up some platitude flash cards that he can read from:

-One game at a time.
-We're just playing for each other.
-They're a great team, I expect a competitive game.
-All the credit goes to my teammates.

Because hearing those things over and over again are absolutely critical to my enjoyment of the game.

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SalishHawkFan":13t9n93p said:

SnoCoHawk":13t9n93p said:

Russell should write him up some platitude flash cards that he can read from:

-One game at a time.
-We're just playing for each other.
-They're a great team, I expect a competitive game.
-All the credit goes to my teammates.

Because hearing those things over and over again are absolutely critical to my enjoyment of the game.

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I agree with the OP. Lynch is being an assclown....which I totally approve of!!!! I love your idea for being even bigger assclowns and having Lynch interview with Wilson there. Media asks the question, Wilson flips through his flash cards and hands Lynch the answer. Wilson smiles at media while Lynch reads the answer.

Lynch is making a point: The NFL wants them to talk to the media. The team insists on coachspeak, etc. Answers like One game at a time, etc. Anyone on the team who breaks those rules gets in big trouble.

So why the hell then insist on putting them in that spot in the first place?

Either let the players SPEAK to the media or don't make them set there and spew NFL nonspeak. Lynch is mocking the NFL, not the media. The mediots are too stupid to get it.

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