Damn right. Dude made everything about himself. Didn't care about his teammates, slandered coaches, rushed back from injury when he knew he wasn't ready but didn't care that it hurt the team.
Wait... are we talking about Russ or Jamal??
Oh, yeah. That time he flicked off the coaching staff... wait...
Or that interview he gave after the game when he proclaimed himself the best corner in the game... screaming and spitting all over the mic...no, that wasn't him either.
The thing I find comical is I'm sure many of the folks who want to crucify Jamal for whatever it is they want to crucify him for, probably give Me3 a pass for all of his on the field and off the field antics.
On the field - throwing his teammates under the bus to elevate himself... scheming to get the FO fired. Lying about asking for a trade while trying to get Hawks players to go with him, coming back from injury early, redusing to play the game any other way but his own... off the field - skimming money from his charity to line the pockets of his friends, throwing his former team under the bus... etc.
For all the talk about how bad a teammate he was or how cancerous he was, I don't remember him raising any degree of stink for being used as a cover safety when that was never his strength and being left out of position in a failed defensive scheme. He shut his mouth and played. Meanwhile guys like Carlos Dunlap were happy to question the scheme in public.
The dude was injured. When he was on the field he played as hard as anyone else.
His 'altercation' with medical staff, regrettable. The twitter fight, insinuating a reporters wife was ugly... dumb.
But seriously, that's the basis for the 'bad guy' hate?
Yall would have driven Terrel Owens, Warren Sapp, Randy Moss, and a lot of other HOFers off the team for BS that often comes from being over the top competitive and hyper aggressive characters... attributes that actually contribute to the 'hyper ' play on the field.
Just wait until Spoon starts to get comfortable and letting his colors fly. He'll probably see the same nonsense blowback.