The Players Championship @ TPC Sawgrass

• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  Sergio now looks like a fool. And Tiger looks PC for feeling compelled to respond. By not responding, he could have come out looking good. Now he makes me roll my eyes - are you seriously "hurt" by the fried chicken reference? If so, you have much bigger problems than a mouthy nemisis.
  
  I respect the hell out of Tiger's golf. The guy personally sounds like a complete jerk, but who cares. Sergio is probably not a bad guy, but can't seem to keep his mouth shut.
• vball10set

  Dr Winston O'Boogie;1446600 wrote:Sergio now looks like a fool. And Tiger looks PC for feeling compelled to respond. By not responding, he could have come out looking good. Now he makes me roll my eyes - are you seriously "hurt" by the fried chicken reference? If so, you have much bigger problems than a mouthy nemisis.
  
  I respect the hell out of Tiger's golf. The guy personally sounds like a complete jerk, but who cares. Sergio is probably not a bad guy, but can't seem to keep his mouth shut.

  I couldn't disagree more. I think Tiger's response was not only warranted, but perfectly played, and Sergio looks 100% the fool in this case.
• like_that

  

  Dr Winston O'Boogie;1446600 wrote:Sergio now looks like a fool. And Tiger looks PC for feeling compelled to respond. By not responding, he could have come out looking good. Now he makes me roll my eyes - are you seriously "hurt" by the fried chicken reference? If so, you have much bigger problems than a mouthy nemisis.
  
  I respect the hell out of Tiger's golf. The guy personally sounds like a complete jerk, but who cares. Sergio is probably not a bad guy, but can't seem to keep his mouth shut.

  Ok, I will be the guy who says it. If Tiger didn't address the "fried chicken" comment, there would have been plenty of black people getting their panties in a bunch.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Dr Winston O'Boogie;1446600 wrote:I respect the hell out of Tiger's golf. The guy personally sounds like a complete jerk,

  This reminds me of MJ. WE, as a society, have built these people up, to be on the top. They know no other way to act, b/c that is how we want them to act.
• like_that

  

  ernest_t_bass;1446688 wrote:This reminds me of MJ. WE, as a society, have built these people up, to be on the top. They know no other way to act, b/c that is how we want them to act.

  Society wants them to act like that, yet society bitches about them???
• ernest_t_bass

  

  like_that;1446691 wrote:Society wants them to act like that, yet society bitches about them???

  Society builds them up, and puts them on a pedestal. People give them things, cater to them, etc., and they get it engrained into their mind/lifestyle that they should almost expect it.
  
  It's a lengthy read, but a good one:
  http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/Michael-Jordan/michael-jordan-not-left-building
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  vball10set;1446632 wrote:I couldn't disagree more. I think Tiger's response was not only warranted, but perfectly played, and Sergio looks 100% the fool in this case.

  His response caters to the complete overly politically correct. Sergio's stupidity required no response. If an adversary is planning on hanging themselves, best stay out of their way.
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  ernest_t_bass;1446693 wrote:Society builds them up, and puts them on a pedestal. People give them things, cater to them, etc., and they get it engrained into their mind/lifestyle that they should almost expect it.
  
  It's a lengthy read, but a good one:
  http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/Michael-Jordan/michael-jordan-not-left-building

  I read that article. I found it a little sad.
  
  To your point, I personally don't expect perfection from any of these guys. If you take a cross section of people from anywhere, there are some more likeable than others. I don't find Tiger a particularly warm personality from what I see of him. That's okay with me, because his golf is why I'm watching.
• Sonofanump

  I really have no respect for either Tiger or Sergio. Too many other good guys on the tour to root for.
• Fab1b

  

  Sonofanump;1446769 wrote:I really have no respect for either Tiger or Sergio. Too many other good guys on the tour to root for.

  
  I feel the exact same way, both are straight up dicks especially Tiger! However no way the media/ESPN let this die.
• Midstate01

  

  If tiger doesn't respond the blacks would probably have traded him to the asians in the racial Draft.
  
  If tiger called sergio a cracker or said he should play hockey if he doesn't wanna lose to black people or something, everyone would expect backlash and sergio to react.
  
  I think this has gone over really quietly actually. Im shocked it hasnt been blown up into a huge story.
• Sonofanump

  Midstate01;1446830 wrote:If tiger doesn't respond the blacks would probably have traded him to the asians in the racial Draft.
  
  If tiger called sergio a cracker or said he should play hockey if he doesn't wanna lose to black people or something, everyone would expect backlash and sergio to react.
  
  I think this has gone over really quietly actually. Im shocked it hasnt been blown up into a huge story.

  Spaniards don't play hockey, they fight bulls after siestas.
• Heretic

  

  Sonofanump;1446926 wrote:Spaniards don't play hockey, they fight bulls after siestas.

  And occasionally box. Pretty sucky on offense, but damn tough defensively.