@hyacinth003 wrote:
@Spurt wrote:
@nun ya wrote:
@Spurt wrote:
Antonio Brown is just a diva, you could even see it when he was on DWTS.....now he wants to be traded, and he was also upset the Steeler's players awarded their teammate MVP award to
JuJu instead of him.....Brown is talented but also too full of himself....
I figured something was up when he wasn't suited up on Sunday. Instead stood on the sideline wearing a mink coat. *eyeroll*
Ben says he has no idea of any big fight.
I guess we will see what Tomln says today.
But by all means, if you aren't happy with the Rooney's or Steelers org...just go. I think we are all tired (in Pittsburgh) of the never ending drama on this team
@nun ya
Antonio also skipping practices before the final game.....just a ton of trouble....
I don't follow this particular saga.
However, in general, it never fails to shock me when these guys behave badly. They are MILLIONAIRES, yet act like spoiled children. Skipping practices or whaever is just shocking to me.
Does no one ever shake them and try to reason with them? Like how fortunate they are to be there?
I am always blown away by these stories.
Hyacinth
"Does no one ever shake them and try to reason with them?" Some try, but more often than not the predominant message they're getting is the exact opposite of what they should be getting. Friends, family, fans, agents, sportswriters, etc. all tell them how great they are. How wonderful they are. How the team would be nothing without them.They get paid millions to essentially play a kid's game.
In the case of AB, he was on "Dancing with the Stars" which proved to him that he was a star. He was featured on the premiere episode of "The Masked Singer" on Fox. He was made one of the highest paid wide receivers in the history of the game. Before each game other teams talk about how they have to contain him, keep him in check, in order to win. He's made the Pro Bowl multiple times. Everyone tells him how special, wonderful, gifted he is. Fans love him. They buy his jersey in big numbers. People tell him how the team would be nothing without him. When you hear that 24/7/365 for years, you start to believe it.
A guy like AB would have been wooed from the time he first stepped onto a high school field. College coaches/recruiters would court him. Then NFL coaches and GM's court him in the predraft process. Then he slips to the sixth round and he vows to prove those who doubted him wrong, and he largely does. He knows he's special and that people don't appreciate how great he really is. For the coach to side with the quarterback over him? Why that's jut unthinkable!
Keeping an ego in check is very hard for many people. They're told how speical they are so much, that they end up believing it. They end up accepting that the team would be nothing without them. They know they're special and no one should ever doubt it. While many/most fans would just as soon he drop dead now, there are still a small pool of his insiders who are assuring him he's absolutely right and he's on the right side. "They'll see. You'll prove them all wrong."
Wide receivers tend to have somewhat diva-like personalities to begin with. In a team sport, they play a non-team position. They're out there all alone, one on one, mano-a-mano with a DB. They get the spotlight when they play well. Highlight shows show them making a leaping, one-handed catch and the crowd goes wild. They may have run the route totally wrong which is why they had to make the one-handed leaping grab, but no one cares. "Wow! What a catch!" It's easy for them to forget it's a team sport. They always feel like they're open also and the quarterback missed them. That frustrates them. "I was wide open!" We saw Kirk Cousins and one of his receviers having a very heated discussion on the sidelines this past week. It's not uncommon. They always want the ball thrown to them and if it isn't, it's the quarterback's fault.
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