Wow. Rodgers must have woke up on the wrong side of the friggen planet. Almost every comment was argumentative and aggressive. Kampman might have not said anything, but Rodgers said all the wrong things. I would expect McCarthy and the coaches to have some words to say to Rodgers over this. Personally I find these comments to be worse than his get on board comment, because this is an "attack" on a teammate. And you never, ever attack one's teammate. This is not how you build camaraderie. It did seem that Rodgers sounded like he didn't want to be on the show from the start though. Even so, very, very poor form here Mr. Rodgers.
"TheEngineer" wrote:
First off, I didn't read all four pages of this thread so I don't know if someone has brought up this point.
My read on Rodgers' "tone" is different. I believe this in my gut (and my guts are all I've got): Rodgers and those guys were playing off a particular vibe -- one that shouldn't be seen as unfavorable. Rodgers was being a little sarcastic and the interviewers were being intentionally silly. I don't know if my point is salient here: I'm trying to say that it was supposed to be like that. Can anyone see that as well? Just wondering. Even when Aaron said something to the effect of: "Do you have one real question for me? ... blah blah because otherwise I have to go." You thought he was being serious? I don't. My personality is the type to ask a question like that when I don't mean ... implying that I'm joking -- what I think Rodgers is doing here.
I really don't think we should get in a tizzy over Rodgers' comments on AK74. In saying that, I assume it's unfair to judge the situation because we don't know the absolute nature of Rodgers and Kampman's relationship. If it's possible that Rodgers and Kampman are good friends, then I don't think it takes much to see how the comments were appropriate. If, for instance, Kampman is good friends with Rodgers but he is also reluctant about the 3-4 isn't it appropriate that Rodgers bring up how a move the transition will help him out? Again assuming it's possible that Rodgers and Kampman are close, is it out of line for Rodgers to suggest how Kampman might handle the situation next time (and avoid a week of questions and stress from the media)?
Maybe I'm going too far out on a limb here. It's just nothing in this interview struck me as particularly out of line -- so it struck me even more when there were so many disappointing (hostile, even) responses.
William Henderson didn't have to run people over. His preferred method was levitation.
"I'm a reasonable man, get off my case."