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I have a number of Seahawks on my twitter feed. I rarely post a message on twitter, but i do re-tweet messages I find interesting. I use it during the season to get insights on how we're doing from a players perspective...not that any earth shattering news is gained there, but I've learned of team news hours before the national media gets a hold of it. So it's kind of useful. You also get lots of info on events that aren't regionally broadcast which is nice.
That being said I've heard a lot of bravado from our current players all this off season.
One in particular offender is Doug Baldwin. Doug seems to have a huge inferiority complex and reads everything said about him that's negative and then comments on anything he deems to be inaccurate; which usually is everything he reads negative.
I like him, he's a great player, but he whines publicly way too much. If he needs to use these opinions as fuel that's great, but at some point you have to understand only YOU can evaluate yourself, others cannot define who you are. When I hear him irritated by some article he's read it sounds petty. It's as if he's trying to convince everyone he's worth it...we know Doug, we've seen you play.
A few other Seahawks like Sherman have also started "Twitter Wars" which just shows poor impulse control. They sound like two 10th graders arguing who's better. Like I said, fuel is great...but sometimes they go way too far.
I realize these guys rely on social media to sell their swag, notify fans about their appearances and use their followers as a commodity to pitch products like watches, investments and T-shirts.
Twitter accounts have dollar figures associated with them like they were a stock on the exchange. Thus they almost are required to have an account, I get that. But why spit out ever dumb thought that comes into your mind at any given moment? What happened to having a little modesty, a little self control and some class?
They say "never meet your hero's" and twitter makes it easier than ever to do just that.
The problem now is that maybe we're getting to know them too much.
My two cents...
That being said I've heard a lot of bravado from our current players all this off season.
One in particular offender is Doug Baldwin. Doug seems to have a huge inferiority complex and reads everything said about him that's negative and then comments on anything he deems to be inaccurate; which usually is everything he reads negative.
I like him, he's a great player, but he whines publicly way too much. If he needs to use these opinions as fuel that's great, but at some point you have to understand only YOU can evaluate yourself, others cannot define who you are. When I hear him irritated by some article he's read it sounds petty. It's as if he's trying to convince everyone he's worth it...we know Doug, we've seen you play.
A few other Seahawks like Sherman have also started "Twitter Wars" which just shows poor impulse control. They sound like two 10th graders arguing who's better. Like I said, fuel is great...but sometimes they go way too far.
I realize these guys rely on social media to sell their swag, notify fans about their appearances and use their followers as a commodity to pitch products like watches, investments and T-shirts.
Twitter accounts have dollar figures associated with them like they were a stock on the exchange. Thus they almost are required to have an account, I get that. But why spit out ever dumb thought that comes into your mind at any given moment? What happened to having a little modesty, a little self control and some class?
They say "never meet your hero's" and twitter makes it easier than ever to do just that.
The problem now is that maybe we're getting to know them too much.
My two cents...
