Originally posted by LaSeeno
Originally posted by gocincinnati
Originally posted by LaSeeno
Mess with the Bull get the horns.
Finnegan did what he should do as an undersized corner but if you're going to play the antagonist don't cry foul when you get the result you were angling for.
I guess I missed the part where Finnegan was crying? I haven't seen any quotes from him that sounded like crying about it, maybe you can link me to one.
Here you go bud http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/30/finnegan-seems-to-think-johnson-should-have-been-suspended/
“He got my helmet off and I got his. To me, that is the end of the play,” Finnegan said. “This is the NFL, not the NHL, and it is a higher standard. That’s the NHL, they fight and they get penalties for that. In the NFL that is unheard of. You do that and you are suspended, hands down. That is what I have been taught, that is what everyone knows.”
Pretty ironic coming from the self proclaimed "dirtiest" player and one who is constantly nipping at opposing players like a little chihuahua.OK, but I still don't see any whining or crying. I mean, he's right y'know. What he says there is true. And I'm sure they asked him, straight out, "Do you think Johnson should have been suspended" and he gave his opinion. And I happen to agree with it -- as does the author of that article you cited, BTW.
What is he supposed to do when asked that question, pussy out with a "No comment?" Fuck that, he answered the question. Good for him.
Understand, I don't give a rat's ass about either one of these players, I'm just playing Devil's advocate here.
Now if he said something like, “As a respect issue, when your helmet comes off, the play is over. He crossed over the line by hitting me on my unprotected noggin, the big meanie” that would have been crying or whining.
But that's not what he said. What he said was, “Did I want it to escalate into that? Absolutely not. At a point he snapped and he started throwing blows. The only thing that upsets me . . . is if you reverse that and it’s me I have a game suspension.”
Now that might be seen as a little bit whiney, but it's not whiney toward Johnson, it's whiney toward the authorities. Who probably
would have given
him a suspension, due to his poor track record.
But I still haven't seen him say anything anywhere whining about the beatdown he got. Your original statement was "
don't cry foul when you get the result you were angling for" and I have yet to see any evidence of that.