As much as I say I hate social media, at times it can be a source of some pretty great insights. Courtesy of LeGarette Blount’s disgustingly repugnant, immature and flat out embarrassing display of incredibly poor sportsmanship during last night’s Duck game, I was provided with content for this post. So…thanks LeGarette!
Insight #1 is brought to you by my cartographic skills:
One of my favorite quotations (and not ‘quotes’…bc to quote is a verb, a quotation is the actual thing that was said…thank you Duncan McDonald and Grammar 101) about Blount’s shameful behavior: “General rule of thumb: When your night ends with you being restrained by an ad hoc coalition of authority figures and security guards, you have had a very, very bad night.”
Insight #2 has been provided by my Facebook feed:
Of course Twitter exploded too. Perhaps my favorite tweet I found in my “Oregon” search:
Takeaway #1: Citizen journalism is actually pretty sweet.
Takeaway #2: At least Duck fans are still classy.
Takeaway #3: It’s amazing how the actions of just one person can have such a powerful impact on a brand. In less than a minute, Blount did wonders of damage to the wonderful and once respected brand Oregon had spent so much time to build.
Conclusion: If Blount gets kicked out, can I have his scholarship money? I don’t punch people and I think I could be a far classier brand advocate for Oregon. Just throwing it out there. (=
Jackass is an understatment. Dumb ass is more like it. Blount grow up. This kid ended his college career. This was a serious case of lack of judgement on his part. His NFL dream for intensive purposes ended as well. NFL GM’s like aggression on the field not off of it..This kid killed a chance at the NFL. Polic blotter her we come.
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Ah Blount. Such a gem. My favorite is my brother’s Facebook status that you captured. Only he would find the potential in Blount to be used in a fear tactic to intimidate other teams.
You still proud to be a Duck?
Tia! Once a duck, always a duck, you of anyone should know this. (=
Jackass is an understatment. Dumb ass is more like it. Blount grow up. This kid ended his college career. This was a serious case of lack of judgement on his part. His NFL dream for intensive purposes ended as well. NFL GM's like aggression on the field not off of it..This kid killed a chance at the NFL. Polic blotter her we come.
http://bobbygee.wordpress.com/...