Comments on: Taylor Was a Thug, The Media Said So

By: hogshaven

hogshaven — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:58:14 +0000

da great white hype-

“so he has not gotten into trouble lately.”

No, the point is he hasn’t gotten into serious trouble… EVER. What is it you THINK he did that was so horrible in his “checkered past”? Do you have any idea why you think he’s such a bad guy?

By: Chris Mottram

Chris Mottram — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:00:09 +0000

“so if brett favre died of an overdose tomorrow, you would expect no one to bring up his past problems with pain pills?”

Another irrelevant example. If Taylor had killed himself with a gun, maybe this Favre hypothetical would apply.

By: ben

ben — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:39:42 +0000

I cannot even watch the ESPN coverage of this. I’ve never been a real hater of the Worldwide Leader, but this really has turned me into one. It’s just astoundingly bad.

By: MacG

MacG — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:38:36 +0000

When I die and people are talking about my life, I hope no one is discussing any charges that were proven in a court of law to be false against me.

By: MacG

MacG — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:36:09 +0000

I actually took notes on ESPN’s story to write a blog about it. It is probably the one that you are talking about. It was SOOOO bad and I was so pissed. I do not even cheer for the skins either. Chris, you just gave me inspiration to write it up tonite.

By: da great white hype

da great white hype — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:27:00 +0000

so if brett favre died of an overdose tomorrow, you would expect no one to bring up his past problems with pain pills?

yes, it’s too bad that people have to bring up the past in this case, but athletes, like policians, are public figures and some have checkered pasts. many if not all of us don’t know the whole situation. i just don’t understand this whole “maturing” thing being brought up. so he has not gotten into trouble lately. does that qualify as maturing? isn’t that expected of people? and so if he is a great father… isn’t that expected? especially to his child out of wedlock.

the most unfortunate thing about this situation besides the untimely death of someone who didn’t deserve it was that this happens to not surprise some. that is bad.

By: lucasshelly

lucasshelly — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:51:34 +0000

I have never been a big redskins fan, but my son is a die hard, true fan. So I have become invested in the team. I did not know Sean Taylor but I felt like I did, if that makes sense. I watched him every sunday for four years and counted on him to stop the big plays. This such an unbelievable act. I could not believe that he was shot and then that he died. I just knew that when I awoke the next day that he would be recovering. This is a sad thing. It is also sad that in some ways people think he got what he deserves. No one can judge anyone else. The only difference between Sean and American is that what he did was brought to light and what others do is still in the dark. We have all done things that we would not want people to know about, or are embarassed about. Where is the humanity. Please just pray for the world, Sean, his family, friends, love ones, and the Redskins.

By: ShaneRollins

ShaneRollins — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:22:28 +0000

Not being a Skins fan living in the DC area has been interesting this week. I cannot escape the Sean Taylor talk that has been going on nonstop since this has happened. The problem being is that we don’t know much of anything right now, the story is completely different right now then it was yesterday.

Folks have let their imaginations run wild with why this could have happened and want some kind of explanation as to why it did. They need some kind of closure, and since we don’t even have crubs of that we see this giant divide between he was a good person and this was a senseless act and he was a thug and this was his past coming back to haunt him.

What happened, I don’t know. I’m not going to go out on a line and wager a guess either, we’ll know more when the police decide to tell us more. I will miss his style of play (my favorite player of all time is still Ronnie Lott and he reminded me of him) and what he brought to the game.

Perhaps not taking a side one way or another till we know more isn’t a strong stance, but it is really the only one you can make when we don’t know what has really happened. All I can do is feel for the friends and family of Sean Taylor, and hope that there is a lesson somewhere in all of this.

By: Chris Mottram

Chris Mottram — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:35:07 +0000

“If you were a pro athlete, you bet your ass that previous conviction would be brought up. Don’t be naive.”

So, you’re saying if I was a pro athlete, my underage drinking charge would suddenly be relevant to a story about a drunk driver killing me?

That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard since the last time Wilbon opened his mouth to say … anything.

(All this “kill me” talk makes me sound like I have a death wish. I promise I don’t.)

By: atlas

atlas — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:14:23 +0000

This Shapiro article is the most offensive of all. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112701111.html