re: Is "Thug" the new N-word?

Sherman has a degree from Stanford, right? As far as I know, he's never been in trouble. He's not a thug.

Here's my take on what happened regarding that interview. Anybody who has played football at any level knows that emotion is a big part of the game. That goes double for defensive players. Throw in the fact that this was an NFC Conference title game, and it was the biggest game most of these Seattle players had ever experienced.

So, Sherman and Crabtree are going at each other for 3 hours. Trash talking, etc, and it sounds like they don't like each other, anyway. A little altercation right after the game is over, and then, suddenly, Sherman is talking to Erin Andrews on national television.

He's still hyped up from everything, so he goes off on Crabtree. The tv audience isn't thinking about any of the stuff that has him sitting on dead red, so it just comes off as some football player acting like a fool, scaring the crap out of Erin Andrews, etc.

It did look bad, because there was a total disconnect between what Sherman had just experienced and what the audience was expecting from that interview.

I hope he doesn't do it anymore, though. I don't care what color he is; it just doesn't play well.