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Jim Brown Ain’t Playin
By Avery | February 27, 2007
Even though I never actually saw him play, I’m still of the opinion that Jim Brown is the singular greatest running back of all time. Bearing that in mind, when he offers his opinion on some football-related matter, I hafta pay attention. To wit, here’s his take on touchdown celebrations and the people who perform them:
To think in this day in age, these young men would be out there shaking their butts and not knowing much of anything else. Not understanding the dignity of a man and how to play a game and play it hard and let that speak for yourself. There’s no debating this conversation. Anybody that takes the other side has got to be an enemy. Any man that would teach his son that that’s the thing to do should be arrested. …
That’s some tough medicine, but I think there’s a grain of truth to it. Granted, I think it might be overkill, but I think there’s a lot to be said for not over-celebrating scoring a touchdown. But you know what? I could deal with it if it was just touchdowns. But the sack celebrations and tough catch celebrations and all that? Come on. I mean, I can understand clapping or trying to get your team charged up, but the booty-shaking IS out of control. And yeah, that goes for my man, Brian Dawkins too. Dawk is my man 50 grand and all, but the best way to celebrate the Dawk-plex would’ve been to just walk away like nothing had happened.
But then again, maybe it’s just time to accept that the game has changed.
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February 28th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
He’s right.
When players celebrate a sack when they are behind by 21 points, something has to change.
March 1st, 2007 at 9:32 am
There’s a new Brown bio out, author’s name is Friedman, if memory serves. I was browsing said title in Politics and Prose last Sat. Looked good Ave.
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:06 am
Jim Brown chooses a side in growing civil war…
“I mean, I can understand clapping or trying to get your team charged up, but the booty-shaking IS out of control. “…
March 4th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Yeah lets be like Jim Brown, keep all your emotions bottled up and repressed until you explode, assault your wife’s car and threatened to kill her, and then be in such profound denial that you refuse counseling for your emotional difficulties, choosing to go to jail instead.
How impressive, I’m sure all the other dudes in jail were giving Jim much respect for his refusal to acknowledge that he might have a problem which required counseling. I imagine none of his fellow inmates thought they had such problems either. That’s how it is in jail, mass denial, I’ve been there.
Perhaps it’s a good thing that society has progressed to a point where men are no longer forced to live some pathetic macho existence in which they are not allowed to express their emotions for fear of being branded weak, effeminate and unmanly.
Apparently Jim’s whole problem with his wife came about as a result of him being unable to express himself after the loss of a longtime friend. Instead he became emotionally distanced from his wife, which led to a misunderstanding between them, which led to the domestic disturbance, some of which Monique recanted, which is often the case in domestic altercations between husband and wife. Whether there was actually an assault or any threats made is only of superficial relevance to the larger issue here, what matters is that Jim was unable to express his emotions effectively and that’s what led to the difficulties. But I did notice Monique blamed her accusations out on PMS, an excuse which is itself rather suspect in such a situation.
http://www.ancpr.org/jimbrown.htm
If a little dance in the end zone or after a play allows men to release their aggression in a less destructive manner, and gives males in our society greater freedom of emotional expression, then I’m all for it.
November 7th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
What does his marital relationships have to do with what he said? There is only one Jim Brown. A great American hero who was the embodiment of commitment and class on the field of battle. The game as played today has on average bigger,stronger, and faster players, but where it counts the most-in the heart, they couldn’t carry his jock strap. He once made the statement that one should always bring far more to the game than any coach would ever dare ask of a player. He did that on every down, in every element, in every game he played.
November 9th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Fans didn’t used to tailgate or wear the jersey of their favorite players, either. Coaches used to wear a coat a tie. A defensive end could headslap an offensive tackle silly. Anybody remember life before the “chest bump?” The “high-five?”
November 10th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Yeah-I rmember just a little-like Deacon Jones, Night Train Lane, “crack-back blocks”-then it was a man’s game-it was about kicking your opponent’s ass-not showing your own.