Giselle actually got a fair amount of positive publicity for trying to use the loss as a teachable moment that you can’t win all the time, that it’s ok for someone else to win. Maybe her wording wasn’t the best, but she apparently was very gracious after the game. You don’t even know if those quotes are accurate, since you weren’t there.
Why are you so insistent that this is “bad” behavior? Why do you pick out one word out of a whole dialog and excoriate her? I think you need to do some self-examination to figure out why you have such antipathy towards Giselle, because this is a textbook example of “hating”.
That was seven years ago, and in the heat of the moment, and you still hold it against her? I guess in your world no one is ever allowed to have a negative emotion or express their feelings if you don’t approve.
I disagree with the negative interpretation of G’s words, but I do agree that on this board, criticism is often characterized as “hating.” It’s overly dramatic, imo, including its usage here.
I don’t have any issue with what a football player’s wife says. I’m glad she was gracious to the Eagles. I have a problem with Brady not reaching out to Foles.
I agree. I don’t use the word hate often or lightly, but it certainly seems to fit in this case. How else can you explain being so mad about Gisele’s wording here? Seems like hate to me.
Am I mad? Or am just observing? Did I type in all caps? Did I call her names? Why do you feel the need to vehemently defend her? Calling someone a “hater” is what children resort to when they don’t have a better defense.
Apparently Brady has never shaken the opposing qb’s hand after he loses the Super Bowl. And not every losing qb has chased him down to shake his hand. He just gets off the field and out of the way of the other team’s celebration.
Does that make him a poor sport? Does that make other qbs port sports?
He did congratulate other Eagles he came across, and was very complimentary and congratulatory in his post game press conference, so it’s not like he was sulking or pouting.
I guess he’s not perfect.
Peyton Manning got heat for not shaking Drew Brees’ hand after the Saints beat the Colts. I guess he’s a poor sport too.
Come on @doschicos - that is a tired trope, that only Philly fans are destructive. For the record, those incidents were all WRONG. There were thousands of people in the streets and I have seen jus those same few examples trotted out over and over. Again, they were WRONG - there is no excuse for any of that behavior. But don’t forget:
@surfcity That wasn’t my point in posting. Look at the segment and joke of the video I specifically referenced. I never claimed it was only a Philly thing, did I? You’re getting as defensive as a Pats fan.
@doschicos Sending you a PM I had just finished a discussion with someone about the Trevor Noah piece and YES I AM GETTING DEFENSIVE! LOL. At least you didn’t mention the dude who decided to eat horse $#i# on camera. Yeah, that isn’t helping the image. Oops, probably shouldn’t have brought that up!
Thank you @surfcity. Posting a video clip to prove the point that Philadelphia is an entire city of dirtbag fans with no class feels pretty hateful to me. Why is that necessary?? Media from opposing cities LOVE to fuel the fire by finding clips of destructive behavior to propagate this long-suffering belief about Philadelphia. My D was one of the thousands in the streets. Lots of hugging, cheering, singing, dancing and high-fiving fellow fans. She had a great time and never felt unsafe. That’s the same report I’ve heard from others who were there. Millions will come to the parade on Thursday, because they want to experience the thrill of this victory with their Philly fan family - not because they want to make trouble. The few with other intentions or those who get out of control will hopefully be shut down swiftly, as they were on Sunday.
Thanks to all of you from other cities who had nice things to say about our Super Bowl win! This Eagles team is a fantastic group of players who had a very special season, and the script could not have been written any better for us. Fly Eagles FLY!!!
@doschicos I admit I did not click the link, only read the title! Yes we are defensive about this topic - so tired of the media putting us down all the time!
Don’t get defensive if you haven’t watched the 00:35-00:55 clip of the link.
Philly isn’t the first and won’t be the last city to have some residents go crazy after a sporting event win. It’s not a Philly thing. Does make me question our sports worshipping culture though…
“Thousands of fans peacefully celebrate their team’s win” - clicked on by no one ever
Casting the police response to a few yahoos who go crazy as racist is just aggravating. If you don’t see the difference between a largely peaceful celebration with some hooligans, and an angry mob that wants to pillage and burn, I don’t know what to tell you.
My concern was for the folks who were jumping off the Ritz Carlton awning into the crowd. The awning (very large) finally collapsed. I bet someone will sue the Ritz for not making it strong enough to hold 10 or 20 people! My friends who were out in the streets celebrating said it really wasn’t too crazy. Being a fan of a team in the SEC, unruly celebrations or even destruction after losses seems to happen with some frequency… (not my team’s fans, since there are generally fairly low expectations and no one sets couches on fire after a baseball College World Series win).
@MomofWildChild we were on Broad Street after the game, with our girls and it felt like a celebration. Yes, there were fans being idiots and doing stupid things. We saw the guys climbing the poles and doing whatever they were doing on awning (though I did not see it collapse) There was a car flipped over (why?) but thankfully it was the lone car parked on Broad Street. (it was all a no parking zone from before the game started). I would never walk my kids around if it had felt unsafe.
I watching Saturday Night Live last Saturday and they replayed some old “Super Bowl Special” type skits. I’ll tell ya one thing, Peyton sure can act and display a lot of personality, including being self-deprecating. On the other end of the spectrum, there’s TB.
I had just finished a discussion with someone about the Trevor Noah piece and YES I AM GETTING DEFENSIVE! LOL. At least you didn’t mention the dude who decided to eat horse $#i# on camera. Yeah, that isn’t helping the image. Oops, probably shouldn’t have brought that up!