05-31-2017, 12:55 PM
(05-31-2017, 12:19 PM)Daddy-O Wrote: Let's not go overboard. Chad's celebrations were fun...initially. After a while it got old, he put too much emphasis on them. It got to be a point where he was trying to outdo himself every time he scored. I'm sure that's why Marvin got tired of it, because it was taking away his focus on the more important stuff.
Riverdance = good. Sending Pepto Bismo, wearing a gold HOF jacket and proposing to a cheerleader were just corny...no, stupid! It was nothing more than promoting Chad and the media clowns bought right into it which made him/it worse.
So do you think Chad was skipping film study to plot celebrations? Players aren't robots and have plenty of down time for such things, so I'm not sure why people act like a 10 second celebration (that he probably thought about for 10 minutes all week) was somehow taking his focus off of practice/plays etc. He's said in interviews that he constantly called Marv and Brat at all hours of the day and night to discuss plays and the gameplan. I don't doubt his dedication or focus at all.
If he was giving half effort in anything, he wouldn't have been able to get in the end zone all those times to celebrate in the first place.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
