Anyone with working eyeballs and access to the internet knows this: The Seahawks SUCKED yesterday. There's no other way to spin it. Yup, those Oakland fuckers put the boots to us.. big time. Still, there's no excuse for an ESPN on-air personality, someone who is ostensibly an OBJECTIVE, PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST, tweeting this:
markschlereth: Just watched the Raiders crush the Sea Chickens...talk about dominating the LOS!
Sea. Chickens. What... The... FUCK? If you are a Twelve, you know this as common schoolyard taunt flung at us by haters and opposing fans. It is not something that can be taken as anything but a raw, vile insult by a Seahawks fan. It's also childish, immature, and trite.... and it was dug back up by an ESPN personality who, it should be restated, is supposed to be an OBJECTIVE, PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST. Soooooo... this was my reply:
DKSB17: @markschlereth Sea Chickens? Fuck you, dude. God damn overrated pants-pissing piece of shit.
(Yes, Schlereth admits to intentionally pissing himself during games when he played for the Broncos... Yuk!)
DKSB17: Former Bronco + incompetent ESPN bobblehead @markschlereth just called the #seahawks "Sea Chickens." Join me in telling him to fuck off
As I wrote on twitter, I highly doubt that Schlereth would EVER refer to another NFL team in such starkly negative terms. Can you really see him calling Dallas the Cowgirls? Even with that team at 1-6? Can you see him calling DC's team the Deadskins, even after that debacle in Detroit yesterday? No, you fucking can't.
I can take neglect from ESPN. I can even take criticism after we play like ass. What I can't take is incompetent, overpaid, under-informed bobbleheads going OUT OF THEIR WAY to insult the Seahawks (who, by the way- have a winning record, lead their division, and STILL HAVE A BETTER RECORD THAN OAKLAND!).
More tweets from the asshead:
As a northwest guy we used to call them the Sea Chickens all the time! Wasn't supposed to be disrespectful but they did get trucked!
Seahawks fan, do you want to talk trash? Bring it
@DKSB17 boohoo!
Let's unpack this: No, you moron... It's not OK for you to call the Seahawks the Sea Chickens just because you are a "Northwest Guy." (side note: he grew up in Alaska and went to college in Idaho... no disrespect to Twelves in either state, but the fucker isn't even from Washington state.) In some ways, it's WORSE. That means you just remind me of every piece of shit who taunted me after Seahawks losses in grade school. Yup, that's your level of discourse: Grade school dipshit.
Since when is it acceptable for an OBJECTIVE, PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST to "talk trash" to viewers/fans/possible sources of ESPN revenue? Also, his witty retort to me? Nothing but class, professionalism, and wit.
I hope that unhousebroken shitheel reads this. You are an embarrassment to ESPN and to your whole profession. I sincerely hope you get fired and end up in some backwater doing shitty day-time sports talk radio to eke out a living.
Fuck you very much.
If y'all want to put some pressure on him, markschlereth is his twitter account, and you can email ESPN's ombudsman here.
5 comments:
If he would have said this on air, I would be pissed, but this is his twitter account, not an official Espn medium. I think we need to keep that in mind.
@neilkhess
Neil,
with all due respect, I think that's a bullshit distinction. Maybe that shields ESPN from some amount of responsibility, but not Schlereth.
I think you need to calm down a bit. The Hawks have a reputation of fielding soft teams. This hasn't made us look that intimidating nationally. Granted the media is heavily east coast biased but we also haven't helped ourselves. Finally, I've heard people on ESPN refer to the Jets numerous times as the "Not Yets" over the years. We aren't the only ones.
If you think Schlereth is a douche, you'll probably enjoy this if you haven't seen it. Classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJZy8KFlHIg
I've never liked Schlereth. Ever.
Every single time he discusses a Seahawks game, he will always focus purely on the other team. He NEVER gives us the time of day.
He has a sort of subtle arrogance and smugness that goes unnoticed by many, but I'm pleased to see another Hawks fan has also noticed this.
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