Shack takes the World No. 1 to the woodshed, and it ain't pretty. First the background, did you happen to catch this rather off-putting interview of Marshawn Lynch after the Seahawks-Panthers game:
It seems that thankful is the key word, and in that spirit I'll acknowledge that I'm thankful that I'm not a Seahawks fan. Quite mystifyingly, Rory found this to be laudable and tweeted his support.
A gent with the improbable name of Ger Keville sums up the reaction to Rory:
McIlroy took to Twitter to back Lynch when he said: “Love this! Paid to play not answer questions “@SportsCenter: Marshawn Lynch after every question in his postgame interview, "I'm thankful."
It stoked plenty of debate with some backing McIlroy’s stance and some arguing against him.
But the Irishman continued: “don't know ML but seems like he marches to the beat of his own drum, isn't defined by what other people think. I respect that in a person.”
Shack gets off a great rant, which would be blogging malpractice to not excerpt:
It appears Rory has already conveniently forgotten the stories he could have been asked to flesh out and wasn't. And it wasn't the golf media who chose to file a lawsuit that will have its embarrassing moments.
But anything Rory can do to take inspiration from Marshawn's fashion sense will certainly liven up the game! A gold puffy vest to play off the bling and gold hat logo, accented by a black sky mask, with the entire package tied together by an uber-masculine Louis Vuitton backpack. And of course, a wonderful disposition.
Feel better Geoff, now that you've got that out of your system?
I don't disagree with anything Geoff says, I'd simply argue that Rory's actions speak more favorably of him than this very ill-considered sentiment. I'll cut him a little slack with the messy Horizon lawsuit coming to a boil, but I'm very much hoping he'll understand that for ML and every other athlete that makes a living from playing a game, speaking to the press is very much in the job description.
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