NFL playoff thread

Not even remotely in the same universe.

 

Ask Drip.

 

I think some people who become famous feed on their own creation myth. It would not surprise me if Ray Lewis, away from football, is lonely, at least in terms of forming any permanent connections to people. Adulation can certainly be addictive, to the point where you crave it all the time, because it's ultimately a shallow emotion.

 

I assume the attention is filling some kind of void, but I would still love to read a psychological profile of Ray Lewis.

 

I honestly think S.L. Price did a good job of letting Lewis make himself look foolish with his own words in his SI cover story. Problem was, people got enraged by the "God's Linebacker" headline and didn't actually read the piece, which I think reveals a lot about the emptiness of his life, how he's simply repeating many of the same mistakes his father made.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1108943/index.htm

 

The piece was way too long, yes ... but props to him or whoever it was that came up with the Built to Spill subhed.

"You in Reverse" is a damn fine album.

 

Thank you for posting that. I obviously remember the cover art, but I never read the story. I did roll my eyes at the picture. Shame on me. I should have read it.

I have made a number of negative comments about Lewis, and I stand by those, for the most part.

It's interesting, living in the Baltimore area as I now do, and seeing first hand the love that Lewis generates among the fans. I couldn't wrap my head around it at first. It angered me a little bit. "He's a lying asshole. He's fake. How can you adore a man who engaged in the cover
up of a double homicide? Respect him as a football player, hell yeah. But as a man? As a representative of your community?" Those were my thoughts and still basically remain so.

But, I understand that his community involvement is vast. And I think the article does a good job in detailing some of the reasons why he is loved. More than anything, though, maybe I wouldn't feel quite so...disdainful?...of him if the persecution anthem he sings wasn't quite so goddamn loud. It's so self-centered. But it also seems incredible lonely, and I don't envy him that. I also see very little true understanding from him of his part in the bad stuff. Not a lot of accountability. And maybe I view his theatrics as some sort of manifestation of the persecution crown he wears so proudly. And that pisses me off.

Just my one cent...

 

Here is another piece from E:60 that probably taps into some of his need for love/attention. He's actually pretty transparent about it. At the very least, I think that's interesting. I also think in this he's been pretty sincere about the hurt he felt when his father would say during his childhood "I'm coming to pick you up!" and he never would come.

Again, ultimately, we're responsible for our own actions. I believe that. So having a shitty father doesn't excuse some of Lewis' bullshit. One thing that I always thought was low class was he helped throw Brian Billick under the steamroller near the end (questioning his play calling), even though Billick was the guy who got up at the Super Bowl and basically took a ton of arrows from the media, desperately trying to take the attention off Ray for a day.

 

Hey Asschair QB check this out, I don't know too much more about Ray Lewis' intentions or if he is an attention whore.
I DEFINITELY don't care about attention. It does nothing for me. I don't know you from the proverbial can of paint but if my posts on an anonymous message board can have this much of an affect on you, perhaps its you who crave to be an attention whore. Obviously, you're not getting the attention away from this board so calling people names and accusing them of being attention whores makes feel like a big guy. Fine. You called me a name. I gave you a new nickname. You should've ended it there.
Send a PM if you want to respond. If not, I'll consider the matter is closed.

 

I too have wondered if Ray Lewis is a changed man. So far, I haven't seen anything to make me doubt that he has changed his life. That's great. He who hasn't made a mistake in their life feel free to throw the first stone.

 

I thought his Old Spice commercial was pretty funny - especially that bear on afterburners chasing him down the sideline.

 

There is a second part to that too, which is that you have to throw the stone with accuracy. Piety alone does not make the caster of the stone a worthy starter.