Quote:Agree whole heartedly with this.  I should be shocked that anyone on this message board would jump to his defense, but I'm not.

 

First, not going for that fumble at the end of the game was gutless.  Your team is down 6 and has a chance to go win the Super Bowl.  You look at the ball and actually take a step back.  Your supposed to be the most physical quarterback in the league!  Step up Cam.

 

I haven't watched the final press conference in its entirety, but from what I've read and talked about he handled it terribly.  You can't put yourself out there as the face of the league, the MVP and then completely shut down like that after a loss.  You just can't....this is professional football and you're getting paid millions of dollars not to.  He looked like a cry baby prima donna.  I thought Cam had a lot of fun this season, but you can't have fun at your opponents expense throughout the year and not become humble when it's your time to accept a loss.

 

I think the whole press conference thing is a lot of hullabaloo over not much at all.

 

If he smiled and laughed like he normally does, he would be lambasted for not caring.

 

It is not a stretch to suggest (that failure to go for that fumble notwithstanding) that he is a competitor and wants to win.

 

He has probably dreamed of playing in the Super Bowl his entire life.

 

Not only did his team lose the game, but he probably had the worst game of his season in the process while his offense was getting their collective butts handed to them.

 

Though he is young, he has no guarantee of ever getting back to the Super Bowl (see Marino, Dan).

 

Yes, he is going to be upset.  No, he's not going to want to talk to the media after the loss.  When he did, his unhappiness was evident.

 

Was it the ideal way of conducting a post championship press conference?

 

No.

 

But we say we want "genuine" athletes, then we get bent out of shape when he displays genuine disappointment and emotion after a tough loss.

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