Rodney Harrison calls out Gronkowski

[pagan43]

Gronk is a 22 year old man who has been living in a pressure cooker for more than a month.

FINALLY! He's able to pour a generous helping of whiskey in a glass and party! Rodney Harrison is a collasal horse's a$$. He will forerver be linked to being a loser for being the defender on the Tyree catch, unable to dislodge the catch that turned the tide against HIS Patriot team.

Gronk does that ridiculous hopping up and down crap, calls it dancing (I know, I know, that's the way it's done nowadays), rips his shirt off and it's a crime?

Come on! The shrimp was already paid for, the beer already chilled in the cooler. There was an after party scheduled, and the guests of honor were the Pats. Win OR lose. Gronk and Light and all the rest of the Pats who showered up and headed down to the party deserved a place to blow off some steam and reflect with each other about how far they had come.

What was the alternative? Show up at the Giants party?

pagan43

[CAGiantFan]

Hmmm, dancing after a loss, with no upcoming game,  or giving up helmet-catch.  Which hurt the team more?

[Stugots]

Obviously I'm not a pro athlete, but trying to imagine myself in that situation I think I'd probably go home and stare at the wall for about a week just trying to absorb what happened. People deal with things differently, and if that was Gronk's way of dealing with the loss than so be it, I just wouldn't have done it (or like to think I wouldn't have).

[St Marys]

Players react differently, obviously.  That said, I can understand if there are Patriots fans upset at the way he took this defeat.   They are the ones who spend their hard-earned (presumably limited quantity of) cash buying highly-priced  tickets and merchandise.   Watching the clip showing him enjoying himself after a major defeat, I'm struck by the fact that he looks rather nimble on his feet.  Isn't it amazing what alcohol can do.