The Finger Wag – Athletes using Twitter and Social Media to their Disadvantage

mw55

(Michael Waltrip)

Everyone keeps staring at me. I think they know who I am. On 6:02 PM Oct 21st 2009 from UberTwitter

Trust me, no one knows who you are.

mw55

(Michael Waltrip)

No wait. Check that. My pants were unzipped. Darnnit. On 6:04 PM Oct 21st 2009 from UberTwitter

There we go.

I attempted to try and tie this into some cool story about Waltrip or NASCAR but that’s almost impossible because the lack of anything cool by either party. So here is the most badass thing Waltrip’s ever done – from Wikipedia

On Saturday, April 7th of 2007 the Catawba County, North Carolina Highway Patrol reported that Waltrip was driving approximately 70 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone when at about 1:50 a.m. he lost control of his Toyota Land Cruiser which resulted in missing a curve. After going off of the road’s right side Waltrip then veered back across the pavement then onto the road’s left shoulder. After sliding sideways his vehicle collided with a utility pole resulting in an rollover with the vehicle finally resting on its side. A neighbor of Waltrip’s testified that she witnessed Michael crawl out of the top of the vehicle (at that angle the passenger doors) then leave the scene of the accident barefoot, carrying his shoes, through the woods on the mile journey to his home.

mw55

(Michael Waltrip)

Everyone keeps staring at me. I think they know who I am. On 6:02 PM Oct 21st 2009 from UberTwitter

Trust me, no one knows who you are.

mw55

(Michael Waltrip)

No wait. Check that. My pants were unzipped. Darnnit. On 6:04 PM Oct 21st 2009 from UberTwitter

There we go.

I attempted to try and tie this into some cool story about Waltrip or NASCAR but that’s almost impossible because the lack of anything cool by either party. So here is the most badass thing Waltrip’s ever done – from Wikipedia

On Saturday, April 7th of 2007 the Catawba County, North Carolina Highway Patrol reported that Waltrip was driving approximately 70 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone when at about 1:50 a.m. he lost control of his Toyota Land Cruiser which resulted in missing a curve. After going off of the road’s right side Waltrip then veered back across the pavement then onto the road’s left shoulder. After sliding sideways his vehicle collided with a utility pole resulting in an rollover with the vehicle finally resting on its side. A neighbor of Waltrip’s testified that she witnessed Michael crawl out of the top of the vehicle (at that angle the passenger doors) then leave the scene of the accident barefoot, carrying his shoes, through the woods on the mile journey to his home.

VernonDavis85

(Vernon Davis)

Got a meeting, then im going to catch a few balls and get a massage On 5:20 PM Oct 20th 2009 from Sidekick

When your coach is famous for dropping his pants to motivate players, I’m going to suggest using the phrase “catch a few passes” instead.

When I first read about Balloon Boy I wondered what retired Buffalo Bill Thurman Thomas would have to say about it…

thurmanthomas

(Thurman Thomas)

2 reality shows,this balloon,and they take there kids to chase tornadoes!!!! On 6:05 PM Oct 16th 2009 from Echofon

thurmanthomas

(Thurman Thomas)

Balloon family needs there butt beat in public On 6:03 PM Oct 16th 2009 from Echofon

I love the internet

Here’s Larry Brown, Redskins running back from 1969-1976:

LarryBrown43

(Larry Brown)

#redskins Regardless of all the noise, the Redskins (players) have a financial responsibility to play at a higher level. On 2:23 PM Oct 15th 2009 from web

Larry is right.  The Redskins players owe the fans to continue putting out an effort, despite what looks to be a lost season.

Unforunately, that’s  no way to inspire players to play well on the football field.  And if Zorn is using that for his motivational speech, it’s not going to go well.  Besides, if that method did work, Daniel Snyder would be the best owner in the league instead of the worst.

But Larry Brown may not have been paying much attention to this year’s football.  He just noticed this yesterday:

LarryBrown43

(Larry Brown)

#redskins The airwaves have turned quite negative today, I hope the Redskins are listening. On 9:31 PM Oct 14th 2009 from web

It’s been negative for a long time, Larry.  I would say since 1999.

Did you ever see that episode of The Office when Michael Scott promises everyone a big surprise at the end of the day?  Then it turns out he had nothing planned and walked out awkwardly with everyone watching him?

AndrewMBogut

(Andrew Bogut)

Exciting announcement coming soon for Bucks fans in Milwaukee! On 7:22 PM Oct 14th 2009 from web

Stay tuned…