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I doubt it was said in a malicious way, or questioning his manhood.But 'china doll' is a bonehead choice of words.
. I don't think Follett meant anything by it. He suffered a season and possibly career ending injury this year so it wouldn't make sense for him to harp on a player's injury.
I think they make a cream to get rid of unsightly follets.
It was a silly statement. But I think the china doll statement referred to his propensity to get injured rather than his toughness when he's injured.
Reading the article down?
I'd say David Bowie's use of the term was more apt.
Can someone point out the undeserved potshots? I didn't see any. Obviously the China doll comment refers to Stafford being fragile which isn't an underserved potshot. It's the truth. The remainder of the quote praised Stafford. I agree he would have been smarter to keep his mouth shut, but the spin here is wrong.
And therein lies the problem. What I mean is, for some reason every hack "sports writer" (and I use quotes for a reason) that sticks a microphone in front of any athlete instantly enables "Brett Favre Syndrome" - the idea that "I am not in the headlines, but can be with one stupid/enraging/controversial comment or action". Part of this is the fault of these "sports writers" who thinks that everytime and athlete says something about a teammate or an opponenet, drinks a beer, makes a comment about some societal problem, walks a flight of stairs, insults anyone or anything, that somehow that's "news" worthy. In fact, in the day of digital media, any idiot (or current or former player) with a keyboard, can become a self-proclaimed expert, and do the same thing. So consider this an open letter to all sports writers, and athlete's
lease stop enabling "Brett Favre Syndrome" - and atheletes, former athletes, movie stars - there's a reason you're not in the spot light anymore...let it go, don't give into "BFS" - you were probably better than that at some point in your career, be better than BFS now. Just say no to BFS. No one really cares what you think anyway (well except for the hack sports writers that think it's news.) TIA.Sincerely,The BFS Awareness Foundation
And therein lies the problem. What I mean is, for some reason every hack "sports writer" (and I use quotes for a reason) that sticks a microphone in front of any athlete instantly enables "Brett Favre Syndrome" - the idea that "I am not in the headlines, but can be with one stupid/enraging/controversial comment or action". Part of this is the fault of these "sports writers" who thinks that everytime and athlete says something about a teammate or an opponenet, drinks a beer, makes a comment about some societal problem, walks a flight of stairs, insults anyone or anything, that somehow that's "news" worthy. In fact, in the day of digital media, any idiot (or current or former player) with a keyboard, can become a self-proclaimed expert, and do the same thing. So consider this an open letter to all sports writers, and athlete's
:koolaid: ----> We need a "kool-aid" emoticon! lol
See - this is one of the symptoms of BFS - wanting your own FBG thread...it starts small, then the next thing you know, you're sending pictures of your junk to women young enough to be your daughter...or at least your daughter's older friends.
My thoughts exactly!
