In case you hadn’t noticed, Keith Olbermann is a preening douchebag.
Sure enough Gramatica’s name was brought up by ESPN’s Keith Olbermann on Monday night when he decided to make Mitchell one of the night’s “worse” persons in the sports world for not learning from the mistakes of others.
Seriously, Malcolm Mitchell accidentally hurting himself while celebrating a team highlight in a big game makes him an asshole?
Olbermann earned a spot for himself on his own list.
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If this isn’t the final nail in the coffin of the media, I’m not sure what they have to do to lose their final shred of credibility. Sure it sucks, but do we really want a GAME where players can’t even celebrate, because we’re worried about them injuring themselves? **it happens!!! This sort of crap, along with the unceasing hype and general idiocy, are why I can’t watch any of these talking head shows.
And Olberman is one to talk – I know he’s never done or said anything stupid in the heat of the moment before…
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On SNL, Ben Affleck did an excellent impersonation of Keith’s “Worst Person in the Universe” or whatever he calls it.
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Cut Keith some slack, yall. Unlike malcolm Mitchell, Keith learned lessons. During the Bush presidency he shouted that the president was a facist but when there was a different president in 2009 he called out for a “more civil discourse”
What a standup guy!
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Bush was a much better fascist than the different one. But that’s only because w. had more experienced teammates in Dick and Halliburton
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Don’t cut the current admin slack simply because the curernt VP is F’ing Buffoon.
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Politics and recent douchiness aside, the old nightly Sports Center with he and Dan Patrick was great sports entertainment (pre-ultra-saturation).
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Libtard.
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If you think being a “libtard” has anything to do with Olberman being an asshole you are mistaken. The world is full of wonderful people who are liberals, but has only one flaming pile of shit that is Keith Olberman.
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Craig James is frequently used to smear the right in the blogosphere, John is just putting the shoe on the other foot. I agree that ideology has zero to do with whether a person is an asshole or not, but neither side is innocent here.
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Until Craig James decided to run for Senate, the blogosphere had smeared no right wing extremists. Craig was personally responsible for opening the floodgates to false equivalency arguments
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None. Not a single one. You’re correct Fla. 😉
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I honestly had no idea what direction James leaned, nor do I care. I also don’t think James’ affiliation has ever been a point of mockery on this blog. That John’s comment was some type of tit for tat is a bit of a stretch.
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Cogent comment, Johnny.
You’re needed over at AJC.com….
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Keith Olbermann a jerk? Meh. Dog bites man.
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If Olberman shows up in Habersham tonight, I’ll whip his tail.
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I never in my wildest dreams thought what happened reflected poorly on Malcolm but the first word I thought when I heard was “Gramatica.”
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I thought it was bad when the WWL gave Finebaum a show, but I knew they had lost all sense of their viewers’ preferences when they hired the “preening douchebag.” (Perfect description by the way) You know it’s bad when bringing back Craig James sounds like a potential improvement, or at least a draw.
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Btw: if olbermamn said that a fifth year qb not finding the play clock TWICE in the second half made him the worst person in the world! Well I wouldn’t complain. I’m still more pissed at that than anything that happened. Because it happened TWICE with a 5th yr qb, on the road, in a big game in the second half. Unforgivable! You can’t win big games and make stupid little mistakes like that. I’m not one to get down on our players or coaches, but I’m having a hard time with that one.
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AM just started wearing contacts so that might have been the issue.
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Who does he think he is, Dan Uggla?
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That settles it. Capture him and cut on his eyes so he can read the play clock
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Go back and watch a replay of the start of the second half. Murray is staring at the sideline waiting for the play to be signaled in when the 25-second clock expires.
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So why didn’t Murray take the play (or multiple plays if he needed to choose from several based on the defensive alignment) from the sideline before he went onto the field? What is the point of leaving the sideline just to turn and look back for play calls?
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Are you just trolling here?
You look back after the defense sets to see if the initial call gets changed. That’s hardly unique to Georgia and they’ve been doing it for a couple of seasons now.
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Precisely why the lost to these Pumpkins are all on BOBO’s head. Bobo should jump ahead on the first coaching job after season or be fired immediately after the hen game if he continue to mess with his ineffective play calling.
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Wow…just wow!
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The URL looks like Bluto’s but I’m sure I’ve been redirected to the AJC.
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Or was my sarcasm meter no turned on?
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Look, I don’t like Keith Olbermann either but is anybody on this blog seriously contending that what Mitchell did was smart? It was stupid with a capital S and seriously impacts the 2013 UGA football team in a negative way. He let down his teammates, coaches and fans. Most of all he let down himself. A bonehead thing to do!
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Yeah, that was stupid of him to decide to tear his ACL.
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Not tearing your ACL is fundamentals. Bobo doesnt coach fundamentals. Surprised everyone doesnt have a torn ACL.
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Turd, you and DP convinced me with those rational arguments. Yep, it was a smart thing Mitchell did. Just plain bad luck. Totally unavoidable.
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Yeah there is only a “chest bump” type celebration after almost every TD scored in Division 1 football every single week.
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He shoulda spiked the ball.
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Beautiful.
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The only problem if the ball bounced back to his neck and he gets spine injury, he will still be blamed. Just a freak injury nothing more. It is not different from a kid holding a sparkler that suddenly exploded and causing burns.
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Don’t be giving the football gods any ideas, pal. 😉
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Yeah, no different from a kid holding firecrackers in his hand until the last second while the fuse is lit…totally an accident when they go off prematurely and take off a finger. Your comment reminded me of this ericdawg: What is the last thing a red-neck says right before he dies? “Hold my beer and WATCH THIS!”
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Extremely well played.
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Not really defending Olbermann but yeah, I thought Ted Ginn first, Gramatica 2nd. Celebration injuries are fair game. It stings like a mother because it’s MM though. It’s completely freakish but also preventable and yes I know that’s an oxymoron.
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Not so freakish self-inflicted and completely preventable….
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
We present to you former Florida Gator quarterback, Mr. Kerwin Bell:
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I agree with your assessment, but he was a preening DB well before this.
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Who is Kieth Olberman?
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A primo sports announcer and political commentator who is so great he gets fired from every job he has. That happens because management hates uppity labor and because Keef’s head has a weather system bigger than the one orbiting around Dan Mullen’s head causing daily afternoon thunderstorms raising the humidity in the studio to unacceptable levels
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We don’t know who he is Josh. You’d better ask his viewer.
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Well played, sir.
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Do you mean…there is still someone who watches Keith Olbermann?
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Douchebag sports commentators come from both sides of the aisle.
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Yes. A douche is a douche no matter which hand you stick it in with, your left or your right.
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Although, the location of said nozzle would indicate we are dealing with an enema not a douche.
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Given Olberman’s track record of flame-outs, burnt bridges, and scorched earth (studios), it is a testament to the media’s belief in authoritarianism that ABC/ESPN gave him this gig. That his show is based in ABC News HQ is such a plus for all the young journalist within ABC looking for a pompous ass blow hard mentor. Unfortunately, this reboot of countdown will reach a broader audience than his last effort.
Waiting on Mike Lupica to get the time slot after him.
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