What is going on with Stephen A. Smith vs Ike Taylor ?

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Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Yo @Ike_SwagginU, let me try and break this down to you, Bruh: In no way was I serious when I talked of "banishment" for you. THAT PART I

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Was only playing about. I always in favor of any athlete getting paid, and in no way did I mean to come across as serious when I used that

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Word. For that I apologize if it was misconstrued. But be clear @Ike_SwagginU, that's the only damn thing I'm apologizing for. You need to

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Understand that critiquing your performance is part of what I do for a living. It's what I have done, it's what I did today and it's what I

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Will continue to do for as long as I'm being PAID to do it. If you have a problem with that, I have no idea what to tell you. May I suggest

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
However, @Ike_SwagginU that had you put as much effort and hostility in not making Tebow look like Joe Montana, you wouldn't have to deal w/

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Anything you felt the need to deal with today. I love the Steelers. I love what coach Mike Tomlin and the Steelers organization reps. What I

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Don't love is an otherwise quality CB ending his season with one of the most HORRIFIC performances I've ever seen from a CB in NFL HISTORY.

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
It was just one game @Ike_SwagginU. I totally get that. It shouldn't - and won't -- define you. Please know that I will compliment you in a

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Heartbeat when you do something good. But if you're ever perform that GOD-AWFUL again, I'm going to call it like I see it.

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Your job is to PLAY. My job is to CRITIQUE how you play. You're blessed to do what you, as am I. I'm not complaining about it, so why are U?

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Again @Ike_SwagginU, the respect is here. So is the sincere appreciation for your position, taking care of your family, etc. So I will NEVER

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Use "Banishment" or anything like that again. But if you ever left a no-passing-skills Tebow -- or anyone who even looks like him -- shred u

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Like that again, YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT. On TV. On Radio. In Print. In the Locker room. In your home. In the streets. EVERYWHERE.

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
That's just the way it's going to be. All you have to do to prevent it is BALL.......like most of your teammates were, and usually, do.

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Respectfully, STEPHEN A!

Stephen A Smith ‏@stephenasmith
Good luck this weekend. And especially the next........once you may possibly face Tebow again.

 

[That Singer Guy...]

we can hate on Stephen A all we want but he just shyt on Ike something horrible, responding to this in any other way than positive will make him look even worse

 

[Rocket Scientist]

 

[NSSVO]

Had no idea they had any beef

One of these days Skip or Stephen A are gonna say the wrong thing and get smacked the fukk up ala John Stossel

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[Field Marshall Bradley]

SAS is approaching a area where he cannot return from. Its a very good reason why King James, Wade, Bosh, Durant, Westbrook, Rose, etc plus 30 something pro athletes don't fukk with him for real.

I'll expound on this later. His twitter rant just verified his company man status

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

So as long as he understands he is in the entertainment business, he realizes he is prone to attacks as well.

SAS still try to sum this man's career up in one play just like a mainstream white journalist would. Shame on him and he deservers whatever karma is coming his way

 

[23Barrettcity]

SAS is approaching a area where he cannot return from. Its a very good reason why King James, Wade, Bosh, Durant, Westbrook, Rose, etc plus 30 something pro athletes don't fukk with him for real.

I'll expound on this later. His twitter rant just verified his company man status

Wow completely wrong , dwade and amare both on his show today . You Talking out your ass bro and I'm not a Stephen A fan like that he is connected and cool with worldwide wes.
Stephan a and skip will be fine if they can't handle them with they mild criticism then your soft plain and simple . Ryan Clark crying on the show , jalen rose crying on the show . How bout they cut off all media communication and see where that gets them

 

[Primetime21]

SAS is approaching a area where he cannot return from. Its a very good reason why King James, Wade, Bosh, Durant, Westbrook, Rose, etc plus 30 something pro athletes don't fukk with him for real.

I'll expound on this later. His twitter rant just verified his company man status

Stephen A may have as a good of a relationship with D Wade as anybody in the media

 

[23Barrettcity]

Stephen A may have as a good of a relationship with D Wade as anybody in the media

Exactly only bron is little off and stephan a admits that . He's not the one being unfair to stars he saves that for guys like tiago splitter, skips the troll and even he is with comments and keeps them mild the worst was the bosh spice things and almost bringing up the Gloria / delonte thing which they Made him apologize for right away skips shyt is mere backpage sports headline puns . Enough people have said skip really believes the things he says so We all know lebron is the best player in the league if skip who is big mj rider wants to bash him for not being mj why do so many people care? It's one mans opinion has anyone ever met someone who go swayed by skip ?? Doubt it

 

[tremonthustler1]

SAS is approaching a area where he cannot return from. Its a very good reason why King James, Wade, Bosh, Durant, Westbrook, Rose, etc plus 30 something pro athletes don't fukk with him for real.

I'll expound on this later. His twitter rant just verified his company man status

He's more of a company man than he was before. When he was let go, he found it uncomfortable to do what he was doing. It took him a while to get back to where he was before ESPN started handing out paycuts and deavors.

And, analysts and so called journalists need to just report the sports facts and leave the over the top sensationalism and insults to reality TV.

The best drama, the best soap operas, the highest probability for unpredictability comes from sports and in some respects, ONLY comes from sports. Y'all gotta deal with it. The sports field as is, is no longer just for the hardcore die hard. Now analysts have to acquiesce the casual viewer. It sucks for people like us who just want the necessary and objective view (and come basketball season, y'all get as gossipy as they do), but you find me the nonpartisan analyst and I'll show you a nobody that still has a day job.

 

[KBadd]

The thing is, players come at people like SAS because of how he frames his critiques. You can make sensible analysis without the over-the-top statements that SAS has become known for. You don't see former players make the kinds of statements that non-players do because they understand that regardless of how bad a certain player may be playing, they aren't "terrible" or a "scrub". Since they played it, they have more respect for the game and those that play it to go there so their critiques are much more nuanced and hence, players rarely buck back.

It's only shock "journalists" who try to overcompensate for their lack of credentials in regards to ever playing the game by spewing the kinds of personal insults they know will draw ratings and more importantly, the ire of players who feel disrespected by someone who couldn't even tell you the difference between the A-gap and the B-gap. The simple fact that SAS blamed Taylor for a lot of what happened in the playoff game against the Broncos honestly tells you all you need to know about his true knowledge of the game.

All in all, SAS knows what he's doing and by Taylor responding, it's working.

 

[The_Sheff]

The thing is, players come at people like SAS because of how he frames his critiques. You can make sensible analysis without the over-the-top statements that SAS has become known for. You don't see former players make the kinds of statements that non-players do because they understand that regardless of how bad a certain player may be playing, they aren't "terrible" or a "scrub". Since they played it, they have more respect for the game and those that play it to go there so their critiques are much more nuanced and hence, players rarely buck back.

It's only shock "journalists" who try to overcompensate for their lack of credentials in regards to ever playing the game by spewing the kinds of personal insults they know will draw ratings and more importantly, the ire of players who feel disrespected by someone who couldn't even tell you the difference between the A-gap and the B-gap. The simple fact that SAS blamed Taylor for a lot of what happened in the playoff game against the Broncos honestly tells you all you need to know about his true knowledge of the game.

All in all, SAS knows what he's doing and by Taylor responding, it's working.

Ever heard of Warren Sapp?

 

[Walt]

He's more of a company man than he was before. When he was let go, he found it uncomfortable to do what he was doing. It took him a while to get back to where he was before ESPN started handing out paycuts and deavors.

He wasn't exactly anti-establishment before, he was just lazy and so preoccupied with his perception of his own celebrity that his ass needed a slight reality check. When he went groveling from place to place desperately looking for a show, licking boots along the way, it dawned on him that maybe he overrated his own stock.

The best drama, the best soap operas, the highest probability for unpredictability comes from sports and in some respects, ONLY comes from sports. Y'all gotta deal with it. The sports field as is, is no longer just for the hardcore die hard. Now analysts have to acquiesce the casual viewer. It sucks for people like us who just want the necessary and objective view (and come basketball season, y'all get as gossipy as they do), but you find me the nonpartisan analyst and I'll show you a nobody that still has a day job.

There's appealing to casual viewer, and then there's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo!" Sports have been framed in terms and contexts that have made them soap operas for men for decades. That's old hat. I parted with espn when their "sports personalities" were overwhelming their ability to give me any relevant sports talk. But I didn't think they'd go so low for a dollar that there'd be almost nothing but lowest common denominator shouting matches and spectacle on the air.

That's not what happens when you appeal to the casual fan. That's what happens when some shortsighted consultant views a bunch of data in a very warped, capitalistic context and says "trash is in right now, amp up the trash and your bottom line will increase." But any field/medium/genre has to have a basic integrity. When you chase an extra $5 million but sacrifice the most basic integrity you have, it's just not worth it. Especially since you're making money hand over fist already. It's kind of a microcosm of the ethos that plagues our country, where you milk the cash cow until it bleeds and no one can possibly have milk ever again. It's shortsighted and perverted.

Steppin A Fetch is the clown prince of tomc00nery, period. He was trying to get a show on Fox to c00n it up about social issues, but he settled for c00ning it up about sports instead - the one thing the two topics have in common is he's completely unqualified to have a public platform to speak on either one. He's essentially the Stanley Crouch of sports, and he's repugnant.

Talking sports is one thing, even if you're dumbing it down and mainstreaming the shyt out of it. Personally insulting athletes, demeaning the Civil Rights Movement, and generally having zero grasp of the major American sports is something else though, it's Richard Bey and Jerry Springer and Stanley Crouch and Honey Boo Boo all rolled into one morally and intellectually repulsive person who - on top of everything else - continues to resemble the spawn of a roach and a cricket having a threesome with George Jefferson. If Ike Taylor ran into that lame nikka somewhere and mollywhopped his ass I'd cop his jersey on GP.

 

[Adebisi_Said]

He wasn't exactly anti-establishment before, he was just lazy and so preoccupied with his perception of his own celebrity that his ass needed a slight reality check. When he went groveling from place to place desperately looking for a show, licking boots along the way, it dawned on him that maybe he overrated his own stock.

There's appealing to casual viewer, and then there's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo!" Sports have been framed in terms and contexts that have made them soap operas for men for decades. That's old hat. I parted with espn when their "sports personalities" were overwhelming their ability to give me any relevant sports talk. But I didn't think they'd go so low for a dollar that there'd be almost nothing but lowest common denominator shouting matches and spectacle on the air.

That's not what happens when you appeal to the casual fan. That's what happens when some shortsighted consultant views a bunch of data in a very warped, capitalistic context and says "trash is in right now, amp up the trash and your bottom line will increase." But any field/medium/genre has to have a basic integrity. When you chase an extra $5 million but sacrifice the most basic integrity you have, it's just not worth it. Especially since you're making money hand over fist already. It's kind of a microcosm of the ethos that plagues our country, where you milk the cash cow until it bleeds and no one can possibly have milk ever again. It's shortsighted and perverted.

Steppin A Fetch is the clown prince of tomc00nery, period. He was trying to get a show on Fox to c00n it up about social issues, but he settled for c00ning it up about sports instead - the one thing the two topics have in common is he's completely unqualified to have a public platform to speak on either one. He's essentially the Stanley Crouch of sports, and he's repugnant.

Talking sports is one thing, even if you're dumbing it down and mainstreaming the shyt out of it. Personally insulting athletes, demeaning the Civil Rights Movement, and generally having zero grasp of the major American sports is something else though, it's Richard Bey and Jerry Springer and Stanley Crouch and Honey Boo Boo all rolled into one morally and intellectually repulsive person who - on top of everything else - continues to resemble the spawn of a roach and a cricket having a threesome with George Jefferson. If Ike Taylor ran into that lame nikka somewhere and mollywhopped his ass I'd cop his jersey on GP.

Uh....His suit game is on point, though.

 

[obarth]

He wasn't exactly anti-establishment before, he was just lazy and so preoccupied with his perception of his own celebrity that his ass needed a slight reality check. When he went groveling from place to place desperately looking for a show, licking boots along the way, it dawned on him that maybe he overrated his own stock.





There's appealing to casual viewer, and then there's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo!" Sports have been framed in terms and contexts that have made them soap operas for men for decades. That's old hat. I parted with espn when their "sports personalities" were overwhelming their ability to give me any relevant sports talk. But I didn't think they'd go so low for a dollar that there'd be almost nothing but lowest common denominator shouting matches and spectacle on the air.

That's not what happens when you appeal to the casual fan. That's what happens when some shortsighted consultant views a bunch of data in a very warped, capitalistic context and says "trash is in right now, amp up the trash and your bottom line will increase." But any field/medium/genre has to have a basic integrity. When you chase an extra $5 million but sacrifice the most basic integrity you have, it's just not worth it. Especially since you're making money hand over fist already. It's kind of a microcosm of the ethos that plagues our country, where you milk the cash cow until it bleeds and no one can possibly have milk ever again. It's shortsighted and perverted.

Steppin A Fetch is the clown prince of tomc00nery, period. He was trying to get a show on Fox to c00n it up about social issues, but he settled for c00ning it up about sports instead - the one thing the two topics have in common is he's completely unqualified to have a public platform to speak on either one. He's essentially the Stanley Crouch of sports, and he's repugnant.

Talking sports is one thing, even if you're dumbing it down and mainstreaming the shyt out of it. Personally insulting athletes, demeaning the Civil Rights Movement, and generally having zero grasp of the major American sports is something else though, it's Richard Bey and Jerry Springer and Stanley Crouch and Honey Boo Boo all rolled into one morally and intellectually repulsive person who - on top of everything else - continues to resemble the spawn of a roach and a cricket having a threesome with George Jefferson. If Ike Taylor ran into that lame nikka somewhere and mollywhopped his ass I'd cop his jersey on GP.