Perhaps He Should Stay Tied UpPhoto: Pablo Martinez Monivais/Associated Press
Maybe the Redskins should've kept rookie linebacker Robert Henson tied to that goalpost for a little while longer. At least that might have kept his fingers from Twittering nonsense while he was busy not playing football.
For those late to the party, Henson, a rookie linebacker for the 'Skins who's been inactive for the team's first two games this season, was none too pleased with the less-than-warm send off from the DC faithful following the Redskins rousing 9-7 triumph over the St. Louis Lambs at FedEx Field on Sunday. So, like any modern athlete with an Internet connection, Henson took to the only forum that allowed him complete freedom to pontificate in 140 characters or less. This was the result (from Henson Tweets):
"All you fake half hearted Skins fan can . . . I won't go there but I dislike you very strongly, don't come to Fed Ex to boo dim wits!!...The question is who are you to say you know what's best for the team and you work 9 to 5 at Mcdonalds."Hmmm, where to begin? Unfortunately, it took awhile for Henson to stop Tweeting, but the damage was done. Plenty of folks have been killing him for the comments and deservedly so. There's a lot here to analyze, and you have that whole camp of fans who think booing is absolutely inexcusable regardless of the circumstances. I do not belong to that camp. As Fred Smoot commented: "I'd have booed us too. I felt like booing us, with that [bleep] we put out there. It was a win, but it was [bleep]." Exactly.
Worse than calling out fans for booing and being "fake" and "dim wits," Henson's jab at the 9-to-5 "McDonald's worker" puts this guy on our all-time I hope you fail miserably and sh*! away the opportunity you have that so few in the world can claim. Maybe it was just an innocent Tweet in the "heat of the moment," but it belies utter ignorance.
It insults a fan base that is among the most loyal in all of sports. It ignores the reality that many hard-working fans are finding it tougher and tougher to pay the bills, let alone shell out the money for tickets. And, finally, it lambasts the very same folks whose hard-earned money pays Henson's salary.
All in all, a bone-headed move. Luckily, if there was one plus of all this new-fangled "digital media" is that there's really nowhere to run. Henson's apologies were lame and only served to further reflect how little he "gets it." In the words of the ancient philosopher Ron Burgundy, why don't you sit this next one out and stop talking for a while.
What's that? You're already sitting out? Riiiiight.
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