What a self serving, idiotic buffoon. Someone does something great, and all this sad sack can do is try to make it about him. Rather than taking pride in a fellow American's accomplishments, Chad wants to throw a shout out and talk about himself.
Cutler defended Chad by saying he was just making a prideful statement about his neighborhood, that he knew guys who if they would have had the opportunity, if they hadn't done drugs or whatever, would be able to beat Phelps. Uh-huh, keep on sniffing his jock, Cutler.
Chad Johnson is a clown, a buffoon, and a joke. He is not about excellence, he is about making the dough. He took an opportunity to express pride in a fellow American and instead made it a stupid attempt at self-promotion, and Alan Cutler and others have excused it. Also, the racial undertones of Johnson's argument are sad and pathetic. He seems to think Phelps has it so easy.
Hmm, has he not read the story of Phelps as a child? Has he not seen how he is followed everywhere? Has he not seen how he is drug tested even more than Armstrong in his heyday?
Chad talks about his prowess. Hmm...how many gold medals have you won, Chad? Heck, let's even keep it confined to your sport, Chad. How many championships have you won? Oh, well, OK, let's keep it confined to individual efforts...How many MVPs? Hmmm? Oh, my bad. Now, how many lawsuits because you failed to followthrough on promises? Oh, at least one where you promised to give away a car at a comedy club then reneged. Ahh....And how have you shown leadership and sportsmanship in your team and sport? Dancing like a clown and making outrageous trade demands....Phelps gave up a chance at a gold medal last olympics to let his teammate be on the relay team.....
And what is sad is that Alan Cutler defends this moron. Cutler, the self appointed fitness expert (check out his pics on 1530Homer .com for the idiocy of this stance by him) defends this guy who is part of what is wrong with the Bengals street gang posse thug life team, and helps run out of town a guy who never got in trouble with the law or made outrageous demands from his team, Ken Griffey, Jr.
As I have said, if it is Bengals or Kentucky, Alan Cutler will be there, ready to sniff or scratch any jock, no matter how stupid or ignorant they are. If it is anything else, he will offer his critical eye.
Chad Johnson is not only a disgrace to the Bengals and the NFL, but a disgrace to football and the city of Cincinnati. His comments show a level of arrogance and stupidity that can only be classified as either: 1. a sad and shallow attempt to gain attention; 2. a racist display of jealousy that can only be called paranoid delusion; or 3. just a poorly educated spoiled young man who has had everything given to him and has no social skills whatsoever.
In any event, he is a sad sack, and so is his appointed defender, Alan Cutler. Michael Phelps is a great story, and it doesn't need to be tarnished by Chad Johnson trying to latch his brand on others' coattails. He does enough leeching off of the Bengals.
Further Thoughts on Cutler
Cutler will bash the Reds to no end. He will bash UC. He will bash about anything, except Mike Brown. Cutler railed on the Reds for not bringing a winner, citing the new stadium paid by taxpayers as reason why we should be ticked. However, what have the Bungles done except extend their rap sheets? Why shouldn't we be ticked at Mike Brown, et.al.?
Cutler will defend anyone who works for the Bengals and make excuses, yet he calls his colleagues soft and berates listeners for being irrational. Yet he defends a guy who is all about the individual in a team game and has harmed his team more than helped it.
Cutler and Johnson are all about making excuses for people. Phelps had to overcome some things. He made good choices. Those people Chad says could beat Phelps? Guess what? They can't because they made bad choices, not because of a lack of opportunity. They had a chance, they chose other things. I love the excuse making, especially when you have a crying baby of a wideout making excuses why he drops balls, but yet talks about how great he is...and you have a talk show host who has such a terrible personality who talks about how soft and pliable others are when he worships and kisses the shoes of Mike Brown at every opportunity, no matter how much he hijacks the city and does nothing to improve the team and continues the culture of mediocrity and craptacularness....
