NHL players react to Richard Sherman's interview after NFC Championship win
Twitter was abuzz in the aftermath of Sunday's NFC Championship game in Seattle, mainly in relation to Richard Sherman's post-game interview with Erin Andrews.
Several NHL players chimed in on Sherman's reaction to the Seahawks' victory, and more specifically his role in securing the win.
Some reacted in amusement with a touch of sarcasm.
Fox with the no brainer interview. Pure entertainment.
— Paul Bissonnette (@BizNasty2point0) January 20, 2014
I guess Sherman's the best CB in the game
— Jim Slater (@slaterjim) January 20, 2014
Sherman is the best cornerback in the NFL! #justaskhim
— Jake Gardiner (@Jgardiner272) January 20, 2014
Others became instant Broncos fans while calling Sherman out for his perceived lack of class.
I really hope I get to see Peyton Manning shred Sherman to pieces in the Super Bowl
— Mark Stone (@MStoner61) January 20, 2014
Richard Sherman.... #really #showsomeclass #noplaceforit
— Justin Abdelkader (@justinabss) January 20, 2014
Hey Richard Sherman great job embarrassing yourself and @Seahawks in that interview with @ErinAndrews! @Stanford must be proud!?
— Jamal Mayers (@jamalmayers) January 20, 2014
One AHL forward made the argument for a Vancouver / Calgary type event in response to these kinds of comments.
If Sherman was a hockey player that would be line brawl next game and he'd get pumped. Fighting holds players accountable on and off ice
— Ray Kaunisto (@rayk71) January 20, 2014
And perhaps most tellingly, some drew a clear line between the worlds of hockey and football, arguing that one would never see such a thing on the ice.
Well that interview is clearly the difference between hockey and football!!!! #shermanator
— Brendan Smith (@bssmith7) January 20, 2014
Cant invision a professional hockey player with a post game like that on his way to the finals.. haha real life? #sherman
— Luke Adam (@LukeJAdam) January 20, 2014
It's an interesting point to make, especially in light of the recent conversation over P.K. Subban's goal-celebration in Ottawa, followed up by James van Riemsdyk's mocking jersey-tug on Saturday.
While the common argument is that one should "act like you've been there before", human beings have a tendency to react to events in real-time. Hockey culture tends to look down on this kind of behaviour, but perhaps the NHL could benefit from a bit more Sherman-like raw emotion from time to time.
Update:
Early Monday afternoon, Krys Barch chimed in with this:
@FriedgeHNIC In the world of @NHL we have measures that force someone like #RichardSherman to behave with class!
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) January 20, 2014