“Real quick, I want to say I am sorry for the way handled the press conference,” Mariota said at the start of his media availability. “I know not everybody that was there is here. But I was rude and inappropriate, and I just want to say I apologize for it. “It’s funny, because I got an earful from my mom. That’s how I was raised and I appreciate you guys for understanding.” - Marcus Mariota (h/t TitansOnline) ------- Oh, the horror! The poor feelings of that room full of media, just battered and beaten by the short, succinct, matter of fact acceptance of responsibility from a quarterback who just lost a hard fought game in which 300 pound behemoths were trying rest atop his chest on a play-by-play basis. How will they ever recover from the slightly less than affable attitude displayed by a professional athlete who was coming off one of his lowest moments as such?! I hope to God there are no double doors in the Tennessee Titans facilities, because that level of rudeness is characteristic of the type of social misfit that thinks one "thank you" suffices. Do the players have their own parking lot? I shudder to think of the irreparable damage that could be done to Marcus Mariota's relationship with those that cover him if he didn't concede the right of way to a beat reporter after failing to check his blind spot out of frustration. I suppose an apology that makes the attending media frantically look around at each other like they totally missed something is a step in the right direction, but who knows if things will every be the same between them again after such a mildly irritable outburst. In all seriousness, is it possible that Marcus Mariota just turned "overly polite" into a legitimate criticism of an NFL quarterback? Clearly he was raised right, but thinking anything less than being the most perfect of gentleman is an unnecessarily volatile response to a 7 point performance that put their playoff hopes in peril is just wrong. There's no doubt that the Titans' quarterback is more a congenial man than myself, but - in my estimation - that press conference was closer to "I haven't had my morning coffee yet" pissed off than "I just fucking lost to Blaine Gabbert" pissed off. Let's just say this, Mrs. Mariota is a far better mother than she is a motivator, so perhaps her book of manners would be better as dinner table reading. If only because the person who says "sorry" when there couldn't be less of a need for one isn't someone you want to share an elevator with, never mind an NFL locker room.
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