Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch was a bit more talkative during his “chat” with the media on Thursday, but not for the reasons reporters were hoping.
Lynch begin his brief press conference by criticizing the media for continuing to show up when he clearly has no interest in talking.
“Look, I told y’all what’s up,” he said. “For some reason y’all continue to come back and do the same thing that y’all did. I don’t know what story y’all are trying to get out of me. I don’t know what image you’re trying to portray of me, but it don’t matter what y’all think or say about me.
“I come to y’all event. Y’all shove cameras and microphones down my throat. When I’m at home, in my environment, I don’t see y’all. But y’all mad at me. And if y’all ain’t mad at me, what y’all here for? My requirements have been filled, so for these next three minutes I’ll just be looking at y’all the way that y’all looking at me. Thank you.”
For the next four minutes or so, Lynch gave various shoutouts to cities and his teammates. Surprisingly, he did react when a reporter asked him about the possibility of the NFL fining him for the “Beastmode” hat he has been wearing. And by react, we mean Lynch proudly adjusted the hat as if to say “this ain’t going nowhere.”
Another reporter followed up by asking Lynch where they can buy his gear. He had no problem providing shouting out his website, BeastModeOnline.com.
While scenes like this one from Conan O’Brien’s show give us a different glimpse into the type of guy that Lynch is, the truth is he is making himself a story by being so defiant. If he just provided boring answers to questions rather than getting so upset, there would be less buzz surrounding his press conferences.
