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Originally Posted by FringeNC
Interesting comments. His stats at Seattle were all-time elite, but he looks absolutely terrible out there.
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Fan equity is so hard to earn and so quickly dismissed by professional athletes.
And very few guys ever earn it back. And frankly, it lasts WELL beyond the end of your playing career.
For a lot of them I think it's pride - they're convinced they'll get the new fans to love them just as much as their old ones. Because none of them will ever come to grips with their career mortality - most of these guys are on the back sides of their careers when they make these moves.
Russell Wilson will retire from this game and not a single swinging dick on earth will care what happens to him afterwards. He's burned every bridge there is to burn and doesn't have the tools to build new ones.
I talked about it when Pujols left STL - he went to LA where they just don't give a shit what he did with the Cardinals. So he was starting from zero but with diminishing skills. It's often a really really bad career move.
Grass isn't always greener, lads...