Cam Newton has taken a lot of heat since he abruptly left his postgame interview following the Carolina Panthers’ Super Bowl loss on Sunday. In that episode of the show, Andy Griffith’s character, Sherriff Andy Taylor, was lecturing his son Opie about the value of sportsmanship. “I don’t think it was very nice of you to walk off the way you did”, Griffith says, adding, “I know you didn’t win, but the important thing is that you were in there trying”. It’s not enough for you to win back-to-back but you have to try assassinate those that won the years you didn’t.
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He also defended his quarterback against those who are immediately judging Newton based on what they saw during the media briefing. “It’s nice to win something, but it’s more important to know how not to win something”, the sheriff responds. “I want players that I know when the game is over they are crawling into the locker room and they need help getting their gear off and they are going to need time getting into the shower”. The happy Newton is fake, his smile is fake and all the good he does is just an act.
No, all they lost was any hope of winning the game. Conan found, that in the same position, he crumbled just like “Fig” Newton.
The league’s MVP has been widely criticized for walking out of a three-minute press conference after a 24-10 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday in which he answered questions with mostly one- and two-word responses while sulking in his chair wearing a black Carolina Panthers hoodie over his head.
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The context of Gilbreath’s video is spot on to what Newton did during the press conference. I said it since day one. I am my own person. “I am who I am”. Newton said that if he had thrown an interception and not tried to make the tackle to avoid an injury he likely would have not heard any complaints.
