Good read about Marcus Lattimore

[Prestonyte]

Gives you a good perspective on where he's been and where he's at now as a person.

10 years after devastating injury at South Carolina, Marcus Lattimore rediscovers his place in the game

The Gamecocks star struggled to find his identity apart from his football fame. He discovered it across the country, mentoring young players far away from the bright lights.

www.espn.com

 

[TN-Gamecock]

Ho hum!!!! This article is only partly true...how bout the other side of Lattimore?

The one who made claims about a police officer that was not true (being racially profiled) for speeding.

How about the many thousand of Byrnes Alumni and fans he completely turned off by trying to get the name of the school changed. Yes he may have been one of the most beloved while he was there..not so much anymore...

The way this article is written, it makes claim he is sssooo beloved in Duncan. I'm not sure that is the case anymore.

I'm glad he became a Gamecock, but after his playing days at Carolina, the true Lattimore showed us his true colors...and I'm not talking about the Garnet & Black...

 

[winloseortie]

Ho hum!!!! This article is only partly true...how bout the other side of Lattimore?

The one who made claims about a police officer that was not true (being racially profiled) for speeding.

How about the many thousand of Byrnes Alumni and fans he completely turned off by trying to get the name of the school changed. Yes he may have been one of the most beloved while he was there..not so much anymore...

The way this article is written, it makes claim he is sssooo beloved in Duncan. I'm not sure that is the case anymore.

I'm glad he became a Gamecock, but after his playing days at Carolina, the true Lattimore showed us his true colors...and I'm not talking about the Garnet & Black...

You forgot to add..... Get off my lawn

 

[Patriot321]

Ho hum!!!! This article is only partly true...how bout the other side of Lattimore?

The one who made claims about a police officer that was not true (being racially profiled) for speeding.

How about the many thousand of Byrnes Alumni and fans he completely turned off by trying to get the name of the school changed. Yes he may have been one of the most beloved while he was there..not so much anymore...

The way this article is written, it makes claim he is sssooo beloved in Duncan. I'm not sure that is the case anymore.

I'm glad he became a Gamecock, but after his playing days at Carolina, the true Lattimore showed us his true colors...and I'm not talking about the Garnet & Black...

Sad but true, I wish him well in Oregon but will never understand how he, or anybody, can think some of the things he has said.

 

[Prestonyte]

Ho hum!!!! This article is only partly true...how bout the other side of Lattimore?

The one who made claims about a police officer that was not true (being racially profiled) for speeding.

How about the many thousand of Byrnes Alumni and fans he completely turned off by trying to get the name of the school changed. Yes he may have been one of the most beloved while he was there..not so much anymore...

The way this article is written, it makes claim he is sssooo beloved in Duncan. I'm not sure that is the case anymore.

I'm glad he became a Gamecock, but after his playing days at Carolina, the true Lattimore showed us his true colors...and I'm not talking about the Garnet & Black...

He gets the benefit of the doubt because I haven't walked in his shoes.

 

[Cocky99]

He drank the democrats cool-aid. Probably influenced by his wife. I knew one girl who was pretty normal, non-political. Then married a raging liberal and assimilated his views. Then she was laying in the middle of the street and throwing bricks in DC, screaming at cops back here at the State House. CrAzY stuff.

 

[Prestonyte]

He drank the democrats cool-aid. Probably influenced by his wife. I knew one guy who was pretty normal, non-political. Then married a raging liberal and assimilated his views.

Tough to be married when not equally yoked.

 

[winloseortie]

Tough to be married when not equally yoked.

Honestly it’s just tough work to be married

 

[GoCocksFight2021]

Go read the article from his blog about "Save Herchel" and you will see what a race-obsessed douchebag he has turned into. Sounds like Farrakhan. Talked about how "they", referring to white people, like a spell, "hypnotized" him into "conforming to their ways". Embarrassed that he had anything to do with our university.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I kind of get it, but not really. The article paints his fans as the bad guys for liking him. Of course fans don't know who players are personally, but that doesn't make them bad people for liking you.

 

[Forkcock]

He changed and not for the better. He's bitter and focussed on race. It's a shame. He could have been a lasting legend here.

 

[ToddFlanders]

I knew no matter what the article said there would be some very fragile people that wouldn’t like it because of who it’s about.

It’s an interesting piece as it gives some perspective. Nothing more though - no one needs to get defensive.

 

[Guy in the Back]

For me, I as a fan, I pulled hard for him. However, my draw to him is how good he was on the field seemed to mirror how good he was off the field. Humble, hard-worker, appreciative of those who helped him in his journey. I’ll admit I shed tears that day against Tennessee. Not because his days contributing on the field we’re over, but because I felt bad for him as a person. I hated it because rarely people “like” him are ever on top. Usually it is the self-absorbed kind that are. What I take from these articles, and I hope I am wrong, is that this humbleness, caring for others, and being thankful for what you have was a show. I certainly hope I am wrong.

 

[gamecox4982]

If what some of you say is true, living in Oregon fits him perfectly.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I knew no matter what the article said there would be some very fragile people that wouldn’t like it because of who it’s about.

It’s an interesting piece as it gives some perspective. Nothing more though - no one needs to get defensive.

I guess I'm just not sure where his struggle was. He was a great player and, from all the fans knew, an even greater person. The entire state, even Clemson folks. mourned over his playing injuries. Even after his playing days were over, folks loved him. So it wasn't just that folks liked him as long he was a good player. He was respected by everyone. I'm just not sure why it was a such a big problem for him that fans liked him and respected him even though they didn't know him personally. There were enough stories out there about him as a person that, even though fans didn't know him personally, they had a good idea of his character. This isn't a "they only liked me because I was good at football" situation. Far from it. You can't go about building a great reputation for yourself as a high character guy and then get disenchanted when folks regard you as a high character guy.

 

[winloseortie]

Now if you gotta play at garden parties
I wish you a lotta luck
But if memories were all I sang
I'd rather drive a truck

 

[Prestonyte]

We all fight demons everyday!

 

[18IsTheMan]

We all fight demons everyday!

I guess. I'm just not sure what the demons here are. People liked and respected him.

 

[winloseortie]

He ain’t fighting demons, he is growing up like we all do and many just want to keep on the shelf in a toy box in a Gamecock uniform. On the shelf he always scores and never disappoints. We own him. He is an object of our making.

We want to enjoy the fantasy of the past rather than engage a real person. People do it all the time with their own children and it NEVER works out.

If ML lives to 70......that’s 50 years without Gamecock football. Clearly he wants a legacy deeper and broader than just his time in college.......
Don’t we all?

 

[Spinal Tap]

I'm pulling for he and his wife to have a long, loving life together. I'm not pretending to know what he has endured personally and lost and how
he should handle it. He's trying to find his way to peace.

 

[18IsTheMan]

He ain’t fighting demons, he is growing up like we all do and many just want to keep on the shelf in a toy box in a Gamecock uniform. On the shelf he always scores and never disappoints. We own him. He is an object of our making.

We want to enjoy the fantasy of the past rather than engage a real person. People do it all the time with their own children and it NEVER works out.

I don't think there's a single Gamecock fan who felt that way about him. Totally false narrative.

Is he beloved in the state because of what he did on the field? Sure. That in no way whatsoever means people want to keep him in that box. As good as he was on the field, the fans loved him at least as much, if not more, for who he was off the field.

 

[ToddFlanders]

I guess I'm just not sure where his struggle was. He was a great player and, from all the fans knew, an even greater person. The entire state, even Clemson folks. mourned over his playing injuries. Even after his playing days were over, folks loved him. So it wasn't just that folks liked him as long he was a good player. He was respected by everyone. I'm just not sure why it was a such a big problem for him that fans liked him and respected him even though they didn't know him personally. There were enough stories out there about him as a person that, even though fans didn't know him personally, they had a good idea of his character. This isn't a "they only liked me because I was good at football" situation. Far from it. You can't go about building a great reputation for yourself as a high character guy and then get disenchanted when folks regard you as a high character guy.

But it is a "they only liked me because I was good at football" situation, because no one ever knew him for anything else. No one "knew" him as a person, even though they felt like they did. And that's not the fault of anyone, it's just a side-effect of fame. He was a polite, well-spoken, young man who had a knack for finding the end zone. That made everyone comfortable. He was safe.

However, the second he started sharing his personal experiences and thoughts, a good portion of the fanbase turned on him because now he's not behaving the way that makes them feel comfortable. All of the sudden their "safe" hero is saying things that triggered the people you would expect to be triggered. And now he's persona non grata to a bunch of people that "liked him."

But again, I think his whole situation boils down to fame. Once a person is famous, they don't actually exist anymore (at least not in the public eye). They are only the culmination of the outward snippets that people see - and 99.9% of his life was behind closed doors. No one knew him - but they thought they did. It's got to be a real weird situation to be universally loved and admired starting as a teenager (when even he didn't really know who he was yet).

 

[winloseortie]

I don't think there's a single Gamecock fan who felt that way about him. Totally false narrative.

Is he beloved in the state because of what he did on the field? Sure. That in no way whatsoever means people want to keep him in that box. As good as he was on the field, the fans loved him at least as much, if not more, for who he was off the field.

I don’t think you understand fame, celebrity and hero worship. Marcus is now longer an 18yo, he is brave and mature enough to chart his own course. Imagine the unrealistic expectations placed on him in this state. It is clear he is following a moral course as he sees it(He’s no Herschel Walker).
Rather than say thanks for the memories and bless him on his way, You clearly on some level feel betrayed and want him to act like YOU want him to act

 

[18IsTheMan]

I don’t think you understand fame, celebrity and hero worship. Marcus is now longer an 18yo, he is brave and mature enough to chart his own course. Imagine the unrealistic expectations placed on him in this state. It is clear he is following a moral course as he sees it(He’s no Herschel Walker).
Rather than say thanks for the memories and bless him on his way, You clearly on some level feel betrayed and want him to act like YOU want him to act

I haven't said a thing about how I do/don't want him to act. It's been a very long time since I entertained any notion that athletes I like have morals/values that align with my own.

How Marcus feels is how Marcus feels, so I guess it's immaterial as to whether it makes sense or not.

 

[Lurker123]

I don't think there's a single Gamecock fan who felt that way about him. Totally false narrative.

Yeah, I think we're trying to read WAY too much into the situation. The guy played football here. Now the guy spouts political nonsense (to some).

Given his views, it's no surprise how many will react, and not a hard call that any thread about him will include that "controversy".

 

[Patriot321]

Go read the article from his blog about "Save Herchel" and you will see what a race-obsessed douchebag he has turned into. Sounds like Farrakhan. Talked about how "they", referring to white people, like a spell, "hypnotized" him into "conforming to their ways". Embarrassed that he had anything to do with our university.

I read that a while back, it hurt me to read that really, just no sesnse in bashing Herschel because he is running as a Republican. Sad really.

 

[Patriot321]

Go read the article from his blog about "Save Herchel" and you will see what a race-obsessed douchebag he has turned into. Sounds like Farrakhan. Talked about how "they", referring to white people, like a spell, "hypnotized" him into "conforming to their ways". Embarrassed that he had anything to do with our university.

Yes, hard to read this article with an open minded view, once you have read what he wrote about Herschel, obviously trying to hurt his chance of winning the Senate race.

 

[Prestonyte]

His entire life changed in an instant. Something he worked for his whole life and he viewed as his future was taken from him. Not sure how I would handle a similar situation. I think that is the emotional demon he is dealing with and he has attached himself to things in his search to restructure his life which he may not have chosen had the injury not occurred.

 

[GoCocksFight2021]

$1.7 million insurance settlement. Cry me a river.

 

[TN-Gamecock]

$1.7 million insurance settlement. Cry me a river.

Amen!!!

 

[18IsTheMan]

It’s not the coming to grips with the injury stuff that baffles me, it’s that he seems to be upset that fans loved and respected him.

 

[Forkcock]

Did he give the 49'ers their money back?

 

[Guy in the Back]

His entire life changed in an instant. Something he worked for his whole life and he viewed as his future was taken from him. Not sure how I would handle a similar situation. I think that is the emotional demon he is dealing with and he has attached himself to things in his search to restructure his life which he may not have chosen had the injury not occurred.

Even though it changed, the persona he built combined with his notoriety opened doors for him that an average person don’t get. It reminds me a bit of an actor who said they wish they’d never done a movie even though it is that movie that made them famous.