I just came across an article entitled "The Ricky Proehl Syndrome." Finally, a media expose of the racist stereotyping and slotting of white wide receivers!
Not quite. Turns out the article is about politics. Link supplied at the bottom if you want to read it, though I don't recommend it. Turns out that Proehl is not only the template for every white receiver for the next 1,000 years, he's also the epitome of the out of touch, bragging athlete. Here's the "Ricky Proehl Syndrome":
"For years now, the Washington pundit class has suffered from what New England Patriot fans might call the "Ricky Proehl Syndrome," an embarrassing tendency to make boastful pronouncements that turn out to be 180 degrees off target, often amusingly so.
"As football enthusiasts may recall, Ricky Proehl was a wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI, which was played on Feb. 3, 2002. The Rams - winners of a Super Bowl two years earlier - were heavily favored to win again over the underdog New England Patriots and their novice quarterback Tom Brady.
"Before the game, Proehl turned to a camera and declared "tonight, a dynasty is born, baby," referring to his St. Louis Rams.
"After scoring a tying touchdown with 1:30 left in the game, Proehl was mugging to the cameras again. Celebrating the Rams' comeback, he declared, "It ain't over 'til it's over, baby."
"Both comments would prove prophetic though not as Proehl intended. In the final 1:21 of Super Bowl XXXVI, Brady led the Patriots down field setting up a game-winning 48-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri as time expired. The game indeed wasn't over until it was over, but the Patriots - not the Rams - had won.
"On Feb. 6, 2005, Proehl was proved "right" again, when the Patriots earned their third championship in four years. A dynasty had been born on that night three years earlier, but it had been the Patriots, not the St. Louis Rams. Possibly remembering the Rams' boastful talk of "dynasty" before Super Bowl XXXVI, the Patriots have virtually banned the word from the team's vocabulary."
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2005/020805.html
Not quite. Turns out the article is about politics. Link supplied at the bottom if you want to read it, though I don't recommend it. Turns out that Proehl is not only the template for every white receiver for the next 1,000 years, he's also the epitome of the out of touch, bragging athlete. Here's the "Ricky Proehl Syndrome":
"For years now, the Washington pundit class has suffered from what New England Patriot fans might call the "Ricky Proehl Syndrome," an embarrassing tendency to make boastful pronouncements that turn out to be 180 degrees off target, often amusingly so.
"As football enthusiasts may recall, Ricky Proehl was a wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI, which was played on Feb. 3, 2002. The Rams - winners of a Super Bowl two years earlier - were heavily favored to win again over the underdog New England Patriots and their novice quarterback Tom Brady.
"Before the game, Proehl turned to a camera and declared "tonight, a dynasty is born, baby," referring to his St. Louis Rams.
"After scoring a tying touchdown with 1:30 left in the game, Proehl was mugging to the cameras again. Celebrating the Rams' comeback, he declared, "It ain't over 'til it's over, baby."
"Both comments would prove prophetic though not as Proehl intended. In the final 1:21 of Super Bowl XXXVI, Brady led the Patriots down field setting up a game-winning 48-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri as time expired. The game indeed wasn't over until it was over, but the Patriots - not the Rams - had won.
"On Feb. 6, 2005, Proehl was proved "right" again, when the Patriots earned their third championship in four years. A dynasty had been born on that night three years earlier, but it had been the Patriots, not the St. Louis Rams. Possibly remembering the Rams' boastful talk of "dynasty" before Super Bowl XXXVI, the Patriots have virtually banned the word from the team's vocabulary."
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2005/020805.html