Has Andrews actually defended him, though? Doesn't sound like a defense here:
“He lost his mind and it was awesome — for once,” Andrews told The Dan Patrick Show on Monday (via ExtraMustard.Si.com). “I do think they [Fox's producers] might have been worried about language.”
Pretty much a non-defense, like a non-apology: more like 'he just got me a ton of free press, and he did it at his own expense and not mine, so what do I care?' And she admitted the interview was cut off- which a reasonable person would have assumed based upon the producer quickly cutting the shot away before she awkwardly ended the interview. Unless that is how sideline reporters always end them- not sure. I only noticed this particular event because all of a sudden there was a guy yelling at me on the TV.
I think very few, outside of the Skip Baylesses of the sports world (which is, unfortunately, a large faction), are upset. And if they are, it is the usual fake umbrage that sports personalities invoke to gain attention. It was just embarassing for Sherman. He just acted a fool. He sounded like a WWF star talking to Paul Heyman. Prob is, while that works as a shtick in sports entertainment, on an actual sports field it is just something that makes people roll their eyes. Like when Brock Lesnar went all heel in his post fight interview after his second Frank Mir right. Brock looked like a fool then, as Sherman did yesterday. Has little to do with trash talk, and everything to do with having some sense. Real quality trash talkers invite their loud-mouthed opponents to Brazil for a BBQ. I've seen good, trash talk- and that wasn't it.
Frankly, I don't care how Sherman acts- he can keep doing this if he wants. Calling him a 'thug' is over the top, and no, I don't think he deserves that moniker based on this. But I'll just laugh at it, not because he is being witty but because he comes across as a moron whose performance, apparently, didn't really do the talking if he has to tell you all about how awesome it was. All this has really done is overshadow what was an excellent performance by him.