Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Is Rodney Purvis the most annoying man on the planet?

There's two interesting case studies to consider today. One, how someone I don't really know, in this instance former Cardinal-commit Rodney Purvis, can immediately become insufferable the moment he's no longer going to wear my preferred-laundry.

Two, having admitted my bias, is Rodney Purvis the most insufferable recruit on the planet?

Twitter has provided us an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of young basketball players. And, studies show, 87.9% of it ain't pretty.

I followed Purvis' twitter once he appeared on the Louisville radar, and out of morbid fascination I guess, have continued to follow him even afterwards. And for better or worse, I have a window into what appears to be one of the most vapid, manic, emotional, talented, intelligent, cliche-ridden-christian, egotistical minds I've ever encountered.

A sampling, just from a small, small time-frame mind you...

     I'm gonna write a book


     You learn alot about yourself when you to yourself alot !


     Yo i cant stand people who believe everything they hear


     2 people to give up on me recently #great


     Deleting anything that reminds me of you ! Forget it all.


     Tried waiting around, but it's over for that!!!


     W A L K I N G A W A Y

(two minutes later)

     Focused now!

I'm not sure if this sampling quite captures it, and Purvis certainly isn't the only one, but in my limited twitter experience, he's the worst vapid-ness offender.

Anyone that goes through that many highs and lows in a 24-hour period truly frightens me.

Unless he decides to re-open his Louisville commitment, in which case I'll reevaluate. Maybe that's what's truly frightening.

W A L K I N G A W A Y...
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3 comments:

  1. twitter ain't gonna do nothing good for hour future's grammer.....
    #yotheresanicecreamtruck

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  2. You're surprised that a 17-year-old athlete isn't as eloquent as Joyce?

    I suggest that when, inevitably, another prized recruit de-commits, you do what I do: assume that his decision was based solely upon making a wrong turn on a campus tour at the other school and suddenly finding himself in the school's tennis facility watching the women's team stretching before practice.

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  3. Haha...That is so, so true. Unless you're UCF, in which case the beauty of the campus surpasses the hanging gardens of Babylon, according to Brandon Bender.

    But for the rest of us, it's a crapshoot. I've actually heard stories of football players commiting because they liked the chicken fingers served at a particular cafeteria. To each their own.

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