Yesterday on Sydney radio, Greig Pickhaver, also known as 'HG' or something, said......"Those gridiron players all they do is run straight ahead, Hayne is revolutionizing the game, adding side-steps and stiff-arms, Americans have never seen anything like that." And the radio co-hosts were like "yeah".
Shoot yourselves asap.
It's a massive trap, which I also fell into yesterday...
So I saw a mate, who I didn't know liked AF, watching Michigan highlights from some game in 2014 (weird??) so I start talking to him...
He likes virtually every sport and is a bit of a flog so I presume he is just watching it but doesn't really understand what's going on. Then he says, "that was a nice blitz", I look at the screen for the replay... yep, it was a nice blitz, "hmmm, maybe he is legit" I think to myself
Then I ask, "do you follow the NFL?"
"Yes"
"What team?" I ask
....
"Seahawks"
Sirens start blaring in my head, bandwagon for sure
I ask him about it, he says something about Madden 06 (he stutters so I know he is bullshitting)
...But let me get to my actual point here...
He says, "How good has Hayne been, he has been elite so far, changing the game"
"Yep" I mumble to him while nodding
So my point is, we can't fall into the trap I did of just agreeing with them, we must educate them