Cardinals QB Goes on Profanity-Laced Tirade During Press Conference
- Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:09am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Derek Anderson raised his voice and his eyes bulged wide. Looking directly at a reporter in the crowd, the Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback let loose.
Taking exception to repeated questions about why he was laughing on the sideline late in a blowout loss to San Francisco, Anderson went on a profanity-laced tirade during a postgame news conference Monday night before abruptly walking out.
“You think I was laughing about something?” Anderson said, his voice getting louder with nearly every word. “I take this serious! Real serious! I put my heart and soul into this every single week!”
Anderson has taken plenty of blame for Arizona’s six-game losing streak and had another pedestrian game in Monday night’s 27-6 loss to San Francisco, going 16 of 35 for 196 yards and an interception.
Late in the loss to the 49ers, TV cameras showed Anderson sharing a laugh with guard Deuce Lutui on the sideline. When initially asked about the exchange after the game, Anderson quietly said Lutui had told him something to keep them positive, and that they can hopefully get on the same page.
Anderson calmly answered another question about a different topic, then started to lose his temper as the reporter came back to the shared laugh.
“I’m telling you right now what I do every single week! Every single week I put my heart and soul into this!” Anderson yelled. “I don’t go out there and laugh. It’s not funny. Nothing’s funny to me. I don’t want go out there and get embarrassed on Monday Night Football in front of everybody.”
The back-and-forth continued for a few more seconds, then Anderson walked out of the news conference, saying he was done. He marched quickly through Arizona’s locker room, then got his leg caught on a teammates’ pads before storming through a set of double doors.
The outburst was reminiscent of a memorable 2006 postgame tirade by then-Cardinals coach Dennis Green, who pounded the podium and yelled “The Bears are who we thought they were!” after a loss to Chicago.
Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said he didn’t see Anderson and Lutui smiling, and didn’t want to comment until he saw the tape.
“I didn’t see that. I’d be disappointed if that was the case,” Whisenhunt said. “I didn’t sense from talking with Derek in the fourth quarter or talking with our offensive line that that was the case. Until I would see that, I would be hesitant to say anything about it.”
Anderson, who once apologized for an outburst in Cleveland, has gone through a rough first season in the desert, Arizona’s first since star quarterback Kurt Warner retired.
The former Pro Bowler earned the starting job late in training camp over Matt Leinart, then was replaced by rookie Max Hall in a blowout loss to San Diego on Oct. 3. Anderson went back under center after Hall sustained a concussion against Seattle on Oct. 24, then took over the job full-time again the following week when Hall threw two interceptions in the first quarter against Tampa Bay.
The Cardinals haven’t been able to win no matter who has played quarterback, and Anderson has taken much of the criticism for being at the helm of one of the NFL’s worst offenses.
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Comments (42)
dizzyinthedark
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:18amSomeone ‘clue’ me in on why so many waste their time/days watching, supporting three hours + on the weekends, get into arguments over stats, hang on every word of over-bloated has-been ex-players that couldn’t find another job except ESPN that apparently needs 5 of them commenting in choreographed scripted BS on the days game. This prima donna now wants us to believe that HE WORKS HIS ASS OFF! TRY GOING TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, try picking up a weapon and defending your country, try doing something real where you don’t take home the bacon, you clueless jack wagon, you know nothing of working your ass off. YOU PLAY A GAME and take home undeserved amounts of money–end of story!
Report Post »fxmulder
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:49amI see the comments to this story, and they make me laugh….and I see the Blaze has become another time dump like Digg…..
Report Post »FLBear
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:08amA newsman trying to make a story out of nothing….what new. I would have walked out too….he answered the question earlier and that should have been that…who in the origanization will they ask next….newsmen like this should be working at the NY Times….or is he??
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:55amThis obsession with sports gods is prompted to keep the populace entertained while they enslave us, conservatives should really give up their childish things before it’s to late.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 1:08pmYou should really lay off the LSD.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:46amsounds like the dude is tired of being asked the same old stupid questions week after week , so what if he was having a laugh on the side line with his friend … who do the press think they are? the nazi laugh police now .. maybe the press need to work with obama
Report Post »Ken
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:44amWould you rather he just become suicidal? Don’t answer that…I see the point of his team mate trying to encourage him by telling him a joke or something funny. I guess that reporter is a LOSER that doesn‘t know what being one is like because he’s been one all his life. So I don’t blame Anderson at all for losing it. I’m sure he feels better now!
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:55amI hope his Mom wasn’t watching…hee! hee!
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:49amHe ain’t no Kurt Warner……perhaps being so close to the border, they can get an illegal immigrant to play quarterback……it may not work out so well……they only have room for so many letters on the back of the jersey for the player’s last name……
Report Post »conservativeme
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:48amHaving been a football player, I know that sometimes you laugh in a sarcastic manner at comments and situations when things are going poorly. Some of these reporters are just plain STUPID! They did not or could not play the game, so they think they have to get an edge on the players. They are just stupid, childish and should be fired!
Report Post »Bermuda Onion
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:46amAt least it’s a football game. Sometimes you have to laugh! Not unlike our government officials, especially the leaders who laugh at the American people every day.
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:39amI don’t blame Anderson for being angry his team is doing terrible this year.
Report Post »notsodumblond
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:23amHe talks about not being emabarressed in a game while he is embarassing himself on national television? It is hilarious!
Report Post »darlenekay
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:14amI like. It shows he is alive. Sitting there watching the game, I thought he was dead. I’d like to see more emotion coming out of the Cardinal players.
Report Post »AutoEuphoria
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:04amFootball…serious business
Report Post »ConservativeSteve
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:59amThis is soooooooo stupid. Is there anyone who has not done a little gallows humor when a situation was rough? This is his job. Have you ever cracked a joke or smiled when things were going bad for you at work? He just happens to be a NFL QB being paid zillions of dollars. It does not change the fact that this is just ….. his job.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:15amI bet you were yuking it up in 2006 when the the Republicans lost congress! If you would have concentrated on the job at hand, we might have pulled that one out! Is that a pledge pin on your uniform?
Report Post »TBAG
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:53amSlow news day?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:47amWizenhunt is finished.
Report Post »pilgrim2497
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:46amWhy not crtique the little, piss-ant reporters who practice “gotcha” jounalism. The QB is having a tough year, but obviously doing his best. Maybe the Cardinals can turn it around.
Report Post »AutoEuphoria
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:56amAgreed.
Report Post »Ken
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:40amDitto
Report Post »VApatriot2
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:14amTHIS is his BEST? Pullleeezzze! Somebody tell him to watch the clip. The brat WAS LAUGHING! The tape does not lie, the QB?…that’s another story.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:44amWatching morons play games.. what a waste of hours on the weekend.
Report Post »andrewbsheets
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:43amyoure videos not working againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:30amAnother prima donna showing their 10 year old self for all the world to see….yawn.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:20amHe’s just frustrated that he has to work with so many muzies.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:16amZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:13amI hate union sports
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:43amWhen they go on strile again, I will stop watching and going to games forever. I made the mistake of returning to the stands last time they struck. I woin’t forgive again until the Unions are busted.
Report Post »Ksera Sugarmail
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:28amDitto.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:12amAt least he told us what was on his mind.
Report Post »the Life Of Reilly
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:31amIf, on one of your bad days would you not lose you temper at the Olberdork type questions that these Journalists? ask?
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:32amBig Baby…
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