First and foremost, if you’re not reading Saturday Down South and have somehow found us, you really need to read Saturday Down South. Anyway, proceed.
Courtesy of Saturday Down South:
Watson visited Innisfree Irish Pub in Tuscaloosa on Friday, but appeared to be asked to leave the establishment by other customers. Innisfree described the incident seen on social media as a customer trying to invoke the establishment’s right to refuse service, and said customer was forced to leave once identified. A second video appeared to show former Alabama players Wallace Gilberry and Anderson confronting Watson before he left, with some inferring that the football players were forcing Watson to leave.
Anderson’s publicist, however, tells TMZ Sports that Anderson and Gilberry were trying to prevent Watson from a confrontation with Crimson Tide fans.
“Bottom Line, Ryan didn’t ask Deshaun to leave and they have since talked after the incident,” Bob Broderick said.
Anderson reportedly offered to pick up Watson’s tab as a friendly gesture.
Okay, maybe it’s uncommon for someone to rail on their own fanbase the way that I rail on Alabama fans. So, if you’re offended by that, you might not want to read on. If you consider me a ‘fake fan’ or a ‘traitor,’ then you need to re-evaluate the power that a game played by kids has over your life.
This isn’t the Civil War. It’s not like anyone is laying down their lives for their fucking football team. Get a life, or at the very least, just don’t be surprised when someone criticizes the fanbase when the fanbase is acting stupid.
You had a customer trying to kick Watson out of this pub (by the way, I don’t know how much I trust an Irish pub in Tuscaloosa to be authentic), and for what? Because Watson rose up and defeated our beloved Tide in the biggest game of his career. That man deserves your respect. A true sport would’ve offered to buy Watson a steak and offer a handshake. That’s what I would’ve done anyway. Sure, there’s probably a jab or two in the conversation just for fun, but trying to kick someone
What’s more, you’re making a scene out of it? And other people chimed in to the point that Anderson and Gilberry (by the way, LOVE that Wallace Gilberry is still hanging around the program) had to jump in and diffuse the situation.
Said customer is, of course, not at Harvey Updyke levels of stupidity, but come on – this is the kind of shit that gives Alabama fans a bad name. This is why the rest of the country laughs at us.
Anyway, as it turns out, Anderson isn’t a big piece of shit who takes his allegiance to Alabama football too seriously. You shouldn’t, either. Show some damn respect.
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