What's wrong with giving props? People are allowed to admire the compe ion..
besides. not everyone is that cynical about it.
I didn't really care that he was getting unraveled in the game. I did think he should have gotten a technical. But the guys frickin' 33 and he was just getting caught up in the game. Who cares what he said in the post-interview. His seasons over. It's equivalent to holding him to a standardized "correct answer" big deal, and reserving respect to the bar that's arbitrarily set.
It's not like we're "eating our words" from this thread, just because he showed he was human. No one was painting him like a saint, the guy went down swinging as a leader.