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Roddick's Bad Attitude
What is with Roddick's whiney and bad attitude? It is truly embarrassing. There is a line that has been crossed when it comes to cockiness and disrespect for others--AND he has crossed it one too many. I recently saw a group of young fans, no older that 10 years of age, asking for his autograph while he was talking with some friends in Indian Wells and he simply said, "No, I won't sign." He stuck to what he said and just completely ignored the dissapointed kids. We all have rough days but he often brings this attitude on court.
What are your thoughts?
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xiowa
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5/3/2011 11:22:06 AM
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I totally agree. His behavior is a disgrace. I saw him lose his cool all to many times and refuse to watch his matches any more. After he got married, he seemed to behave better so I thought I will go watch him. He was playing in Memphis and WOW did he blow up. I said to my friends "now do you see why he upsets me". They said he apologized to the fans after he had won the match. HIs displays make me ashamed to have him represent America.
I realize many players get upset on the coourt and throw their rackets, but Andy goes to the extreme. I hope he learns to behave better because he is turning a lot of people against him.
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Miss Lynch you obviously have maternal instinct to kids Not signing the autographs will teach the kids not to have idols or role model as tennis players. Their Mums and Dads,or guardians are the role models who put food on the table and cloth them. If the kids are educated them they will take Roddicks 'no autograph' as a pinch of salt.
W.C.Fields quote I like children - fried... ... I hate every one ...
I've seen Roddick personally sign autographs to kids at Queens after defeat. He is a regular guy.
If you are embarrassed then you need to lighten up. Have you been mixing socially with those uptight Brits in the UK.
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Nah- I just don't like his attitude, period, it has nothing to do with uptight Brits or maternal instincts. It's rude and embarrassing to American tennis. Just read this article or watch his last match filled with f-bombs . I wasn't happy with Donald Young's expletive towards the USTA on twitter recently that lost him many fans and I think that almost-30-year-old Roddick should be held accountable for that foul language, too, even if it is on the court. The kids autograph incident was simply my personal witness of his 'tude.
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I like the class and gentlemanilines part of this game!
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xiowa
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5/4/2011 6:18:45 PM
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That article expressed my feelings about his behavior perfectly. He needs to grow up.
I mentioned before that when his wife is around he acts nicer. She should try and be with him as much as possible. I know she has her career and should not have to give it up so that her husband will act his age.
He is able to control himself when she is around. Why not control himself all the time so the American public does not have to be ashamed of him. Is he trying to become another John McEnroe?
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Gentlemen you say, I take it you would not like Connors and Mac. Then you was unlucky that you were not born to see their acts of disgraceful behavior
Pure entertainment that made tennis an international sport. The media loved it. I'm sure Miss Lynch, go on you like the bad boy type. Come on, you would not refuse a dinner with Andy.......not that other Brit Murray.......The USA is the best country in the world for sport and they showed people how to play tennis
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have you been with andy off court? come on guys! with what he had contributed to the society, his charitable foundation and other good stuff? then he had a bad day on court, snubbed the crowd, threw some f-bombs, wrecked rackets all over the place. the guys not holy, he is just human. let's give him the benefit of the doubt. a bad day is a bad day. you don't have to make this a big issue. also, i heard that some of the crowd in madrid were rude.
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5/5/2011 7:30:11 AM
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If it was a one time thing or just occasionally happening maybe it should be over looked, but with Andy it happens a lot of times. I have tried to give him a chance because of all the good he does with his foundation, but I feel his behavior is a disgrace and even he should be embassed by it. He was in Memphis or he would not have apologized to the fans. He just needs to grow up.
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As other posters have stated, this was not one isolated incident. This is becoming an epidemic that keeps happening with increasing frequency with Roddick. You can go on YouTube and very easily find multiple clips of Federer letting an expletive or two fly. The difference is that in the end, he seems to realize how lucky he is that his job is to play tennis in front of millions of fans and that people do look at him as a role model. Many people, and children especially, should not look to sports stars, or actors, or anyone like that as a role model when there are such great potential role models involved in their every day lives, but that is not the point. Yes, it was a bad day on court (and some speculate it wasn't so much a bad day as just throwing a tantrum to avoid getting fined for tanking), but that does not excuse these actions.
We have all had those days before, but it's about how you handle the situations that define your character. The way Roddick has acted in these circumstances is that he has the character of a 5 year old that just had his candy taken from him. Perhaps others are different, but I know when I fly off and do something stupid, once that initial rage is gone, I realize what I've done and the guilt comes in. Roddick on the other hand does not seem to possess this kind of thinking, and acts as if he is entitled to act however he wants. Marat Safin threw a number of tantrums on the court, broke probably more racquets than anybody, but at the end of the day, he didn't take it out on the fans, the ones that essentially help to pay for him to play tennis. Take it out on a racquet, take it out on the practice courts and bash a tennis ball or something, but don't take it out on the fans.
Yes, he does have a charitable foundation and that's great that he is using his status to raise money and awareness for a cause that is close to him. Just because he spends some of his time to do something good does not excuse the kind of behavior he exhibits on court. Part of being a role model (whether a good or bad one) is how you behave. Signing a few autographs for children after a practice or a match would have taken Roddick all of 10 minutes of his day but think about how much it would have meant to those kids. In fact, maybe if he had taken the time to chill out and just hang out and talk to the kids for a few minutes, he would have realized how immature he acts and it would lighten his mood a bit.
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