Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Kobe Vs. Gronk

Much has been made recently about Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski being video taped, celebrating, after his team had just lost the Super Bowl.  Some have a problem with it, others don't.  Some say (mainly Patriot fan probably) he should know better.  He should feel more disappointed after losing the biggest game of his career, and if he doesn't feel that...maybe he shouldn't be out partying where it might give off the wrong impression.  

Others say that those people that are getting all worked up over this, should have more perspective, it's just a game, he deserves to have fun, etc.  Like I said, I can see it from both angles.  Personally, I tend to side more with the first argument.  But that's not what this piece is about.

There's a bigger picture here, and it has to do with killer instinct.  Competitiveness. 

I make the comparison to Kobe, because he's my favorite basketball player, and a perfect example of someone WITH that competitiveness and killer instinct.  Maybe an even better comparison would be Gronk's own teammate, Tom Brady, who reportedly took the loss bad.  He was seen sitting alone at his locker, with towel over his head, for nearly 20 minutes.  

See guys like Kobe, and Brady, aren't out partying on stage after a loss, or a poor performance, or both.  They're right back in the gym, or practice facility, working on their craft, trying to get better so that it doesn't happen again.  Brady told Patriots owner Robert Kraft after the game, "I'll do better in two weeks," adding, "you can count on that."

Don't know why that hasn't rubbed off on Gronk yet, but maybe if the Patriots had a little more of Brady's killer instinct in them, they'd be hoisting the Lombardi trophy today, and not the Giants.

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