Brad Butler Retires Sorry He'll Never Play for Jim Mora

by John Morgan on Feb 19, 2010 8:54 AM PST

Dirtbag.

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Spencer better take notes from Butler on how not to be a pussy, but a DIRT! BAG!

The Seattle Times linked to my website in June 2009. I wasn't aware of this until January 2010.

by SSreporters on Feb 19, 2010 9:28 AM PST reply actions

That'll make other team stop thinking your soft.

by John Morgan on Feb 19, 2010 9:30 AM PST reply actions

Looks like he's a perfect fit for going into politics

by B.B.Finnegan on Feb 19, 2010 9:46 AM PST reply actions 2 recs

If I had to choose...

…Blount or Butler as a team-mate, I definitely take Blount. Sure, he punched a guy, but the shot was never going to end someone’s career (except maybe his own) whereas what Butler did was downright nasty, uncalled for, vicious and unsportsmanlike. I wouldn’t want to be associated with him.

by Hawksince77 on Feb 19, 2010 10:19 AM PST reply actions

I don't know, Romanowski ended Marcus Williams career with a punch.

by Nate Dogg on Feb 19, 2010 10:46 AM PST up reply actions

noway?

never heard that?

I Bleed Blue and Green

by DSAhawker on Feb 19, 2010 11:54 AM PST up reply actions

They were teammates. During a practice.

by Trojan Knight on Feb 19, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions

That doesn't change that a punch can end a career.

by Nate Dogg on Feb 19, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions

I wasn't trying to defend the action. If anything it makes the action worse because

it hurt the team. I was merely pointing out the circumstances.

by Trojan Knight on Feb 19, 2010 6:31 PM PST up reply actions

Uncalled for?

If some other playing grabbed a handful of my crouch and yanked hard on it I’d sure as shit think about chopping their knee out, too. Probably not the “right” way to behave, but fuck that defensive player.

by John Edwards on Feb 19, 2010 3:26 PM PST up reply actions

Washington committed the foul in retaliation to what Butler did to Kiwanuka.

Kiwanuka didn’t do anything (that I know of) to incite Butler. Except maybe, limp.

by John Morgan on Feb 19, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions

Butler is #69, the offensive tackle, yes?

Watching the video it sure looks like #94, the defensive player, grabs a handful of junk with his right hand and gives it a hard yank. Watch #69’s reaction just before going for that knee.

by John Edwards on Feb 19, 2010 4:40 PM PST up reply actions

I should clarify

I do think chopping an unsuspecting players knee is dirty, vicious and unsportsmanlike. However, it doesn’t look unprovoked to me. I don’t like the holier-than-thou dogpiling on a player for a shot that could “end someone’s career” when, at least how it looked to me, somebody was trying to end his ability to have children.

They’re both dirtbags.

by John Edwards on Feb 19, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions

I'm not seeing that at all.

by Nate Dogg on Feb 19, 2010 5:04 PM PST up reply actions

It doesn't look even remotly like he grabbed his crotch

it’s just his normal hand motion flailing around beside him to keep his balance. His hand and Butler’s crotch aren’t on the same plane.

by B.B.Finnegan on Feb 19, 2010 5:06 PM PST up reply actions

I don't know what to say

It looks obvious to me, but maybe that’s not the way it happened. It wouldn’t be the first mistaken conclusion I’ve jumped to.

by John Edwards on Feb 19, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions

I watched it a couple more times...

…and I couldn’t see the grab, but I understand your point. Often its the retaliation that gets caught, and you would think the tackle would have some reason for taking the guys knee out, but I don’t see it. It looked pre-meditated to me, deliberate I mean, as opposed to an angry reaction to something else.

by Hawksince77 on Feb 19, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions

See, this is why I never get invited to stone casting parties.

I’m too indiscriminate and prone to seeing guilt lurking behind every brace.

by John Edwards on Feb 19, 2010 6:01 PM PST up reply actions

Indiscriminate and prone to seeing guilt sounds like a perfect combination for a stoning.

by John Morgan on Feb 19, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

No no no!

You’re only supposed to stone the person who is clearly indicated by the overseeing power (i.e. – Mora via Butler’s action). I hear someone in the crowd yell “stone the guilty!” and I nod, grab more rocks and start pelting everyone. It’s frowned upon as improper crowd psychology amongst the stoning circle.

by John Edwards on Feb 19, 2010 7:40 PM PST up reply actions

I imagine stonings that you are a confirmed 'yes' for are sparsely attended

by Gihyou on Feb 19, 2010 10:20 PM PST up reply actions

What just happened on this thread?

I’m drunk and confused.

Not that that’s a bad thing.

I do however think I just watched a video 6 times in which I saw a defender hit with a cheap shot after a normal football play. (No ball slappage prior.)

What did I miss? (besides humor, sarcasm and irony, i’m too drunk for them right now.)

Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.

by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 20, 2010 3:15 AM PST up reply actions

If you look even more closely at the video evidence, however, you can actually see Butler's penis move back and to the left

Back…and to the left. Which is the exact opposite you’d expect from a crotch grab. At this same moment you can clearly see a third man on the grassy knoll run by behind them (the linebacker?) and he appears to be throwing something toward Butler (possibly a brass mouth piece) just as he comes into the screen on the right.

was obviously set up, and even worse, by his own teammate. This just sickens me, I wouldn’t be surprised if this went all the way to the top and this play was ran exactly as drawn up by the head coach without 94’s knowledge.

by B.B.Finnegan on Feb 19, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs