Hating on Rashaan Evans and his family? What's wrong with you people? (Kevin Scarbinsky)
What is wrong with you people? And by you people, I mean you Auburn fans, and by you Auburn fans, I don't mean all you Auburn fans. Obviously.
I mean just the ones who've gone stupid with your smart phones, the adults acting like children on your laptops and tablets, the bad apples spoiling the whole bunch by
hating on Auburn High School senior Rashaan Evans and his family on social media and Internet message boards.
If you've tweeted, Facebooked, Instagrammed or posted anything ugly to or about Evans and his family since National Signing Day, I'm talking to you because, well, it appears you need a good talking-to.
If you've got a second, I've got three suggestions.
1. Get over it and get over yourself. Evans seriously considered Auburn but signed with Alabama. Your favorite school wanted him, as did a lot of other schools, but your favorite school is not going to sign every recruit it wants. No school does.
2. Get a new hobby. Clearly, college football is way too important to you if you're suggesting ways to make life difficult for Evans and his family or even if you're merely reaching out to him to wish him the worst. Perhaps you should forget about football, at least for a spell, and watch some curling.
3. Get a life. Your favorite team lost a recruit to a rival. So what? Happens to every team every year, and besides, your team also signed a lot of quality players that your coaches seem quite happy to have in the family.
Not to mention, your team just beat your rival on the football field a little more than two months ago, which allowed your team to go on and win the SEC title and play for the BCS championship. And guess what? Your team will be ranked in the top 10 going into next season, too.
You should be happy with the state of your favorite program, but sadly, some of you can't be happy unless your team wins every game and signs every recruit and your rival bursts into flames. Not necessarily in that order.
OK. I know what you're going to say. You're going to point your finger at your ugly mirrors in the rival fan base. You're going to say, "What about them?" Or, "They did it first." Or, "They did something much worse."
See, that's why we can't have nice things. That's what too often turns the best rivalry in sports into the worst. Pointing fingers and placing blame. Trying to one-up the other side by seeing how low you can go.
It's hard to claim the high ground when you're crawling around on your belly throwing mud on a high school senior because he made a decision you don't like.
If you've got dirt on your hands in this case, Auburn fan, yeah, I'm talking to you. If your hands are clean but you cheer for the same team, maybe you should be the ones doing the talking.
Every once in a while, every family needs a good intervention.
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