One of the topics that we discussed in class was about the speech that Michael Jordan made at his Hall of Fame induction. Some of the things that was discussed was that people did not believe that Jordan did not do anything wrong. We talked about how Jordan was probably told what to say during his press conferences during his career. I really like the comment someone made in class about how during his career Jordan would not have made this speech because it cost have hurt the sales of his shoes.
Thinking about what Jordan said, I am more surprised about what Jordan said. In class, I talked about how Jordan a few days before talked with Chris Berman and said that he believes that he is not the greatest player to ever play the game. I have not seen the whole speech, but someone said that Jordan also said this in his Hall of Fame speech. From what I have heard of the speech, I do not believe it was wrong, it just surprised me. The main thing that surprised me was the timing of the speech. This kind of took away from the other players and coaches that got inducted into the Hall of Fame. Nobody will remember who was elected in the Hall other than Jordan because of this speech. The other people that were elected were welling deserving of making the Hall of Fame and probably would be the center of the induction ceremony had Jordan not been elected in the same year.
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Personally I feel the Jordan speech got blown out of porportion. Yes, he made comments that were seen as cocky, but he is Jordan. Not many players went out there and won games while they had the flu. That to me is just amazing. The speech shows what he has always been thinking. If I was getting millions from sponsors I wouldn't speak my mind either.
ReplyDeleteI think the speech was fine. Michael Jordan was an amazing player who deserved his opportunity to give that speech. I have seen the entire speech and I think that the press just made it into a situation it wasn't. In the beginning Jordan Jokes that he was just going to go up there and say thank you. I'm really glad he didn't because that to me would have seemed arrogant, not anything he actually said. I think that going up there and speaking to a large audience isn't the most comfortable thing and Jordan was trying to make it great. As for the "timing" of the speech, it wasn't Jordan's idea to be inducted with others, it's just how the induction works. I'm sure a lot of people believe that Jordan should have gotten his own separate ceremony. Well maybe he should have.
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