Welcome To The Daily Kluwe
Hey, if Chris Kluwe wants to continue making news, I'm more than happy to cover it.
So, a particularly prominent sports website out there, which I am loathe to link to 99.9% of the time because. . .well, it's been pretty terrible since the previous owner left town (but I will say that its name rhymes with "Bread Grin"). . .responded to Kluwe's now infamous "douchebag" tweet from the other day by, basically, telling him that he should shut the hell up because blah blah he's just a punter blah blah punters aren't really football players blah blah. Seriously, the article was actually entitled "When We Want The Punter's Opinion, We'll Ask For It."
(There, now you can Google it and stuff.)
So, Kluwe did the only logical thing. He responded. In that special way that only Kluwe can do. . .with lots of salty language and stuff that you probably shouldn't allow your kids to read. Also, it's pretty hilarious.
Here's one portion that's clean.
I freely admit I'm not a receiver, or a lineman, or a DB, or a quarterback, but why should it matter what position I play? Have I not spent 16 years of my life honing my craft (just like you)? Have I not spent countless hours running sprints, lifting weights, trying to stay awake during boring-ass special teams meetings (just like you)? Have I not suited up for a game, gotten my clock cleaned by a blindside block on a punt return, tried and failed to tackle Devin Hester (just like a lot of people)? Tell me, when it comes to breaking down who gets to talk, what's the order? Should linebackers not be able to talk before safeties, or are they allowed to talk after the centers? When does the longsnapper get to chime in? Does the X go before the Z or after?
You really should read the whole thing, though.
Hey, people can agree with Kluwe's opinion or disagree with it or whatever. . .but the "he's just a punter" thing is kind of stupid, and Kluwe has certainly pointed that out in his response to this particular website.
Kluwe might get a response to his missive, but I'm not sure that I would cease respiratory activity waiting for that to occur.
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Chris Kluwe is now one of my five all time favorite Vikings, and shall forever remain so.
"Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot."
by Ted Glover on Jul 22, 2011 1:50 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
He's been up there for me for a while.
Seriously. Of all the Viking players and whatnot I follow on Twitter, he’s the only one I actually regularly check. I check everyone else from time to time to find a tidbit for a story- Kluwe, I check for personal entertainment.
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The man has massive BALLS!!!!!
I Effin’ LOVE Kluwe. I can’t believe that response. Squashes Nate Jackson(whoever the hell that is) like a little bug. It’s funny that Nater Tater never actually dogs on Kluwe(other than Kluwe’s Twitter post). He only insults [insert punter]. I’m sure punters everywhere are smiling inside or out. I would like to think that Kluwe’s teammates are proud of him and have plenty of respect. Kluwe and BRob are on the same page as I noticed them tweeting eachother last night. Kluwe didn’t oppose the PLAYERS, he opposed their IDEALS and what the stood for
Skol!
So punters can't get blindsided on punt returns any more?
Awesome!
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by Christopher Gates on Jul 24, 2011 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions
oh man. we are witnessing history...
a legend was born
the doctor slapped him in the ass
and we get downfall and deadspin back-to-back
this is better than the spaceman or ball four.
he needs to document the season like sparky lyle did and write a book.
warcraft, you are my guitar hero !!!
...i need a Kluwe jersey, too...
the man is a genius.
i made a comment somewhere else that he’s getting flack simply for being a punter, but it’s waaaay better to hear it from the horse’s mouth.
right on, Kluwe.
by rj-b on Jul 22, 2011 1:57 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
i would also like a Kluwe jersey
freaking awesome article…
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
~Mark Twain
Classic Warcraft endnig...
U mad bro?
Really, did he add that!
I put soda thru my nose on that…
Rupert may have a run for his money here!
<3 to Kluwe!
**Rupert for ProBowl 2012!**
haha yeah
that part got me lol’ing pretty hard too. Seriously, the whole thing was not only inflammatory, but it was also entirely reasonable, which isn’t something I expect a player to say. Like the whole speech to the Owners about the pricing when folk can just watch their TVs. I wouldn’t have ever expecting a player to say something like that, let alone put it into writing, because that stuff helps pay for their salary, AND it reflects a bad look to the men paying their contracts.
Kluwe has some cajones.
I love kluwe!!
officially my new favorite viking!!!!!!!
Kluwe is the man..
I wonder how much it would cost to get his jersey with Warcraft on the back of it? I wonder how tough it would be to grass roots him as teh next governer of Minnesota, hell you guys voted Jesse in…
Childress gone, TJack gone, new stadium on the way: it's like that Christmas when Santa brought prostitutes!
go here...
…and customize:
http://www.nflshop.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2252564
it actually looks quite nice…
"Th_r_'s n_ h_p_ f_r _ssh_l_ f_ckw_ts."
Can I buy a vowel...?? +1, Kluwe.
by rj-b on Jul 22, 2011 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Thats totally worth it....
Thanks for reminding me about those!!!
**Rupert for ProBowl 2012!**
still need to customize just for a regular Kluwe jersey
which might very well be in my future.
"Th_r_'s n_ h_p_ f_r _ssh_l_ f_ckw_ts."
Can I buy a vowel...?? +1, Kluwe.
They have them here.
We used to order through a site like this, but customs shut it down.
http://www.nfljerseyssupply.org/catalogsearch/result/?q=kluwe
by Thor82 on Jul 22, 2011 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
bwahah
“But customs shut it down”
WTFarkle kinda places you shop :P
**Rupert for ProBowl 2012!**
Haha
Well, when you can get authetic hockey, football and baseball jerseys for those prices, why not? :)
Yeah, I got a Harvin and Allen jersey for $25/ea(authentic)
From China. Screw the NFL and their jacked up prices.
Skol!
Size 56?
Okie, can someone translate that for me? And im a shopaholic chick…
**Rupert for ProBowl 2012!**
My 52 feels like an XL
So i’m guessing 56 is XXL or bigger.
Not a very good reference point, but it’s all I got! :)
Love it!!!!!
One of my new favorite players for sure! I’ve been pretty much on the side of the players this whole time (which is unusual for me) until now. It’s time for the players to remember that they’re very very well compensated for playing a game. Now it’s time to sign on the dotted line and start playing. They have now lost the fans in my opinion.
Chris Kluwe has as much right to talk as anyone else and his honesty is extremely refreshing!!!
AWESOME!!
I have soooo much respect for that guy!
Nate Jackson sounds like someone who got yelled at as a STer because he couldn’t follow his lane assignments, but believes it was the punter’s fault. If he truly thinks Ps are useless, he should talk to Peyton Manning about Mike Scifres in the 2009 playoffs or Tom Coughlin about last season. But that’s just me.
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by blackjackfishtaco on Jul 22, 2011 2:33 PM CDT reply actions
I agree.
It’s also funny to take a look at his vs. Kluwe’s Wiki page. I had to go there cause I had no Idea who Nate Jackson was. Kluwe’s is filled with the awards and accomplishments he has done. Jackson’s on the other hand reinforces why I had no idea who he was.
I have slightly more respect for that certain website
For posting his response and not crying like a bitch in another response.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Winston Churchill
by Alittlemore_cowbell on Jul 22, 2011 2:39 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
That is true, they didnt' shy away, but it's a ratings machine so that's all they care about
They’ll throw nate jackson(again, who the hell is that?) under the bus any day for this PR
Skol!
maybe it was all scripted from the get go. like the favre deal.
warcraft, you are my guitar hero !!!
Fantastic
I love the tackling dummy suggestion and his description that follows. He is proably the first punter to have a fan base since Ray Guy.
Keep on keeping on Warcraft.
by SouthernNorseman on Jul 22, 2011 2:49 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Time for a new Kluwe jersey for myself as well!!!
…. since the Koren Robinson jersey I won once is long outdated(almost as soon as I won it), and my ‘recycled’ Moss jersey is back in mothballs, or is that Mossballs?
i was gonna say you're making me hungry...
…b/c i started thinking about meatballs.
then i realized people will misinterpret that and the thought of Moss’s balls were making me hungry.
so instead of just refraining from posting anything, i opted to explain it all. i question my own decisions sometimes…
"Th_r_'s n_ h_p_ f_r _ssh_l_ f_ckw_ts."
Can I buy a vowel...?? +1, Kluwe.
Good for Kluwe.
Nate Jackson should shut his mouth. He hasn’t exactly had a great career, and he’s certainly not in any position to tell someone else to their mouths…..especially when his name wasn’t even mentioned on the D-bag list.
Sounds to me like Mr. Jackson is a FA, and is trying to get his name out there.
Honestly,
when I heard Nate Jackson took a swipe at her, I my first thought was if Vincent Jackson’s name was Nate instead. Nate Jackson rung absolutely no bells. For him to throw his hat in the ring is just kind of W.T.F. And then Kluwe delivered the K.O. So I think we’ve heard the last from good ol’ Nate.
The Best Part of Kluwe's Response That I Can Reprint Here
“Speaking of which, my favorite part of your [Nate Jackson’s] entire rant is the following: “If it is his [Kluwe’s] goal to slide into a post-punter career as a presumptuous and accusatory football analyst, then he has set himself up quite nicely. …” Let’s replace “punter” with “tight end” and see how that reads. Ooooh, it reads quite nicely. I like it."
Beyond that awesome retort by Kluwe…by Nate Jackson’s logic should Breadgrin never question anything a pro athlete does ever again, since the most of the contributors have never been a professional athlete of any sort? Wouldn’t Jackson’s logic negate the whole point of sports blogs in the first place?
But hey, I’m sure Breadgrin has a video of Argentine soccer fans hurling flares on a field right after an advice column featuring a question about “bulldog sperm”!
BTW, I did not—repeat, dd not—make up that thing about “bulldog sperm”, and they were not referring to the sperm that comes from an actual bulldog.
by Midnight Rambler on Jul 22, 2011 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
Hard to really care about this...
… one way or the other. It was amusing to read his reply. The quote:
There’s no hope for asshole fuckwits.
Definitely a keeper.
I wish Kluwe would do a better job pinning teams inside the 10 and not overkicking his coverage team. But, the last two years I thought he seemed much more effective. The rest of this doesn’t really matter to me.
by HammeroftheGods on Jul 22, 2011 4:08 PM CDT reply actions
Whoa! Slow your horse good sir
That sounded an awful lot like actual football talk and I’m not sure any of us are ready for that! When this CBA finally does get agreed on I think we’re going to have to baby step back into serious football conversations…
Childress gone, TJack gone, new stadium on the way: it's like that Christmas when Santa brought prostitutes!
by Grime on Jul 22, 2011 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
sounds like a plan sir!
Childress gone, TJack gone, new stadium on the way: it's like that Christmas when Santa brought prostitutes!
I'm ready now!
that the CBA resolved. It appears.
The only player I find amusing to listen to on the Vikings is Jared Allen. Kluwe can just stick to punting. This tit for tat stuff doesn’t interest me.
by HammeroftheGods on Jul 25, 2011 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Man do I love it when smart people get pissed off.
Kluwe’s rebuttal was clever, on-target, and hilarious. Makes me wish Kluwe had been sitting next to me through any number of boring classes in college. Damn, sign me up for the bandwagon, I think I want a Kluwe jersey too. Considering all the responses here, the Vikings stores around the Minneapolis/St. Paul area are going to be running low on Warcraft’s jersey.
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
- Paul Gauguin
he's a hero of the people..
Childress gone, TJack gone, new stadium on the way: it's like that Christmas when Santa brought prostitutes!
He hopefully won't have that title for too long
COUGH Ponder COUGH
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Winston Churchill
by Alittlemore_cowbell on Jul 23, 2011 3:29 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Whoops, misread that.
Thought you said Purple instead of people. O well, maybe he could save a hospital full of old, crippled, retarded, midgets, and be a hero for the people too : )
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Winston Churchill
by Alittlemore_cowbell on Jul 23, 2011 3:35 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Ding ding ding. We have a winner.
Not much of a fan of boxing, cage matches, etc. However, I love witnessing the occasional verbal smackdown. This one went to Kluwe by way of technical knockout — “technical” as in “the other side got smoked but may be too stupid to know it.”
Check out Nate Jackson's Wikipedia page
There’s a little tidbit about the Kluwe controversy there. I don’t want to spoil it for you guys but let’s say it’s the beauty of Wikipedia at its best.
by Coolio12 on Jul 22, 2011 11:15 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
rec'd...freaking awesome. i'll bet i know who edited that sweet tidbit onto wikipedia!
warcraft, you are my guitar hero !!!
by danny lloyd on Jul 22, 2011 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions
That is one hilarious tidbit. Fan-damn-tastic.
Your fantasy football expert since Jerry Rice's rookie year.
they must have deleted it
I cannot find anything about it on wiki
can you let us all in on the joke?
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by just another viking on Jul 23, 2011 4:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Actually, most of Jacksons NFL career is a joke.
He also writes for Deadspin and recently got torched by Chris Kluwe, who has more punts than Jackson has receiving yards
... Aww man.
I initially laughed at the ‘who has more punts than Jackson has recieving yards’ line but… lol wtf. That looks awful for our team. We make Kluwe punt so many times with shitty drives.
if you consider that it was probably kluwe who logged on to wikipedia to add that...
it gets hilarious-er, if that’s a word.
warcraft, you are my guitar hero !!!
i just checked again, it's still there....it just stealthly blends in under "college career".
warcraft, you are my guitar hero !!!
by danny lloyd on Jul 23, 2011 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Kluwe Rocks
Just that simple. That took some ’nads, to step it out like that. No one else is really crossing the line and telling it like it is, except for Chris Kluwe. Mega-props to Warcraft!
There is one caveat; he did exaggerate… a LOT, when he described himself as;
has broken every team record at his position
Kluwe’s a great punter, and he can probably get some of those records if he lasts another 5 or 6 years with the Vikings. But there’s a lot of Viking team records, for punters, that he hasn’t even put a respectable dent in yet, and honestly, doesn’t have the leg to even thinking about touching.
Due respect to Greg Coleman, and a slew of other Viking punters who actually own those records.
Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
SKOL!
typical lurker chimes in
Yep, Coleman was great, and Berger had a dam [sic] good defense, I mean, how could you worry? Our Kluwe guy is totally solid, and a great asset to the team. Does it help he has a goofy persona, where he show off his brains – yep, entirely.
That being said, in response to the multiple comments above, you gotta have a boatload of balls to rock a punter’s jersey…it’s tricky. You’re basically showing off your support for the guy who bails out your offense when they fail.
It’s a great conversation starter, but if you’re a little slow or drunk, it gets weird pretty quick. Just sayin’
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by U don't have a Kluwe on Jul 24, 2011 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Even better...
Is if you look at the comments section of the article Kluwe actually posts a couple of comments.
by Simply_Greatness on Jul 24, 2011 1:01 AM CDT reply actions
In-seasonKluwe has to top off-season Kluwe this year.......
and take off running for a first down. On his own. The legend would be cemented.

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