Tiger Finally Crossed "The Dude Line"
- Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:24 AM
- Written By: Josh Bycel
Tiger has lost the "Dude" vote.
I'm not talking about "The Dude" from "The Big Lebowski." I'm talking about all those dudes out there that have defended Tiger for the last six months. But that is over ...
Because he went to a Nickelback concert. Nickelback!!!!!! Are you kidding me?
For years, the Dudes said, "Well, yeah, Tiger's kind of an a-hole and he doesn't sign autographs or high-five the galleries like Mickelson but he is awesome so it's cool." The Dudes even gave Tiger a pass on the steroid rumors, saying people are just jealous because Tiger works out so hard and even, even, if maybe he took something, it doesn't help sink that seven-foot birdie putt on 18 at Augusta.
Then last Thanksgiving happened. And all the stories and the skanks and the statements and the skanks came out. And even if the Dudes weren't vocal about it, they still were in Tiger's corner. They rationalized by saying, "Look, it's not cool to cheat on your wife, but I get it." They thought ... "Tiger's a world famous athlete, women throw themselves at him, at some point, he's going to break down. I probably would do the same thing."
The bottom line for the Dudes was, if Tiger comes back and still rips it on the course, I don't care about anything else. And he came back to the Masters and played pretty well. So, everything in the "Dude World" was cool. Until Nickelback.
Nickelback???!!!! They are Canadian. Name one awesome Canadian rock band -- and Bryan Adams doesn't count. And Rush is cool but old. Look at these guys.
Horrible. Daughtry thinks they are soft. Creed wants their facial hair back. No man should ever wear jeans that tight. Dude, Tiger, what are you doing? Think about it, man. This is your first night out. Your first foray back into the real world, outside a golf tournament and your compound in Orlando, and this is what you choose. Was there not a Jonas Brothers concert that night?
Dudes are not down with the Nickelback. Why not go see a showing of "Hot Tub Time Machine" or even hit an Orlando Magic playoff game? Hell, you could go shopping at a Bed, Bath and Beyond, then stop for tea and cookies and finish it off with a trip to the Bead Store and it would still be better than a Nickelback concert?
To quote a line from a Nickelback song, "This is how you remind me of what Tiger really is. Not a Dude." Or something like that ... the song was only on the radio four hundred million times, I might have gotten it wrong. I will leave you with great video of Nickelback getting booed off the stage in Portugal. By the way, Portugal just became my favorite country.
