big dog cowboy;2863444 said:
How can Jeff Gordon not be on that list?
Everyone I know HATES that guy.
I think this list is about sports folks who are trouble, big mouths, annoying, a chip on their shoulder, team wreckers, instigators, obnoxious, etc, etc, etc....Things like that.
Jeff Gordon is "hated" for the same reason the Dallas Cowboys and the NY Yankees are hated....................the obvious reason. They beat the snot out of too many competitors over too long a time. It's more of a resentment than a hatred.
The reasons why Jeff Gordon is hated are as follows:
1. Dominant. Wins (or has won) too much. 4 Championships in his first 12 years in Cup racing.
2. He blew-up the "East of the Mississippi/Southern" NASCAR thing. He's from Indiana via California. He speaks the kings English. And with many, there's simply no place for THAT in NASCAR!!
3. He came along and spanked the competition right about the time that Dale Earnhardt Sr. started his slide back to the pack. Earnhardt dominated the previous 20 years before the early 90's when Gordon got his ride. Gordon almost instantly starting winning races and Championships, while Earnhardt was entering his "Golden Years" and just peddling around the track alot. Many NASCAR and Earnhardt faithfulls resented "The Kid" (a name given to Gordon by Earnhardt himself BTW). What a lot of folks don't know is that Earnhardt took Gordon under his wing and took a personal interest in him. They were very close along the "student/mentor" lines.
4. Finally, Hendricks Motorsports, Dupont and Gordon himself did themselves no favor by applying the "rainbow" color scheme in Gordons early years. "The Rainbow Warrior" thing smacks of..............well..........you know. I don't need to elaborate. Lets just say that "real men" did not exactly gravitate to the "rainbow" thing.
That's why Gordon is "hated".
