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There are awesome Halloween Costumes, and then there are AWESOME ones. Capital A!
My admiration for Jon Kitna and his wife just shot through the ROOF when he showed up at a charity event clowing assistant coach Joe Cullen.
He’s the guy who got busted for showing up at a drive through BUCK NAKED! Fabulous! The good news is, and I think this is why Kitna spoofed it, is that Cullen has been through counseling, has kept his job with the Lions, and the team is 5-2.
And Kitna being a born against Christian, you didn’t think there was anything malicious about it.
At least I didn’t.
Some people though, did take offense. Like Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press.
Ah, come on folks. It’s not like he raped a confused anti-depressant popping blonde hotel clerk. Or slashed to death his ex-wife and her boyfriend. Or fought pit bulls for sport in his backyard.
The number one rule of being a guy, and being involved in team sports is this: BREAK BALLS. Period. It’s what we do. And I think most of us know the line and when it can be crossed. The gunslingin’ Kitna rifled one helluva costume right through triple-coverage for a 45 yard touchdown.
Kudos to him.
The one rather interesting side note to the story, is this: remember the last time a Lions QB dressed up mocking a coach? Sharp does…
Scott Mitchell made headlines 10 years ago when he appeared at a team party masquerading as Wayne Fontes. Mitchell was in full Big Buck regalia. He had a cigar protruding from his mouth as well as some padded girth protruding from his belt. The coup-de-grace was the Mickey Mouse ears.
It was priceless. It was hilarious because both had become caricatures and were soon headed out of town.
Indeed. I still have the sound bite from that, as Mitchell yukked it up by saying “Wayne-O!” repeatedly in front of the cameras. You could probably find it on YouTube.
There’s a war in Iraq, Hillary appears headed for the Democratic nomination, David Stern still hasn’t fired a single referee, Peter King still sits on the Hall of Fame voting committee, Detroit’s economy is in shambles, Ted Williams’ head is still frozen in an igloo cooler waiting for technology to catch up someday, and World Series baseball games keep starting at 8:45 in the east, and drag on for 4 hours or more.
Don’t we have enough to worry about besides this.
Touche, Mr. Kitna. Well played, sir. Well played!
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