Y’all really should watch the video if you havent! I think even if you have no interest in Minecraft, or football (as others have mentioned Tomlin was a long tenured NFL coach until this year). There’s something so refreshingly earnest, and joyful about watching someone share something they’ve poured so much time and themselves into.
I have to admit the merging of worlds here is wild. I never expected to read Mike Tomlin, long time coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers on HackerNews yet here we are. It was not on my Bingo card. Refreshing, indeed.
I (stereotypical nerd) was briefly friends with a large Samoan man that was built like a tank and did amateur MMA fighting. One night we were going out drinking with a group of us and he let slip that he was super into Starcraft. Me and all of my geeky friends lost it, couldn't believe it etc etc. I learned later he muttered to the one other athletic guy in the group, "I guess these guys don't really hang out around athletes very often." He wasn't being a jerk, he was right, we totally let our prejudices get the better of us. It's not at all uncommon for athletic people to be into nerd stuff.
There's a video of San Antonio Spurs players, including Tim Duncan and David Robinson, playing Starcraft 2v2 on the road during the 1999 NBA Finals.
alargemoose · · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=_h_pQ1-5iQg" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/watch?v=_h_pQ1-5iQg
kilroy123 · · focus · HN ↗
jona777than · · focus · HN ↗
thisoneisreal · · focus · HN ↗
tomjakubowski · · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7WEJQfwniQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7WEJQfwniQ
keeganpoppen · · focus · HN ↗