Everybody Hates Kurt

Book: Nobody Likes Kurt Warner
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God’s Quarterback (sorry, Kitna) just co-wrote a new book with his wife called First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner, and it sounds like Rule No. 1 is the same as it is in every family: Father Gets Hosed. From NBC New York (via Tunison):

As the book unfolds, it becomes clear the the QB struggles at home: Warner had to offer one of his sons a quarter for every completed pass so that he’d agree to a game of catch in the backyard. He can’t even get them to agree to come to watch him play in the Super Bowl. Two skipped the game in February, and there was a good bit of tooth pulling involved to get the other five to show up for the game. What’s watching your dad play in a Super Bowl next to a Nintendo DS?

What a great family.

“Hey Dad, how was work?”
“We won the Super Bowl on a last-second play against Tennessee! It’s the greatest day I ever could have hoped for!”
“That’s nice. Can I have the car this weekend?”

Kids these days.

You know I've always been on the fence about whether to like Kurt Warner. We get force fed the awesome story about him and Brenda every time he reaches a new level (that story being inaccurate on many levels) but it's not Kurt's fault that people try to make him into Jesus. Or maybe it is, I don't know. But I do know that the guy overcame some long odds so it would be nice if his kids went to his games. Maybe they don't see him as an strict authorative force but with a mom as butch as Brenda it may be easy to become confused.