Breaking Down the Dave Spadaro Stiff Arm Video
Dave Spadaro is unflappable:
Spuds delivered the hardest hit you’ll see today https://t.co/JOIwhCn1M3
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) August 21, 2022
This made me laugh way too hard. Let’s break it down:
1) This is actually what you’re taught to do when somebody wanders into a shot. The photog or reporter just puts a strong hand out to block off the wayward person and you continue on with the report. Usually it’s the photographer who spots the intruder first, since they aren’t focused on talking, but in this case it was the other way around.
2) Spuds doing this with his OFF HAND and continuing to look at the camera the entire time is elite. Dude is totally unfazed.
3) The underrated portion of the video is when big Dom DiSandro comes in and guides the chain gang dude around Spuds. Look at the right arm on the shoulder:
4) DiSandro is the Eagles security guy. Chief Security Officer and VP of Team Security. Aka he’s the enforcer. He kicked out that guy who snuck into Doug Pederson’s press conference and he also went to Oklahoma to retrieve Lane Johnson. He’s kind of like the Ray Donovan of the Birds, if that makes sense.
5) Dom definitely says something to the rando guy, though it’s hard to make out. What do you think it was? “Hey man, get the fuck outta here!” or perhaps “put em in the bathroom!” –
6) DiSandro shakes his head afterward, thinking something along the lines of “get a load of this guy.”
7) I just love how oblivious the dude is. He wanders right into a live shot, and he pauses for a sec, then he says something, but it’s mostly inaudible. My guess is something like “you don’t have to do that” or “you didn’t have to do that,” but we need an audio expert to go in and isolate the bite:
Great video clip. One of the best ever. We’ll have to do an oral history on this someday. Full interviews with Spuds, Dom DiSandro, and the oblivious chain gang guy.