What else is he gonna say, Lane sucks?Originally Posted by pbmax
What else is he gonna say, Lane sucks?
I don't agree with the ethic of basically threatening to blow up the season of 52 comrades and coaching staff with whom you've shared blood, sweat and tears with over the past 8 years or whatever. No redeeming human quality in that. I do agree that it worked to his personal financial advantage though.
The idea that Sitton wanted to be paid sooner rather than later and the idea that McCarthy might very well think Taylor is ready to start, basically squares this weird circle of roster news.
It might work out for both if M3 and his coaches are right.
However, McCarthy has praised players before in the offseason and it had not always proven accurate in terms of starting success.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
I'd say their fully aware of the skill level differential between the two, and have a far more accurate assessment of Taylor's ability and performance than any of us regardless of what's said at a PC (what else is he gonna say?). I think it goes back to the point you made earlier in this thread about how we're talking about an offensive guard spot not QB.
I want McCarthy's public statements on Taylor to be true, I just have never seen that player.
So I hold on to the hope that you are right, that they recognize the drop off and are prepared.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Well we'll find out in time how he performs but how would anyone benefit if McCarthy said, "Well we just cut an all-pro and are now starting a guy who we don't know for sure whether he's good enough."
That's probably the truth but that's not gonna happen.
Well, what you are saying is loyalty must be one way. The GM can cut-and-slash, or refuse to negotiate, and that is "just business." Vinc Lombardi stuff. But if the player acts haughty and non-communicative (your characterization is a bit over the top), then they are disloyal. I say in both cases it is "just business."
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yup, why we shit on the players all the time for doing the same thing the teams do all the time is beyond me.
look at the whole bosa saga, who was the bad guy there? bosa of course. even though both sides were playing hard ball
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i can imagine it now
sitton at TT's office door knocking on it
sitton- ted can we talk about a new contract
TT-(hiding under desk)- he's not here, go away please
sitton- i just want to ask if we can work out an extension
TT- please just leave me alone, if you want to communicate with me, send a letter to my assistant
sitton- ted i know your in there, lets just talk it out now
TT- PLEASE JUST GO
sitton leaves
TT calls m3- mike we have a problem. sitton was just being very aggressive towards me about a new contract
m3- its ok teddy, lets just get rid of him so that doesn't happen again. now let me come up and suck you off to relax you
lol
I'm not going to stop the wheel. I'm going to break the wheel.
red, it's like you were a fly on the wall.
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ted doing business
Harlan, you're suggesting that becoming a lockerroom cancer as a negotiating strategy is ethically acceptable?
These guys need to take care of their business no doubt, but respect your teammates and keep it out of the locker room.
It's absolutely team coaches and management's responsibility to keep that from happening.
You're defining haughty as a locker room cancer. I seriously doubt any of the players saw him as a cancer. He was a cancer to management because he was demanding a negotiation. They wanted to discourage that sort of uppity behavior by the help.
I bet you will find that players are distraught over their team being weakened. Sitton was reportedly a leader on the line.
McCarthy said it became a locker room issue not me. Had it not penetrated the locker room there would be little motivation to eliminate it. Your "management exploitation of the help" interpretation is based on bias not reality based on everything that I've read about this situation. Perhaps you've read something I didn't but I'd love to hear it.
You've accepted management's side of the story as the whole story. You have zero facts to judge Sitton's behavior.
Of course management says they were the reasonable party and Sitton was the disloyal one. TT refuses to negotiate, that is just business. When Sitton is haughty, that's bad character. Suggesting that management cut Sitton to set an example is conjecture on my part. But a reasonable interpretation.
We won a SB in 2010 with Daryn Freaking Colledge at LG. And right now Lang is the better guard than Sitton is presently, IMO. The sky isn't falling, gentlemen.
Pugger, I generally agree with what you say, but Colledge was not a bad player. He had a long career as an NFL starter.
Colledge got a serious second contract from the Cardinals and played through the majority of it. Lane Taylor isn't there yet, agreed. But if you are going to have a weak link, better there than at LT.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
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