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Thread: OT: Titus Young
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05-09-2013, 11:31 AM #37
Re: OT: Titus Young
Anyone else reminded of Chris Henry?
Here's hoping he avoids a similar tragic fate.
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05-09-2013, 11:56 AM #38Legendary RSR Poster
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I don't believe Keyshawn was IR'd. I think he was deactivated much like what the Eagles did with TO.
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05-09-2013, 01:47 PM #39Hyperbolic curmudgeometer
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Good point. While we're at it, here's hoping that if & when he goes completely round the bend he doesn't impose "a similar tragic fate" on anyone else either.
I wonder if Young's ever been evaluated for traumatic brain injury? Going ballistic followed quickly by falling asleep sounds waaaay too strange to be nothing more than a personality quirk.
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05-09-2013, 02:24 PM #40
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05-09-2013, 02:44 PM #41Hyperbolic curmudgeometer
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Re: OT: Titus Young
Well, yeah--in a 3-year-old's body, which is wildly different from that of a 23-year-old man. (ETA: And with a brain that's only been developing for 3 years. Which again is enormously different in size & nerve complexity from one that's had 20 years more outside the womb.)
(I once saw an apocryphal story that someone once hired Jim Thorpe to follow a kid of about that age around for a single day & simply do whatever he did, & the famous athlete couldn't keep up. Probably urban legend--but anyone who's been around a 3-year-old understands the plausibility.)
I'm not making or taking any bets...but if it should turn out there is something organically the matter with Titus Young, a lot of people are going to owe him & the places where they trashed him an apology. I would, however, bet good money that damn few of them will have the decency to offer one.
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05-09-2013, 04:30 PM #42On The Practice Squad
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I will give you that perhaps my comment on Raiders being a "joke" is exaggerated. I am not completely sure of their situation, but what do I do see is a franchise that is not improving. That means they are doing something wrong. I believe that motivation comes from the top so somewhere along the line, the coaches or staff or whatever, are not connecting with their players.
He's being paid millions of dollars. There is no excuse not to act like a professional. Think of all the crap teams that Barry Sanders played for. Did he ever not give 100%? If you take the money then you owe it to your employer and your teammates to do the best you can no matter what the situation. If you can't do that then quit and do something else with your life.
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05-09-2013, 04:40 PM #43On The Practice Squad
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Perhaps I have not been clear enough. He asked Raiders not to draft him. They drafted him. More than they drafted him it appears they thrusted him into a playbook that he was not adapt/suited for. Now, I have not played football, but apparently 3-4 and 4-3 defenses require readjustment for players, not just a one day thing.
Some players are different than others. Browns play in a very tough (so far) division and actually try to win. They're not a bad team overall. They're just not on par with Ravens and sometimes Steelers and Bengals. I don't know the depths of the Browns office either, however, what I do know is that success starts from the top. You need to have dedicated coaches, trainers, and teams that want to win and want to try hard. When the players see that the coaches are excited to help the players perform to the best of their abilities, then players will do that too. Personal experience tells me that whenever a team sucks, typically the coach isn't a really good coach either.
It's one thing when the teams tries, which I believe Browns do, but may just not be always successful, versus Raiders, which, for the division they play in (at least in the pre-Manning era) have performed generally poorly.
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Re: OT: Titus Young
Then don't take the money. Bo Jackson didn't like what the Bucs did to him. The Bucs drafted Bo and Bo refused to sign with them. He ended up back in the draft the next year and went to the Raiders. No one forced McClain to sign the deal. Once he agreed to the contract he had an obligation to act like a professional no matter what his complaints. That he didn't do.
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Please show me when and where he asked the Raiders not to draft him. And frankly, it doesn't matter...he doesn't get to pick where he wants to go. I could care less even if that were true.
I also don't care about the scheme change. This league is filled to the brim of players having to change and adapt when they get into the NFL. Are you kidding me with that nonsense?
As for the Browns and Raiders thing, it annoys the fuck out of me that someone just says a team isn't trying to win just because they haven't. The Raiders haven't had this string of losing due to not trying, it's just due to bad personnel decisions...like drafting Rolando McClain. The Raiders have ALWAYS spent a ton of money and nobody will ever convince me that Al Davis did not want to or try to win.
The Raiders are 10 years removed from a Super Bowl and actually have had a shot at winning their division twice in the past 3 years going into the final 2 weeks of the season. They also somehow manage to have quite a few very good players that make pro bowls despite everybody trying to make it out to be a place where it is impossible to succeed
I suggest you google the Browns owner, their record over the past 14 seasons and their long list of coaching and GM failures and come back and try and tell me again that they are any better. Their current owner who just bought the team last year is likely going to be forced out soon and they hired a TV analyst to be their GM.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HDAlthough Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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Re: OT: Titus Young
How the hell did Detroit end up with Calvin Johnson?
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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05-09-2013, 07:36 PM #47
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Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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