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01-10-2012, 12:50 PM #1
Jim Irsay want Ravens to win SB
From his twitter account.
I'd love 2c Steve B get the Trophy and Baltimore n Indy...got tons of friends there n it's only fitting with my good friend R Berry n tow!Hating Steeler Fans Since Birth
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Lets Go Flacco :happyanim
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Words can't describe the profanity-laced initial reaction that I had to reading that.
"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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Re: Jim Irsay want Ravens to win SB
Talk about patronizing.
If he's that excited for Bmore, maybe he'll give us the name, colors and
history back when he pal Steve B hoists the trophy so we can retire
them and he can call his team something worthy of Indy like The Irsays.
I hope Steve kicks Berry in the ass. I wouldn't mess with Jimmy though.
The dude can box and squatted 750 lbs in college.
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01-10-2012, 12:53 PM #4
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Jimmy Irsay is a strange cat!
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01-10-2012, 12:58 PM #5
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For an odd ball like Irsay I think this is a smart move.
It's true that he still has friends here but he also realizes that he doesn't want thousands of Ravens fans who'll be descending on his city in a few weeks to literally tear the town up over something his drunken father did nearly three decades ago.
I wish he showed this level of understanding 16 years ago when he could've at least given the city back the name, colors and history until 1984. I would have no problem saying that the Baltimore Colts ceased to exists in 1984 while Indy still had the colors and nickname while developing its own history.
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01-10-2012, 01:06 PM #6
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01-10-2012, 01:20 PM #7
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01-10-2012, 01:21 PM #8
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Once LIL Jimmy hits the bottle like daddy.... no of that will matter...
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01-10-2012, 01:13 PM #9Hall Of Fame Poster
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Drinking from his dad's flask, perhaps?
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01-10-2012, 01:20 PM #10
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I guess his hands were sort of tied in '96 since Poppy was still alive until '97.
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01-10-2012, 01:20 PM #11
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01-10-2012, 03:02 PM #12
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Robert Irsay suffered an incapacitating stroke in November 95, and had been ruled legally incompetent.
At that time, Jim Irsay, who was the Colts General Manager and Senior Vice President, took over full control of the team.
In the spring of 96, Modell approached Jim Irsay and offered him $5Mil to buy back the Colts name. Jim Irsay's response was:
"For $25 to $50 million, I'd listen, but I don't think we'd do it," Irsay said.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/199...lts-art-modell
At that moment in time, Jim Irsay had the power and the ability to set a lot of things right: Give Baltimore their history back, establish a new identity for the Indy Colts franchise (which, at that time, had been in Indy for 11 years and had never once won more than 9 games in a season), make a pretty fair amount of money selling new merchandise to his fanbase, and get paid for the "priviledge" of doing so. He chose to try and extort a ridiculous sum for doing the right thing.
So to hell with him and his well-wishes.
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