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11-24-2012, 06:11 PM #61
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11-24-2012, 06:11 PM #62
Re: Chargers place Jared Gaither on IR
wow you stated that as fact.... intersting. I'm not sure how you can be so certain of that. I'd be impressed to see it
Just to be clear, you are claiming to know for a fact that not one doctor on any NFL team has EVER at ANY TIME seen anything RESEMBLIG a back injury from Jared Gaither. Good luck on those links.
I admitted that I backed off once I noticed he was down for a groin injury. I knew that I was unable to come up with what you were asking for, now your turn.
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11-24-2012, 06:13 PM #63
Re: Chargers place Jared Gaither on IR
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11-24-2012, 06:17 PM #64Veteran Poster
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Re: Chargers place Jared Gaither on IR
The one and only person that shoulders blame for this is Gaither.
This organization did everything it could.
He acted like a 10 year old and enough was enough.
Every team's scouts saw the potential. The Chargers did and got burned for a ton of money.
The Ravens cut bait because they were the first to deal with him and thankfully didn't have much invested in him both draft pick wise and money wise.
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11-24-2012, 06:43 PM #65
Re: Chargers place Jared Gaither on IR
I odnly disagree that they did everything they could... unless you mean to run him out of town.
Bcuase, if they wanted him to stay, they could have had an actual competition for the LT job that summer during training camp, but htey didn't, not even close. And that was the final nail in the coffin. It may have been the intent, but, if the intent was to motivate him, they failed miserably and really need to learn a thing or two abnout motivating talented underachievers. FWIW, in retrospect, I think they had already washed their hands of him. FWIW, i think that had a lot to do with their failed assesment that Oher was a star LT in the makings.
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11-24-2012, 06:59 PM #66Legendary RSR Poster
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Fallacious tactic, asking me to prove a negative.
The absence of proof does not mean your opinions on Gaither have more validity.
My side of the coin has injury reports, college suspensions, draft scouting, three different press markets all coming up with the same news about Gaither, three different teams medically clearing him to then get burned by this phantom back injury, etc.
Your side of the coin has Gaither and ..... Nothing else ... now that you've admitted there's nothing out there to support your claim.
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11-24-2012, 07:04 PM #67Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Chargers place Jared Gaither on IR
Jared Gaither - T - Chargers
Speaking about LT Jared Gaither's season-ending groin injury, Chargers coach Norv Turner said, "We gave Jared every opportunity to be a part of this team, and it just hasn't worked out."
It's a not so subtle shot from Norval at his would-be left tackle, whose "Big Lazy" ways reared their ugly head from the word "go" this season. Gaither missed nearly all of camp with a mysterious "back injury," and appeared in just four of 10 contests before his year was ended on Friday. Gaither's $4.5 million 2013 salary is guaranteed, however, so he'll be back in a Bolts uniform next season. They can only hope he works harder this offseason. We wouldn't hold our breath.
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11-24-2012, 07:18 PM #68Veteran Poster
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11-24-2012, 10:12 PM #70Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Chargers place Jared Gaither on IR
Gaither has made his fortune, he will go down in NFL history as a player who made the most money doing the least amount of games. He has outdone Russell of oakland.Some will call him smart for convincing San Diego to pay him that much. Obviously he has no problem with taking the money and most of us will never make that kind of money.
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11-24-2012, 11:34 PM #71
Re: Chargers place Jared Gaither on IR
Glad he's not a Raven anymore.
All the problems we've had this season with injuries, the D and Cam/Joe/Harbs/Poe/BritneySpears/YourMom (take your pick) being mainly responsible for the O sucking ass on the road, the last thing we need is a lazy unmotivated underachiever at LT.
Besides, we already have one of those in McKinnie anyway (if we actually played him).
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11-24-2012, 11:37 PM #72
Re: Chargers place Jared Gaither on IR
Except for the facts that:
1. Harbaugh said the move was "potentially" permanent, meaning, obviously, that Gaither could still win his job back if he did want he was supposed to. Which, IMO, would have happened - what they wanted to see happen - if he got with the program (so to speak).
2. Eric DeCosta said that Gaither could win his job back.
3. Gaither basically never played again, claiming a hurt foot (not his back), even though - by his own admission - he spent the next two months playing too much basketball and did too much cardio, causing him to lose all the weight.
4. DeCosta also said - when Oher was drafted - that they had their bookend tackles for the future. Yes, I do think that they felt that Oher could play LT, but they expected that he would be their RT, with Gaither at LT.
But, as PP said, his act had pretty much already grown old, so, you're right, this was probably his last chance with them, since the other motivational tactics and coddling hadn't worked.
And, he came up small.
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