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09-24-2013, 06:22 PM #38Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Mike Preston: Ray Lewis needs to stop being so self-serving
And how is he off base? Did you expect the players to say "Yeah, things are a mess right now"?
Ray was asked his opinion. He gave his opinion. Yes, that opinion may be off base. It may also be dead on. That's objective and what an analyst is suppose to say.
We may never know. But I'm going to give him some credence given his time on the team and the friends he still has in that locker room.
And he's not saying there's all kinds of issues going on. When players get themselves into distractions, it's a leadership issue on some level.
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09-24-2013, 06:28 PM #39Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Mike Preston: Ray Lewis needs to stop being so self-serving
Preston's just mad that Ray is on ESPN and has a chance to speak to a national audience. meanwhile, back in Baltimore, preston is working for the sun papers.. LOL Preston now realizes that Ray is better then preston when it comes to saying things that upset people. Ray starting his new career, has accomplished all that he wanted in his football career, and now has an opportunity to win over football fans with what he knows. Good for Ray, tough shit for preston, all he will ever be is a hack writer who wants to tell people his views on how to play football.
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09-24-2013, 06:29 PM #40Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Mike Preston: Ray Lewis needs to stop being so self-serving
These guys are adults. What would've Ray done? How do we know this stuff didn't happen when Ray was here? This stuff could've been happening minus strippers hitting players with champagne bottles.
Hell just look at McKinnie's instagram from last year. He was always at the club.
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09-24-2013, 06:31 PM #41Legendary RSR Poster
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09-24-2013, 06:35 PM #42Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Mike Preston: Ray Lewis needs to stop being so self-serving
I guess my point is that Ray being here as a leader wouldn't have made a difference. I really doubt this is the first time that they've been out to the club with strippers. Also, I'm not against them going out. I just think the idea of the Ravens not having leaders is baseless. It's just my opinion. I'm fine with Ray saying whatever he wants, but not everyone will agree with him.
This is from McKinnie's bday last year. http://instagram.com/p/QIVmgKwhl3/
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09-24-2013, 06:36 PM #43
Re: Mike Preston: Ray Lewis needs to stop being so self-serving
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Re: Mike Preston: Ray Lewis needs to stop being so self-serving
I'm not basing it off the players responses. I'm basing it off he isn't here, so he doesn't know.
I think it's ridiculous to say what people do on their own time is "lack of leadership". If there was no champagne bottle, no one would even be talking about this.
I'd imagine this shit happened all the time when he was hear it just didn't get out of hand, does that mean it was a lack of leadership when he was here? Or just because we didn't hear about it all was fine and dandy?
His response may not have been self-serving (I think it was) and I don't expect Ray to be an advocate for all things Ravens. But to say guys acting like guys on a teammates birthday is because of lack of leadership is just silly.
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09-24-2013, 06:42 PM #45Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Mike Preston: Ray Lewis needs to stop being so self-serving
Current players don't air dirty laundry publicly so to hold Ray to that standard is unfair.
Bettis once said on SNF football he'd never answer a question about what goes on behind the closed doors of the Steelers. This was when he left the team and was an analyst.
Two things happened after he said that. Fans from 31 other teams went ballistic and screamed bias. He also lost his gig.
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09-24-2013, 06:46 PM #46Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Mike Preston: Ray Lewis needs to stop being so self-serving
Ray was never an off the field leader for other guys in the locker room. That whole "Bring troubled player X in and Ray will straighten him out" was never an accurate one and I'm thinking that's where people are now faulting Ray here.
I don't think its fair to hold Ray as the former moral police of the team. He never was any of that.
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09-24-2013, 06:55 PM #48Legendary RSR Poster
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