Everybody Hates Terrell
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Numb1075
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I do not hate him. I don't think he's done anything worse than Michael Irvin or Randy Moss have done. The Colts' kicker Vanderjagt also openly criticized other team members, and it sparked them to improve. I don't think his comments were near as much detriment to the team morale than losing their best player at midseason.
TO had a hard childhood, he was bullied at school and called 'purple.' He lived with his grandma, and often had to literally run for his life on his way home from school and shut the door before he got his ass kicked on the porch. When he got famous, yeah, he got arrogant, and I usually HATE arrogant players, but I know he did it to shove it in the faces of his bullies, and it was funny. I feel sorry for TO and would take him on my team any day. If he criticized the QB, he must have had a good reason. He demanded to be traded from SF because Jeff Garcia sucked, he was right.
TO had a hard childhood, he was bullied at school and called 'purple.' He lived with his grandma, and often had to literally run for his life on his way home from school and shut the door before he got his ass kicked on the porch. When he got famous, yeah, he got arrogant, and I usually HATE arrogant players, but I know he did it to shove it in the faces of his bullies, and it was funny. I feel sorry for TO and would take him on my team any day. If he criticized the QB, he must have had a good reason. He demanded to be traded from SF because Jeff Garcia sucked, he was right.
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Having a tough childhood does not give you licence to act like a first class asshole.
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Hines Ward grew up without a father and with a Korean mother who spoke almost no English and was never around becaue she had to work 3 jobs.
Charles Johnson grew up without a father, with a mother who was on crack, and was homeless for weeks at a time.
Both these guys turned out okay.
In hindsight, maybe the Eagles should have redone Terrell's contract. Maybe then he'd be rich enough to buy a clue.
Charles Johnson grew up without a father, with a mother who was on crack, and was homeless for weeks at a time.
Both these guys turned out okay.
In hindsight, maybe the Eagles should have redone Terrell's contract. Maybe then he'd be rich enough to buy a clue.
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U2Kitten said:
I could see this line of thought if it was only one instance, and then apologised afterwards. Lots of players have done that, apologised, and the whole thing's blown over.
Repeated rips at the team's QB over the course of nearly an entire year is something completely different.
Before this whole ordeal, I was one of the few who actually really liked Terrell and stuck up for him all the time. I usually HATE arrogant asshole players, but Terrell actually has the skills to back up what he said. But this time he's taken it too far, and destroyed his own career in the process. It's a damn shame, too, for someone with his skills.
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U2Kitten said:
Garcia Had a few pro bowl years, I think perhaps TO expects perfection out of his quarterbacks. Im not saying Garcia is great but he criticizes him, McNabb,oh yea.......
-He also criticized Steve Young. Super Bowl rings, mvps and super bowl mvps and a bust in canton do not sum up to something greater than TO's opinon So he must have been right there too.
-He also got into a fist fight with his new team's leader.
-He also signed a football and gave it to a poor disadvantaged kid wit.....oh no wait that would have been nice, no, instead he signed it and gave it to his agent as a celebration during a game.
-He sings "I want me some me" on the sideline
Your right he shoves it in the faces of his bullies. Im sure disrespecting his head coach Andy Reid is a way of getting back at a bully. Because Andy fits that mold. A tubby nerdy looking guy. If anything he was probably picked on more than TO.
TO was probably just as big an asshole then as he is now so he deserved to be picked on.
Im a huge 49ers fan and I remember him doing shit like this for years. So hes a dick.
Also No one said Randy Moss or Michael Irvin weren't assholes either. They have had clashes too you probably just don't remember.
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i've been defending T.O. all weekend... not because i think he's a good guy or because i feel sorry that someone called him purple 
i don't even know what that means.
and really... i haven't really been defending T.O., now that ya think of it... he's acted like a complete douche.
but... he's ALWAYS acted like a douche. he was a complete douche in san francisco. everyone knew he was a complete douche in san francisco. andy reid and donovon mcnabb knew he was a complete douche in san francisco... yet they both petitioned to get the guy into philadelphia anyways.
and now i have all these commentaters telling me that i should feel sorry for mcnabb, reid and the eagles? i think not. they got exactly what they asked for.
i don't even know what that means.and really... i haven't really been defending T.O., now that ya think of it... he's acted like a complete douche.
but... he's ALWAYS acted like a douche. he was a complete douche in san francisco. everyone knew he was a complete douche in san francisco. andy reid and donovon mcnabb knew he was a complete douche in san francisco... yet they both petitioned to get the guy into philadelphia anyways.
and now i have all these commentaters telling me that i should feel sorry for mcnabb, reid and the eagles? i think not. they got exactly what they asked for.
TheBrush said:
If you become the very thing you hate, that's not cool. But I do believe there is much more to this story than we know. Players, especially those of his caliber, are not just let go in the middle of the season for shooting off their mouths alone. I have watched football since I was a kid in the 70s and I have never seen that before.
From my experience it's never the asshole who gets it, everyone is afraid of him. It's the ones who are easy targets, easy to victimize, and certainly not anyone who might kick their asses back. It's not just being poor and having a hard life, he was tortured by classmates. Other black kids called him 'purple' becaues of his skin color, that is cruel. They used to chase him to his grandma's house to beat him up. That's how he learned to run so fast. It was a sad story.
I'm a 49er fan too, and I think it was hilarious when he did his stunt in the middle of the Dallas star. But I hate Dallas. If Irvin had done it to some other team, I'd think he was a dick. And he was, yes, I remember.
Sure I do! The only reason my hatred for Irvin has waned is because he is no longer on the field acting like an ass. BTW, it was ironically Irvin who brought about the bad QB comment by asking him if Farve was their QB would they be undefeated, or something like that. He only answered, with no tact, what he really thought. He's dangerous, 'cause he's honest.
I also like the Vikes, and thought Moss was hilarious too. If you knew the story behind his moon, you'd understand. Dungy said that while he shouldn't have done it, he had to laugh, knowing why he did it. Dungy, many years the Tampa coach taking many trips to Lambeau, said that the Packer fans had a habit of following opposing teams to their locker room after a loss, leaning over the railing mooning the players and yelling out taunts. As a Viking, this pissed Moss off, and he wanted his revenge against the Packer fans. That moon was his payback.
Sadly, Randy has now turned to the dark side. Perhaps TO can join him in Oakland.
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If you and he were working side by side in an assembly plant, would you want this malcontent by your side????
I'm such a nonconformist and malcontent myself, we'd probably get along, go have lunch together and bitch about the ignorance of the boss and the ineptitude of the other workers. He is the kind who might just get pissed off and go postal!
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well, that's honest...
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i always thought T.O was just twisting screws and not really serious, but over the weekend his interviews made me realize he is really not living in reality. he went on and on about how nobody threw him an on-field party for his 100th TD catch.
then, the next thing you know, i watched curtis martin get his 100th rushing TD this past weekend and put his head down and run off the field, no bells or whistles needed. that is the way a classy man acts. i mean, you are getting paid loads of money to play for a TEAM. it's not all about you all the time T.O. i don't know, i just don't like terrell anymore now that i kow he's not just acting like a jerk, he actually really is one!
then, the next thing you know, i watched curtis martin get his 100th rushing TD this past weekend and put his head down and run off the field, no bells or whistles needed. that is the way a classy man acts. i mean, you are getting paid loads of money to play for a TEAM. it's not all about you all the time T.O. i don't know, i just don't like terrell anymore now that i kow he's not just acting like a jerk, he actually really is one!
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U2Kitten said:
Maybe the fact that he got into a fight with his teammates had something to do with it. Or that he pulled this same crap in training camp. The guy is the worst form of cancer out there. I don't care what type of upbringing he had, he's still an ass. It's only fitting that the biggest jackass player out there has the biggest jackass agent in Drew Rosenhaus.
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caragriff said:
To add onto the touchdown thing, maybe he could gripe a little bit more if he had actually scored the majority of them with the eagles. Given that 80 of them were with San Fran, why the hell would Philly give a crap?
i've never been called purple 
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U2Kitten said:
Well, there was the time he publicly ripped Donovan McNabb.
Then there was the other time he publicly ripped Donovan McNabb.
Then there was the other time he publicly ripped Donovan McNabb.
Then there was the contract holdout.
Then there was the time he got kicked out of training camp.
And so forth.
the time he stole ronald's milkshake
Numb1075
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I still don't get the purple comment....what does that mean?
speedracer said:
One time he was goated into it by a leading question by Irvin. He was too stupid to realize he was being set up.
Also, Vanderjagt publically ripped Manning, and they're friends again, and it actually made the team look inward and improve.
Very common, it happens every year with a high profile player. This year, when my teenage neice didn't want to go to band camp because it was too hot and long, but wanted to keep her part on the flag squad, I told her she reminded me of a football star who holds out during training camp, claiming he wants more money even though he has a new contract, when really he just doesn't want to do the 2 a days in the hot sun, and thinks he's too good for a slave driving practice schedule. He is not alone, it happens all the time, he's not the first and he won't be the last.
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U2Kitten said:
So contract holdouts are because players don't want to take part in two-a-days? Where do you come up with these ideas?
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I think its referring to someone whose skin is extremely dark. Not sure but thats my guess.Numb1075 said:
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I'm starting to gain some insight into your line of thinking (I aasumeU2Kitten said:
), if someone is on a team you like (So far I know that inludes Indy, SF and Minn, possibly Philly), then he can do no wrong, TO can be a total douche, but its because he was compared to Grimace as a child.If they play for a team you hate (NE, Dallas for sure, possibly Green Bay), then they could cure world hunger, end the Iraq war and save the rainforest, but they're still an asshole.
Perhaps you should judge all players by their actions, on and off the field, and not the helmet they wear when forming opinions about them...just a thought.
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U2Kitten said:
Come on.
If a player does one of these things, you pay no mind.
It he does two of these things, you start to get agitated, but you probably have a face-to-face talk about it, and move on.
But when the same player pulls this shit 5-10 times in one year...I think the Eagles' reaction is entirely reasonable. I'm kind of amazed that they tolerated this behavior for so long. Do you think that Todd Pinkston would have lasted this long if he'd acted the way TO did?
(And you know...trying to cast a good light on a player by comparing him to Mike Vanderjagt is probably not a good tactic. Just a thought.)
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