Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2007 Irvin's a perfect fit for Fox. Good thing I don't like Fox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2007 Anyone know what Michael Irvin did to get fired from ESPN? Supposedly his contract ran out and ESPN said it wasn't because Irvin did anything wrong. When you're so stupid that you get fired at ESPN because of it, this isn't your career. Of course, he'll be picked up by FOX, or something. As long as he doesn't end up on NFL Network. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2007 apparently Norv Turner is going to be the new head coach of the Chargers. Wow, fire a guy because he can't win in the playoffs and then hire a coach who probably won't even get you there. Interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2007 Speaking of odd coaching moves, it looks like Ron Rivera is about to be let go by the Bears. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2007 Speaking of odd coaching moves, it looks like Ron Rivera is about to be let go by the Bears. Make that officially let go. And the Chargers defense job is already filled so he isn't going there. Are there any NFL jobs available now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2007 With the exception of Dallas, there are no coordinator jobs left. He will have to accept a job as a positions coach or take the year off. Ron hasn't really had a good month, has he? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2007 ESPN's Michael Smith reported that the Colts franchised Dwight Freeney. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hektik 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2007 Ron Rivera has been hired by the Chargers to be a linebackers coach. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2771716 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2007 Interesting. Maybe if they put a good enough staff around Norv he won't be able to screw it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fazzle 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2007 Interesting. Maybe if they put a good enough staff around Norv he won't be able to screw it up. It's a nice thought, but the Chargers are still going 6-10 next year. You just don't lose your entire coaching staff and still have a good year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hektik 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2007 Interesting. Maybe if they put a good enough staff around Norv he won't be able to screw it up. It's a nice thought, but the Chargers are still going 6-10 next year. You just don't lose your entire coaching staff and still have a good year. There is too much talent for them to be 6-10. The reason they made these coaching choices today was because of continuity. The Chargers are still running the same offensive playbook that Norv Turner installed for them back in 2001. Cam Cameron used it and was able to get a Head Coaching job with Miami because of it. Ted Cottrel was hired as Defensive Coordinator because he worked under Wade Phillips in the past and knows the 3-4 defense. They are not blowing anything up and are going to run the same playbooks on both sides of the ball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2007 Interesting. Maybe if they put a good enough staff around Norv he won't be able to screw it up. It's a nice thought, but the Chargers are still going 6-10 next year. You just don't lose your entire coaching staff and still have a good year. Marvin is that you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fazzle 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2007 Perhaps they won't drastically change the system, but it won't stay the exact same either. Coaching ego will force them to slightly modify the playbook to how they want it, that way it can't be said they just piggybacked off the old staff. Plus, obviously, the in-game playcalling won't be the same either. Norv's history says he'll fuck it up. I'm predicting 6-10, and will be shocked at anything higher than 8-8. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2007 Even if Norv screws everything up (which I fully expect him to do), the worst they would probably end up is 9-7. There is far too much talent there to go anything less than .500, even with poor coaching. I think they'll probably end up with a playoff spot and a quick exit. Things will get worse in the following seasons. It's too simple to say that keeping the same systems in place will keep the team successful. You're not looking at the big picture. Norv Turner has failed everywhere as a head coach. He can't communicate with players and he can't delegate. Forcing him into a head coaching position lessens his ability to do the one thing he's good at... running an offense. Listen to the players who've played for him and you'll understand why he probably won't work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Failed Bridge 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2007 Ravens didn't put the franchise tag on Adalius Thomas so he's set to get a huge pay day. Some might criticise Baltimore for this but remember they still have a former first rounder in Dan Cody who should finally be healthy and ready to contribute. The team also didn't miss a beat when Ed Hartwell left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2007 Pac-man Jones in trouble AGAIN Titans' cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones set off a triple shooting at a Las Vegas strip club early Monday that left two critically wounded, the club's co-owner has said in various reports. It is a vastly different story than the one told by Jones' attorney, who told Las Vegas detectives that the Titans' player did nothing wrong, and that no one with him had a gun, or was involved in the shooting. Robert Susnar, the co-owner of Minxx Gentleman's Club, said that Jones had been inside his establishment with the man who later returned with a gun. Susnar also said that Jones threatened one of the club's security guards after the guard restrained Jones in a money-related fracas involving some of the strippers. "For Pacman to have the gall to say he doesn't know the shooter is ridiculous," Susnar said in The Tennessean. "Not only does he know the shooter, his girlfriend knows the shooter, and everyone who was with him knows the shooter. They came with him and they left with him." On Thursday, more than $81,000 in cash was seized by police, money that belonged to Jones, according to a search warrant. Jones was showering more than 40 strippers onstage early Monday with cash "intended as a visual effect," according to the warrant. But a scuffle broke out when the Houston promoter who hired the strippers told them to pick up the money. The promoter, identified as Chris Mitchell, owner of "Harlem Knights," and a male associate took a plastic trash bag containing Jones' money and walked out the front door, the warrant says. Police recovered the money and two watches inside a safe at Mitchell's hotel room Monday. Mitchell, according to the warrant, "admits that he took the money in the bag belonging to Jones because he thought it was for the dancers." After Mitchell left Minxx's, "a melee broke out," the warrant says. Later, a woman identified as a member of Jones' group fought with one of the strippers and security tried to break up the fight, it says. Jones told the guards to back off and reached behind his back "as if he were retrieving a weapon there." Jones' entourage was moved outside, but the woman continued to fight, according to the warrant filed Wednesday in Clark County District in Las Vegas. The woman hit a guard in the head with a champagne bottle and "began biting and screaming" when other guards tried to restrain her, the warrant says. Minutes later, a valet told police he heard shots fired near the front entrance and saw a black man with corn rows in his hair pointing a black semi-automatic handgun, it says. The man then fled. The shots hit a female customer and two guards, one in critical condition in a Las Vegas hospital. Aaron Cudworth, the guard hit with the champagne bottle, and the woman, were treated and released. The guard who is in critical condition is going to be paralyzed for life if he lives, Susnar reportedly said. "What he got for working hard that night, putting in a good day's work, what he gets for a reward is having one of Pacman's entourage put a bullet in his spine and paralyze him from the waist down,'' Sunsar said. Police have described the suspected shooter as last seen wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. As of Thursday morning, police said he was still at large. Susnar reportedly told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Jones certainly should not get off the hook. "He (Jones) was wholly to blame for it," Susnar said. "He was the catalyst. He was the reason for all of the problems. Not only that, but he's sitting next to the shooter and says he has no knowledge of it." Susnar said he was not at the club the night the incident took place and did not see the shooting. He apparently arrived at his conclusion after interviewing people who worked that night and after watching a video surveillance tape of what transpired inside the club. Jones, who has faced charges in other nightclub arrests in Tennessee, was only a witness, attorney Worrick Robinson said Tuesday. Robinson said Jones was in Las Vegas to attend the NBA All-Star game over the weekend and was invited to the club where the shooting occurred in the parking lot as Jones was leaving. Jones was interviewed by local authorities as a witness, not as a suspect, Robinson said. Jones did not know anyone involved in the shooting, he said. "He is cooperating with authorities, and he is free to return to Nashville," Robinson said. Jones has faced criminal charges three times since the Titans made him the sixth overall pick in the 2005 draft — all involving incidents at nightclubs in Tennessee. The cornerback promised he had seen the inside of a courtroom for the last time on Feb. 1 when a judge dismissed an assault charge filed by a woman who claimed Jones spit on her during an October nightclub altercation. Charges in a confrontation with a club manager during a private party in July 2005 also have been dismissed. But Jones was ordered to stay out of trouble until July 5 if he wants his criminal record cleared of public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges for an August arrest in the Nashville suburb of Murfreesboro. Robinson said he didn't think this latest incident violated the judge's order to stay out of trouble. "I would expect the judge to be monitoring this incident, but he was just really a witness to what occurred," Robinson said. "I would not think the judge would hold that against him." Jones led the NFL in punt return average with 12.9 yards per return in 2006, and he tied a franchise record set in 1975 by Billy "White Shoes" Johnson with three punt returns for touchdowns. He was an alternate for the AFC Pro Bowl roster at returner. He also was second on the Titans with four interceptions, one returned 83 yards for a TD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted February 22, 2007 Pacman is a gangsta. Straight up G. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampiro69 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 PacMan should get the NFL Man of the Year award. Look at was trying to do for those poor strippers on stage. It pales in comparison to Tomlinson and Brees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 Ravens didn't put the franchise tag on Adalius Thomas so he's set to get a huge pay day. Some might criticise Baltimore for this but remember they still have a former first rounder in Dan Cody who should finally be healthy and ready to contribute. The team also didn't miss a beat when Ed Hartwell left. Adalius Thomas > Ed Hartwell (who's done nothing since leaving Baltimore) Hopefully they can keep Thomas with less money but I doubt it. Dan Cody..bleh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 Corey Dillon's gonna retire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Failed Bridge 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 woke up to see that about Dillon and I'm kinda shocked. I thought he'd stick around one more season and then hang them up. If Patrick Pass is healthy going into next season then this won't be as major a blow, but its definately a stinger as he became a moral leader on offense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dh86 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 Cory Redding....franchise tag? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Failed Bridge 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 Dillon's agent says he isn't really retiring, he just wants his release so he can be the feature back of a team. Agents says Corey still has 1 or 2 more good years left in him. Dillon's teammates though are saying that Corey said after the loss to Indy that he was "hanging them up". If the agent is correct then they shouldn't release Dillon when they could probably trade him for a 4th round pick or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 Did I read that right when I saw the Seahawks put the tag on a KICKER? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 Cory Redding....franchise tag? Hey if he stays at DT instead of moving back to DE, then he and Shaun Rogers can be one of the best DT combos in the league. Then they can draft a DE in the 2nd round. Redding isn't happy about being franchised though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 Did I read that right when I saw the Seahawks put the tag on a KICKER? Josh Brown is a great kicker. They don't make the playoffs without him last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2007 Sad news. LT's father killed in accident Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted February 23, 2007 In his first game back, he'll run for 8 touchdowns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2007 I found this little gem earlier courtesy of a redskins fan board..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsnXK6mjuH4...Fdcsportsbog%2F Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Failed Bridge 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2007 wow, his father was 71 years old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
