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07-25-2004 08:21 PM
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07-25-2004 08:29 PM
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I like the guy. I'd retire in a heartbeat if I could afford it. | |
07-25-2004 08:35 PM
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07-25-2004 08:38 PM
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07-25-2004 08:40 PM
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Wow, that's insane. | |
07-25-2004 09:01 PM
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The lions repeatedly called and wrote Barry Sanders before the draft that year, asking him if he was going to retire. Sanders ignored them, the Lions went into the draft thinking Sanders would play, and then he retired. | |
07-25-2004 09:07 PM
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If the Lions would have done to you what they did to Barry, you would have retired too. | |
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07-25-2004 09:08 PM
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Sanders retired just a few years earlier than people expected him too though , and largely because he was unhappy with management (that never really put a winning team around him) and hated then Lions head coach Bobby Ross. Its not like he retired when he was 25 and full of potential, just because football was all of a sudden boring to him. | |
07-25-2004 11:37 PM
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yeah, thats true. | |
07-26-2004 12:00 AM
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I saw this on the news today. What a shame. Had he let the Dolphins know earlier they could have drafted accordingly or gone after Eddie George the way the Cowboys did. | |
07-26-2004 12:59 AM
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If Ricky could smoke the ganj on the sidelines, he would never have left... | |
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07-26-2004 02:17 AM
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07-26-2004 01:23 PM
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well given that it was right before training camp but think about if that were you. You've made millions , more than enough to retire on and do what you want to do. You know you're playing a sport which dramatically shortens the lifespan of those who play it. The desire to try as hard as you can is no longer there. Yes, there are thousands of fans whom you are likely to piss off and there is a team that you'll let down. But despite all of that it is your life.. do you do whats perhaps best for you or do you play halfheartedly, not perform as people expect.. get blasted for it and then end up quitting anyway? Not that i dont like the decision, but he's doing what he wants to do... and not bow to what other people want from him. Shrug, i can respect that. may not like it but it is his right and if he dun feel like it, then good luck. No if only butch davis in his newly minted military coup of the browns organization can get things to work.. i'd be a happy man |
07-26-2004 01:30 PM
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07-26-2004 06:31 PM
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You guys also have to remember that he no longer is taking his meds for his personality disorder.So his perception is slighty askew right now. I'm glad he is at least man enough to admit he's got no love for the sport and is bowing out. Yes, the timing sucks. But I'd rather not see him play, than see him give a half assed attemt at playing.I know there are some players just kinda collecting a check. And that is sad. | |
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11-22-2004 12:46 PM
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For anyone interested in following Williams' long strange trip away from the NFL, check out this article for an update. | |
11-22-2004 01:52 PM
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Good for him. Sometimes you gotta look out for yourself and do whatever makes you happy. The circumstances weren't the best, but I can't fault him for trying to make his life better. |
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11-27-2004 10:37 AM
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Ricky Williams is the man!!! I heard he was coming back... any news? |
11-28-2004 11:29 AM
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Well, lets see.... | |
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11-28-2004 08:50 PM
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give him 2 yrs and he'll probably be broke, with a fried brain and full of aids. |