High Mark Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 I have been saying this for a while. Am I a racist?
Captain Hindsight Posted January 18, 2011 Author Posted January 18, 2011 I have been saying this for a while. Am I a racist? Not at all...just recognizing talent
bills7834 Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 I spent a year in Iraq with the military recently. I worked with many Tongan Marines. I would meet them for runs or workouts in the gym. I'm in decent shape and those guys are another level. When we would eat dinner you would look at their plates and they were piled with meat. I would joke with them and ask them if the small Tongans were back home, and they would say there all no small Tongans. I would say how can I get as big as you and they would point to the huge plate of meat. They are naturally big boned, muscular people. Everyone I met from that country, which is in the 100's, were the nicest people you'll ever meet. I have encountered the same thing with Samoans, on a smaller scale, just because I've met fewer. I've worked closely with many different people from all over the world and they seem to be some of the hardest working, honest, professional people. I think if the guy shows he has the talent though your scouting of him, you have a good shot he will do well and not get fat and lazy once he gets that big contract. I won't say that about some other people I've met from other countries. Just my experience.
justnzane Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 I have been saying this for a while. Am I a racist? That is like saying that "we have too slow of a team, we need more black players." Though, it is statistically true that the vast majority of world class sprinters are black, this statement almost got a college football coach (Fisher DeBerry) canned a few years back.
greenmohawk Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 please. c'mon. . but irish are the best QB's.
BiggieScooby Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 is Junior Seau considering unretiring? I'm all for getting anybody who can stuff the run 24/7.
NoSaint Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 We had a chance at drafting Ngata and he even thought he was going to be drafted by the Bills but what ever brain child that was in charge of the pick that year should have lost there job over that one !!! Can you imagine with just a few different picks what this team would have should have could have been ???? Orapko - Ngata - Matthews ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Weren't orakpo and Matthews the same year? we drafted CJ ah You a few yrs back, he cut cut in camp if memory serves me correctly I believe he is on the rams line now- and contributing. Didn't his father have a connection in buffalo??
San Jose Bills Fan Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 I joked about Fijians earlier in this thread. Oddly there are no Fijians in the NFL even though there are many Samoans, Tongans, and Hawaiians. It's even more odd that Fijians are well-represented on New Zealand's powerhouse rugby team, the All Blacks. Anyways, for anyone interested, here's a little blog piece on Pacific Islanders in the NFL…it's a bit dated though. It was written in 2006. http://baleta.blogspot.com/2006/01/samoan-influence-in-nfl-playoffs.html
yall Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Maybe we can get a drunken, cigarette smoking, wiry, Irish kicker too.
Mike in Syracuse Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Maybe we could get a gigantic Chinese guy? Oh wait...nm
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Take look at current somoan players in the NFL....some solid players Lets just get some Somoans on our Roster an start kicking some people around Let's get some big-a** mean hard-hitting SOB players of any nationality or background and start kicking some people around. Unfortunately I think the Bills Brain Trust will see it like some here and we'll be drafting a CB or WR or a streeeeetch QB
Thunderstealer Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Lauvalle Sape was supposed to be our American Samoan bad ass. But wouldn't you know it, he can't play very well. Now he's with the Las Vegas Locomotives.
The Senator Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 I was mistaken about Stanford DT Sione Fua (pronunciation: see-OWN-ay foo-AH) - he's Tongan. Samoan, Tonga, Fijian...what's the difference? They're all Polynesian. The Bills should grab him in the 4th round anyway, if he's still there - apparently, in Tongan, ' Fua ' means " Die, Patriots, DIE!!!! " Link - One-on-one with Sione Fua
LabattBlue Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 And you can hit them over the head with a chair and it doesn't phase them.
Wagon Circler Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Don't we have one already? Akin Ayodele? Need a lineman.
The Cincinnati Kid Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 "Akin" is a short name for "Akinola", which in Yoruba language means 'undefeated warrior'. He is of Nigerian descent. He is the older brother of NFL defensive tackle Remi Ayodele. We just need some "bad" people who are angels outside the white lines. Like a "Lady in the street, but a freak in the sheets" kinda deal.
cale Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 We should have had one - Ngata! Instead we have Lil Donte.
Captain Hindsight Posted January 22, 2011 Author Posted January 22, 2011 Bumb You heard it from Captain Hindisight First
BillsBackersChicago Posted January 22, 2011 Posted January 22, 2011 i just love the very idea of a "we need a samoan" post. you guys complete me.
3rdand12 Posted January 22, 2011 Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) I enjoyed the tape on Paea and the interview with the other fellow Fua. Looks and sounds like both would be assets. But the film on Paea really has me intrigued as an addition. Where will he land at pick time? i will go research some more but i have seen his name mentioned a couple times now. Is he a real possibilty for us? I say welcome aboard. As long as i get my Dareus./wink. He brings alot of dimensions in skills to the field from what film you showed us. And lotsa upside. imho of course Bumb You heard it from Captain Hindisight First which one? Edited January 22, 2011 by 3rdand12
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