Tom Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 He is much more serious and seems like a different guy than when he was on 'Quite Frankly' At least so far..... Anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACKMARINO Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Please post a summary at the end. thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 Please post a summary at the end. thank you!! Not a lot to say.... Rich Eisen asked him why he was there & not @ the OTA & he said this was a once in a lifetime thing & the team excused him even though it was optional. Eisen got a 'Wachu talkn' bout Willis' dig in & WM laughed. Eisen apologized. Willis acted much more mature than when I saw him in person with Steven A. Smith. Anyone else??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOTONE Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Dammit I dont get NFL network. I should really call my local cable provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Dammit I dont get NFL network. I should really call my local cable provider. 697707[/snapback] i think you need DirecTV to get it (NFL Sunday Ticket not required). I know this was the case a couple years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOTONE Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 i think you need DirecTV to get it (NFL Sunday Ticket not required). I know this was the case a couple years ago. 697711[/snapback] ohhh thanks. dam satelite dishes. Whatever happened to the good ole days when you could by an illegal box for a couple a hundred and get all the free porn and payper view one man could want. I miss the old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomcat Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 ohhh thanks. dam satelite dishes. Whatever happened to the good ole days when you could by an illegal box for a couple a hundred and get all the free porn and payper view one man could want. I miss the old days. 697712[/snapback] Im with ya 100%....man I miss those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeOiler Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 if u have adelphia cable, u also get NFL network. Even with the basic packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOTONE Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 if u have adelphia cable, u also get NFL network. Even with the basic packages 697737[/snapback] Im in south florida, we get comcast, but I get free cable where I live so its senseless for me to get the box installed and pay monthly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Not a lot to say.... Rich Eisen asked him why he was there & not @ the OTA & he said this was a once in a lifetime thing & the team excused him even though it was optional. Eisen got a 'Wachu talkn' bout Willis' dig in & WM laughed. Eisen apologized. Willis acted much more mature than when I saw him in person with Steven A. Smith. Anyone else??? 697679[/snapback] So if i got this right...willis get interviewed by a special needs "reporter" in stephen A smith, and acts like a jackass. But when a real reporter with a interviews him wilis acts like a normal human? Hmmm, think stephen A asswipe had anything to do with it? Also, the team excused him from OTAs. So willis got permission to miss. Kinda flies in the face of what the willis bashers were saying, huh? ok, back to your regularly scheduled throwing willis under the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hootie1 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 So if i got this right...willis get interviewed by a special needs "reporter" in stephen A smith, and acts like a jackass. But when a real reporter with a interviews him wilis acts like a normal human? Hmmm, think stephen A asswipe had anything to do with it? Also, the team excused him from OTAs. So willis got permission to miss. Kinda flies in the face of what the willis bashers were saying, huh? ok, back to your regularly scheduled throwing willis under the bus. 697775[/snapback] This quote from Chris Brown's blog makes it sound sike the coaches did not approve Willis' absence... "Thought you might be interested to know you can find Willis McGahee talking football on the NFL Network Wednesday night through Friday night in studio for the NFL Total Access program. I believe he'll be there in person today and tomorrow and they'll re-run his Thursday appearance Friday evening. I'm a little concerned that this won't exactly endear him to the coaching staff. I understand these OTAs are voluntary for veterans like himself, but to see him spending his time like this is a bit strange to me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 This quote from Chris Brown's blog makes it sound sike the coaches did not approve Willis' absence... "Thought you might be interested to know you can find Willis McGahee talking football on the NFL Network Wednesday night through Friday night in studio for the NFL Total Access program. I believe he'll be there in person today and tomorrow and they'll re-run his Thursday appearance Friday evening. I'm a little concerned that this won't exactly endear him to the coaching staff. I understand these OTAs are voluntary for veterans like himself, but to see him spending his time like this is a bit strange to me." 697788[/snapback] Well, i dont like that willis isnt there at camp. I'm just not throwing him under the bus and wanting to get rid of him because he did miss a camp. When its all said and done, he missed a camp that he didnt have to go to. I dont like it, but whatever. Other vets missed camp too, but because they arent from the U, they dont get any flak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrite Gal Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 So if i got this right...willis get interviewed by a special needs "reporter" in stephen A smith, and acts like a jackass. But when a real reporter with a interviews him wilis acts like a normal human? Hmmm, think stephen A asswipe had anything to do with it? Also, the team excused him from OTAs. So willis got permission to miss. Kinda flies in the face of what the willis bashers were saying, huh? ok, back to your regularly scheduled throwing willis under the bus. 697775[/snapback] Some folks are into this for the soap opera of fan adoration and some are into for the being overly technical about the game of football (I count myself upon the latter). As I see to each their own and both approaches or something in the middle are fine with me. I just hope people do not fool themselves as to where they fall on this scale. A lot of the WM situation reminds me of the face-off Larry Centers had with GW after the Bills signed him. GW made a thinly veiled implication that any Bills who did not show up for the "voluntary" camps was showing a lack of commitment to the game and more important letting his teamates down (this view actually may have been true of some in particular rookies or younger players). However, Centers simply responded and in no uncertain terms that he had performed well in the NFL and shown up for work at the mandatory sessions in top notch shape and ready to go. He fully understood the desire of a new coach with a new team to have everybody there, but it was not agreed to that this how the players would operate for voluntary sessions and as long as he did show up on time and in shape he felt he owed no one the time. GW beat a hasty retreat on his pronouncement as Centers was seen as and became a leader on the Bills. While WM has not been around long enough or accomplished enough to command the respect Centers deserved, it is clear from the public nature of the workouts at the U, film of WM working out there and the added muscle in his frame last year that he is not slacking off working out there. While building camaraderie is nice, I see know pronlem with these too-rich employees having a life outside of their work. Particularly if there is clear evidence of them working hard to imporve their play, I have no problem with WM or another player getting excused from an OTA he really needs no excuse for missing. It was some former Supreme Court Justice (Frankfurter or Brandeis I think) who was fond of saying that he could in fact do 52 weeks worth of work in 5o weeks. but he could not do 52 weeks worth of work in 52 weeks. The NFL actually is not hard lifting compared to someone who actually works for a living punching the clock and it certainly is extremely well compensated for whatever heavy lifting is required. However, the NFL season is certainly intense and high profile in terms of being judged all the time. I do no begrudge at all any player for taking time away from voluntary camps. This is particularly true if that time is spent working out in your own setting or even appearing on NFL Network which promotes the game and players can do this without any judgement of them at all by the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I'm a little concerned that this won't exactly endear him to the coaching staff. I understand these OTAs are voluntary for veterans like himself, but to see him spending his time like this is a bit strange to me." 697788[/snapback] That really doesn't say much cause I don't think it was made public knowledge by anyone in the Bills organisation that Willis was given permission to miss these camps. THis is speculation by everyone and it escalated into people thinking Willis was supposed to be there. THat was also written before willis said publically that he did not have to attend and the team told him he could miss the camps. I really don't see the huge concern with him missing, the Bills aren't really changing their offence that much, its not like they are going to a West Coast offence. The new coaches may have some new ideas and a couple new plays, but it seems like they are going to a more basic offence that might not require the RB to have to studdy tons of plays and be there for every camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Its all about what he does on the field in September. He's a mediocre NFL back so far. If he's got it its time to show it. I don't care what workouts he misses, I care about how he performs. He and Losman are in the put up or shut up and go away mode this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 So if i got this right...willis get interviewed by a special needs "reporter" in stephen A smith, and acts like a jackass. But when a real reporter with a interviews him wilis acts like a normal human? Hmmm, think stephen A asswipe had anything to do with it? Also, the team excused him from OTAs. So willis got permission to miss. Kinda flies in the face of what the willis bashers were saying, huh? ok, back to your regularly scheduled throwing willis under the bus. 697775[/snapback] i'm not throwing Willis under the bus......i might throw his white, drug addict sister.... anywho, how can someone be excused from something that is voluntary? also, Jauron did say "We love Willis, but we'd love him more if he were here" or something to that affect. just clarifying. do I need satellite to catch the "Throw Willis Under the Bus" show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Im with ya 100%....man I miss those days 697723[/snapback] So you endorse stealing? As does BUFFALOTONE. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 So you endorse stealing? As does BUFFALOTONE. Nice 697876[/snapback] I think it's justified stealing to be honest with you. Porn should be free for everyone and not solely available to those folks who can afford huge cable bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 So you endorse stealing? As does BUFFALOTONE. Nice 697876[/snapback] it's only stealing if you get caught... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOTONE Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 For the record I do not condone stealing I never have. I payed for those illegal cable boxes with my hard earned money. God bless the man who gave us the freedom to watch pay per view and porn for free. I t was great while it lasted. Oh man I promosed myself I wouldnt cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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