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« on: April 06, 2012, 02:21:48 pm »
...and the body will die."

You have seen the last of Greg Williams in the NFL.  His indefinite suspension will be a lifelong ban.  Count on that.  In a day & age when the commissioner has made it his goal in life to reduce injuries, specifically head injuries, this could not have been a worse quote to have been caught on tape for this guy.

Hope he managed his money well.  He won't be working in the bigs ever again.
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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2012, 02:26:15 pm »
not just the bigs...

Would you hire him if you were an AD at a big time school?

Would you hire him if you were a pop warner coordinator?

Would you hire him if you were a grocery store manager and needed baggers?

He should just go to an unnamed island where no one has heard of the NFL and live under a palm tree.
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2012, 02:29:09 pm »
I haven't been keeping up with it completely, but I also saw on the news that all of the appeals are on hold because criminal charges are now pending because of this.  This story is only going to get larger.  You're right, Williams will be lucky if he is a greeter at Walmart.
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2012, 02:49:35 pm »
Quote from: MaineDolFan on April 06, 2012, 02:29:09 pm
I haven't been keeping up with it completely, but I also saw on the news that all of the appeals are on hold because criminal charges are now pending because of this.  This story is only going to get larger.  You're right, Williams will be lucky if he is a greeter at Walmart.

There's no such thing as greeters at Walmart anymore.   Which pretty much fits Williams very well.   Wink
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 03:02:45 pm »
Quote from: Brian Fein on April 06, 2012, 02:26:15 pm
not just the bigs...

Would you hire him if you were a pop warner coordinator?

Of course not.

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Would you hire him if you were an AD at a big time school?


Enough folks in NO feel that Williams has been treated unfairly that getting that job at LSU would increase almuni donations. 

So yes, he will work again, but probably only in the big easy. 
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 03:24:28 pm »
Quote from: Landshark on April 06, 2012, 02:49:35 pm
There's no such thing as greeters at Walmart anymore.   

Serously? I have not been in quite a long time. I have to pass Target to get to Wal-Mart so that is where I go.
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 03:28:57 pm »
I read the story this morning.  It's simply astounding.  What scum.
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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2012, 04:08:36 pm »
Quote from: Phishfan on April 06, 2012, 03:24:28 pm
Serously? I have not been in quite a long time. I have to pass Target to get to Wal-Mart so that is where I go.

They just got rid of them about a month or two ago.   I'll bet Sam Walton was turning over in his grave when it happened.
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« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2012, 12:11:05 am »
I think the audio tape that came out sealed the deal.

Maine, you were correct in predicting Goodell's response the first time, and you'll probably be right this time, too.  For once, he actually held management to the same standard he holds players to.
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« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2012, 01:34:43 pm »
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« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2012, 02:22:39 pm »
Quote from: MaineDolFan on April 06, 2012, 02:21:48 pm
...and the body will die."

You have seen the last of Greg Williams in the NFL.  His indefinite suspension will be a lifelong ban.  Count on that.  In a day & age when the commissioner has made it his goal in life to reduce injuries, specifically head injuries, this could not have been a worse quote to have been caught on tape for this guy.

Hope he managed his money well.  He won't be working in the bigs ever again.

He will go to Canada. Wanna bet? lol
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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2012, 04:56:40 pm »
My thing with this, as many other issues, is that, although the NFL is violent game, it's still a business environment.  If any other profession were paying additional money in secret to injure others, they'd be in jail.  I know it's not the same, but it's similar enough to make a big deal out of it.
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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2012, 05:00:06 pm »
I'm not in any way whatsoever condoning this, BUT....I'm also not naive enough to believe N.O was the only team doing it. The same way that when Canseco said "half of baseball is juicing," and everyone thought he was nuts, but it turned out he wasn't, it wouldn't surprise me if this only scratches the surface. I'm not implying half the league does it, but I certainly don't think it's this isolated. -EK
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« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2012, 05:31:37 pm »
I don't see how he ever returns to coaching.
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« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2012, 05:36:22 pm »
I don't think anyone denies that everyone does this.  (I'd be surprised if everyone was paying players for injuries, but the concept of teaching to "take out" stars, sure...)

But he got caught.  You can't punnish everyone.  You can only punnish the ones you catch, in hopes that those you didn't catch will stop.
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