Ahman Green vs. Rick Smith

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Originally Posted by NBT

I listened to part of that interview. Green came across to me as a whiney pout that didn't think he was given the proper respect due his lofty status.

He DID come across as whiney. I'm very sorry about your personal issues and so on but stay on the field and produce and keep quiet. (That may be what I love about AJ, by the way, is that he keeps quiet and lets what he does on the field speak for him. And how loudly it speaks...)

But a GM simply does not behave that way, accusing a player of faking an injury. It reminds me of the idiot the Astros have as GM currently (and for not much longer). If you are a PR goon who has somehow talked yourself into a management position you do not verbally confront a player. You make very clear the rules and the consequences for disobedience but you do not challenge a player publicly. Unless you want to get your button-down, plaid, Dockers ass kicked.

And, as Keith says, you do not accuse a player of faking an injury (especially if he's a RB with very little tread on the tires, which makes one ask why the hell that idiot signed him, anyway) unless you want the entire FA marketplace to know what a prick you are.

Think about it. The current regime is completely incompetent in every way. They have proven that abundantly. Assuming there is a season they will fail, again, and presumably the idiot owner will have no choice but to clean house. Which means in all likelihood another two or three years before the team is any good, if they in fact get good under whoever the idiot owner hires. Which will mean that AJ's career is coming to a close. What an absolute waste of a once-in-a-lifetime player.