Mike Alstott To Announce His Retirement
 

I heard on the radio that Alstott will announce his retirement today at 2:00pm. Here is a linkhttp://www.buccaneers.com/news/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=5921

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[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp07/news/story?id=2967306]ESPN - Reports: Buccaneers fullback Alstott to retire - NFL[/url]

Here is the ESPN linky

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i still say he didnt score...

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[quote=dall-assblows;338192]i still say he didnt score...[/quote]

He definitely did not.

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[QUOTE=dall-assblows;338192]i still say he didnt score...[/QUOTE]

I was debating on whether that was going to be included in this post. While that play didn't change my opinion of Alstott, it certainly is one of my least favorite plays in recent memory.

Anyway, I've always liked Alstott (as long as he wasn't playing the Skins). The guy ran the way I wish every back could. Problem is, he fumbled a whole hell of a lot. He was a very good player before neck issues derailed his career. He's always been a personal favorite of mine. I wish him luck in life after football.

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We Wuz Robbed!

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Well that is in the past so we must move on.

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[quote=dall-assblows;338192]i still say he didnt score...[/quote]
Definitely the first thing i thought of when i saw his name

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duplicate thread??

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[QUOTE=dmek25;338201]duplicate thread??[/QUOTE]

Technically no. He just pulled a post from another broader thread and started a thread specifically on Alstott.

The court will allow this.

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[quote=dall-assblows;338192]i still say he didnt score...[/quote]


That's the FIRST thing that came to mind for me too.

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yeah i say he did,nt either.. like what warrick dunn said touchdown vulcher..

i,ve always liked him going back to purdue before the pros until we had to play him of course.

goodluck mike ...

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Awesome! Now we don't have to listen to Chris Berman Kiss his ass.

Smootylicious, Can you do something about that berman guy? I'm tired of him...

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honestly though, in Gibbs' first two years the refs were horrible to us. I mean sometimes luck will go your way and others not so much but it seemed it always went the other way.

We still made the playoffs and knocked tampa out in punishment for getting lucky.

Would tampa have been the 3rd seed that year if they hadn't gotten the call?

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[QUOTE=jamf;338213]Awesome! Now we don't have to listen to Chris Berman Kiss his ass.

Smootylicious, Can you do something about that berman guy? I'm tired of him...[/QUOTE]

You're not the only one

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He didn't score, but he was a good player. He always hurt us, even without the refs help!

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[QUOTE=dall-assblows;338192]i still say he didnt score...[/QUOTE]


LOL...100% agree, he didn't score at all.

I am actually surprised he didn't retire a couple years ago after the neck issues. I think he wanted to prove he could still do it, and he did. He has a ring, so what else is there left for him? He made a good name for himself as a human wrecking ball, and now someone else can go to the pro bowl instead of him being an automatic pick (justified or not).

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I think a lot of us thought about that stupid when we saw his name. I agree as well, he didn't score. That said, he was a very good back, and we couldn't stop him lol. Therefore I am glad to see him retire, because now he can't hurt us when we play the Bucs this year. I'm sure if he had played when we played the Bucs, he would've been inserted on all the short yardage situations.

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[quote=SmootSmack;338202]Technically no. He just pulled a post from another broader thread and started a thread specifically on Alstott.

The court will allow this.[/quote]
No I did not. I heard this in the news so I looked it up and started a thread after checking to make sure that no one had started an Alstott thread. I did not know that it was hidden deap in another thread wich must have strayed from topic.LOL

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[QUOTE=firstdown;338239]No I did not. I heard this in the news so I looked it up and started a thread after checking to make sure that no one had started an Alstott thread. I did not know that it was hidden deap in another thread wich must have strayed from topic.LOL[/QUOTE]

Well I didn't mean you literally pulled it

Plus, "technically" he didn't retire. He was placed on Injured Reserve

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[quote=SmootSmack;338241]Well I didn't mean you literally pulled it

Plus, "technically" he didn't retire. He was placed on Injured Reserve[/quote]
Well, "technically" I posted this thread prior to his announcment so I went with the lead story at the time. [IMG]http://www.thewarpath.net/images/icons/icon10.gif[/IMG]

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I always thought he was way overrated. A product of the Madden hype machine. Seriosuly he was at no point the best fullback in football. he was just the most popular.

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[QUOTE=jamf;338213]Awesome! Now we don't have to listen to Chris Berman Kiss his ass.

Smootylicious, Can you do something about that berman guy? I'm tired of him...[/QUOTE]

You people are crazy, Chris Berman is awesome!

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mike alstott is propably one of the greatest full backs to ever play the game its gonna be hard for tampa to replace him

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[QUOTE=sknzfan03;338256]mike alstott is propably one of the greatest full backs to ever play the game its gonna be hard for tampa to replace him[/QUOTE]

How's that kool-aid taste?

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[QUOTE=FRPLG;338260]How's that kool-aid taste?[/QUOTE]

:laughing2

Not to +1, but that sh!t is funny.

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[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/08/09/bc.fbn.bucs.alstott.ap/index.html]SI.com - NFL - Alstott goes on IR with neck injury that could end career - Thursday August 9, 2007 3:11PM[/url]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday placed the six-time Pro Bowl fullback on injured reserve with a neck problem that Alstott said was not related to a career-threatening injury that required surgery in 2003.
"It is what it is. The facts are the facts," the 33-year-old said during an emotional press conference at the team's headquarters. "I can't put on the helmet and jersey this year."
But Alstott, arguably the most popular player in team history, couldn't bring himself to say that he may have played his last game. He shrugged off several retirement-related questions, saying that's something that will be answered in time.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;338241]Well I didn't mean you literally pulled it

Plus, "technically" he didn't retire. He was placed on Injured Reserve[/QUOTE]

ESPN just said that he hasn't retired, that he is unsure of his 2008 plans at this point.
He should retire...like i said, he has nothing else to prove.

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Good player for the BUCS when healthy. His career is over, regardless if he made the formal announcement or not.

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[QUOTE=skinsfan_nn;338269]Good player for the BUCS when healthy. His career is over, regardless if he made the formal announcement or not.[/QUOTE]

He's an idiot if he returns...would he rather be paralyzed or be able to bounce his grandkids on his knee?

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[quote=dall-assblows;338192]i still say he didnt score...[/quote]

NOPE! Sure didn't! Man, I didn't want to remember that.

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[quote=jsarno;338271]He's an idiot if he returns...would he rather be paralyzed or be able to bounce his grandkids on his knee?[/quote]
If he's paralyzed then the grandkids could bounce on him. OK I should not have said that.

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Well this good for the Skins, Mike Alstott always seemed to have good games against us.

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[quote=NM Redskin;338283]Well this good for the Skins, Mike Alstott always seemed to have good games against us.[/quote]

Every so so running back has a field day against Washington, regardless of whether the defense is highly ranked or not. Ask Tiki Barber(even in his early years), Tatum Bell, and Tim Biakabutuka among others.

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You mean to tell me our 6 rotating D grade linemen arent getting it done? that's odd.

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I cant say i'm surprised that his career ended like this, you cant run forever helmet first.

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I think he was a decent fullback he always hit the hole full steam and hard. Whether he made the TD or not he was the only guy to do it. I wish we used Sellers in more of this type of role. If your on the 1 give it Sellers to blow up the middle.

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[QUOTE=firstdown;338279]If he's paralyzed then the grandkids could bounce on him. OK I should not have said that.[/QUOTE]


Be with the starving pigme's in new guinea amen. :D

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WOW, I just saw this...He was awesome...I wish we had a guy like that...reminds me of Riggo....we should have tried to trade for him 5 years ago....it would be great to have a short yardage back that can block too.

It is nice that Mike Sellers now sees himself as more than a blocker.
We still need a short yardage specialist. We sucked at that last year.

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was a good player. Guess there will be a new FB for the probowl team now.