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12thMan · 08-14-2006, 01:10 PM

I'm not disappointed in Portis one iota. He said what he said. It neither damaged his standing with teammates nor the staff, in my opinion.

You have to take the good with the bad. We can't expect Portis to be very outspoken and positive about the Skins one minute and not ever show his frustration the next. He was being interviewed in the heat of the moment. Some of the standards we hold athletes to are justified and others are just plain ridiculous.

As far as Gibbs not needing to apologize to Clinton, you guys are right he shouldn't have to but he did. I think he did so because that's how he handles things. That's his way of maintaining peace and control of his locker room. Before anything becomes public spectable Gibbs will nip it in the bud. He knows how to down play things to the media, yet be very intense and confrontational with his players in private. He and Clinton we're talking on the sidelines afterward, and probably have a few words since.

08-14-2006, 01:10 PM	#71
12thMan MVP Join Date: May 2005 Location: washington, D.C. Posts: 11,460	Re: postgame comments from Portis I'm not disappointed in Portis one iota. He said what he said. It neither damaged his standing with teammates nor the staff, in my opinion. You have to take the good with the bad. We can't expect Portis to be very outspoken and positive about the Skins one minute and not ever show his frustration the next. He was being interviewed in the heat of the moment. Some of the standards we hold athletes to are justified and others are just plain ridiculous. As far as Gibbs not needing to apologize to Clinton, you guys are right he shouldn't have to but he did. I think he did so because that's how he handles things. That's his way of maintaining peace and control of his locker room. Before anything becomes public spectable Gibbs will nip it in the bud. He knows how to down play things to the media, yet be very intense and confrontational with his players in private. He and Clinton we're talking on the sidelines afterward, and probably have a few words since.