A Cowboy Tragedy

[Redskins_P]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Change the QBs name to Jeff George and the owner to Danny Boy.

Forget the cocaine allegations for a moment and you have a pretty decent picture of the Redskins in Norv's final season and the one glorious year of Martyball in DC.

A QB with great physical skills mesmerizes the owner who signs him and then wants him on the field. A coach gets fired when he doesn't play the QB enough and then the next coach cuts the QB because he was a bonehead. It's Dallas' turn now...

Great analogy Curmudgeon.

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by Redskins_P

Great analogy Curmudgeon.

Except we should've known better. Carter's skills as a QB were raw, but he was young, so they thought they could shape him. George's were very good (not for Marty-ball, but he's got a gifted arm), but he was a known malcontent evertwhere he played. Dallas made a mistake, we committed a sin.

[Carnage]

Who is John Lucas?

[SmootSmack]

John Lucas was a star point guard for the University of Maryland in the late 1970s. Before that he was a two-sport star in high school. Dominating in both basketball (where he broke Pete Maravich's all time scoring record) and in his first love, tennis.

He was drafted no. 1 overall by the NBA, the first point guard ever drafted no. 1 I believe. Anyway, at this point his life started to spiral downward. He became a hardcore drug addict. Before long he was kicked out of the NBA.
He was ultimately reinstated and has coached the Spurs, Sixers, and Cavs. Most recently he coached the Cavs before he was fired before last season.

But what he's made a name for himself now is as a counselor and advisor basically for athletes who are recovering addicts. He helps athletes with drug addictions get their act together and improve their lives physically and mentally. He commands a lot of respect because he's been through the same thing.

[Carnage]

Thanks, I thought (was hoping) they were talking about Ray Lucas!