What is Portis' Motivation for This?

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

25 years ago, you could say the same exact thing about John Riggins. So he should be the last one to make any comments regarding Portis. It's like Danny Ferry, in his role as GM of the Cleveland Cavaliers, raising a stink about a draft pick holding out or a player refusing to honor a contract

I don't ever recall Riggins being disrespectful to coaches. A pain the ass sometimes? Yep. Not having any respect for authority? I don't ever remember that. Zorn is on a short leash and CP knows it.

[irish]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I don't ever recall Riggins being disrespectful to coaches. A pain the ass sometimes? Yep. Not having any respect for authority? I don't ever remember that. Zorn is on a short leash and CP knows it.

I agree, CP knows he works for DS (not Zorn as it should be) and DS will back him no matter what.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I don't ever recall Riggins being disrespectful to coaches. A pain the ass sometimes? Yep. Not having any respect for authority? I don't ever remember that. Zorn is on a short leash and CP knows it.

I think both Riggins and CP march to the beat of their own drummer and speak their mind, no matter who's listening (or not listening).

[irish]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I think both Riggins and CP march to the beat of their own drummer and speak their mind, no matter who's listening (or not listening).

I agree that they both march to the beat of their own drummer however I dont think Riggio cared if anyone was listening. IMO, CP does his silliness because he's so insecure that he craves attention. CP would be very upset if the media ignored his antics.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

I love CP's caveated statement in the Times:

"How this story came about, I have no idea," Portis said. "There's nothing going on. There's no beef between me and Coach Zorn. We're on good terms at this present moment. There's no problem."

I hope CP & Zorn stay on good terms for a lot longer than "this present moment".

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I don't ever recall Riggins being disrespectful to coaches. A pain the ass sometimes? Yep. Not having any respect for authority? I don't ever remember that. Zorn is on a short leash and CP knows it.

Two different worlds. If we had the reporters snooping around back in the 70's and 80's like we do today people would be shocked at what went on. All this reporting is turning men into little wimps because they cannot say how they feel without some nosey reporter blowing things up. Who gives a crap what CP says as long as on Sunday he puts on his gear and plays his best. Back in the days you had a ton of players who played with other guys they hated and it never seemed to be a problem. I bet if these reporters acked like this back then a few would get their butts kicked by a player or two.