Players you have met: Cool or uncool?

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by Daseal

I haven't really "met" any of the players, but I saw Fred Smoot (my idol) up close, but chickened out when it came to asking him to sign my tit. Instead I let a little kid that was stuck behind me get up front.

Just admit it, you chickened out. We had front line spots, too! You say you gave your spot to the kid, but you just wussed out. Rule #1: Never move for some little kid! (their dad is just using them as autograph bait)

*4/19 -- corrected the quote

[diehardskin2982]

Barber, and Donnel Bennet are family friends, both are very cool and i wish both were still on the team. Samuels is working on a business project with my mother and he and his brother are both good guys. Art Monk's son played in my local youth football program. He was nice, I hope his son becomes good enough to some day join the skins. LaVar is a good guy He's done some PR work for charities and is also a family friend. For the most part they are all regular people, thats why they get annoyed when people attack them for autographs at inappropriate times, but i guess it is part of the job.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

Barber, and Donnel Bennet are family friends, both are very cool and i wish both were still on the team. Samuels is working on a business project with my mother and he and his brother are both good guys. Art Monk's son played in my local youth football program. He was nice, I hope his son becomes good enough to some day join the skins. LaVar is a good guy He's done some PR work for charities and is also a family friend. For the most part they are all regular people, thats why they get annoyed when people attack them for autographs at inappropriate times, but i guess it is part of the job.

Will you adopt me so they'll be my family friends too? Just kidding..

I worked at CNNSI when Irving Fryar was an NFL analyst, he sat next to me while we watched the games and we would discuss the games and players.. Lots of funny Redskins stories..

[offiss]

Unfortuantly living in jersey the only player's I run into are giant's.

[cpayne5]

Joe Jacoby - won a signed team football at his Jeep dealership's grand opening back in '94
Ray Brown, Sonny Jurgenson, Sam Huff, Ron Middleton - all at a Fauquier county SPCA event that they used to have every year. There were a bunch of no name guys that I met there as well.
Jim Lachey - Peebles in Warrenton, VA
Darrell Green
Art Monk
Charles Mann
Monte Coleman - know his inlaws personally
Ken Harvey
Gus Frerotte - ehhh...
Stephen Alexander - at Frostburg, he was nice enough to meet me at a side entrance of the dorms to sign a few autographs and hang out away from the crowds.
Brian Mitchell

I met Charley Casserly before a game once. I was hanging out outside the stadium and he walked by. I said hi and he actually stayed a talked for a few mins. There was nobody else around, so he didn't get mobbed.

I'm sure there's more, but this is just off the top of my head.

[MTK]

The stories are great guys, keep 'em coming!

[SKINSnCANES]

man I think we are all aging ourselves by the players we've met. Ive had to loko up a bunch of those names...

[sonny-j-no9]

Met Joe T when I was a kid. Stood in line with about a thousand other schmucks to get his autograph. I asked him some inane question -- cant remember what -- and he was very nice and talked to me for a bit even though there were others in line. My folks had the privaledge of meeting Harold McClinton a few days before he died. My dad told me he was a very nice and engaging guy.

All this Darrell Green stuff is pretty tough to swallow -- not that I dont believe it. The dude seems like the salt of the earth in his public persona.

[dieselhog]

In 99 I came over and met Irving Fryar who was really funny, so Big daddy in a huge white suit but didn't speak to him and met Gary Clark outside the Giants game, tried on his SB ring and got two autographs (I only asked for one but I had two gameday programmes and he cherrfully offered to sign both).

I also met a lady in Takoma who had been a season ticket holder since 1937 but went to the new stadium once and hated it. She showed me jerseys that Gus Frerotte had given her (Washington and Detroit) and said he was 'ther nicest player of any I have ever met).

Also, the UK Redskins Review guys were out in 99 and Art Monk showed them around the stadium.

Finally, when the Skins played an American Bowl at Wembely a load of our guys spent the night drinking with John Riggins who posed for photos, signed stuff and got extremely drunk...

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by dieselhog

When the Skins played an American Bowl at Wembely a load of our guys spent the night drinking with John Riggins who posed for photos, signed stuff and got extremely drunk...

Riggo got drunk?? Hmmm, I bet there aren't too many people who have a Riggins story involving drinking. lol

[dieselhog]

Yeah, I suppose not. He was drinking bitter though, so fair play to him. When in Rome etc...

[Gmanc711]

I got to talk to Ramsey for like a mintue at Training camp at the end of the autograph session thing. I was the last guy in his line and he sat there and signed somthing for my girlfriend ( Since I already got his autograph ) and talked to me as other guys got up and left. He was the freakin man, and I've heard the same from everyone else who has talked to him.

[Daseal]

Wrong quote, eh Cpayne! 8)

Yeah, that's why we have to go back this year! If I have the backing of the warpath, maybe, just maybe, FRED SMOOT WILL AUTOGRAPH MY TIT!

[SmootSmack]

Well over the past few years I had to deal with several of the players because of my past job so here's my take on a few of the different players I dealt with:

Stubblefield-A bum on the d-line but a magician with a grill, great guy
Charles Mann-polite almost to a fault
B. Mitch-a loudmouth, arrogant yet totally loyal if he's on your side
Wuerffel-As nice and humble as you could imagine
Samuels-quiet, always on his cell phone
Kevin Lockett-wannabe renaissance man, will talk about anything but football
Westbrook-A total mystery, an ass when the camera is on, but so easy to talk to when there's no camera on even if you ask the same questions

And my three least favorites:

Lesli Shepherd and Albert Connell-Total waste of sperm, have no redeeming values whatsoever (hope there aren't any Connell or Shepherd relatives here)

Darell Green. This one is painful because he's one of my all time favorite players but let me give you a couple of examples of dealing with Darrell. Wanted to do a report about Mitchell's charity work (particularly Thanskgiving day). Got a call from Redskins Park. "Mr. Green would like to inform you that your tv station has two choices if it wishes to continue having him as a guest, drop the story on Brian Mitchell's charity work or do a story on Green's youth life foundation as well." I'm all for Green's charity but the fact that he would shove it down our throats all the time got a bit annoying. Here's another incident. Darrell Green is in studio as a guest for a sports special we're doing. So he's sitting there waiting for the show to start and one of our crew members asks him if he wouldn't mind, when he gets a chance, signing this football for his 6-year old grandson. Green's response "No, what's in it for me?" Still love seeing highlights of Green the player, but I'm no fan of Green the person

[Sammy Baugh Fan]

My opinion:
Snyder made a Spurrier a coach with one hand tied behind his back as Dan and Vinny made all the deals and picked players.

Did Spurrier have the same control over the whole team that was given to Gibbs? I think not and one would have a hard time saying he did.

peace