Arrington: 'I could have handled things a bit better'

[Sammy Baugh Fan]

I don't want to count the times I myself said something and had to eat my words. Good thing I don't have microphones around.
lol

It's over for me.
Play ball!

[railcon56]

All these peoples are asshole with their i told u ..I was a critic and a Arrington Supporter and after the 1st game he played and leg or not he played well i didnt throw anything in their faces.... I personally think Arrington is just being a team player showing why he's the leader of this team and he had every reason to speak out... he is just taking one for the team why dont you spend your time saying it's over instead of i told you so and pitting players and everyone against everyone.... like after the sunday loss i defended the skins even tho we stunk up the field ...but i know they are gonna be alright ...thats why i spent $680 for 2 tix to the eagles game.... enoughs enough he's a part of the team gibbs is williams is and so is portis ...lets be fans and stop i told u so and he's wrong and this person is wrong...this isn't eagles crybaby fanland this is a place for real football fans Redskins fans!!!!

[itvnetop]

It's already been mentioned five or six times on this thread alone, but some people still aren't seeing the point.

No one is saying anyone is stupid for thinking LaVar should have been starting instead of Holdman. You ask 100 people on this board and 99 are going to tell you that LaVar Arrington is a better player than Warrick Holdman (the lone person probably being Holdman's mommy). So no one is calling out your loyalty based on an opinion that LA should have started from the beginning.

What we've been mainly against were the reasons people were giving for the benching. It's one thing to believe Arrington should have been playing b/c you felt he a) was healthy enough or b) a 50 percent LA is better than 100 percent Holdman or c) arrington's energy and playmaking abilities outweigh his potential to give up the big play in GW's scheme.

But many of the arguments weren't football-related. They were along the lines of "Gregg Williams wants to prove he can succeed in this league with a bunch of no-names" or "Gibbs doesn't like his attitude and wants to show the team that no one is above it" or "Dan Snyder has mandated from above to teach Arrington a lesson about messing with his money re: arbitration bonus."

Now a bunch of us tried to tell you guys why Arrington wasn't playing- and all of our reasons were related to on-field production. They could have been right or wrong, but the opinions were focused on football. But the half the arguments back to us were emotionally charged, non-football related hyperbole. We're all Lavar Arrington supporters- he's been the franchise during the dark years, so why would we hate on him? It's just that we had a problem when some fans started saying that GW's stubborness was killing this team (have we forgotten what the strength of the team has been?) and Gibbs had too big of an ego.

After Arrington's interview last night, I can't believe some people are still dragging out the conspiricy theories (such as LaVar being forced to say the right things now). LA showed why he's my favorite player by manning up and saying he was wrong. He was wrong about his injury, he was wrong about his quality of play this season, he was wrong about his knowledge of the system till now. You know how hard that's gotta be for a pro-bowl linebacker with a 68 million dollar contract extension to say he was wrong to the media?

If he can admit that to ESPN, why is it so hard for a few people to admit to a bunch of friends on a messageboard that their Gibbs/GW vitriole was way out of line?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

It's already been mentioned five or six times on this thread alone, but some people still aren't seeing the point.

No one is saying anyone is stupid for thinking LaVar should have been starting instead of Holdman. You ask 100 people on this board and 99 are going to tell you that LaVar Arrington is a better player than Warrick Holdman (the lone person probably being Holdman's mommy). So no one is calling out your loyalty based on an opinion that LA should have started from the beginning.

What we've been mainly against were the reasons people were giving for the benching. It's one thing to believe Arrington should have been playing b/c you felt he a) was healthy enough or b) a 50 percent LA is better than 100 percent Holdman or c) arrington's energy and playmaking abilities outweigh his potential to give up the big play in GW's scheme.

But many of the arguments weren't football-related. They were along the lines of "Gregg Williams wants to prove he can succeed in this league with a bunch of no-names" or "Gibbs doesn't like his attitude and wants to show the team that no one is above it" or "Dan Snyder has mandated from above to teach Arrington a lesson about messing with his money re: arbitration bonus."

Now a bunch of us tried to tell you guys why Arrington wasn't playing- and all of our reasons were related to on-field production. They could have been right or wrong, but the opinions were focused on football. But the half the arguments back to us were emotionally charged, non-football related hyperbole. We're all Lavar Arrington supporters- he's been the franchise during the dark years, so why would we hate on him? It's just that we had a problem when some fans started saying that GW's stubborness was killing this team (have we forgotten what the strength of the team has been?) and Gibbs had too big of an ego.

After Arrington's interview last night, I can't believe some people are still dragging out the conspiricy theories (such as LaVar being forced to say the right things now). LA showed why he's my favorite player by manning up and saying he was wrong. He was wrong about his injury, he was wrong about his quality of play this season, he was wrong about his knowledge of the system till now. You know how hard that's gotta be for a pro-bowl linebacker with a 68 million dollar contract extension to say he was wrong to the media?

If he can admit that to ESPN, why is it so hard for a few people to admit to a bunch of friends on a messageboard that their Gibbs/GW vitriole was way out of line?

What a great post. I think that sums it up perfectly

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

It's already been mentioned five or six times on this thread alone, but some people still aren't seeing the point.

No one is saying anyone is stupid for thinking LaVar should have been starting instead of Holdman. You ask 100 people on this board and 99 are going to tell you that LaVar Arrington is a better player than Warrick Holdman (the lone person probably being Holdman's mommy). So no one is calling out your loyalty based on an opinion that LA should have started from the beginning.

What we've been mainly against were the reasons people were giving for the benching. It's one thing to believe Arrington should have been playing b/c you felt he a) was healthy enough or b) a 50 percent LA is better than 100 percent Holdman or c) arrington's energy and playmaking abilities outweigh his potential to give up the big play in GW's scheme.

But many of the arguments weren't football-related. They were along the lines of "Gregg Williams wants to prove he can succeed in this league with a bunch of no-names" or "Gibbs doesn't like his attitude and wants to show the team that no one is above it" or "Dan Snyder has mandated from above to teach Arrington a lesson about messing with his money re: arbitration bonus."

Now a bunch of us tried to tell you guys why Arrington wasn't playing- and all of our reasons were related to on-field production. They could have been right or wrong, but the opinions were focused on football. But the half the arguments back to us were emotionally charged, non-football related hyperbole. We're all Lavar Arrington supporters- he's been the franchise during the dark years, so why would we hate on him? It's just that we had a problem when some fans started saying that GW's stubborness was killing this team (have we forgotten what the strength of the team has been?) and Gibbs had too big of an ego.

After Arrington's interview last night, I can't believe some people are still dragging out the conspiricy theories (such as LaVar being forced to say the right things now). LA showed why he's my favorite player by manning up and saying he was wrong. He was wrong about his injury, he was wrong about his quality of play this season, he was wrong about his knowledge of the system till now. You know how hard that's gotta be for a pro-bowl linebacker with a 68 million dollar contract extension to say he was wrong to the media?

If he can admit that to ESPN, why is it so hard for a few people to admit to a bunch of friends on a messageboard that their Gibbs/GW vitriole was way out of line?

Fantastic post! Sums my thoughts up very nicely.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

It's already been mentioned five or six times on this thread alone, but some people still aren't seeing the point.

No one is saying anyone is stupid for thinking LaVar should have been starting instead of Holdman. You ask 100 people on this board and 99 are going to tell you that LaVar Arrington is a better player than Warrick Holdman (the lone person probably being Holdman's mommy). So no one is calling out your loyalty based on an opinion that LA should have started from the beginning.

What we've been mainly against were the reasons people were giving for the benching. It's one thing to believe Arrington should have been playing b/c you felt he a) was healthy enough or b) a 50 percent LA is better than 100 percent Holdman or c) arrington's energy and playmaking abilities outweigh his potential to give up the big play in GW's scheme.

But many of the arguments weren't football-related. They were along the lines of "Gregg Williams wants to prove he can succeed in this league with a bunch of no-names" or "Gibbs doesn't like his attitude and wants to show the team that no one is above it" or "Dan Snyder has mandated from above to teach Arrington a lesson about messing with his money re: arbitration bonus."

Now a bunch of us tried to tell you guys why Arrington wasn't playing- and all of our reasons were related to on-field production. They could have been right or wrong, but the opinions were focused on football. But the half the arguments back to us were emotionally charged, non-football related hyperbole. We're all Lavar Arrington supporters- he's been the franchise during the dark years, so why would we hate on him? It's just that we had a problem when some fans started saying that GW's stubborness was killing this team (have we forgotten what the strength of the team has been?) and Gibbs had too big of an ego.

After Arrington's interview last night, I can't believe some people are still dragging out the conspiricy theories (such as LaVar being forced to say the right things now). LA showed why he's my favorite player by manning up and saying he was wrong. He was wrong about his injury, he was wrong about his quality of play this season, he was wrong about his knowledge of the system till now. You know how hard that's gotta be for a pro-bowl linebacker with a 68 million dollar contract extension to say he was wrong to the media?

If he can admit that to ESPN, why is it so hard for a few people to admit to a bunch of friends on a messageboard that their Gibbs/GW vitriole was way out of line?

Thank you. Excellent post.

[#56fanatic]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

It's already been mentioned five or six times on this thread alone, but some people still aren't seeing the point.

No one is saying anyone is stupid for thinking LaVar should have been starting instead of Holdman. You ask 100 people on this board and 99 are going to tell you that LaVar Arrington is a better player than Warrick Holdman (the lone person probably being Holdman's mommy). So no one is calling out your loyalty based on an opinion that LA should have started from the beginning.

What we've been mainly against were the reasons people were giving for the benching. It's one thing to believe Arrington should have been playing b/c you felt he a) was healthy enough or b) a 50 percent LA is better than 100 percent Holdman or c) arrington's energy and playmaking abilities outweigh his potential to give up the big play in GW's scheme.

But many of the arguments weren't football-related. They were along the lines of "Gregg Williams wants to prove he can succeed in this league with a bunch of no-names" or "Gibbs doesn't like his attitude and wants to show the team that no one is above it" or "Dan Snyder has mandated from above to teach Arrington a lesson about messing with his money re: arbitration bonus."

Now a bunch of us tried to tell you guys why Arrington wasn't playing- and all of our reasons were related to on-field production. They could have been right or wrong, but the opinions were focused on football. But the half the arguments back to us were emotionally charged, non-football related hyperbole. We're all Lavar Arrington supporters- he's been the franchise during the dark years, so why would we hate on him? It's just that we had a problem when some fans started saying that GW's stubborness was killing this team (have we forgotten what the strength of the team has been?) and Gibbs had too big of an ego.

After Arrington's interview last night, I can't believe some people are still dragging out the conspiricy theories (such as LaVar being forced to say the right things now). LA showed why he's my favorite player by manning up and saying he was wrong. He was wrong about his injury, he was wrong about his quality of play this season, he was wrong about his knowledge of the system till now. You know how hard that's gotta be for a pro-bowl linebacker with a 68 million dollar contract extension to say he was wrong to the media?

If he can admit that to ESPN, why is it so hard for a few people to admit to a bunch of friends on a messageboard that their Gibbs/GW vitriole was way out of line?

it is a nice post. I do believe everyone out here is extatic that LaVar is finally on the field. I just want to make one point and I know I will get crap for it but here it goes.
As all of you know I was one of the biggest LaVar supporters out here. In the beginning when LaVar was saying he is 100% health, or even 90% healthy and wasn't getting the opportunity to prove himself, you didn't believe a word he was saying. When we questioned the coaches decisions and said LaVar at 90% was better than Holdman we were wrong for questioning them. Now, when LaVar comes out and says he wasn't healthy, and 100% knowledgeable, all of the sudden, you believe LaVar, hes a man for stepping up. seems funny you hear or listen to things you want to hear. We all heard from ESPN, FOX, Comcast that LaVar was healthy, ready to play that there was something else going on why he wasn't playing. that the organization was upset with LaVar and the way he was handlling everything. You tell me what organization is going to come out and say "yeah, he messed up in the offseason with the whole contract thing, then critisized the team about his injury" I dont think any team is going to come out and say that. i am not saying this is the reason he didn't play early in the season. I am just making a point that people will hear what they want to hear. People will say something is wrong with what that person said, then turn completely around if that same person says something they want to hear or agree with.

[railcon56]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

it is a nice post. I do believe everyone out here is extatic that LaVar is finally on the field. I just want to make one point and I know I will get crap for it but here it goes.
As all of you know I was one of the biggest LaVar supporters out here. In the beginning when LaVar was saying he is 100% health, or even 90% healthy and wasn't getting the opportunity to prove himself, you didn't believe a word he was saying. When we questioned the coaches decisions and said LaVar at 90% was better than Holdman we were wrong for questioning them. Now, when LaVar comes out and says he wasn't healthy, and 100% knowledgeable, all of the sudden, you believe LaVar, hes a man for stepping up. seems funny you hear or listen to things you want to hear. We all heard from ESPN, FOX, Comcast that LaVar was healthy, ready to play that there was something else going on why he wasn't playing. that the organization was upset with LaVar and the way he was handlling everything. You tell me what organization is going to come out and say "yeah, he messed up in the offseason with the whole contract thing, then critisized the team about his injury" I dont think any team is going to come out and say that. i am not saying this is the reason he didn't play early in the season. I am just making a point that people will hear what they want to hear. People will say something is wrong with what that person said, then turn completely around if that same person says something they want to hear or agree with.

Your right here lets see wasn't it ohh lavar isnt a team player ... then it was oh he wont play special teams ...then it was he is always out of postion...then it was he should keep his mouth shut...then it was well he needs to prove himself ..then it was oh he has so much to prove..... if he can still play...and then it was when Williams got too much heat it was well now he isnt healthy..... It was all BS and Lavar is taking one for the team... but u guys wanna hammer the i told u so like children...well try sucking up all the how has to prove himself and he's not a team player comments... oh and all the overrated comments ...you were wrong too ... so why not let it die this shit is old ...and what the fuck is it proving and lavar at 50% is better than any LB on that roster ..he's just being a team player and leader and speaking out so he can start ...regardless who is right what is this serving besides fighting..... and suddenly everybody is happy he's starting BS....

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by railcon56@comcast.net

Your right here lets see wasn't it ohh lavar isnt a team player ... then it was oh he wont play special teams ...then it was he is always out of postion...then it was he should keep his mouth shut...then it was well he needs to prove himself ..then it was oh he has so much to prove..... if he can still play...and then it was when Williams got too much heat it was well now he isnt healthy..... It was all BS and Lavar is taking one for the team... but u guys wanna hammer the i told u so like children...well try sucking up all the how has to prove himself and he's not a team player comments... oh and all the overrated comments ...you were wrong too ... so why not let it die this shit is old ...and what the fuck is it proving and lavar at 50% is better than any LB on that roster ..he's just being a team player and leader and speaking out so he can start ...regardless who is right what is this serving besides fighting..... and suddenly everybody is happy he's starting BS....

First off, stop the childish rant please, it doesn't prove anything or help anyone. The arguement that lavar is possibly overrated hasn't magically been overturned by his 2 tackle performance last week, and most people said they'd like him to start, so that's not BS. Some here still seem to emotionally attached to the subject to be objective about it...

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

it is a nice post. I do believe everyone out here is extatic that LaVar is finally on the field. I just want to make one point and I know I will get crap for it but here it goes.
As all of you know I was one of the biggest LaVar supporters out here. In the beginning when LaVar was saying he is 100% health, or even 90% healthy and wasn't getting the opportunity to prove himself, you didn't believe a word he was saying. When we questioned the coaches decisions and said LaVar at 90% was better than Holdman we were wrong for questioning them. Now, when LaVar comes out and says he wasn't healthy, and 100% knowledgeable, all of the sudden, you believe LaVar, hes a man for stepping up. seems funny you hear or listen to things you want to hear. We all heard from ESPN, FOX, Comcast that LaVar was healthy, ready to play that there was something else going on why he wasn't playing. that the organization was upset with LaVar and the way he was handlling everything. You tell me what organization is going to come out and say "yeah, he messed up in the offseason with the whole contract thing, then critisized the team about his injury" I dont think any team is going to come out and say that. i am not saying this is the reason he didn't play early in the season. I am just making a point that people will hear what they want to hear. People will say something is wrong with what that person said, then turn completely around if that same person says something they want to hear or agree with.

maybe no one believes lavar, and its just that what he's saying happens to agree with what the coaches and everyone else are saying right now... that's a REALLY weak arguement.

[That Guy]

i wont quote you again, but that is a good post

[EternalEnigma21]

holy crap... you guys are still carrying this crap out... BOTH sides of the argument are wrong, and its done. Its settled. He's not talking crap in the media, and he's back on the field where he belongs. I think this would be fitting here:




I know this has been around for a while, but when I saw it in the super happy fun thread, I spewed milk out of my nose.

[railcon56]

Originally Posted by canthetuna

holy crap... you guys are still carrying this crap out... BOTH sides of the argument are wrong, and its done. Its settled. He's not talking crap in the media, and he's back on the field where he belongs. I think this would be fitting here:




I know this has been around for a while, but when I saw it in the super happy fun thread, I spewed milk out of my nose.

I agree i am leaving for the game in 1 hr i'm very excited...

[MTK]

Wow, what a surprise, another thread going nowhere.

goodbye