TripleThreat wrote:misterearl wrote:... how difficult would it be to show up on day one to support his potential teammates? What is on his schedule that is more important than introducing himself, getting to know the guys and just being present vas a sign of support?
How difficult is that?
Peyton Manning was apparently in an interview predraft with a NFL GM, and he was asked, what would you do if I drafted you right now if I could? Manning's answer was get on the first flight to X city, meet with the offensive coordinator and meet with his receivers and start breaking down the playbook, that there was a lot of work to do. The GM asked then, what if my team never drafts you at all? Manning answered, then I will spent the rest of my career beating the living **** out of your team and making you pay for not drafting me. Apparently he ended the sentence with Sir.
When Ryan Leaf, the other QB1 prospect at the time in the running for the first overall pick, was asked the same question, he said he would throw a party for him and his friends to celebrate getting drafted. One scouting report came out years later about Ryan Leaf, saying " the kind of player who will sit on the TV and watch the couch ", i.e. denoting he was not only a player with a poor work ethic, but one with a low IQ in general.
Over time, when Manning would get a new WR, he would sit down with them as rookies, and then show them how to use the team laptops to watch game film and how to break down plays. Then he'd drill with them in the offseason. During halftime and breaks ingame, he'd scour over photos of gameplay and tendencies with his receivers. He's the first in to work and the last to leave. He makes sure to socialize with his offensive linemen as a group, then again with his receiving corps.
His work ethic is unquestioned. His desire to win is unquestioned. His word in the organization is unquestioned.
Win or lose, the blood is there, evident, all over the field.
Melo - the kind of guy who sits on the TV and watches the couch.
It would be one thing if he was stone dead silent. Just didn't say anything and went about the job like a job. But he represents a pure net negative impact with the intangibles. Whenever a mic in his face, he finds a way to say the most anti team/stupidest thing possible. You're just dumb when you say stupid things. You shift into full blown imbecile when you don't know when to shut up. Ever.
If Zinger, in a rare form, has a solid stretch of putting up solid numbers, and MSG is rocking and people are screaming MVP at him, are we really going to be surprised when Melo throws a tantrum over it?
i am a fan of this post... but in my mind it comes close to piling on since the vast majority of fans, even the ones who are slavish about defending him, acknowledge he just does not have the leadership or mental fortitude of a true franchise player. "he is who he is. we accept that about him. he is a simply a very talented player, a "scorer", and not such a bad guy."
so far as bbiq i suppose that is more open to debate-- i think he is stupid on the court and i think he is stupid off the court.
no question his jealousy of others comes across as bitchy....
knicks win 38-43 games in 16-17. rose MUST shoot no more than 14 shots per game, defer to kp6 + melo, and have a usage rate of less than 25%
7/12/2015 5:33 PM