tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post6882912866676553727..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Gregg Easterbrook Not One to Miss a Chance to be Haughty Chimes in on the Saints Bounty ScandalBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-6823562230533272802012-03-12T08:55:38.702-04:002012-03-12T08:55:38.702-04:00Justin, I would really think Gregg Easterbrook wou...Justin, I would really think Gregg Easterbrook would have said something if the coach of his son's team was exhibiting behavior like that. I would hope so. <br /><br />I probably shouldn't have used the word "culpable," but while he is talking about it now, he probably should have said something at the time if he was so disturbed.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-72429904127670290912012-03-11T22:02:56.173-04:002012-03-11T22:02:56.173-04:00If Gregg was in the locker room, it's very lik...If Gregg was in the locker room, it's very likely because he had a son playing on the team, and/or he was an assistant coach on the team.<br /><br />It doesn't necessarily make him <i>culpable</i>, but it makes him a damned hypocrite that he said nothing at the time, then years later puts the incident in print to support his own self-righteousness.Justin Zethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960963276563539839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-14843293653239177652012-03-11T21:41:15.082-04:002012-03-11T21:41:15.082-04:00Rich, that is part of the issue with Gregg's s...Rich, that is part of the issue with Gregg's statements. It is hard for a player to tackle another player really hard, but not too hard. Sure, don't try to injure the guy, but there is a line where a defensive player isn't going to pull up in an effort to not hit a player too hard b/c he won't make the tackle. <br /><br />I see no reason how the Vick situation and this situation are entirely comparable. There are so many differences. Vick committed a crime and it appears Williams/the Saints did not. That's the first difference. <br /><br />Nasty, violent hits do happen w/o bounties and I'm afraid every hard hit is now going to be seen as part of a bounty.<br /><br />I did not punch a puppy, but I did emotionally abuse a kitten through verbal mockery. <br /><br />The Saints Super Bowl is not tainted. I'm sure Saints fans are returning their Saints 2009 Super Champ gear right now. <br /><br />Proper tackling can go a long way to preventing injuries and also reducing head-to-head hits. <br /><br />Justin, Gregg says he didn't do anything. Does that make him culpable in some way? Possibly, but I have no idea why he was in the locker room. I'm scared to guess.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-24370700344619374202012-03-10T19:07:29.966-05:002012-03-10T19:07:29.966-05:00I wonder if Gregg called out the coach and reporte...I wonder if Gregg called out the coach and reported him to the authorities at the time for demanding that his players injure someone from the other team.<br /><br />(Hint: Ponder the question of why would Gregg be in a high school football team's locker room at halftime.)Justin Zethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960963276563539839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-1584169064040380422012-03-09T23:32:48.942-05:002012-03-09T23:32:48.942-05:00Sinnersgate is about being paid to cause injury, w...<b>Sinnersgate is about being paid to cause injury, which takes a beautiful sport and makes it a low, filthy thing.</b><br /><br />Here's the thing that makes in clear Gregg never actually played football.<br /><br />Most defensive players already try to hurt the other players. Whether intentionally or not, defensive players try to hit the offensive players as hard as possible - which tends to leave people injured, regardless of intent.<br /><br />Logically, bounties can't be that big a deal because offenses could easily take advantage of a defense twitching with anticipation to injure a particular player.<br /><br />James Harrison even admitted that he plays to hurt people, I guess that's why Dick LaBeau is a HOF coach - inspires his players to hurt the opposition for free.<br /><br /><b>The league is setting a terrible example for the overwhelming majority of football players who, unlike NFL players, never receive a dime from the sport.</b><br /><br />Right, the league is setting a terrible example through this, but the constant legal issues the players have ::cough:: Sam Hurd ::cough::? Pfft.<br /><br /><b>Michael Vick went to prison for nearly two years for harming dogs, which he should not have done.</b><br /><br /><b>But if prison was the fair punishment for causing harm to animals, the punishment Williams faces must be severe.</b><br /><br />These sentences made me laugh uncontrollably for multiple reasons:<br /><br />1. Vick didn't go to jail for "harming" dogs, he fucking killed them.<br /><br />2. Vick didn't go to jail for killing dogs, he went to jail for running an illegal gambling operation.<br /><br />3. "which he should not have done" is the most unnecessary ends to a sentence I've ever seen. He shouldn't have hurt the dogs? Shit. ::puts taser away::<br /><br />4. Vick took animals that could not consent to competition and got them killed or seriously hurt. NFL players are all consenting individuals playing a game that often leads to horrific injuries.<br /><br />And if you're main argument is "what does this teach kids?" Then you have to see how <i>committing a felony</i> is far worse than playing the sport slightly more viciously than normal.<br /><br /><b>forearm to the chin by New Orleans linebacker Scott Fujita.</b><br /><br />A Viking player cleated a Packer in the crotch, no bounty involved.<br /><br />Suh nearly killed Cutler, McCoy and Delhomme, no bounty involved.<br /><br />Nasty, violent hits happen in the NFL regardless of "bounties."<br /><br /><i>I'm not sure why, but this sentence makes me want to punch a puppy.</i><br /><br />Don't do it Ben! Gregg showed that we shouldn't do this kind of stuff!<br /><br /><b>The Saints' Super Bowl win is now tainted.</b><br /><br />So by this logic, all of the Steelers championships are tainted due to steroids or James Harrison.<br /><br /><b> football must be reformed... to eliminate the encouragement of vicious play.</b><br /><br />If you taught kids to wrap up and not launch themselves at the opposing player, you'd see injuries go down too and I think that's something the NFL can actually encourage.richnoreply@blogger.com