bigmiamifan
Perennial All-Pro
ckparrothead said:The part you don't understand, Driven, and I'm being honest and forthright here...is that if Ricky had made this announcement, say, a few weeks after the 2003 season got done with...everyone would be very very disappointed...
...but what they would NOT be, is all mad. Nobody would be upset with Ricky for deciding to retire. We're all well-acquainted with his past and his M.O. and how he never really enjoyed football that much.
What everyone is absolutely livid about, is how he did this a week before training camp at a time when the team has no choice but to have a guy like Travis Minor tow the line. There were RBs available in free agency, and there were RBs available in the draft. Ricky has been thinking about retirement for a long time, had resolved that this would be his last year months ago, and never told anyone. Instead, he decided to let the marijuana thing culminate in his retirement, a week before training camp and 48 hours after the last decent RB become unavailable.
Thats the source of our anger. I for one have thought about his POV...and I think many others have.
For all we know, Ricky waited to see what additions would be made to the OL and how they fared in camp and who the OC would be and his ability to run an offense. If Feeley's comments are true, that might have worn on Ricky.
Hell, I'm glad he did it now and not in preseason.