This is some Johnny Manziel type behavior...
J-train Goes Off The Rails. Former Dolphins Running Back Jay Ajayi In Legal Hot Water
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This is some Johnny Manziel type behavior...
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You can talk negatively about Gase and the Ajayi situation all you want, but Gase has a problem with players who feel there are entitled and rightfully so. Ajayi was/is a me first guy who put his own wants ahead of the team and when he won the SB instead of remaining quiet and humble, talked a lot of ****. Gase made the right move getting rid of his a$$.
Not condoning Ajayi's action but there's always two sides to a story. These instances where the short term rental landlords try to make some extra cash when they find out their tenant is a celeb is becoming more common. $25,000 is an extreme amount of damage.
it was 10K in damages and 15K in fines (5K for each party), plus you gotta think even if the damage only comes out to 5K he could lose more than that in downtime that the residence is not rentable. I smoke but I don't like my hotel rooms (or my personal house or car) to smell like smoke, so I used to pay and request non smoking hotel rooms, and that's for a $200 a night hotel. you could imagine if you paid 2-3K a night for a mansion (probably a lot more than that) , you definitely don't want it reaking of smoke and you are going to find the owner in breach of rentee contract if you pay out and his end of the bargain isn't held up to. the house is going to be out of commission for at least two days to try to get the smoke smell out, it said tables and floors were damaged, im sure those could both be replaced in a day, but id almost bet that its not linoleum on the floor of a mansion.
the only negative issue I can find with him regarding his pre draft behavior was shoplifting when he was a freshman. Kiko did a lot worse in college I got multiple chances and he eventually grew up and hasn't been an issue off the field. Figure Cam Newton stole laptops in college and was still #1 pick, and he's grown up to, well, ummm dress like a grandma in his press conferences. so the shoplifting freshmen year might''ve dropped him 1-2 picks, but the knee is what dropped him 4 rounds. he was the man though in boise so of course they prob fed his ego, and plus with a school like them striving on national attention I would highly doubt they'd let too many issues appear on the front if the player could keep his mouth shut on his own
Lets see Gase win with his own players before praising him to much. Getting 2 4th round picks following a probowl season for 2 such players is very disappointing. VERY poor personal decisions imo.
I think hes TRYING to get his own players...and yes I know you said win with them....
Holdovers
qb-Tanne
hb-none
wr/te- dvp/stills
OL- James
DL- Phillips/wake
LB- Hull
DB- Aikens, Jones, Lippet, McCain
ST- GOAT
that's actually pretty insane if you look at it, but it shows you that he wants HIS team. 12 players left from the previous regime
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I agree...let's win and see...
I disagree with getting 2 4th round picks was very disappointing.....those 2 players did not fit financially and did not fit the chemistry Gase wants from his team...getting anything for them is a step in the right direction IMO....holding onto those players would not have allowed him to move as much because given their status...they would have been starters...we couldn't win with them so what value do they really have in the big picture?...they only hamstring you from moving forward
I give him praise for having the fortitude to do what it takes to field a team in his vision...something others before him have either neglected or failed to do....can his plan fail?...sure...but I believe he has ...Began with the end in mind....he sees the finish line and knows what to do to get there IMO...we will see...again, it's not like the players jettisoned were getting us anywhere....
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I guess he's letting the fame get to his head! Sad case of great talent bad attitude....
I guess he's letting the fame get to his head! Sad case of great talent bad attitude....
I'm ok he's gone but have to take that with a grain of salt when you consider the source
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OMG an NFL player having a party??? Absurd!
Sounds like a pretty bad house guest though
It was destructive though! That is why litigation is occuring!
Having been surrounded by Eagles fans most of my life, I second this. Tough love there, man, but if you are loyal to them, they will back you through almost anything.
Jay Ajayi is still on his rookie contract as a 5th round pick. How do you say bargain. Laundry was a bargain. Based on.both their performances they were Huge bargains. Looking at bargains lets do a little math shall we. Not knowing how good Jay A. was when we released Miller.we spent a high 3rd on Drake and paid a decent amount to sign Foster. Both barely saw the field that year. This year we spent a 4 th on a running back to replace Jay A. that we drafted with a 5 th. Thats drafting and spending backwards. You eventually run out of money and picks going this direction. Not impressed. Thus Gase needs to win now to justify moves like these imo.
THE HIS TEAM EXCUSE. Yea its rinse repeat, rinse repeat time and again the same ole song just a different coach singing it. Ever since Shula was run out of town the coaches that followed him sing that song as their excuse on why they cant win now. We need a Shula clone who as they used to say about Shula he can whip.your team with his players and whip his players with your players. Based on the past performances of the coaches preceding Gase wanting their guys too we probably are in for more disappointment. Go phins