I know that Phin fans have been in the past huge R. Williams supporters and would like to set aside his early retirement fiasco from last year, but when you look at the way that RW was being utilized within the MIA offense as it's bread and butter it is easy to see what Ricky's beef was with the Wanny administration and the lack of upgrade that was being made at key skill positions.
Alot of MIA fans and especially players see Ricky as a guy that quit on his teammates, but none of his team can say that they accounted for as much of the Phins offensive production and still produced every Sunday even though every opponent had the BluePrint to stopping the MIA offense.. Stop Ricky!
At the rate that RW was being run he may have cut his career in half at a position that has an average of about a 5 year span.. something had to be done about Wanny's decision making.
The best that Dave could do to sure up the QB position was bringing in a Feeley to replace Feidler.. not a drastic upgrade to justfy Ricky hanging around for another season of beatings.
Ricky retires and in comes Ronnie Brown the Rookie with maximum potential, couple that with Saban "The Next Big Thing" to make the jump from College to the Pro coaching ranks and as much hype as Spurrier had in DC and all of a sudden the Phins once again have a pulse.
Ronnie has franchise potential but Ricky is a proven Franchise type back and he stays healthy without down time due to injury.
If Ricky comes back and produces like the Ricky of old after his suspension does that make him more valuable to the Phins as Trade Bait or could he resume his career in MIA where he left off, 30 carries/GM and 1500 yds/season?
Alot of MIA fans and especially players see Ricky as a guy that quit on his teammates, but none of his team can say that they accounted for as much of the Phins offensive production and still produced every Sunday even though every opponent had the BluePrint to stopping the MIA offense.. Stop Ricky!
At the rate that RW was being run he may have cut his career in half at a position that has an average of about a 5 year span.. something had to be done about Wanny's decision making.
The best that Dave could do to sure up the QB position was bringing in a Feeley to replace Feidler.. not a drastic upgrade to justfy Ricky hanging around for another season of beatings.
Ricky retires and in comes Ronnie Brown the Rookie with maximum potential, couple that with Saban "The Next Big Thing" to make the jump from College to the Pro coaching ranks and as much hype as Spurrier had in DC and all of a sudden the Phins once again have a pulse.
Ronnie has franchise potential but Ricky is a proven Franchise type back and he stays healthy without down time due to injury.
If Ricky comes back and produces like the Ricky of old after his suspension does that make him more valuable to the Phins as Trade Bait or could he resume his career in MIA where he left off, 30 carries/GM and 1500 yds/season?
