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Ricky's new comments irk me

Jimmy James said:
If Ricky came in talking about how he was going to have another 2002, people would be blasting him for not being a team player and for being selfish. What exactly can Ricky say to please some of you?
BS, JJ that's pretty weak coming from you. Anyone who wishes to question Ricky's commitment is more than justified based on his past actions. Even more so their questions are justified by Ricky's current motivation to play professional ball.........money.
 
Megatron said:
BS, JJ that's pretty weak coming from you. Anyone who wishes to question Ricky's commitment is more than justified based on his past actions. Even more so their questions are justified by Ricky's current motivation to play professional ball.........money.

If somebody wants to question Ricky, they don't need the pretext of taking something he said at a PC out of context to do so. That is what is weak.
 
Jimmy James said:
If somebody wants to question Ricky, they don't need the pretext of taking something he said at a PC out of context to do so. That is what is weak.
How's it out of context?? In fact it was well within his chartacter to reply selfishly. This is nothing new. We've scene it before.
 
Megatron said:
How's it out of context?? In fact it was well within his chartacter to reply selfishly. This is nothing new. We've scene it before.

See the other replies in the thread by others who haven't just pulled two sentences out of the PC.

I'm not going to argue with those who choose to act like Ricky spit in their mama's face about their opinion. To do so would seem silly to me. What I will argue about is trumping up any old reason to bring it up. Seriously -- what's next? Ricky looks down a little too long and somebody interprets it as him longing for the grass?
 
Jimmy James said:
See the other replies in the thread by others who haven't just pulled two sentences out of the PC.

I'm not going to argue with those who choose to act like Ricky spit in their mama's face about their opinion. To do so would seem silly to me. What I will argue about is trumping up any old reason to bring it up. Seriously -- what's next? Ricky looks down a little too long and somebody interprets it as him longing for the grass?
I didn't mean to come off as confrontational by calling your comment "weak". I meant that you usually have a much more defensible comment and that was not up to your high standard. That said people are more than entitled to critisise anyone they want at any time, and Ricky is a nice public target. The guy is a first class head case and I wouldn't be surprised if he is gone by the end of camp.
 
If I've learned anything since last year, it's that Ricky doesn't even know the words coming out of his own mouth. Don't dissect them. He has REAL difficulty expressing himself in public.
 
KB21 said:
I think that's been one of Ricky's issues with football anyway. He has always tried to stay out of the spotlight. I took his comments to mean that he just wants to blend in with the team as opposed to being the star. He can be criticized for a lot of things, but I think this may be an empty criticism of him. He doesn't desire to be the star of the team, and he never really has desired to be the star of the team.

I take it to mean that he just wants to leave his old life (Pot) behind and start anew. Too bad I also doubt he can do it and will be smoking again before seasons out. I see him failing a drug test and trying to blame it on a perscription drug.
 
enigmatics said:
...........most of you know that I completely disagree with having him on the Phins..........and perhaps I'm knit-picking a tad here, but Ricky's latest comments irk me.

I think it's great the man doesn't want to look back. That's fine, who legitimately wants to constantly be stuck in the rut of the past. Yet some of us have been questioning the man's heart and desire since he decided he wanted back. He's not really commented up to this point what he is set out to do now that he's back other than really general statements that most football players make........until now. The whole "I don't expect to get back to where I was a few years ago," just doesn't sound kosher to me.

A guy with passion to play again, would openly come out and say he wants to come back and dominate. Ricky's comments, to me, translate into "Ya I'm back, I don't want to be bugged about the past, just let me play no matter the result." Doesn't sound like lofty goals to me.

Anybody else get that impression?

you should head his advice and look forward. your obessed with the past. move on.
 
No his comments do not irk me. I am glad he left the team last year. I did not like the way he did it, but I thought overall it was the right move. Wannstadt was a disaster so Ricky got the hell out, and I do not blame him. To me it does not matter that we were 4-12 last year - I prefer that to 9 and 7 or even 10 and 6 and out of the playoffs. Dumbstadt would have been kept on and Feeley would be battling Fiedler. Taylor and Thomas would have had more tread taken off of them and this whole calamity could have gone on and on and on.

Your negative sentiments towards Ricky reflect the majority. In my opinion, a lot of indignity over a player priemere player who chose not to go through the abuse of playing week in and week out that is the NFL in a hopeless situation. Saban is absolutely correct in NOT honoring your majority opinion. He is right to not even take it into consideration, which I said he would not prior to Ricky returning.

Fans, imo, are strange. Guys who are ex-cons, in trouble with the law for domestic abuse, alleged assaults (Redskins safety), or other very serious moral infractions are welcomed, but guys who have offended some imagined ethic of the locker-room are excoriated -bizzarre!

Ricky is eccentric, very intelligent and very talented. We knew this when dumbstadt traded the kitchen sink for him, and many predicted strange things may occur. So what's the complaint? We all got a buyer beware sticker and we still laid our future draft choices out to the Saints. It was a good move then, because Saban is making silk out of a pigs ear now.

Ricky's comments to me are interesting. They show something other then the same old trite "we played good offense, good defense, got up and down the field well. We were really able to execute well and I think coach really got us prepared for the game."

All of my prediction to date about Ricky and Saban have come true. I posted he would return, on time, in good shape. I also predicted that he will absolutely tear it up on the field this year. Ricky is a man on a mission. So put your seatbelt on and get yourself on the learning curve!

Thanks Ricky - and thank you Nicky!
 
I stand by my original thoughts from three years ago whne we traded for him. He's a fruitcake. He'll always be a fruitcake.
 
Ozzy said:
A lot of people never wanted Ricky back in a Dolphins uniform. A lot of people no longer respect JJ's opinions either. Both of these fools turned their backs on the Dolphins logo, and that is just hard to swallow. Don't you get that? It's not like these people are calling for their deaths.

It's good that Ricky appologized to everyone involved though. For this I might just be able to cheer him. But from this TRUE FAN (thats what I know for a fact I am), I'm going to rip him anytime I see fit.

Sorry......


Ok..maybe I went a little too far with my "not a true fan" comments...

But seriously man, we need to get over this. No I'm not telling you that you should..I'm making a generalization...He's part of the team now and is going to try and help us win...

Learn to seperate Ricky the player from Ricky the person. Can you blame him for quitting? Ricky is a smart dude. He saw what was going on. He saw the ineptitude of the coaching staff and saw that it was going no where. ..He did what he wanted to do and left?

What's better..staying around when you're heart's not in it or being around when it is?

The jury is still out on the latter..but at least give him the benefit of the doubt..for now.
 
My opinion: What he's doing is saying that he's not really setting goals.
He's living for the present, not the future. That would be a good thing due to the fact that it would be a sign of him keeping expectations off of himself. This would lower the stress factor. It's a positive thing. He's still gonna blow up some defenses this year.
 
Ricky's comments are bourne out of his new "philosophy of life" taken from his holistic medicine training..."Live for the moment", "moving forward", be concerned with today, rather than yesterday"....

That being said...I personally think it and RW are a crock of ka-ka....I say we get what we can from him as a RB, but they'll be no tears when he hangs up his cleats for good from me...The issue with that "philosophy" is how soon will it be that his concern for the moment turns into another trip into the Outback ! We all need to face the fact that this guy is, at best, unreliable. Sure, he'll be able to turn the corner like he has in the past (in time), but how long will he be doing that is the real question...
 
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