smashmowf Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 man, my neice doesn't get attached like some of you grown "men" do. lavar is no longer a redskin and should be treated accordingly. if you are a "fan" and you cheer for that chump you've become a giant fan. I swear, yall act like he birthed your first born. he was a cool guy and all but what has he done in the past two years? Well said, my friend...WELL SAID! :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterchief Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 :gaintsuck He's a Giant now, thumbs down. It was easy for him being loyal with huge paychecks. For as many great plays he made, he made just as many mistakes. Once you turn to the dark side there is no love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins55 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 The boos' will rain down Fed Ex and rightly so...... Traitor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photo4u Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 My buddy and I will be burning an authentic 56 Arrington jersey in the parking lot before the game, if anyone would like to join in and add to the bonfire. Should we call it the Bonfire of the Vanities?The other day at the Hall of Fame stadium store, I was offered a free kids' jersey for purchasing more than $100 of merchandise. The choices were Arrington or Ramsey. I didn't really want my son wearing either one, but I figured out in about 2 nano-seconds that I'd rather take the Ramsey. But now I kind of wish that I'd have gotten the Arrington, to add to the bonfire on December 30. Folks on here are funny!!!! You are going to act like that because of a dag on football player!!!!!! Give me a break, some of you folks need something else to do with your lives other then think a jock broke your hearts!!!!! As I have said before, if you were put in that same set of circumstances you probably would have done the same thing that he did. Good grief!!!!! How about this take that hostility that you have for him out on a basketball or football, or a golf ball. Get out and play yourself!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Caish Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 If I could be there I had better hear boos. He didn't set any records, he didn't win any SB's, He was a decent player while he was here. There is no reason to treat him for what he is and right now he is a Giant. Thanks for the highlights Lavar, but we are going to win without you now. The defense only got better during his absence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinPride27 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I wouldn't boo nor cheer him if I was there. I pull for the Redskins and the players wearing the jerseys and when they dont wear the jersey anymore, then I stop pulling for them. I appreciate the good things he did, but he's now the enemy, he's wearing Giant Blue. If he does well, the Giants do well, and we dont want that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyfar Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Gee I wonder how many people stand up and cheered for Derek Smith came back to Fed Ex last fall as a Niner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOOPSKIN28 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 This is what I will shout and I quote: "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundy47 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Probably a moot discussion - by December 30 he will either be benched or injured. But I will boo him anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcarey032 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I think that lavar set himself up by saying he would be a redskin for life and would retire before he would go elsewhere. He put his own foot in his mouth and if he gets booed then in my opinion he deserves it. Obviously, the coaching staff knows what they are doing if they decided to let him go. Yes he has talent and he did do a lot for us, but he also got beat at trying to be a hero and our team paid the price. As much as he was responsible for wins he was responsible for losses as well. In closing, I would say that he should get booed when comes here. He is now a vistor in a divsion rival. If he were playing for the steelers or the falcons or some other team I could see people applauding, but he wanted to show up the team by going to a divsion rival and by doing that he wants to show up the team. Best of luck to him he is going to need it when comes into Fed EX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdlives Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Just out of curiosity...since so much of your diatribe assaults the man's character.....what have you done in the local community? what makes you (or all others really) qualified to judge the man? what makes you a paragon of virtue entitled to revile another person? there is the business of football...and there is the person above and beyond football. you people flip like a light switch...makes one wonder how much substance is really there. Not really a valid point at all. Give me time off work for 2 months out of the year and $68million and I'll be at the Boys and Girls clubs every day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfbovey Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Arrington was great to the community. Anyone commenting negatively on Arrington in that regard just comes off sounding like a jilted whiney *****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 "Not really a valid point at all. Give me time off work for 2 months out of the year and $68million and I'll be at the Boys and Girls clubs every day of the week." uh huh. I did volunteer work at Children's Hospital while holding down a full time job. It's not a contingency based virtue - you either do it or you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdlives Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 "Not really a valid point at all. Give me time off work for 2 months out of the year and $68million and I'll be at the Boys and Girls clubs every day of the week."uh huh. I did volunteer work at Children's Hospital while holding down a full time job. It's not a contingency based virtue - you either do it or you don't. To defend LaVar Arrington based on who he is outside of football is ludicris at best. These are things a guy with his kind of money and time SHOULD be doing. To call out fans who don't have the privileges that this guy has for not taking into consideration that LaVar spends some time doing charity work doesn't make any sense. As you said before, there is the business of football. That is what this discussion is about. People are bashing LaVar for the things he did within this context. I don't recall seeing a single post about how terrible a person LaVar is outside of this context. What makes us paragons of virtue? What makes you a paragon of virtue entitled to revile anybody here? You calling people out for disparaging LaVar is no better than them calling him out and disparaging him. Hi pot, meet kettle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 "To defend LaVar Arrington based on who he is outside of football is ludicris at best. These are things a guy with his kind of money and time SHOULD be doing. To call out fans who don't have the privileges that this guy has for not taking into consideration that LaVar spends some time doing charity work doesn't make any sense. As you said before, there is the business of football. That is what this discussion is about. People are bashing LaVar for the things he did within this context. I don't recall seeing a single post about how terrible a person LaVar is outside of this context. What makes us paragons of virtue? What makes you a paragon of virtue entitled to revile anybody here? You calling people out for disparaging LaVar is no better than them calling him out and disparaging him. Hi pot, meet kettle." yawn. maybe in your view of the world. there are PR appearances and there is community service. "should" is a normative term. it would seem the weights are a bit uneven on this balance. ok for you to lard the conversation with value based assertions but not others? Arrington was called out by other players as being above and beyond when it came to community service. read the posts. Arrington's character, intelligence (some of it blatantly racist), etc., etc., was attacked on multiple occasions. the notion in play...in case the subtlty escaped you...was the arrant lack of balance in these posts. LA was in it for the money - that much was obvious from day 1 when he quibbled with the NFL over jersey proceeds. so why is anyone surprised? the signals were there all along. he had great games, he had mediocre games. he dominated and he was injured. he rolled over for management and he fought it at other times. he said the right things and he said he said the wrong things. I'll just have to live with the public shame of calling people out. it's a horrible burden to bear. btw....you never answered the question...what have you done? what obligation have you felt to help others? what is it you "should" be doing? and please...having the time...having the money.......are....well....excuses that do not recognize the inherent goodness in what was done and the sort of character that engages in these things. on a tangent...let's get real...the thread itself is silly: "Am I going to boo an opposing team's player at a Skins' game?" now there's a deep subject for ya! much of this and other posts reads more like a jilted EX caterwauling publicly - it's more revealing of the poster than the target! so...this pot bids adieu to you fair kettle..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmpuglez Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I said this in a round about way in another thread. I'm concerned about him playing against us. He's healthy, a smart player and very strong. No matter what we know about him, he's still going to be a challenge. But no hard feelings, I still respect him as a player. No cheers or boos. That is until the skins do something good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRay Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I will applaud him as well I have no ill feelings towards him even though he might have some bitterness towards the Skins. I wish him well really not against us of course, I wish nothing but pain not in a sense where he would get injuried you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmania123 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I am sad LA is gone, and I will definitely applaud his efforts against everyone but US. My hope is he gets smashed against us, misses assignments, and just sucks up the joint...but I like him as a player, and I really agree with the sentiment that he supported our team when we just blew in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMONEY Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I wish Lavar well but not at the expense of the burgundy and gold. :gaintsuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmilton Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I hated to see Lavar go I'm still some what of a fan of his. Joe Gibbs made a way for him to stay but he choice to go. I wouldn't boo the guy if I were at Fed Ex when he returned to play agianst us ( unless he had gone to Dallas) but I sure as heck want be pulling for him. I hope our guys wear him and his new team the Gaints out. rmilton Texas' biggest Redskins fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish50 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 If he's not a Redskin, you BOOOOOOOOOOOOO him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdlives Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 yawn. maybe in your view of the world. there are PR appearances and there is community service. "should" is a normative term. it would seem the weights are a bit uneven on this balance. ok for you to lard the conversation with value based assertions but not others? Arrington was called out by other players as being above and beyond when it came to community service. read the posts. Arrington's character, intelligence (some of it blatantly racist), etc., etc., was attacked on multiple occasions. the notion in play...in case the subtlty escaped you...was the arrant lack of balance in these posts. LA was in it for the money - that much was obvious from day 1 when he quibbled with the NFL over jersey proceeds. so why is anyone surprised? the signals were there all along. he had great games, he had mediocre games. he dominated and he was injured. he rolled over for management and he fought it at other times. he said the right things and he said he said the wrong things. I'll just have to live with the public shame of calling people out. it's a horrible burden to bear. btw....you never answered the question...what have you done? what obligation have you felt to help others? what is it you "should" be doing? and please...having the time...having the money.......are....well....excuses that do not recognize the inherent goodness in what was done and the sort of character that engages in these things. on a tangent...let's get real...the thread itself is silly: "Am I going to boo an opposing team's player at a Skins' game?" now there's a deep subject for ya! much of this and other posts reads more like a jilted EX caterwauling publicly - it's more revealing of the poster than the target! so...this pot bids adieu to you fair kettle..... :doh: Firstly, I'm smart enough to know that a message board is not the place to post my charitable resume. Your hubris is staggering. Please let us commoners know when you get down off your high-horse. Until then keep your nose in the sky and argue the finer points of human nature by yourself. I'm done. Please feel free to put me on your ignore list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 errr...I'm not the one attacking others in a public forumn. just questioning what qualifies you and others to do so. you can shut your mind down as you chose...... btw...not asking for your resume.....it usually takes one instance to refute a generalization......but yes...you're just the best person in the world and are fully within your rights to come on the board and rip some player you have no personal knowledge of......have at it! as for being a commoner...not sure how we got there from "what qualifies you...."....but I suppose that's all part of the "game"......as for human nature...glad to hear that's low on your list of priorities....but we knew that already....toodles!!!!! almost forgot...one would think that hubris is more aptly applied to those bashing Arrington in such a reckless fashion...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish50 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 errr...I'm not the one attacking others in a public forumn. just questioning what qualifies you and others to do so. you can shut your mind down as you chose......btw...not asking for your resume.....it usually takes one instance to refute a generalization......but yes...you're just the best person in the world and are fully within your rights to come on the board and rip some player you have no personal knowledge of......have at it! as for being a commoner...not sure how we got there from "what qualifies you...."....but I suppose that's all part of the "game"......as for human nature...glad to hear that's low on your list of priorities....but we knew that already....toodles!!!!! almost forgot...one would think that hubris is more aptly applied to those bashing Arrington in such a reckless fashion...... Toodles?...........:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 yup.....said that once or twice while dropping ordnance as well! hit the aim point every time......American technology is such a nice thing...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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