rv581 Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2003/playoffs/news/2003/01/08/steelers_coffee_ap/ Feel the burn Steelers' Porter says Titans assistant poured coffee on him Posted: Wednesday January 08, 2003 11:16 PM PITTSBURGH (AP) -- NFL coaches are accustomed to being drenched in Gatorade. Dousing players with a hot beverage isn't customary, but Steelers linebacker Joey Porter is accusing a Tennessee assistant coach of doing that to him. The All-Pro linebacker remains angry that Titans strength and conditioning coach Steve Watterson spilled the beverage on him as he tumbled out of bounds during Tennessee's 31-23 victory Nov. 17. The Steelers and Titans will play in an NFL divisional playoff game Saturday, and Porter plans to use the incident as motivation. "I tackled [steve] McNair and we went out of bounds, and a little baldheaded guy came over and threw some coffee on me," Porter said. "He thought he was slick about it. He handed the cup to his player. I saw the whole thing on tape. "I was hoping we'd get to play them again." Porter said one of the cameras used by coaches to record plays from different angles caught the act. "I could have gone to the league and tried to make him lose his job over that because he tried to burn me," Porter said. "But I'm not going to worry about that. Coffee is not going to kill me ... it was just coffee. It was cold that day, anyway." Several Steelers teammates said Porter later related the incident to them. "Joey told us what happened and a lot of guys were in disbelief," safety Lee Flowers said. "Personally, I can't believe the NFL would let a coach get away with that. If that was a player who did that, we would be suspended. It's just uncalled for for a coach to do that to a player. We're all supposed to be family in the NFL. What if the coffee was scalding hot?" The Titans say it was chicken broth, not coffee, and that it accidentally spilled onto Porter as players piled into the bench area. Titans publicist Robbie Bohren said as players, coaches and others working along the sidelines moved swiftly to get out of the way, the chicken broth accidentally spilled from Watterson's cup. Watterson was apparently trying to move others out of the way at the time. "It wasn't done maliciously," Bohren said. "There was a lot of stuff going on and it spilled out." Steelers publicist Ron Wahl isn't certain if the team reported the incident to the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskin56 Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 Just goes to show that when you can't find enought motivation to get you and your team riled up to play the opposition........................... You make something out of nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stricknine Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 I don't remember ther ever being as much trash talk between playoff teams as there is this year. The Jets and Raiders are going back and forth as well, with the Raiders O-line even calling the Jets' D-line non athletic pu$$ies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskin56 Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 I'd just love to see the Skins in a position to trash talk at this time of year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thito_da_skins_fan Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 Originally posted by redskin56 I'd just love to see the Skins in a position to trash talk at this time of year! me too :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Originally posted by rv581 "There was a lot of stuff going on and it spilled out." Yeah, and Dexter Manley REALLY had to sneeze at the end of that game against the Saints, too. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennesseeCarl Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 If I were the Titans coach, I'd have responded that it wasn't coffee, it was urine. They're tryin' to artificially pump up some rivalry now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I just saw the video of it on ESPN. That WAS intentional. You could see him slip his arm between two players and give him a splash. That coach would be fired if it were my choice. Hell of an example to set for your team. What a punk.:jerkoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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