How Stupid Do the Texans Feel? - Page 3 - Talksox

MC Hammer · 08-30-2006, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by schillingouttheks

Yeah, I just learned that he's already the father of 2 children at age 18

He also has to work to get himself academically eligible before he can pick a college. He's deciding between the likes of Pitt, Miami, FSU, Nebraska...

The fact that he can't made HS grades shows that he has no work ethic. People who have a great work ethic aren't able to just turn it on for football and not turn it on elsewhere. The work he's put in is based on one thing. The hope one day he'll be rich because of football.

I hope he doesn't come to Pitt ... talented as hell or not.

**schillingouttheks** · 08-30-2006, 01:22 AM

Sadly, in this day and age, if you're as talented as him, you only need to have a great work ethic for football. He obviously has a work ethic, it's just spread out very well. It's also focused on football because he knows that's what will make him great. Look at Vince Young. I remember when he was interviewed right after the Rose Bowl when he was still on the field I knew he was as dumb as a doorknob. He was still a 3rd rounder in the NFL draft.

Work ethic in the classroom doesn't mean anything when it comes to being an elite NFL player, which is the argument.

See Red · 08-30-2006, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MC Hammer

The fact that he can't made HS grades shows that he has no work ethic. People who have a great work ethic aren't able to just turn it on for football and not turn it on elsewhere. The work he's put in is based on one thing. The hope one day he'll be rich because of football.

I hope he doesn't come to Pitt ... talented as hell or not.

I don't agree with that at all. I've never been one to try at all in school, that doesn't mean I didn't work my ass off when I played football or that I don't work my ass off now.

MC Hammer · 08-30-2006, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by schillingouttheks

Sadly, in this day and age, if you're as talented as him, you only need to have a great work ethic for football.

No sadly in this day and age people who think like you are one of the reasons we have such a high crime rate. They put all their eggs in one basket, and when they don't make it, for whatever reason, they turn to crime, because they never got an education. Hello, most recent example, Maurice Clarrett.

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He obviously has a work ethic, it's just spread out very well. It's also focused on football because he knows that's what will make him great. Look at Vince Young. I remember when he was interviewed right after the Rose Bowl when he was still on the field I knew he was as dumb as a doorknob. He was still a 3rd rounder in the NFL draft.

He has drive, but not work ethic. He is driven to make a life out of football.

Vince Young in the one in a million that didn't need school. The problem is that too many kids that don't have enough talent and take after people who do. Never met a dillusional person?

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Work ethic in the classroom doesn't mean anything when it comes to being an elite NFL player, which is the argument.

But it does when you don't make it, and you end up with no education, and have to either work at Burger King or become a criminal.

Don't forget, even if you have the skill, all it takes is 1 hit to end an NFL dream.

MC Hammer · 08-30-2006, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by See Red

I don't agree with that at all. I've never been one to try at all in school, that doesn't mean I didn't work my ass off when I played football or that I don't work my ass off now.

Then you don't have a good work ethic. You love sports, and care about them more than school.

See Red · 08-30-2006, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MC Hammer

Then you don't have a good work ethic. You love sports, and care about them more than school.

That's an ignorant statement. You know nothing about me. And the latter part of my statement referred to my work, aka my job which has nothing to do with sports.

MC Hammer · 08-30-2006, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by See Red

That's an ignorant statement. You know nothing about me. And the latter part of my statement referred to my work, aka my job which has nothing to do with sports.

Work Ethic
: Work ethic is a set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence.

Drive:
the trait of being highly motivated

See Red · 08-30-2006, 02:39 AM

I can quote definitions too, but what the hell does that have to do with anything?

MC Hammer · 08-30-2006, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by See Red

I can quote definitions too, but what the hell does that have to do with anything?

One you can turn on and off ... one you can't.

Sox fan in Tex · 09-05-2006, 12:42 AM

I'm not even going to read anything after the first post, because I know no one else on here consistantly watches the Texans. First off: Turn off ESPN. The national media is a piece of shit when it comes to covering the Texans. Contrary to popular belief, the Texans are relatively deep at running back.

Wali Lundy and Vernand Morency were spectacular this preseason. I am confident with either back starting. Houston fans knew that Davis was going to miss a lot of the season before we heard the news he would be out for the year.

So no, the Texans don't feel stupid at all. The Saints can shell out all that money and keep Reggie Bush. Instead of drafting him, we improved the O-line and defense quite a bit. We're headed in the right direction.

empirestrikesback26 · 09-05-2006, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sox fan in Tex

I'm not even going to read anything after the first post, because I know no one else on here consistantly watches the Texans. First off: Turn off ESPN. The national media is a piece of shit when it comes to covering the Texans. Contrary to popular belief, the Texans are relatively deep at running back.

Wali Lundy and Vernand Morency were spectacular this preseason. I am confident with either back starting. Houston fans knew that Davis was going to miss a lot of the season before we heard the news he would be out for the year.

So no, the Texans don't feel stupid at all. The Saints can shell out all that money and keep Reggie Bush. Instead of drafting him, we improved the O-line and defense quite a bit. We're headed in the right direction.

You're out of your mind. You're going to rely on a no name rookie and a career backup for your running game? When you could have had super stud Reggie Bush? Now had Davis been healthy, I wouldn't have had as big a problem with this. Davis is a very good back and as good as reggie is, there really is no need. Now you desperately need an RB and there he is in New Orleans.

Good going houston, good going. Now when they win 6 games in the next 3 years, we'll know why. The management is shit.

See Red · 09-05-2006, 01:13 AM

I'll take a potentially great DE over a potentially great RB any day of the week.

Football games are won and lost on the offensive and defensive lines. It's easier to come by a great RB than a great DE. If you can't protect your QB, and get to the other QB, you can't win football games... bottomline.

CrespoBlows · 09-05-2006, 01:16 AM

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I'll take a potentially great DE over a potentially great RB any day of the week.

Football games are won and lost on the offensive and defensive lines. It's easier to come by a great RB than a great DE. If you can't protect your QB, and get to the other QB, you can't win football games... bottomline.

I would too, but the talent levels of Reggie Bush and Mario Williams aren't even close.

Though, the Texans should have taken Fergueson over Williams.

See Red · 09-05-2006, 01:20 AM

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I would too, but the talent levels of Reggie Bush and Mario Williams aren't even close.

Though, the Texans should have taken Fergueson over Williams.

I, admittedly, haven't seen Williams play more than once or twice, so I can't comment on that too much.

I'll agree with taking Ferguson over Bush. Goes along with my point that games are won in the trenches.

**schillingouttheks** · 09-05-2006, 01:22 AM

I just really don't believe Bush will be as good as everyone thinks he will be. He was great in college and everything because he relied mostly on his speed and agility. In the NFL, everyone's fast.

I wouldn't mind seeing him become a bust. I'm not wishing a bad career on him, but all the publicity he was getting during last year's college football season started to make me hostile towards him. It's nothing personal, but after all the "Reggie Bush this" and "Reggie Bush that," it starts to annoy you, and I wouldn't mind seeing him not live up to the hype.

Again, I'll be glad to see him succeed, it's just that all the hype and publicity around him bugs the hell out of me.