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thoughts on ricky williams
As a loyal miami fans i was sad to see ricky retire so suddenly and a week before training camp. Ricky left the entire organization scramble. I think it sucks but i am not oing to hate the guy its his life. What are some other's thoughts?
hes a dumbass but i dont blame him for not wanting to play. if i had to deal with wannstedt i would go quit too.
Big Dolphin fan here
Ricky has always had a weird Personality.I can see why he retired I mean its his life whatever, but dolphin fans and his teamates are pissed at the timing.I dont think wannstadt has that much input into him retiring,he woudve asked to be traded or somethin. Homeboy just got tired of playing altogether.
So what will happen now? Anthony Thomas or some other guys may be traded to the dolphins, Cause I think Travis Minor would suck as the primary RB.
The Dolphins will probably suck this year ,But listen,If you notice all these teams that have won SuperBowls have had a couple bad seasons Prior to winning superBowls,see what happens is because the Dolphins have never had a bad season(only in 1988 they went 6-10) they havnt been able to draft any great players coming out of college.We dolphin fans are always worried bout winning but we forget it takes time and draft picks to build a championship team.
Ricky should of made his mind up much earlier, nothing wrong with deciding not to play anymore but for him to wait so long is as if he promised he be there and play for his teamates then decide to say no at the last min, he should of stuck one more year and be there for his teamates one more time as he said he would be then he could retire as he plesased, or said he was gonna retire 4 - 5 months ago. i dunno not a dolphin fan but i think his timing was wrong.
I think its awesome. Miami will definately finish on the bottom of the AFC East this year.
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| Originally posted by WallyTuggs I think its awesome. Miami will definately finish on the bottom of the AFC East this year. |
I can't hate the guy.He's a Longhorn for life,just like me. 
i just read today that he found out that he failed a 3rd drug test just days before he retired,.. so if he does come back he has a mandatory 4 game suspension,....
i think he didnt wnat to give up marijuana,.. so football had to go,.
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| Originally posted by Zewad i just read today that he found out that he failed a 3rd drug test just days before he retired,.. so if he does come back he has a mandatory 4 game suspension,.... i think he didnt wnat to give up marijuana,.. so football had to go,. |
i dont think he ever had any intensions of having a full blown career in the NFL...just wanted to make his few million and then say peace. i hope they get every penny back from the law suit. he's a schmuck for throwing this opportunity out the window so he can be a pothead.
(taken from www.miamidolphins.com)
Run Ricky Run Away - Fast!
August 27, 2004
What was once a story about a man seeking his own unique lifestyle has now deteriorated into a soap opera filled with lies, greed and absurd demands. The whole Ricky Williams mess seems to get uglier as each day passes.
What could he be thinking? Is he playing us all for fools? Does he think he can change directions in real life as quickly as he does on the football field?
I don't know about you, but I've had it with Run Ricky Run. As this point, I would just as soon he Run Ricky Run Away. And run away fast.
First he turns his back on an entire franchise less than a week before the start of training camp, telling everyone who cared to listen that he is now at peace with his life, that he wants to travel the world, smoke marijuana and take hold of his inner self. I really never had a problem with his decision, only the way he went about it. The timing couldn't have been more classless and selfish.
But now Ricky is changing his tune. Now he's telling people that it's all about getting a new contract, it's all about carrying the ball less and it's all about a reluctance to play for offensive coordinator Chris Foerster.
So which is it, Ricky? Is it the lifestyle or the money? Is it the offense or the coordinator? At this point, I'm not sure he even knows. When you talk out of the side of your mouth as much as Ricky has lately, you tend to lose all semblance of what really is the truth.
I also find it almost comical that Ricky seems to be ignoring what, I believe, is the real reason his quick feet are becoming cold feet. Could it have anything to do with Ricky's desire not to pay the more than $8 million in incentive money that this breach of contract means that he owes? You betcha. Keep in mind that this isn't what the Dolphins want. What they want is for Ricky to simply honor the terms of his current contract and play football.
Word has it that the contract is iron clad. If Ricky walks, he's got to return that money. He may not have believed at first that the Dolphins would seek legal action against him. But I have the feeling he believes it now. His most recent list of demands reeks of a person in a panic mode, trying to avoid a huge financial loss.
Like everything else recently, Ricky is going about it the wrong way.
His only chance was to return to the Dolphins under the terms of his current contract, to apologize to his teammates, the entire organization and the fans for his selfish motives and to hope that whatever suspension the NFL levies against him for his drug violations would still allow him to play in at least part of this season.
That would be the high road. Instead, Ricky has once again chosen the low road.
What business of any kind would ever offer an employee a new contract after he pulled the kind of stunt that Ricky did? What's more, he wants assurances that he would carry the ball less.
So he wants more money and less carries? I'm surprised he didn't throw in a private airplane in his list of demands. That way he can get out of town in a hurry when the urge strikes him again.
The demand for less carries is particularly amusing to me. This is a player who told the coaching staff he wanted to stay in on third down and whose contract was so slanted toward incentives that he probably wanted to stay on the field to play defense as well. Now, he�s complaining about getting exactly what he wanted.
This is obviously a very confused young man. It is not surprising that many of his teammates have now publicly turned against him. As much as everyone would like the old Ricky back, as much as the Dolphins could use a Pro Bowl player at running back, it is far more important for the Dolphins to retain their integrity and not bow to these absurd demands.
I wouldn't be surprised if Ricky calls the Dolphins again sometime soon. I wouldn't be surprised if he tones it down a little because this could become a desperate situation as the legal battle heats up.
But Ricky has already done too much damage to justify a second chance. While I honestly battled over accepting his original reasoning for walking away, his sudden reversal this past week clearly demonstrates that you really can't believe anything he says.
Ricky was asked by the Miami Herald why he didn't bring up this list of demands when he first decided to bolt. "I guess I need to learn to be more upfront," Williams told the Herald.
Yeah, he sure does. There's a lot Ricky Williams needs to learn and until he starts changing his ways, it is hard to take seriously anything he says. And, sadly, it's even harder to respect him.
I heard he's gonna try & play baseball.
I still find the Ricky Williams issue funny as heck. See Ricky Williams is unlike most of the running backs in the NFL, he is actually smart. Every interview I've seen with Ricky shows me that the guy is smarter than most but this decision was stupid. See I can understand if you want to walk away from the game at 27, I mean Barry Sanders was one of the greatest and yet he walked away from the game at 31 because he could not stand the grind anymore. NFL is a brutal game that takes a tremendous physical and emotional toll. Players practice then spend hrs watching game film, it does'nt leave much time for other things but you are getting paid a king's ransom to play a sport. I think that Ricky Williams should have told his teammates before his decision because that's not being a team, leaving them high and dry. Miami was heading down the toilet anyway, they have a great defence but their offense was in shambles even with ricky. Some argue that since weed is a banned substance for NFLers and that Ricky was near his next test and that since he had already violated the policy, would have got 4 games suspension (no pay) that maybe he wanted to pack it in. He may have wanted an out from Miami, I do see him playing for the raiders in 2005. I doubt he would leave the game, too much money to be made.
yeah. but i never understood why ANYONE with alot of athletic ability would play football over baseball, in america. baseball is so much easier on your body (except that you play 162 games, not 16). but they also make sooooo much more money. but... i guess this is a discussion for another thread.
an arbitrator just ruled that Ricky Williams has to pay $8.6 million to the Dolphins for breaking his contract. Williams stated that he would file for bankruptcy if they tried to collect it.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1888009
haha this is great, this also means IMO that Rickys probably gonna come back and play,,, just not for the Dolphins,If I were the coach of the dolphins Id never let him back as well.
He got what he deserved.
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