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Eddie N MIAMI
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Registered: May 2003
Location: el la ciudad de la furia
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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.
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Jul-27-2004 20:17
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DigDeep
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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(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.
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