Tennessee Titans Morning Links: For Full White Trash Credit, Please Say It Was Natty Ice Edition
by August West on Mar 10, 2009 8:59 AM CDT
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Last year we picked-up Chris Carr as a restricted free agent, and this year it looks like we could do the same with Jarrett Bush of the Packers. Bush figures to be insurance against Chris Carr and a replacement for the departed Eric King should Carr return.
I have no idea how I skimmed past this paragraph yesterday, but it's worth calling out:
However, don’t rule out a run at Torry Holt if (when?) he is released by the St. Louis Rams. At 32, Holt is nearly four years younger than Owens, and is the type of smart upgrade the Titans have tried to make when looking to add to experience to a position. Holt is due a roster bonus on March 17, which could precipitate his release. Would the Titans be willing to part with a late-round pick to land him before he gets to the open market?
I'd love to see the Titans take a chance on Holt, even if he doesn't have anything left in the tank. I'd be willing to be that he has a lot more left than he showed last year, but even that 64 ctach, 796 yard performance runs a good chance of being an upgrade over our current options. He'd be a good guy for the youngsters to learn from as well.
Oh Albert, there's nothing like getting a $100 million contract to revive a court case: the traffic accident case we've been updating you on is headed to a grand jury on March 9th. We'll let the Redskins worry about that one now...
Matt Jones is an idiot: he violated his probation on felony cocaine charges by failing a drug test due to alcohol. Expect that screw-up to cost him several games next year. Although, is there anything more hilariously white trash than violating your probation by drinking beer? I submit there is not.
Important thing to know in life: Facebook can get you fired. Also, if you're looking for a job make sure your either off, or completely proper on any social networking sites. Savvy employers check these things.
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Waiter: Good sir, might I suggest the wealth and fame, presented on a silver platter?
Matt Jones: Ummm, actually I’ll just have a PBR and an 8-ball. And could I get a different table too? Perhaps something with a view of the exercise yard?.
Waiter: As you wish. Right away, sir.
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
by hal41605 on Mar 10, 2009 9:17 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If we're gonna take a veteran with nothing left in the tank
Would you rather have Holt or Marvin Harrison?
Also, Titans don’t play on turf, how well will Holt do?
now with less meyton panning.
by Pride of the Southland on Mar 10, 2009 9:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They both make me throw up in my mouth a little.
Why would we make a run at either of these guys and not Coles or Houshmanzadeh?
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by gramsey712 on Mar 10, 2009 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
$$$$$
these guys will be much cheaper, and may not get much if any guaranteed money.
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Mar 10, 2009 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At this point in FA, how expensive can Coles possibly be?
Obviously, there wasn’t anybody lining up for his services. Right about now, he’s looking at a “value” contract of short-term where he can hopefully show his worth and renegotiate.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
by DannoE on Mar 10, 2009 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coles is a Bengal
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Mar 10, 2009 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, that would have been a good deal for TN, but the fact that the Bengals made it makes it suspect.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
by DannoE on Mar 10, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow...
if you go back through the game logs, Holt hasn’t had 100 yards receiving on an outdoor, grass field since 2004. I wouldn’t have thought that was the case.
Of course Marvin hasn’t had a 100 yard game at all since 2006.
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Mar 10, 2009 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Facebook
It’s dumb to write about your employer. Period.
I’ve been writing freelance on the side for years now, and the one thing I’ve learned is that, for the most part, they like the fact that you can get published—even if you’re just talking about something as trivial as comics and/or triathlon training. However, they DO NOT like it when you talk about them, unless it’s in a scholarly journal and it makes them look good (or at least reasonable.
My advice is simple: don’t poop where you eat, especially in a recession.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
by DannoE on Mar 10, 2009 9:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree
You dont post things on Facebook unless you accept the fact it quite possibly can be read by anyone.
Unfortunately, theres a twisted line here too, while he did work for the Eagles, he made a comment about a sports team like anyone else would that he cared about and was upset at their team’s decisions. He let the fan get the best of his business.
I dont condone what he said, i think you gotta play it smarter than that, but it was an honest mistake. He was just a seasonal employee that worked the stadium, pretty low on the eagles organization totem pole if you ask me.
As an aside: SC’s poll was pretty overwhelming – 80% polled believe he should be able to keep his job, each state sided with him on it, including Pennsylaniva
now with less meyton panning.
by Pride of the Southland on Mar 10, 2009 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He shouldn't have been fired on these grounds
but the first thing I thought when I read the account yesterday is that they already wanted to can the guy and just needed a justifiable reason. That element obviously wouldn’t come through in his re-telling.
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Mar 10, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
In most instances, I agree. You have to carefully edit anything you put out into the public sphere with your name on it. And Facebook pages provide you with such an oppurtunity, and Facebook in particular is used idiotically. But this whole situation is ridiculous. What I want to know is how the Eagles found the Facebook page of a guy who appears to work the gate at home games. Are they really so paranoid about defamation that they have to keep tabs on every employee right on down to the very bottom? What next, the 14 year old kid who sells hot dogs fired for wearing a Redskins hat on his Myspace? I mean, was this such a flagrant and damaging hit to the Eagles organization that it merited firing the guy? In the face of the negative publicity they’ve gotten for their actions, the answer surely must be “No”.
by Knox the Fox on Mar 10, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Eagles block a bunch of sites from their press box
including Facebook, and Bleeding Green Nation, the SB Nation Eagles site. They might just be that paranoid.
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by Jimmy on Mar 10, 2009 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you are right about facebook
it’s basically a public forum, treat it as such.
but it offends me greatly that the eagles would have so little perspective in these dreadful economic times to terminate a man’s livelihood over a little harmless fan outrage in his freaking facebook status because one of his favorite players was moving on to another team.
he should have been a lot smarter, but the eagles organization needs to get off of it’s pedestal and realize the hardship they are inflicting on this guy over something as trivial as somebody’ myface profile. i challenge anyone to explain what actual harm he did to the franchise to justify his firing.
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
by hal41605 on Mar 10, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm gonna have to agree with August here.
There are two sides to every story. We know one half. What else is there that we do not know?
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
by DannoE on Mar 10, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree with that too
what i said only applies to what info is currently reported. if this guy is a repeat problem for whatever reason, then i have no complaints.
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
by hal41605 on Mar 10, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I own a company
granted on a much smaller scale than a NFL team. But if one of my employees ridiculed me publicy, I would be none too happy about it.
I’m sure they have some kind of bylaws or company manual that prohibits public ridicule. And if he was smart, if anyone is smart, they would make sure they read that manual when they take a new job.
I feel just the opposite—in these tough economic times, there are enough people out there looking for work who would not publicly ridicule their employer, why keep the ones who do?
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by gramsey712 on Mar 10, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah but it's not even his employer in the strict sense
he’s complaining as a fan about a personnel decision and he’s part of the ground’s crew. it’s like some underling secretary in tech support complaining about the latest multi-million dollar marketing strategy or something. his opinion about the front office in no way affects how he picks up trash or lays sod or whatever he does.
it just seems to me that a huge cash machine like an NFL franchise can afford to let something so trivial slide, unless it’s part of a bugger problem. he meant no harm and he hurt no one. if a beer vendor boos right along with the rest of the stadium when the home team lays an egg, should he lose his job? i say no. i remember vendor in our section that would go ballistic when fisher would kneel the ball before the half.
if i were running a small business and some guy was openly disrespecting me, i’d boot him too. but if i were getting paid 7 figures to play madden franchise all day on the grandest scale, i couldn’t care less what the guy mowing the grass thinks as long as it gets done right.
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
by hal41605 on Mar 10, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but what if said employee was just a hater?
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Mar 10, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then he is probably not getting paid in the first place.
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by gramsey712 on Mar 10, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hatin' on a hater
I believe that’s worthy of an invite to a very special event…
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Mar 10, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hatehatehatehatehatehatehate
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by gramsey712 on Mar 10, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love the line at the end
“I hope all of the bad things in life happen to you and only you!”
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Mar 10, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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