G.B's Review of gametape!!

[UMRebel]

This week at G.B. will be focused for the rest of the season to meet T.B! They will review the tape and play it over and over and over until they make the point clear! One of their teammate will never play the game again b/c of this hit. I hope they plan a few plays just give Sapp what he deserves!

I hope they do meet and let's say..."What goes around, comes around!" Poetic Justice will be served! I don't care about it being a legal hit! UNCALLED FOR!:thefinger

Sapp better watch his back! He's lucky the guy will not likely come back! "But if it's me, you better end my career with the hit! Or else when I come back, !@#$@!$!#!$##@$ 3:16 :thefinger

You fill in the _________________ All hell will break loose! I don't care if they suspend me for the rest of the season. I will get my revenge!

 

[GM]

The hit was LEGAL. Yes it was a bit cheap, but it was LEGAL. No penalty on the play, and the league said today no fine or action would be taken against Sapp.

Yes Clifton got hurt and that's unfortunate, but why is this such a big issue here? People get hurt playing football. I've seen MUCH worse than that. Could probably come up with at least a dozen hits this year alone that qualify.

 

[gardenweasel]

because

because

it was 30 yards away from the play and may cost a guy his career....i also don`t believe it`s over....if he`s my teammate,it`s not over by a long shot......my last word on the subject...

 

[kcwolf]

I've cry like a baby everytime I see someone motionless on the field, hoping and praying they will get up and walk again.

Sorry, just the way I am. I take issue with anyone who laughs and brags about what he did when anyone is laying motionless on the field.

I prefer watching both teams kneeling and praying for a fallen adversary, like I saw in the Detroit Thanksgiving game a few years ago.

 

[Topdog]

KCWOLF

KCWOLF

Well written!! We are losing a generation of American children, and more, for the lack of respect towards our fellow man and for rules. It's time that someone in a position to admonish these blatant acts of violence takes a stand that is not limited by rules, but ruled by morales. Force people to respect the camera time they get in front of our families.
The NFL is a place where Sapp and others are big fish in a small pond, but they must remember their alternatives for life if the NFL were not there. On a dark street in our nations capital, Sapp might feel just as defenseless, when crossing the path of a 18 year old thief with a gun. After all there is always a place where a person will feel defenseless.
We are now living in a world where fame and money rule, and we seem to be paying for our uncontrolable drive towards both.
In a world where O.J. Simpson can get away with murder, we certainly cannot be too shocked at the NFL. One point that bothers me, is that Gruden had a chance to address Sapp's angry words to a fellow coach, but chose not to, and that's as good as agreeing with them.
I miss a time when a person did the right thing out of respect for others or out of fear of the other persons big brother.

Keep it Positive, Topdog

 

[superrich]

Legal or not ..that hit was absolutely not necessary. If that is how sapp wants to play the game, then he should expect to have someone size him up when he isn't paying attention one play..You can gurantee if they play again someone will be instructed to get him..fair's fair

 

[freelancc]

the SAPP hit did not bother me as much as the tirade SAPP went into after the game with Coach Sherman. Was that the actions of a sane, caring human being.??

SAPP must be hopped up on something other than GATORADE

 

[Valuist]

I agree w/Freelance. Sapp could've said "hey, I didn't mean to injure the guy." It was a legal hit but the episode afterward just makes Sapp look like the a-hole he is. If I'm on Green Bay and play them again, I chop Sapp at his knees. Go straight for the ACL. It would be well worth the 15 yards.

 

[lawtchan]

My 2 cents, FWIW.

There is no way in HELL , Clifton was going to get NEAR that play. All Sapp had to do was push him down. He intentionally pulvarized him and quite possible ended his career.

We get T.Bay this Sunday night in the dome. It will be interesting to see if any Green Bay players KNOW any Saints players, if you get my meaning.

All it will take is a clip to Sapp's knee and he's gone. That is how easy it is in the NFL to put someone out of the game. Sapp knows that and shouldn't have taken the cheap shot.:nono:

 

[superrich]

One last thought..Every football player knows how violent the game is and how on any play, by any freak chance, a guy's career can be ended by someone rolling up on him or an accidental hit or whatever. Sapp made the game even worse because, and I don'r care if it was legal, noone expects to be hit like that in that situation. Sapp will find that people now are not going to respect him in situations where he used to not get hit. Now every football player when they play TB is going to be saying to himself, where is Sapp so I can lay him out. I hope he pays attention to every player on every play. He lost his right to let his guard down...Even if someone is just about to cross the end line for a touchdown, players are not going to racing downfield to celebrate, they are going to be checking to see where sapp is because they want to drill him. He F*cked up and and NFl player respects what he did.

 

[superrich]

That should be no NFL player respects what he did.

 

[djv]

And they call hime all pro. How many all pro's want there name mention with his right now. None. That high five shit on the side line with the other guy laying on the field not moving is real bush league crap. Sapp's had the chance about 6 times now to say dam I was not trying to hurt anyone. But he just keeps talking about it was legal. Just another dumb fu?k.

 

[GM]

I'm not in any way defending Warren Sapp's actions. But I did find what he did afterwards to be more offensive than the hit itself. Celebrating on the sidelines...trashy. Clash with Sherman, low. Going off with the reporters, classless. Yes. But the hit itself... it was cheap, but I don't think he hits him thinking he is going to end the guy's career. Honestly, I don't see what about the HIT was so out of the ordinary. Led with his helmet a bit, to the earhole, but there is much worse out there every week than that. The end result was very bad and his actions were worse. I am also sympathetic to anyone who is hurt, no one wants to see that. Well anyways, that's where I am coming from, I've had my fill of the topic.

 

[Hockey]

We see these hits every week in the NFL.

Sapp intended to drill Clifton, but I hope he never intended to hurt him. I can't see that.

I'm not a Tampa fan either.

I don't think a coach should ever confront another player. I think Sherman is wrong for doing that. He should be above that kind of behavior. There's other ways to deal with it. Sherman should know better.

As far as Sapp celebrating. That is wrong. He might have intended to put a good hit on Clifton, but as soon as he realized that Clifton could be seriously hurt, he should've shown a little more class.

It's a tough game and I have to agree with the NFL, legal hit. But very unfortunate.

 

[StevieD]

A guy (a Sapp) takes a cheap shot at a guy and while he lays motionless on the field the Sapp that took the cheap shot is on the sideline high fiving other saps. The NFL, in it's wisdom, says it was a legal hit.
A guy takes off his helmet off with one second left in a game and threatens no one. The NFL calls a penalty that changes the outcome of the game.
It all makes sense to me now.

 

[mansa_musa]

I suggest you guys watch golf or tennis!

I wonder if Sherman made a point to tell Brett Favre how chicken shit he was for throwing all those int's! And the rest of his team for getting their asses kicked in that game. Or himself, even, for not preparing them to play.

If I were the owner of the Packers, Sherman would have had his walking papers yesterday!

 

[zig]

mansu-musa
There is no one owner of the packers. Green Bay owns the packers. I think you're right, Sherman is out the door for the loss against Tampa. Maybee we can get Morningway back here to coach.

 

[mansa_musa]

zig

My comments are more about Sherman's conduct after the hit. He stopped coaching his team, he let that play consume him to the point where he made a beeline for Sapp AFTER the game was over. IMO that is inexcusable! Sherman let an ignorant, classless, thuggish moron take him (& the Packers) out of the remainder of that game. All of his comments should have been directed toward his own team.

I, personally, would be embarassed to have a leader who feels it is alright to cry to the other team (and the media) about his player getting hurt on a legal hit. And to provoke a profanity laced tirade showed less class than anything Sapp said or did. More should be expected of a coach than a player!

Maybe Favre is buddy-buddy w/ Sapp because he plays so hard. If Sherman coached his team w/ the same intensity as Warren Sapp plays the game, he would be more focused on doing his job rather than being the morality policeman of the NFL.

There has been alot said on this subject concerning unwritten rules & respect for fellow players. The only unwritten rule I was aware of when I played football was -- keep your head on a swivel! Clifton didnt do that & that is why Sapp was able to clean his clock. That is why he laid there motionless for five minutes & that is why his career is closed to being over!

But that's not why Sherman acted like a bitch after the game. Sherman acted the way he did because he isnt man enough to state publicly that he did a poor job of preparing the Packers to play that game, period! Not the kind of person I would want to lead my team!

 

[heleanth]

Legal hit it was, but a cheap shot all the same. I don't understand how NFL players can celebrate blind-siding someone away from the play like that! His own peers should see to it that he shows some remorse for what he did. I also don't understand why some players try intentionally to injure??? These linemen that try to land with all their weight on a quarterback. Incredible how stupid these guys are. Sapp had a chance to be classy when Sherman confronted him and he dropped the ball. He has no class and hopefully, he will get his.

 

[zig]

I agree that Sherman did'nt stick to his game plan which is a big reason why the packers lost the game. They played right into Tampa's hands. "Inexcusable", I don't know about that. I would think the players would appreciate a coach that sticks up for them. We will see if he learns something from this and how the packers respond the rest of the season.