What The F Were You Thinking? NFL Player Stupidity...A Running Thread

[Poppa San]

In a way I would almost hire Bill Belichick on a two-year contract. Keep Thomas Brown as our offensive coordinator and let him learn from Belichick and then have him be the heir apparent.

How many of Belicek's assistants have been successful? Really I don't know but a few years back the record wasn't good.

 

[Calebs Revenge]

If you don't think the guy that went from offensive coordinator assistant to head coach in four weeks, can't learn anything from Bill Belichick then....umm....yeah....I'm dont really have anything else to say. I think it'd be awesome.
After thinking about it some more I'd hire Bill Belichick on Monday if he'd take the job.... just got to leave Thomas Brown and the offense alone. That part of the deal is nonnegotiable.

 

[lambeaulambo]

If you don't think the guy that went from offensive coordinator assistant to head coach in four weeks, can't learn anything from Bill Belichick then....umm....yeah....I'm dont really have anything else to say. I think it'd be awesome.
After thinking about it some more I'd hire Bill Belichick on Monday if he'd take the job.... just got to leave Thomas Brown and the offense alone. That part of the deal is nonnegotiable.

This is an outrage. Resign Cutler.

 

[Thirteen Below]

Wait a minute...

How the hell did we get sucked into letting this thread turn into yet another thread about the freakin' Bears??

Good grief... what's happening here?

 

[Calebs Revenge]

Come on bubby...a thread about NFL stupidity!!!!!! How could the Bears not be completely monopolizing the conversation?

 

[Calebs Revenge]

Wait a minute...

How the hell did we get sucked into letting this thread turn into yet another thread about the freakin' Bears??

Good grief... what's happening here?

It's also bc one of the most active members of the board is .......ME .

 

[OldSchool101]

Being a talented athlete doesn't do much to make you smarter. Having money doesn't help either. Way too often, they think they can just "do it," because in the past, people turned a blind eye to their misadventures. When you get to the city, they ain't so forgiving. They slap the cuffs on ya.

I remember stopping a famous athlete for driving while impaired. When I asked him to get out of the car to do the sobriety test, he told me he didn't have to, because he was "name" and a key player for "team," and I should call them and they could straighten it all out, and I wouldn't be in any trouble over it. I just laughed, and told him again to get out of the car to take the test. He refused. So, I called my shift commander, and we got two additional officers there, so we could get this behemoth out of the car. Once he was out, he cooperated, and couldn't take two steps without falling down. He blew .18, so he was flat-a drunk.

The cuffs wouldn't fit around is wrist, so I had to get him to promise to behave in the back of my car. I took him in, and booked him. Surprisingly, the next day, when the arrest reports were released to the press, his name didn't appear. It had "accidentally" been left off the report.

Before I went to court on it, I was contacted by the States Attorney's office, and told that I wouldn't have to show in court because it was being taken care of. I told him I was going anyway, because it was on the docket. He then told me; "I'm telling you to stay home." I told him I was going to court and reporting the call to the judge.

I won't go into the details, but when I found it wasn't on the docket, I spoke up in court and asked why. I was told that we could discuss it after court was over. I told the judge that it had to be on the docket, because I had a copy of the arrest in my hand. We exchanged a few words, and I was charged with contempt for arguing with the judge, and held over until court was over. At that point, the judge talked to me in chambers and told me that it was all resolved, and as long as I went back to work and forgot about the incident everything would be fine.

I went back to the station, and talked to the shift commander. He told me to just "go along with it." So, I went into the squad room, and sat in front of a typewriter, and typed out my resignation for two weeks later. Less than two months after that, I was on a high volume Sheriff's department in California. The law is the law, and the BS of these people having "entitlement" isn't acceptable in my world.

What surprised me is that an athlete got off in an offense like that, while a ticket I wrote for the Governor's daughter went through, and she paid the fine and apologized in court. It's a strange world out there.

Doing the right thing is tough and especially these days. I had an Employer that bought the Company I worked for. They kept me on but it was obvious that they would essentially play those ethics games with business dealings. They cheated customers and they cheated their own Employees families.
I was a top performer and when I was deemed to “not fit in” because I couldn’t do that? they let me go out of nowhere. What’s ironic is no warning. No verbal, no written, no reasoning other than they were “going another direction”. It’s the only time I can remember they told the truth, we were exact opposites. They were run by a multi millionaire (I’m talking 100’s of millions) and I know for fact they bought their way out past troubles
They acted like the Mafia wannabe
and were breaking Laws left n right.
I was soooo glad they let me go after 6 months even though I made more $$ in that time than I have ever made in a calendar year. It’s strange but I was so relieved when they fired me? I think it took them off guard I was thanking everyone and blessing everyone. They acted all tough guy letting me go..
Like they expected I’d cry or fight them?? I had asked God for more financial provision less than a year earlier. He brought it on alright. This Employer out of nowhere purchased the Co I worked for that had been in business since 1915. Do the math it was purchased 6 months after that prayer and my $$ tripled.
So I can relate. But God tests us. I’m 100% sure he was testing me. I felt him speak to me that this wasn’t who I was as their mouths moved in slow motion. Evil begets Evil and I’m just not cut from that mold, nor are you. We all make mistakes but it’s not how we start, it’s how we finish that matters. Be strong. Finish Strong

 

[OldSchool101]

Yeah, we're a dumpster fire right now .........,, there is a bright side all this though.
We are easily the most dysfunctional, worst run worst managed ridiculous team in the NFL. Right?!
Who is worse than us?
But here's the thing...... as bad as we've been and as horrible as our coaches been, we lost the Lions by field goal Minnesota by a field goal you people by a point..... if you kinda see what I'm saying..... if we actually get not just OK not just good but if we get a great head coach.... the skies the limit for this team because we're barely losing being run by the most incompetent group of jag offs I've ever see......so I do have a lot of hope for next year.

I really like Caleb. After watching some games you guys have a really good QB. He’s got to learn some of the nuances to round out. That takes 2-4 years of live playing time imo. Even Jordan is still rising imo he’s only 1.6 years in.

 

[Voyageur]

All I'm going to say about the Bears is that they need a culture change throughout the organization, and that starts with hiring an outside firm to put the pieces in place, based on business acumen at the top, and football acumen related to the football operations. Then, let them bring the coaching staff on board that the need, to bring people in to surround the newer players who haven't been soured by the past. That would be Orunze, and Williams for openers, but I don't know where from there in because I haven't followed them that closely.

But, it's not going to happen. It will be changes that are still the good old Halas Hall judgement of character and "fit" to the family customs. If it goes that way, they stay a doormat. If they make the changes, they're going to be a challenge already when the 2025 season starts.

 

[Calebs Revenge]

Being a talented athlete doesn't do much to make you smarter. Having money doesn't help either. Way too often, they think they can just "do it," because in the past, people turned a blind eye to their misadventures. When you get to the city, they ain't so forgiving. They slap the cuffs on ya.

I remember stopping a famous athlete for driving while impaired. When I asked him to get out of the car to do the sobriety test, he told me he didn't have to, because he was "name" and a key player for "team," and I should call them and they could straighten it all out, and I wouldn't be in any trouble over it. I just laughed, and told him again to get out of the car to take the test. He refused. So, I called my shift commander, and we got two additional officers there, so we could get this behemoth out of the car. Once he was out, he cooperated, and couldn't take two steps without falling down. He blew .18, so he was flat-a drunk.

The cuffs wouldn't fit around is wrist, so I had to get him to promise to behave in the back of my car. I took him in, and booked him. Surprisingly, the next day, when the arrest reports were released to the press, his name didn't appear. It had "accidentally" been left off the report.

Before I went to court on it, I was contacted by the States Attorney's office, and told that I wouldn't have to show in court because it was being taken care of. I told him I was going anyway, because it was on the docket. He then told me; "I'm telling you to stay home." I told him I was going to court and reporting the call to the judge.

I won't go into the details, but when I found it wasn't on the docket, I spoke up in court and asked why. I was told that we could discuss it after court was over. I told the judge that it had to be on the docket, because I had a copy of the arrest in my hand. We exchanged a few words, and I was charged with contempt for arguing with the judge, and held over until court was over. At that point, the judge talked to me in chambers and told me that it was all resolved, and as long as I went back to work and forgot about the incident everything would be fine.

I went back to the station, and talked to the shift commander. He told me to just "go along with it." So, I went into the squad room, and sat in front of a typewriter, and typed out my resignation for two weeks later. Less than two months after that, I was on a high volume Sheriff's department in California. The law is the law, and the BS of these people having "entitlement" isn't acceptable in my world.

What surprised me is that an athlete got off in an offense like that, while a ticket I wrote for the Governor's daughter went through, and she paid the fine and apologized in court. It's a strange world out there.

Just means you have integrity my guy. I'd have resigned too.
What if in a couple weeks or a couple months this guy gets tanked and actually hurts somebody or worse. How would you sleep at night? One of the things my daddy told me that has never left me is "son...there's going to be thousands of choices in your life that are going to come down to taking the right path and making good choices or you can take the wrong path which is probably the easier path....and..... the hardest part is sometimes only YOU....yourself will know the difference. I hope you chose well... so that when you look in the mirror you see a good man and can sleep at night with a clear conscience."

 

[Schultz]

All I'm going to say about the Bears is that they need a culture change throughout the organization, and that starts with hiring an outside firm to put the pieces in place, based on business acumen at the top, and football acumen related to the football operations. Then, let them bring the coaching staff on board that the need, to bring people in to surround the newer players who haven't been soured by the past. That would be Orunze, and Williams for openers, but I don't know where from there in because I haven't followed them that closely.

But, it's not going to happen. It will be changes that are still the good old Halas Hall judgement of character and "fit" to the family customs. If it goes that way, they stay a doormat. If they make the changes, they're going to be a challenge already when the 2025 season starts.

I am pretty sure the Bears took that route a few years back and still managed to screw it up. If memory serves, Polian led a group that led to the Bears hiring Nagy. There is no doubt you are correct that McCaskey needs to let football people make the key decisions.

 

[Voyageur]

Just means you have integrity my guy. I'd have resigned too.
What if in a couple weeks or a couple months this guy gets tanked and actually hurts somebody or worse. How would you sleep at night? One of the things my daddy told me that has never left me is "son...there's going to be thousands of choices in your life that are going to come down to taking the right path and making good choices or you can take the wrong path which is probably the easier path....and..... the hardest part is sometimes only YOU....yourself will know the difference. I hope you chose well... so that when you look in the mirror you see a good man and can sleep at night with a clear conscience."

It was actually an easy choice to make. I felt that if I allowed this to happen, without doing what I did, I was no better than those that wanted it to go away. What was next? Turning a blind eye to crimes because the person who committed it was a well known person, and their image would be tarnished?

I have always remembered an old joke that I had heard years before then about a guy who walked into a bar and sat down next to this stunning blonde. They got to talking, and he looked at her and asked; "Will you sleep with me for a million dollars? I can give it all to you in cash." She thought for a moment and said; "Yes. For that kind of money, I would." He smiled, and they continued talking a few minutes later he said; "I don't have a million dollars. Sorry. But I can give you $5 if you sleep with me. OK?" She shook her head, no, and said; "Not a chance. What kind of girl do you think I am?" He thought for a moment and said; "We already know what kind of person you are. We're just haggling over the price now."

To me, that's pretty much how it all sounded. It would be something that I would be branded by, if I cooperated with them.

Of course there were some concerns by my wife. Not that I hadn't done the right thing, but going so far away to get on a different police force scared the bejeebers out her. She told me later, much later, how it worried her.

My only regret about the incident has always been that it put me in a position where I had to make the choice I did. I've wondered if I would have stayed with that department for 20 to 30 years, or if something similar happened down the road, and I would have been too old to make the switch.

 

[Calebs Revenge]

That's a damm funny joke!!!!

 

[Poppa San]

That's a damm funny joke!!!!

One of the best and only topped by the NFL team in Chicago this decade.

 

[Thirteen Below]

Come on bubby...a thread about NFL stupidity!!!!!! How could the Bears not be completely monopolizing the conversation?

I guess for pretty much the same reason you don't see any of us posting hundreds of times about the Packers on Bears' message boards. We're not strangely obsessed with the Bears to the point where we have to (as you say) monopilize every single conversation by turning it into something about the Bears.

 

[games]

As I remember, there was a ruptured spleen, broken ribs, broken pelvis, a serious knee injury, and deep lacerations on his rib cage front and back from the antlers he had briefly imagined would soon hang on his wall. I'm sure there were probably more injuries than that, but that's the list that stands out in my memory. I kinda remember something about facial wounds, too.

And from the moment I heard that on the radio on my way to work that morning, the first question that entered my mind was why in the world the kid admitted all that. He must have been the laughing stock of his entire high school until the day he graduated. I'll bet it's still the Number One conversation topic at his class reunions.

Why not just "ah, well, I fell out of a tree, what can I say?" I promise you that's what I would have done.

Another shot or two to the body or head and he'd have made the Darwin awards, and he could have been memorialized forever.

 

[weeds]

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