"Dan Rooney Is Hot About All This"

[hawaiiansteel]

Ed Bouchette On James Harrison Fines: “I Know Dan (Rooney) Is Hot About All This”

November 30, 2010 6:33 PM




Ed Bouchette joined the Seibel and Starkey show on Sportsradio 93-7 The FAN with Joe Starkey and Ken Laird filling in for John Seibel today to discuss James Harrison’s’ most recent $25,000 fine, this time coming for his hit on Bill Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Ed said he talked with Harrison’s’ agent yesterday before the fine came down, and James’ agent said he hoped James would not get fined because it will probably push him over the edge.

According to Ed, the Rooney’s relationship with Roger Goodell is still pretty good, but it must be strained after Art Rooney spoke out against the $75,000 fine the league hit James Harrison with.

To even further complicate things, Ed said that Dan Rooney is “hot about all this” and he is sure that Rooney has called him any number of times to address all these fines.

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[ALLD]

Re: "Dan Rooney Is Hot About All This"

Does Goodell realize all the bad karma that is coming his way?

First, he is trying to "clean up the league" and now more fights than ever are breaking out. More QBs are injured despite the new rule. The game is devoving into wide open offense and little defense making the games more routine or predictable and less entertaining.

[Sugar]

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Perhaps the Rooney's could provide a little Christmas bonus to #92 to help him out. I believe that you can gift up to $12K without being responsible for taxes on it. If various Rooney family members or teamates were to be generous to James during the Christmas season, who could blame them?

[johnstownsteel]

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rooney is hot over this?

good...call a press conference and let the media know that harrisons contract has been restructured. let them know that bonuses will be payed out to cover any fines that harrison may incur much like those are paid out in performance incentives. let goodell know that the steelers will not tolerate their linebackers playing like pansys and that they encourage harrison to continue playing like a crazy mother ****er.

[Starlifter]

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The Rooneys have a real problem on their hands. Either they have a rogue player who's dirty, can't play within the rules and they keep him on the field OR they have a clean player being unfairly targeted and they are doing nothing publicly to support him.

Either JH is the kind of player they want or he isn't. If he isn't, take the hit and get rid of him. If he is, step up and protect your asset. They are looking weak and ridiculous right now......

[johnstownsteel]

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and what pisses me off more than anything, they are stealing money out of a players pocket who definitely deserves every penny he's made. harrison was a nobody. he was an undrafted player who was cut by a couple of teams. he perservered (sp?) and became one of the best defenders in the league. and now the league is punishing a player who fought for every minute of playing time, for every penny he's made and every bit of respect that he's gotten from players around the nfl. it's just disgusting..

[flippy]

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Rooney should set up a meeting with Goodell and bring James Harrison's mother along.

[hawaiiansteel]

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Rooney should set up a meeting with Goodell and bring James Harrison's mother along.

or Deebo could bring this woman along when he has to next visit Roger...

[Leper Friend]

Re: "Dan Rooney Is Hot About All This"

rooney is hot over this?

good...call a press conference and let the media know that harrisons contract has been restructured. let them know that bonuses will be payed out to cover any fines that harrison may incur much like those are paid out in performance incentives. let goodell know that the steelers will not tolerate their linebackers playing like pansys and that they encourage harrison to continue playing like a crazy mother bad word.

At this point I think his fines are being taken care of.I have no evidence but I feel it's the right thing to do and if Rooney is "hot over this" he's doing the right thing.

However , if the Rooney's call attention to this publicly, that woul'd be rubbing it in Goodel's face. After that , the only recourse would be to suspend.

[flippy]

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Rooney should set up a meeting with Goodell and bring James Harrison's mother along.

or Deebo could bring this woman along when he has to next visit Roger...

I like it. Bribe him with a hooker :lol

[Dee Dub]

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I think Rooney is full of it. And why do I say that?? Here read this....

[url="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2543783"]http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2543783[/url]

NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- The knock on Roger Goodell's hotel room door came almost three hours to the minute after NFL owners began voting for a new commissioner.

When he opened it, there stood the Steelers' Dan Rooney. He didn't have to say a word.

For all the terrific accomplishments of the Tagliabue Era, for the nonpareil prosperity he has engendered in what has grown into a $6 billion-a-year industry, the NFL is not without storm clouds on the horizon. And those are storm clouds that, frankly, could make Goodell's honeymoon a brief one.

"When I saw Dan smiling, I knew it wasn't bad news," Goodell said Tuesday.

"I said from the beginning that we were going to look for the man to lead us," Rooney said he told the owners during the voting Wednesday afternoon. "I said that when we finished, I had no doubt that that was Roger Goodell."
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This is the man the owners wanted (including the Rooney's), and this is one of the reasons they wanted Him.

Wake up folks. There is a bigger picture here.

[ikestops85]

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I think Rooney is full of it. And why do I say that?? Here read this....

[url="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2543783"]http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2543783[/url]

NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- The knock on Roger Goodell's hotel room door came almost three hours to the minute after NFL owners began voting for a new commissioner.

When he opened it, there stood the Steelers' Dan Rooney. He didn't have to say a word.

For all the terrific accomplishments of the Tagliabue Era, for the nonpareil prosperity he has engendered in what has grown into a $6 billion-a-year industry, the NFL is not without storm clouds on the horizon. And those are storm clouds that, frankly, could make Goodell's honeymoon a brief one.

"When I saw Dan smiling, I knew it wasn't bad news," Goodell said Tuesday.

"I said from the beginning that we were going to look for the man to lead us," Rooney said he told the owners during the voting Wednesday afternoon. "I said that when we finished, I had no doubt that that was Roger Goodell."
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This is the man the owners wanted (including the Rooney's), and this is one of the reasons they wanted Him.

Wake up folks. There is a bigger picture here.

I understand where you are coming from Dee Dub but things do change. The Rooneys most definitely supported Goodell for Commissioner but you know what they say ... Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Czar Goodell has been given absolute power and I'm beginning to think the Rooneys are starting to regret that support. At least I hope they are.

[Oviedo]

Re: "Dan Rooney Is Hot About All This"

I think Rooney is full of it. And why do I say that?? Here read this....

[url="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2543783"]http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2543783[/url]

NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- The knock on Roger Goodell's hotel room door came almost three hours to the minute after NFL owners began voting for a new commissioner.

When he opened it, there stood the Steelers' Dan Rooney. He didn't have to say a word.

For all the terrific accomplishments of the Tagliabue Era, for the nonpareil prosperity he has engendered in what has grown into a $6 billion-a-year industry, the NFL is not without storm clouds on the horizon. And those are storm clouds that, frankly, could make Goodell's honeymoon a brief one.

"When I saw Dan smiling, I knew it wasn't bad news," Goodell said Tuesday.

"I said from the beginning that we were going to look for the man to lead us," Rooney said he told the owners during the voting Wednesday afternoon. "I said that when we finished, I had no doubt that that was Roger Goodell."
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This is the man the owners wanted (including the Rooney's), and this is one of the reasons they wanted Him.

Wake up folks. There is a bigger picture here.

I understand where you are coming from Dee Dub but things do change. The Rooneys most definitely supported Goodell for Commissioner but you know what they say ... Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Czar Goodell has been given absolute power and I'm beginning to think the Rooneys are starting to regret that support. At least I hope they are.

I think that Godell's vision of the future NFL and the Rooney's vision of what football should be have diverged since he took over.

I think the situation that has arisen regarding hits is directly linked to the push for 18 games. Goodell wants to artificially push down statistics on injuries so he can get 18 games giving as little as possible to the players. Every injury that occurs this season becomes a bullet in the players gun to fight for more concessions from the NFL to get the 18 games. The fallout is that tough defensive teams, which the Rooney's own, are getting targeted to their detriment.

I also think Goodell just may be a bad manager not thinking through implementation details or doing due diligence before hemakes decisions. EgVerything he has done with regards to player discipline and the current crusade against hits have been half baked and poorly implemented. That is textbook a bad manager and leader.

I really hope he is a one term commisioner but if he gets a new CBA he unfortunately will have probably bought himself another term and more confusion and chaos. That is why I almost hope that there is a lockout and games are cancelled. That becomes egg on Goodell's face.

[Djfan]

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I really hope he is a one term commisioner but if he gets a new CBA he unfortunately will have probably bought himself another term and more confusion and chaos. That is why I almost hope that there is a lockout and games are cancelled. That becomes egg on Goodell's face.

My thoughts exactly.

[Crash]

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After a meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last month and even after his fourth fine of the season that was handed down to him Tuesday, Steelers linebacker James Harrison feels that he has yet to do anything wrong.

Harrison was fined $25,000 for his helmet hit to Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick this past week to raise his season total to $125,000, but still refused to admit to any guilt today while talking to the media for the first time since the fine was levied.

“The way I play there is nothing wrong with it,” Harrison said. “I am not playing dirty. I am not doing anything outside the lines. I am sure if you ask 10 guys in the league, I am sure eight or nine of them are going to say that he’s not a dirty player and he’s a hard player and that’s he’s just getting a bad rep right now.”

Harrison also said that he plans on appealing the fine and that agent Bill Parise has “talked to a few guys” to see if there is any anything action that he can take with the league on behalf of his client.

Hines Ward, no stranger to being the subject of NFL fines, said the NFL treats players "almost like you're guilty until proven innocent," adding that it's a waste of time to appeal fines levied by the league.