Farrior Released

[Djfan]

Re: Farrior Released

Chadman would suggest there are more important & advantagous ways of spending your time than forcing yourself to do something you're not sure you want to do.

Would hate to lose you again DJ, but if you're not enjoying your time...

No my third-personed friend. It's not about that, it's about making sure my priorities are correct. I find rest in being aligned correctly. (Hold the chiropractor jokes.) Hard to explain, I guess.

At this point in my life, just about everything is on the table, being negotiated. PS is one fo them. It's rather freeing, really.

[NorthCoast]

Re: Farrior Released

Some of you guys are just WAY too sensitive. I guess it could be the way you perceive every DD post as being bad, but I didn't take his post as being insensitive at all. He wasn't celebrating the demise of these great players, but merely looking forward to a bright future for the Steelers.

Smith, Farrior, Ward all needed to go, I would have hoped via retirement, but obviously they weren't interested in that route, so the Steelers did what they had to do and I applaude them for it. I'd let Hampton go as well.

GO STEELERS!!

It has nothing to do with being sensitive. It has nothing to do with perceiving another poster as "evil". I've never told another member that they should not post, nor have I told another member that they are not entitled to their opinion.

But, posting one's opinion on a message board has an inherent danger: someone may disagree with you. While everyone is entitled to have an opinion and post it, no one should be immune to disagreement, questioning, etc.

I disagree with the notion that someone should rejoice at another's misfortune. Especially people who not only have done nothing wrong, but who have brought a lot of good memories and two recent championships to Steelers fans. In my opinion, there is something very sick about that.

The reality is that the organization made several necessary yet unpleasant business decisions. If there was no such thing as a salary cap, these guys would be Steelers forever. Why is anyone happy about that?

Please, feel free to disagree...

Yea, I think it does have something to do with being a little too sensitive OR maybe being predisposed to negative opinion because it was from Dub. I see no post where Dub was celebrating the misfortune of a great Steeler. I took it as if he was celebrating the future of the Steelers. You read it a different way. If Dub was celebrating the misfortune of Farrior, Ward and Smith as individuals, then I would take offense to that as well, but I really don't think that was his intention at all. I think certain people on this board look at Dub's posts and immediately disagree before they even open the post. I don't know if that is your view or not, just an observation from a guy who is not one of the more frequent posters. Oh...of course, please feel free to disagree...

Dee Dub has exactly the right attitude about these cuts "The kings are dead, long live the kings"

This is a time to remember the past but be excited about the future. I never read anything in Dee Dubs posts that indicated anything else.

Funny thing is, the word "great" is not very useful in describing the future of a football team. It is more often used to describe the past. When people say the Steelers are a great franchise, they are usually referring to the past achievements.

To describe the future you need to another adjective; "potentially".

[Chadman]

Re: Farrior Released

Larry Foote understands why his friends are leaving
Monday, March 05, 2012
By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Steelers linebacker Larry Foote started the cell phone conversation on a sad note by saying "all my friends are leaving." He called the team's termination last week of Hines Ward, Aaron Smith and best pal James Farrior "devastating." Then, he put into poignant words the agony a veteran player experiences when his team sets aside all sentimentality -- as it must -- and makes a purely business decision. "We're all grown men, but we've been lucky enough to make a good living playing a kids' game. Most of us have been playing since we were 8 years old. When they tell you it's time to hang up your cleats, it's tough."

It's the brutal reality of professional sports.

No one plays forever.

"I know my day is coming, too," Foote said.

Maybe next offseason.

Foote appears to have survived this Steelers' purge. He is expected to take over Farrior's inside linebacker spot, which the two shared last season. He would call the defensive signals and make sure everyone is lined up properly.

"Without a doubt, I can do it. My play speaks for itself," said Foote, who, at 31, is 5 1/2 years younger than Farrior. "I'm sure they'll draft a young guy and there will be a lot of competition. That's fine. I can hold my own."

Foote made the same prediction about the Steelers defense. "We're still going to have a talented team, without a doubt. We were the No. 1 defense in the league last season. I don't know why people forget that."

I'm not sure I'm buying what Foote is selling there. That defense gave up a 92-yard drive in the final 2 1/2 minutes to the Baltimore Ravens in a killer loss at Heinz Field and allowed the NFL's worst quarterback -- Denver's Tim Tebow -- to throw for 316 yards and two touchdowns in the playoffs. I'm also not sure the leadership void left by the departures of Ward, Smith and Farrior will be easy to fill. "We've got a bunch of leaders," Foote insisted. "The young guys have to step up and take a bigger role. I've got to step up."

Foote said he was prepared for Smith to retire because he had major neck surgery in October, the fourth time in five years that Smith's season ended prematurely because of an injury. But the news about Ward and Farrior hit him hard. "We're entering uncharted water now. Hines has been around since '98, Farrior since 2002. Man, I've been with those guys for 10 years. There never will be a time in my life again that I spend so much time with a group of guys. It's going to be different."

Not having Farrior on the team will be especially difficult for Foote. "I'm definitely going to miss him. You know how good people are good people? He's good people. Everybody liked him. He's 37, but he acted like he's 15. And I mean that in a good way."

Foote said it wasn't awkward being in a battle with Farrior for one roster spot. "We both understand it's a business. We heard talk they had to do stuff for the salary cap and to sign other players. This is how it played out."

Ward has said he hopes to play next season. Farrior said many times that the Steelers "will have to drag me out of here to get rid of me" -- which they did -- and believes he still can play. But he might not want to start over with another team. "I just talked to him about it for a minute," Foote said. "He's not sure what he's going to do. I'm sure he'll make up his mind in the next few weeks. If he wants to play, I have no doubt he can do it. I didn't see any drop off in his play last season."

Foote said it would be strange to see Ward and perhaps Farrior in another uniform. But he said they always will be remembered fondly as Steelers.

"It's like the guys from the '70s, their names are always remembered for football around here," Foote said. "We didn't quite reach that level as a team, but those three guys will be at the top of the list when it comes to great players in the Steelers organization. That's the way you want to go out."

Foote ended the conversation on a happier note by talking about the birth of his fourth child. "He was born at halftime of the Super Bowl. His timing was perfect. He came out right before Madonna came out."

You'll never guess the baby boy's name.

Trammell, after former Detroit Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell.

"I just always really liked him," said Foote, who grew up in Detroit and still lives there.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Can Farrior Foote be far behind?



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