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F you wallace. this is exactly why i wanted the steelers to reduce his tender on the first day eligible. the organization showed good faith by not reducing it and wallace repays that gesture by not showing up to camp...........F you.
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Ed: Tomlin to Wallace: This 'Thing' Bigger than You
WEDNESDAY, 25 JULY 2012 WRITTEN BY ED BOUCHETTE
Coach Mike Tomlin held a press conference after the run-test this afternoon and listed six players who will open training camp on the PUP or physically unable to perform list: James Harrison (knee), Max Starks (knee), Rashard Mendenhall (knee), Casey Hampton (knee), Jason Worilds (wrist) and Damon Cromartie-Smith (shoulder).
He also addressed Mike Wallace’s absence:
“Obviously Mike Wallace was not here today. I don’t know when he’s going to be here. Obviously we have a desire for him to be here. We want him to be a part of this thing both short term and long term. We’ve been in negotiations with him. He’s not here today. It’s unfortunate for him.
One thing that experience has taught me is that this is bigger than all of us. It’s bigger than Mike, it’s bigger than me, so I mean that when I say it’s unfortunate for him that he’s not here.
“This group that is the Pittsburgh Steelers will continue to push on. We’ll focus our energies of readying the people who are here and when he shows up, he shows up.”
As we’ve written, a source told us the Steelers will end negotiations on a multiple-year contract until Wallace reports.
“I’m less concerned about negotiations from a coach’s standpoint,’’ Tomlin said. “I want the player here. We’ve extended a tender to him, of course he hasn’t signed it. But I’m focused on the guys here working so I won’t focus on him until he gets here.”
And as for Emmanuel Sanders possibly winning Wallace’s job the longer he stays out, Tomlin said, “I’m not going to get into the hypotheticals. What I’m going to do is work with Emmanuel Sanders because he’s here, and be excited about doing it.”
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Source: Mike Wallace doesn't report
Updated: July 25, 2012
ESPN.com news services
Talks between the Pittsburgh Steelers and unsigned restricted free agent Mike Wallace have broken off, and the Steelers don't plan to talk contract until the wide receiver reports to camp, a source told ESPN senior NFL writer John Clayton on Wednesday.
The sides exchanged proposals Monday without resolution.
On Tuesday, according to the source, contact between the sides was minimal as they hoped a break in the talks would create a fresh chance of resolution. But with Wallace not reporting for the start of Steelers camp Wednesday afternoon, Pittsburgh isn't planning to do much more in trying to resolve the dispute, the source said.
The Steelers had a Wednesday deadline of 3 p.m. ET to report to training camp. With Wallace not under contract, the team won't have the ability to fine him.
"Obviously, we have a desire for him to be here," Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. "We want him to be part of this thing, both short term and long term. We've been in negotiations with him. He's not here today. That's unfortunate for him."
Wallace skipped all of the team's offseason workouts and has not signed his $2.7 million first-round tender. The Steelers have the franchise tag available after the season if Wallace plays out this year under the one-year restricted tender.
General manager Kevin Colbert reiterated last month the speedy Wallace remains in the team's future plans.
"Our intention has always been to sign Mike to a long-term contract," Colbert said.
Steelers team president Art Rooney II also has said the team wants to sign Wallace to a multiyear contract.
Wallace caught 72 passes for 1,193 yards and eight passing touchdowns last season, all team highs. In three seasons, he has 171 catches for 3,206 yards and 24 TDs.
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It's unfortunate he's not here...
We'll focus our energies on the guys that are here....
I'm going to work with Manny Sanders cause he's here and I'm excited about it....
This is bigger than all of us....
I listened to the press conference and just heard it as a shot at Wally's ego. Seems like Tomlin's always working on his ego in a passive way. From calling him a one trick pony. To dismissing the importance of Wally by saying he'll work with the guys who are here. All the while being nice.
He mentioned a few other things in the presser like there will always be other guys to throw and catch and tackle. It's just the nature of the game.
The thing that really told me it was being aggressive though was that this was in his prepared remarks. It wasn't questions from reporters that got him going on this topic. Tomlin chose to talk about it on his own. It's like he knew these words will probably show up on SportsCenter.sigpicComment
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I just don't see how that's passive/aggressive...
I mean, he can't say, "Well, we'll just have to wait for Mike. We won't have anybody running routes from the 'X' position."
I think it's less taking shots at Mike as it is answering the inevitable media questions and laying out specific answers so that he doesn't hear the same questions about Wallace day in and day out...Actually, my post was NOT about you...but, if the shoe fits, feel free to lace that &!+€# up and wear it.Comment
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Report: Steelers have stopped negotiating with WR Mike Wallace
By Josh Katzowitz | NFL Blogger
July 25, 2012
Wallace is still waiting for a long-term deal.
Apparently, the Steelers have had enough of negotiating with Mike Wallace.
According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Steelers have decided to shut down contract talks with the talented receiver -- who further raised the team's ire when he didn't report to camp on time.
Wallace -- who supposedly is interested in Larry Fitzgerald-type money (eight years, $120 million) -- is the only restricted free agent in the league who has not signed his tender, and until he does (it's worth $2.472 million for 2012), the team is not going to discuss a multi-year contract with him.
The Post Gazette notes that Hines Ward, who had one year left on his contract at the time, held out for two weeks in 2005 and the team stopped negotiating with him until he showed up at training camp. Three weeks after he made his appearance, Ward got his four-year extension.
About a week ago, CBSSports.com's Jason La Canfora said that the two sides were close to a deal, reporting that “the situation has certainly improved since early this offseason” and that “both sides are motivated to complete a long-term contract."
But Wallace's refusal to show for training camp apparently has brought both sides back to the beginning.
In April, Wallace's camp made it clear that he wouldn't sign his free agent tender until “he had to.” You have to wonder when that time will come -- or if it's already passed.
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Classy response...do you plan on cheering the multiple Ben-to-Wallace 40+ yard TD passes that will occur this season, or will you just still continue with the "F you wallace" attitude? Just curious (I don't understand the mindset of letting things like this get so personal...I doubt the folks who are directly involved such as Wallace/Cook or Colbert/Khan are taking this as personal as you are...it's just business...business tends to work it self out when both sides are motivated to get a deal done...and thus far, there is nothing to indicate that is no longer the case from either side).Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.Comment
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I'd love to cheer multiple Ben - to - Wallace 40+ yard TD passes but that would require Wallace to be on the field and knowing what route he was suppose to run. Until he shows up we won't be cheering anything.
I guess I'm not as confident that both sides are motivated for a deal given the Steelers stopped negotiating until Wallace shows up. Ball seems to be in his court now to get on the field if he is really motivated to get a deal done."My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"Comment
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Wallace Can’t Win
July 25th, 2012
Mark Kaboly | Tribune-Review
To steal a line from the movie “Rocky IV” and apply it to Mike Wallace: “You can’t win!”
Mike Wallace can’t win, and won’t win this showdown with the Steelers.
The Steelers disgruntled wide receiver failed to show for the first day of training camp Wednesday, officially making him the first non-rookie holdout since Hines Ward seven years ago, and the Steelers aren’t happy about it.
Very out of character, Mike Tomlin voiced his displeasure a number of times during his opening press conference.
“Obviously on a not so positive note, Mike Wallace isn’t here …”
“He’s not here today and that’s unfortunate for him …”
“This group who are the Pittsburgh Steelers will continue to push on …”
“When he shows up, he shows up …”
“I won’t focus on him until he gets here …”
And who can blame the Steelers?
The two sides were making significant progress with contract negotiations, but with Wallace deciding to hold out, everything has come to a screeching halt.
Whoever is giving Wallace advice isn’t helping his cause whatsoever.
Nothing can and will be accomplished by holding out … at least nothing positive.
First and foremost, Wallace isn’t going to intimidate the Steelers at all. So if that is his plan of why he is deciding to hold out, he’s misguided.
If the Steelers shut off Ward in 2005 when he held out, I am sure they won’t blink when it comes to Wallace.
And it is safe to say that Wallace won’t win any popularity contests with the fans.
There’s no worse recipe for disaster to a player’s public persona that to quibble over money. Pittsburgh fans won’t stand for it.
Wallace has put himself in a lose-lose situation, and he didn’t have to.
There is nothing good that can, and will, come out of holding out, and the longer it goes on, the worse it’s going to get.
It’s likely that Wallace will show up by the beginning of the week meaning that his mini-holdout was just to reinforce his displeasure.
But now, it’s not good for both parties involved, and Wallace has nobody to blame for that except himself.
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Maybe Mike's not ready for the challenge race with Rainy.
Seriously, they'll work through this in a couple of weeks.
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At what point can the Steelers start to fine Wallace and reduce his pay or would be pay?Comment
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I'd trade his sorry @$$ for a 7th Round pick, and a VHS copy of Dumb and Dumber!!!
Anybody got a bottle of "Turbo-Lax"??
Wallace is just straight...in it for himself...and that is as selfish as it gets!
I really think he's on his high, freaking horse, and I don't think he will come down
for awhile!!!
He and his agent cant be this freaking stupid! They knew that the Steelers don't
play Hold-Out games, and Wally held out knowning this $hit!!
I hope Haley stomps a mud-hole thru his freaking @$$ when he runs the freaking wrong
route, or drops a pass!!! It will be epic!!
JDThe Pittsburgh Steelers: There is NO other Team!
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