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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Who cares? It sucks the guy died but if they wait another year to give the jersey number out, they might as well retire it. And Hill didn't do anything on the field to deserve getting his jersey retired.
That is a very cold, but IMHO ultimately correct, way of looking at it.
Who cares? It sucks the guy died but if they wait another year to give the jersey number out, they might as well retire it. And Hill didn't do anything on the field to deserve getting his jersey retired.
Yeah, my bad if I offended anyone. I didn't know of any way that I could sugar coat it and still get the point across so I just said it.
If they wait another year to give the jersey number out, they might as well retire it.
The real issue here is that Ruud probably isn't doing himself any favors in the lockerroom by taking that number a year later. If I was a rookie I'd pick another number.
The real issue here is that Ruud probably isn't doing himself any favors in the lockerroom by taking that number a year later. If I was a rookie I'd pick another number.
- His memory got respect. The kept the jersey out of circulation for a year, put his number on their helmets, and dedicated the season to him. Keeping the number out again because you feel he hasn't gotten enough respect is pretty ridiculous if you ask me.I don't see why his on-field production should have anything to do with it, fact is he was a part of the Patriots community, and his memory deserves more respect than it's getting.
- I don't think anybody should be able to speak for the players in this case. How do you know what his emotions are? All I'm saying is that if they withold for another year then they might as well retire it which isn't a possibility because he didn't do much on the field.signbabybrady said:I don't think it is a matter of retiring his number as someone pointed out he didn't do enough on the field for that. But how do you think Jarvis is going to feel when he looks at someone else in his best friends uni. They should have just not used it until the guys who played with him are gone.
Although I don't think it is disrepectful to anyone for it to be used, it may have been a courtesy to some guys not to use it.
- Which part was inhumne? The "who cares?" part, the "it sucks that the guy died" part, or the statement about retiring his jersey? I'm sorry if you're feelings are easily hurt but I didn't make that statement to be inhumane. I was merely offering my opinion on the matter. I also stated that I tried to sugar coat it but doing so would not get my point across so I left it as is.WhiZa said:I took out the inhumane parts to get to the proper response.
- Once again, I don't think you can really speak for any of the players unless you're in the locker room with them.fnordcircle said:The real issue here is that Ruud probably isn't doing himself any favors in the lockerroom by taking that number a year later. If I was a rookie I'd pick another number.
The real issue here is that Ruud probably isn't doing himself any favors in the lockerroom by taking that number a year later. If I was a rookie I'd pick another number.
I saw Bo Ruud was wearing Marquise Hill's old number in rookie camp, thought that would be a number that would go unused for a while. I know he may not have it as his regular season number (if he makes the team), but still I thought they'd hold off on this for at least one more year.
Who cares? It sucks the guy died but if they wait another year to give the jersey number out, they might as well retire it. And Hill didn't do anything on the field to deserve getting his jersey retired.