Vinatieri ribs BB in his HOF speech

[ahmed]

Looks the Giants job is filled for awhile so you could be spot on.

I wonder about GM Howie Roseman though.

The fact you think an NFL owner will trust Bill with their club after the ****show that's been the last few years is crazy talk.

 

[ahmed]

Did not watch it nor read the speech but I read about the joke Adam made about Bill and it was low class and uncalled for.

It's one thing to make fun of Manning's forehead or Brady not being the best Pats QB but making fun of a guy's relationship, when everybody else is ****ting on him, is not ok.

 

[rkarp1]

I think AdamV was miffed BB failed to show up

 

[ahmed]

1. He played for two very good teams and played for 24 seasons. Of course he scored a million points.
2. He did indeed make the greatest kick in NFL history. An amazing kick.
3. He has 4 SB rings, and won one on a last second 48 yard field goal against the Rams. A clutch kick for sure, although I think many of his peers would have done the same. The other win was against Carolina, where he missed a 31 yard field goal earlier in the game and had a second kick blocked, which would have won the game beforehand. He then made up for it with a second kick at the end from 41 yards. I'm not sure how "clutch" that performance was.
4. I disagree with this assessment. Don't know what else to say.
5. Perhaps.
6. He was All Pro three times in 23 seasons. Never second team. Not that impressive. It would be interesting to research the number of Hall of Famers who were All Pro only three times in their lengthy careers. As a comparison, Justin Tucker, during the course of Vinatieri's career, was first team All Pro 5 time and second team All Pro 3 times.

I agree. He was amazing in 2001 but below average in 2003. he missed 2 kicks in that SB that kept it closer than it had any business being. It would have been a comfortable win with an average kicking performance.

I remember watching 2001 highlights and in one of the games, the commentator called Vinatieri the kicker from a a Midwestern school or something like that. I remember it struck me because the tone and language used was of somebody talking about an unknown player. This was 6 years into his career. The fact is that had it not been for Brady, he would have had a decent career and likelt nothing more.

 

[h0c2000]

I hope Adam saved his money. He's not going to make a career out of comedy.

 

[rkarp1]

I agree. He was amazing in 2001 but below average in 2003. he missed 2 kicks in that SB that kept it closer than it had any business being. It would have been a comfortable win with an average kicking performance.

I remember watching 2001 highlights and in one of the games, the commentator called Vinatieri the kicker from a a Midwestern school or something like that. I remember it struck me because the tone and language used was of somebody talking about an unknown player. This was 6 years into his career. The fact is that had it not been for Brady, he would have had a decent career and likelt nothing more.

again, not to denigrate Adam
he was great when he played here
there are a ton of highlight kicks to revel in
but I was at 98-99% of every home game Adam kicked in.
what I also recall, is the times Bill passed on a FG attempt, from 45+ yards because he did not think Adam could make the kick.
fwiw, Adam was 8 for 17 in fg attempts 50+ over his 10 year career in NE

 

[sb1]

Gost was great but I believe Pats win the Super Bowl in 2006 and not the Colts if they kept AV.

Maybe even 2007 since it's hard to believe Bill doesn't get AV to kick 4th and 13 instead of going for it.

 

[RobertWeathers]

That was pretty lame by Adam. Clearly hes still is butthurt BB didn't re-sign him. All he did was take away attention from himself on his day.

 

[rkarp1]

That was pretty lame by Adam. Clearly hes still is butthurt BB didn't re-sign him. All he did was take away attention from himself on his day.

Idk
he ribbed Bill, Manning, McAfee

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

So, getting back to your situation, I know the inner dialog runs smoother if you can say to yourself you weren't pushed, but in reality, it just doesn't matter much. IMO, whatever inner turbulence gets created by being pushed fades away pretty quickly. Once retired you have lots more time to fill. It's best to spend the time looking forward, and to avoid the trap of spending too much time looking backward.

My situation is a little different as I am my own boss with a solo dental practice. Luckily I'm in a suburban area which is highly desirable when selling ( as opposed to rural areas where practitioners can't sell and just close their doors) and I have people coming to me all the time. I'm in my late 60s which is average age for dentists retiring and you want to sell before practice declines. Wife and I both want to walk away ( she is in a different profession) at the same time and enjoy retirement BEFORE we get too old to travel and while grandkids are still young.
I have side gigs to keep me busy and plan to audit courses at the local community college and teach/mentor at local hospital dental residency program. Hitting the gym more often and working on my crappy golf game are on the to do list.
Life's too short and I've buried a few friends/relatives who didn't get the chance to enjoy retirement so I won't look back.

 

[Bill Lee]

My situation is a little different as I am my own boss with a solo dental practice. Luckily I'm in a suburban area which is highly desirable when selling ( as opposed to rural areas where practitioners can't sell and just close their doors) and I have people coming to me all the time. I'm in my late 60s which is average age for dentists retiring and you want to sell before practice declines. Wife and I both want to walk away ( she is in a different profession) at the same time and enjoy retirement BEFORE we get too old to travel and while grandkids are still young.

Sticking the landing on two careers sounds like a bit of a challenge but others have pulled it off, so I hope you do as well.

I have side gigs to keep me busy and plan to audit courses at the local community college and teach/mentor at local hospital dental residency program. Hitting the gym more often and working on my crappy golf game are on the to do list.

Maybe more selfish but I decided I'd work more on self-development. I worked hard in college to learn a bunch of skills I never ended up using in my career. The current level of computer power means I can do all kinds of things that would have been unimaginable back then. I've got a decades-old itch to scratch, and it's been my main hobby for seven or so years now. Maybe later when that itch is scratched I will reach out to a friend who is the head of the CS department at the local tech college. She's already asked but I declined.

Life's too short and I've buried a few friends/relatives who didn't get the chance to enjoy retirement so I won't look back.

My dad passed at age 59 and a half. His retirement papers were filed but not accepted when he died, so he never got one day of retirement. That meant that a pension entitlement earned after 35 years working at a gawd-awful factory disappeared. No survivorship rights for anyone. That's how the union contracts at his shop were set up.

My goal was to work as long as he did, but circumstances gave me a way out shortly before that mark. I said I'll take a little extra retirement time to try to make up for what he didn't get. So, yeah, I agree totally.