Do you think Lavar is Okay.....
 

Because he sure does. He had this to say when asked why he was benched so frequently at the end of the season....

[CENTER]"I..I..I just wasn't good enough to play.
They weren't playing me because I was
not good enough to play at the time."

"How do you feel about that assesment?"

"Well, We'll see when we see them, and
any other team........I think the answer
will be very clear if I was good enough
to play"
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You have to talk trash about an org after you leave it. Its an unwritten rule

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how can we tell that you were good enough last year by how you may play next year?KISS MY ASS ARRINGTON!

after you broke the ice LaVar......

its also an unwritten rule that i must talk shit about you.... you.... you... freelancer!

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Not that I did not love him when he was here but, I think laVar may have a little bit of a bipolar problem. :benched:

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Actually, my buddy watched an interview with LaVar recently and he had nothing but good things to say about the Redskins. I wish him well, he was by far my favorite player.

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Sorry, but I just don't see what's wrong with his statement.

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i just think it was a jab at our coaching staff

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clearly he is suggesting that he deserved to be on the feild and that our staff was benching him for personal resaons

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[quote=gibbsisgod]i just think it was a jab at our coaching staff[/quote]

If it was a justified jab, then it was a good jab.

I maintain, I think LaVar will have a very good season.

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he is a big mouth.thats why he is gone.bye big mouth

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[quote=jayfrank12]he is a big mouth.thats why he is gone.bye big mouth[/quote]welcome jayfrank12:food-smil

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Well, I suppose his comments can be interpreted in different ways. I just think I've heard a lot worse out of other players that leave teams. If he wanted to really take a shot at the coaches, why not just say it point blank: "they didn't know how to use me", or "they had it in for me from the beginning", or "they never gave me a fair shot"? I mean, he started out saying he wasn't good enough. How is he supposed to answer that follow-up question then? "Yah, I agree with them, I really sucked". I kinda expect any player on a new team to want to prove something to their old team. I think we find that just about anywhere. But he's not really ripping the team or the organization. Overall, for as much publicity as this breakup got, I'd say both sides parted professionally. But that's just my opinion, and I'm admittedly still a big Lavar fan.

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i just never fell in love with the guy. you are right though , he answered it in a very professional way but i can also see what he was gettin at

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No body but LaVar and organization know why he didn't play until halfway through the season, its unfair for any of us to say why this and why that. The fact is he is with the G-men now, and desperately wants to prove all his critics wrong about not being a force at LB in the NFL. That is every athlete in any sport around the world. If anyone questions their ability, they go out and work extra hard to prove people wrong. In this case, he gets to prove it twice a year, which is what he wanted from the get go. I admire his competativeness , and heart to prove people wrong. I do admit being a little worried about him being extra motivated playing us. He has dropped almost 20 lbs and is getting back to his original playing weight before the injury. I think any athlete with a heart and pulse would be motivated to play their old team. I for one can not weight to see how this plays out. I am a Redskin fan for life, and this just makes the rivalry that much more exciting.

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Can we just stop the madness?

LaVar is gone.

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[quote=#56fanatic]No body but LaVar and organization know why he didn't play until halfway through the season, its unfair for any of us to say why this and why that. The fact is he is with the G-men now, and desperately wants to prove all his critics wrong about not being a force at LB in the NFL. That is every athlete in any sport around the world. If anyone questions their ability, they go out and work extra hard to prove people wrong. In this case, he gets to prove it twice a year, which is what he wanted from the get go. I admire his competativeness , and heart to prove people wrong. I do admit being a little worried about him being extra motivated playing us. He has dropped almost 20 lbs and is getting back to his original playing weight before the injury. I think any athlete with a heart and pulse would be motivated to play their old team. I for one can not weight to see how this plays out. I am a Redskin fan for life, and this just makes the rivalry that much more exciting.[/quote]

Good points, but the real question we're all waiting for is.......what are you going to do with the #56Fan??

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[quote=12thMan]Good points, but the real question we're all waiting for is.......what are you going to do with the #56Fan??[/quote]

I have no freaking idea. I can probably change it, but no one would really know who I was if I changed it. And I like all the sh*t I get from time to time.

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[quote=Mattyk72]Can we just stop the madness?

LaVar is gone.[/quote]

What else am I supposed to do during the day? Work?!

I personally just disliked his comment about the Redskins "not being about football." Yeah, Joe Gibbs is TOTALLY not about football.

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[quote=#56fanatic]I have no freaking idea. I can probably change it, but no one would really know who I was if I changed it. And I like all the sh*t I get from time to time.[/quote]

I feel ya!

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[quote=#56fanatic]I have no freaking idea. I can probably change it, but no one would really know who I was if I changed it. And I like all the sh*t I get from time to time.[/quote]

You're like his temporary representative for him at this site.

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[quote=amorentz]What else am I supposed to do during the day? Work?!

I personally just disliked his comment about the Redskins "not being about football." Yeah, Joe Gibbs is TOTALLY not about football.[/quote]

I think he's like one of those people that says the first thing that pops up in his mind without thinking about it. He probably needs to filter some of the things that come out of his mouth.

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I dunno how many people haved watched the interview but he seems a little crazy in it. I dont know whether I should pity him, or be intimidated. He could always pull a Aikman, and knock Bunell out.

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[quote=WillH]I dunno how many people haved watched the interview but he seems a little crazy in it. I dont know whether I should pity him, or be intimidated. He could always pull a Aikman, and knock Bunell out.[/quote]

I hope his days of knocking players out are long past him.

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I think there will be a lot of pressure on Arrington to do well with the giants. If a rb or te makes a big play on his side, everyone will be looking to see where Arrington was positioned on the play. His play will be dissected more than he realizes with the giants and probably more than he was when he was with the skins.

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[QUOTE=warriorzpath]I think there will be a lot of pressure on Arrington to do well with the giants. If a rb or te makes a big play on his side, everyone will be looking to see where Arrington was positioned on the play. His play will be dissected more than he realizes with the giants and probably more than he was when he was with the skins.[/QUOTE]
Very true. The pressure will be pretty great in NY. But I think Lavar will be up to it. I don't care about him talking trash. Every usually on talks trash on there X.

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I say good riddens. He gets talked about more now that hes gone then he ever did when he was here. Peace out sucka. Im sure your gonna get a nice warm welcome when you come back to Fed Ex. If im not at the game i will be moonin the tv when you get announced.

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nothing to fear...

He isn't the mutant he was. He's just another overpaid superstar. He will be the next warren sapp.

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[QUOTE=warriorzpath]I think there will be a lot of pressure on Arrington to do well with the giants. If a rb or te makes a big play on his side, everyone will be looking to see where Arrington was positioned on the play. His play will be dissected more than he realizes with the giants and probably more than he was when he was with the skins.[/QUOTE]


Based on that incentive laden contract he signed with the G-men his A game is going to be needed for sixteen games. Pro Sports Talk has laid out all the provisions of his contract for it's duration, and the first two years are going to be very telling for LaVar. No one ever said LaVar knows what to say, or when to say it, as a result I don't think many true Skins fans are too much concerned about his talk.

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this is insane.the man left the redskins,by his choice.repeat after me,he DOESNT play for the skins anymore.lets talk about the players we do have

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some people are a bit to super hyper sensitive about anyone even mentioning the skins in any way.

what do you expect? every player in the league to talk about how great and awesome the skins are and how terrible their teams are in comparision? he's not playing to the DC audience anymore, and sucking up to us now is pointless.

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lavar who?

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[quote=Master4Caster]lavar who?[/quote]

well put my friend. i think that sums it all up perfectly. lets talk about him once he makes a game changing play against the skins...then it deserves some discussion.

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[quote=ParkerGibbs]well put my friend. i think that sums it all up perfectly. lets talk about him once he makes a game changing play against the skins...then it deserves some discussion.[/quote]if that ever happens then every thread on this board will be dedicated to how we should have kept him

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[quote=ParkerGibbs]well put my friend. i think that sums it all up perfectly. lets talk about him once he makes a game changing play against the skins...then it deserves some discussion.[/quote]

I think the reason that Lavar has been brought up again is because of the interviews that he is allowing. It seems to me that he is drawing attention because that is what he is attracted to: the spotlight. I just think that if a player truly thinks it's a fresh start, then it's time for him to let the stuff in the past go. To me, he should just put his head down and get to work and stop talking until the first big play he makes.

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[quote=warriorzpath]I think the reason that Lavar has been brought up again is because of the interviews that he is allowing. It seems to me that he is drawing attention because that is what he is attracted to: the spotlight. I just think that if a player truly thinks it's a fresh start, then it's time for him to let the stuff in the past go. To me, he should just put his head down and get to work and stop talking until the first big play he makes.[/quote]

And then he ignores the New York media and refuses to answer questions and they label him a Premadonna? Come on, it's not like he's calling press conferences or something.

The media of your new city sticks a microphone in your face and asks you simple questions and you want him to blow them off? We don't expect that of any other player in the NFL, why would we expect it of Lavar? I've said it before, I'll say it again........for as much press as this "breakup" has gotten, all parties have behaved very well. Lavar has been given opportunity after opportunity to bash the Skins and he hasn't. How many other players who went from pro bowler to injured to benched would be so gracious? It's just getting absurd to me that some people actually think he's been doing anything wrong in this whole situation.

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[quote=PSUSkinsFan21]And then he ignores the New York media and refuses to answer questions and they label him a Premadonna? Come on, it's not like he's calling press conferences or something.

The media of your new city sticks a microphone in your face and asks you simple questions and you want him to blow them off? We don't expect that of any other player in the NFL, why would we expect it of Lavar? I've said it before, I'll say it again........for as much press as this "breakup" has gotten, all parties have behaved very well. Lavar has been given opportunity after opportunity to bash the Skins and he hasn't. How many other players who went from pro bowler to injured to benched would be so gracious? It's just getting absurd to me that some people actually think he's been doing anything wrong in this whole situation.[/quote]

I don't think that the recent interview video on espn's site is him just being polite. The interview looks to have been planned (and he seems to be a more than willing participant). The interview was of Lavar and the reporter, one-on-one, in a seemingly private room.

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[quote=warriorzpath]I don't think that the recent interview video on espn's site is him just being polite. The interview looks to have been planned (and he seems to be a more than willing participant). The interview was of Lavar and the reporter, one-on-one, in a seemingly private room.[/quote]

Ok, fair enough.

Even still, I just don't understand the standard that everyone is trying to hold him up to.

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[quote=PSUSkinsFan21]Ok, fair enough.

Even still, I just don't understand the standard that everyone is trying to hold him up to.[/quote]

I think (and this is just my opinion) that it's a high standard he is applying to himself too. He may be having a hard time with some of the rough times recently with his situation (injuries and clash with coach(es)) - given all of the individual success that he has had in the past.

In a way I am torn between rooting for him to do well in NY and rooting against him. Honestly, I am more inclined to root against him, because to me if he does well there then that would mean the redskins made a big mistake (and I never want that to happen).

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Oh, I WILL be rooting against him. I just hate seeing ex-Skins do well outside the organization.

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[quote=warriorzpath]I think (and this is just my opinion) that it's a high standard he is applying to himself too. He may be having a hard time with some of the rough times recently with his situation (injuries and clash with coach(es)) - given all of the individual success that he has had in the past.

In a way I am torn between rooting for him to do well in NY and rooting against him. Honestly, I am more inclined to root against him, because to me if he does well there then that would mean the redskins made a big mistake (and I never want that to happen).[/quote]

See for me, I think if he does well in NY, it just means 1. He's healthy again, and 2. NY is simply a better fit. To me, it just became obvious fairly early on that Gregg Williams's system doesn't fit Lavar, and Lavar doesn't fit Williams's system. And that's ok. There's nothing wrong with that. Like Lavar said in the beginning of his interview......it's no different than any other job. Sometimes there just comes a time when you know that it's the right time to move on.

So for me, if Lavar tears it up, it just means he found the right fit for him. At the same time, it doesn't mean he would have had the same success for the Skins. In fact, he probably wouldn't have because Lavar and the system here just don't fit anymore.