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[mike340]

The thing that kills me is that so many idiots commenting over at FoxSports about the induction of Irvin to the HOF say that off-field actions shouldn't impact someone's acceptance into the HOF. Yet the reason Irvin is in and Monk is not is because of off-field actions.

Monk didn't talk much (including to the press) so they didn't pay much attention to him (and didn't like him too much either, I guess.) And, as a half on-field, half off-field item, he didn't nag about not getting the ball. As a result he got less passes thrown his way after we got the rest of the Posse. (How long was it before someone matched the 106 passes he caught in one season before the Posse got there?)

On the other hand, Irvin was loud, always saying (like my 5-year-old) "look at me, look at me!" Then he topped it off by becoming a member of the "press" himself. He set himself up perfectly.

So the bottom line is what you do off the field impacts heavily if you get into the HOF or not. It's just not the desired impact. Very sad.