Redskins Retired Numbers...

[Redskin Rich]

Originally Posted by hagams

If anyone, regardless of skill and talent tries to wear #21, I'm sure there will be hell to pay. I don't see it being retired, but it won't be worn for many, many years.

I am sure to be attacked on here... but I don't see it that way. I could make ALOT of arguements for the number staying in rotation, but how about the fact that at least THREE of the 70 Greatest wore that number (Byner, Nelms, Allen) All three of them had more productive careers with the Skins than ST... he had potential, but it was not realized.

[lwiedy]

Originally Posted by Redskin Rich

I am sure to be attacked on here... but I don't see it that way. I could make ALOT of arguements for the number staying in rotation, but how about the fact that at least THREE of the 70 Greatest wore that number (Byner, Nelms, Allen) All three of them had more productive careers with the Skins than ST... he had potential, but it was not realized.

I do see the point, but exactly when do you reissue it? Next season? 5 years? There is a PR gamble that I frankly don't think is worth taking. Look at this site. How many people DON'T have ST tributes attached to them? I have to reiterate my point that from shirts to towels to helmet decals, 21 became the way everybody conveyed the remembrance.

BTW, where is the guy that said 7 & 9 were re-issued, I dying to know this!

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by lwiedy

I do see the point, but exactly when do you reissue it? Next season? 5 years? There is a PR gamble that I frankly don't think is worth taking. Look at this site. How many people DON'T have ST tributes attached to them? I have to reiterate my point that from shirts to towels to helmet decals, 21 became the way everybody conveyed the remembrance.

BTW, where is the guy that said 7 & 9 were re-issued, I dying to know this!

Didn't Shane Matthews and Danny Wuerffel wear those numbers for a couple of weeks in the preseason?

[Redskin Rich]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Didn't Shane Matthews and Danny Wuerffel wear those numbers for a couple of weeks in the preseason?

I think so, but I looked at images... Mathews was 6, and Danny was 17.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Redskin Rich

I think so, but I looked at images... Mathews was 6, and Danny was 17.

Here you go

Amarillo Globe-News: Pro & College Sports: Redskins' QB Wuerffel won't wear No. 7 05/14/02

[lwiedy]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Here you go

Amarillo Globe-News: Pro & College Sports: Redskins' QB Wuerffel won't wear No. 7 05/14/02

Nice find!!! But that hardly qualifies as having the numbers re-issued, the article was from May 2002, so they didn't even make it to camp with those numbers. Sounds like a dope (Spurrier) was set straight pretty quickly.