Twist in Blount's career raises a suspicious eyebrow [Archive]

stillers4me

11-23-2014, 09:21 AM

Did LeGarrette Blount walk out on the Steelers so he could walk right back to the New England Patriots?

There is no evidence that occurred, but the way the whole thing transpired can raise suspicions and speculation that it was planned. Without skipping a beat, Blount went from a team fighting to make the playoffs to one among the favorites to win it all, one where he had success last season and was used more often than he was with the Steelers.

The Steelers should have made Blount pay some kind of price for walking out. They could have docked him a game check for leaving the one in Tennessee early under NFL rules that govern conduct detrimental to the team. And instead of cutting him, they could have tried to suspend him for a game as they did with former halfback Rashard Mendenhall — then cut him once that was up.

Instead, Blount is rewarded for his pouting, his attitude and his AWOL routine by stepping right into a New England uniform. The Patriots pick up another useful player at rock-bottom price, one whom Bill Belichick has coached after passing on him when he became a free agent this year..............

Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/11/23/On-the-Steelers-Twist-in-Blount-s-career-raises-a-suspicious-eyebrow/stories/201411230134

86WARD

11-23-2014, 09:27 AM

The Steelers should've deactivated him for 2 weeks or suspended him for 2 weeks away from the team without pay and then reassessed the situation. They essentially gave him what he wanted...to get out. In my book the front office sort of mishandled this one as well.

Hawkman

11-23-2014, 09:41 AM

fansince'76

11-23-2014, 10:12 AM

He's yesterday's news as far as I'm concerned. Frankly, I'm glad he's away from Bell at this point.

T&B fan

11-23-2014, 10:22 AM

he is gone bye bye .planed unplanned New England and Belichick scam or not he is gone baa bye .

stillers4me

11-23-2014, 10:40 AM

he is gone bye bye .planed unplanned New England and Belichick scam or not he is gone baa bye .Yes, he's gone and good riddance to a bad influence on a young player. But the way it happened SHOULD raise eyebrows in the league office. It put one team in a very precarious position and the other* may have gotten away with "cheating"...again.

salamander

11-23-2014, 10:40 AM

It's whatever at this point for me. He's gone and I'm glad he's not here to continue being a cancer in the locker room.

Butch

11-23-2014, 11:03 AM

The Steelers decided to cut him as opposed to suspending him, I'm fine with that, get rid of the cancer and move on. They could have been bitter and suspended him, taken his game check and who knows whatever else. They took the high road foolishly or not.

Did the cheatriots pull a slick one? Probably. Will it come to the light? Who knows?

As I said in another thread on this same subject, I believe in Karma, and we all know that Karma can come back in a very BIG way. Don't know when, or even how, but I say let Karma take care of it.

86WARD

11-23-2014, 11:11 AM

Totally disagree. The Steelers are not vengeful. They quickly cut out a cancer and allowed for someone who wanted to be there to take a roster spot.
As far as I'm concerned, the team did the right thing. Weather it was planned or not, who cares. He's gone!

It's not about being vengeful. It's about not setting a precedent...if Bell decides he wants out next year, or say a "lesser player" like Markus Wheaton or whomever, all they need to do is bitch a little, whine a little, walk out on the team, shove a coach and he's gone...free to go to another team.

GBMelBlount

11-23-2014, 11:15 AM

It will be interesting to see if this comes back to bite us.

Hawkman

11-23-2014, 11:19 AM

It's not about being vengeful. It's about not setting a precedent...if Bell decides he wants out next year, or say a "lesser player" like Markus Wheaton or whomever, all they need to do is bitch a little, whine a little, walk out on the team, shove a coach and he's gone...free to go to another team.

Fine. Let them go. If they don't want to be part of one of them best organizations in the sport, I don't want them. Why waste the energy on potentially damaging personnel. Look how long Mendy hung around.

Dwinsgames

11-23-2014, 11:26 AM

when the Dr. cures you of cancer are you going to care about every detail other than the fact its gone ?

that is how I feel about this Blount situation ... Glad that it has been terminated

X-Terminator

11-23-2014, 12:20 PM

Wow. So we are now adding this to the list of things the FO has messed up after everyone and their brother applauded the move?

Listen, I was among the first to raise an eyebrow as to whether or not this was planned all along. But the Steelers still made the right decision by getting rid of the trash before it became rotten.

st33lersguy

11-23-2014, 12:44 PM

Can we just take down this thread?

Hawkman

11-23-2014, 12:46 PM

Can we just take down this thread?

I'm good with that!:thumbsup:

salamander

11-23-2014, 01:26 PM

Blount's gone and no longer a cancer in the Steelers' locker room. The Steelers made the right move.

zulater

11-23-2014, 01:39 PM

Can we just take down this thread?

A thread lives or dies by whatever interest level it generates. If it's a subject that bothers you it's real easy. Don't click on the thread. And especially don't comment on it, because obviously that extends it further. :coffee:

tube517

11-23-2014, 01:42 PM

A thread lives or dies by whatever interest level it generates. If it's a subject that bothers you it's real easy. Don't click on the thread. And especially don't comment on it, because obviously that extends it further. :coffee:

This.

Plus, there's no Steelers game on. I'm bored enough at work as it is. Need Steelers stuff to read. :heh:

fansince'76

11-23-2014, 01:48 PM

I'm bored enough at work as it is. Need Steelers stuff to read. :heh:

:lol:

zulater

11-23-2014, 01:50 PM

This.

Plus, there's no Steelers game on. I'm bored enough at work as it is. Need Steelers stuff to read. :heh:

Yeah I never get that, trying to quash a fast moving thread because the topic doesn't appeal to you. It's not as if it's not easy to navigate past.

JayC

11-23-2014, 01:53 PM

did he do the antonio brown dance on that td?

zulater

11-23-2014, 02:10 PM

did he do the antonio brown dance on that td?

Just one more reason to hate the Patriots.

X-Terminator

11-23-2014, 02:19 PM

did he do the antonio brown dance on that td?

Of course. An unprofessional player playing for an entire team full of unprofessional players. No one should be shocked.

salamander

11-23-2014, 03:24 PM

Ok, now I really, REALLY dislike him..... At least come up with your own routine.

stillers4me

11-23-2014, 03:24 PM

So, I take it he wasn't really sorry.

Godfather

11-23-2014, 03:25 PM

If tampering occurred and can be proven, the NFL needs to make a MAJOR example of the Pats*.

Appropriate punishment would be a lifetime ban for Belichick and the forfeiture of the entire 2015 draft class. It would be much worse than Bountygate or Spygate, and that kind of hammer would make sure it never happened again.

salamander

11-23-2014, 03:33 PM

And by the way, Blount has FOUR carries so far in the game and they're in the 4th quarter....

zulater

11-23-2014, 03:41 PM

And by the way, Blount has FOUR carries so far in the game and they're in the 4th quarter....

Franchise back. :sarcasm:

fansince'76

11-23-2014, 03:48 PM

If tampering occurred and can be proven, the NFL needs to make a MAJOR example of the Pats*.

Riiiiight...

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tube517

11-23-2014, 03:50 PM

Riiiiight...

http://binaryapi.ap.org/61ca1ba49419468b9a8bd722c0ab355c/940x.jpg

http://www.rufkm.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Kraft-Goodell.jpg

The Patriot

11-23-2014, 04:26 PM

I told you guys, this was planned.

Steeltreal

11-23-2014, 04:31 PM

I picked him up in fantasy, playoffs!

KeiselPower99

11-23-2014, 05:51 PM

Why was this even written? Pittsburgh could have done several things but choose to cut ties with him. End of story.

tube517

11-23-2014, 06:00 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxYvzVxJtYM :chuckle:

silver & black

11-23-2014, 07:11 PM

LOL....of course it was planned.... the cheatr*ots were involved. No way anything will be investigated... Kraft owns Goodell. The NFL is more crooked/fixed than the NBA.

Lady Steel

11-23-2014, 10:56 PM

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If tampering occurred and can be proven, the NFL needs to make a MAJOR example of the Pats*.

Appropriate punishment would be a lifetime ban for Belichick and the forfeiture of the entire 2015 draft class. It would be much worse than Bountygate or Spygate, and that kind of hammer would make sure it never happened again.

Agreed, but that will never happen since Goodell and Kraft are in bed together as Fansince and Tube pointed out upthread. :chuckle:

Texasteel

11-24-2014, 10:03 AM

Agreed, but that will never happen since Goodell and Kraft are in bed together as Fansince and Tube pointed out upthread. :chuckle:

I think you are right about this.

NFLs in depth investigation of the case.

Memo: Goodell to Kraft.

Did the Patriots plan this ahead of time.

Memo Kraft to Goodell:

Nope.

Memo Goodell to Kraft:

OK, that's good enough for me.

vader29

11-24-2014, 10:50 AM

Fixed for accuracy:

I think you are right about this.

NFLs in depth investigation of the case.

Memo: Goodell to Kraft.

Did the Patriots plan this ahead of time.

Memo Kraft to Goodell:

Yes, but it was against the Steelers.

Memo Goodell to Kraft:

Yeah you're right, fuck them!

:chuckle:

steelreserve

11-24-2014, 12:20 PM

Who knows if there's any truth to it. Probably. It played out a little too conveniently.

It doesn't really make a difference, though. The player's gone, nothing's ever going to come of it, and the Patriots were already underhanded cheating dickheads before any of this. So nothing changes.

There's also the part of it that when you sign a player with known "issues," you know there's a chance it's going to end poorly. In that sense, that's the one way the front office could be to blame. I'm just glad things didn't get the way they did with the Wallace/Mendenhall circus, where players were saying they basically poisoned the whole team with a sour attitude.

In a year or so, I have the feeling we'll look back at this and say it's not a big deal.

T&B fan

11-24-2014, 01:37 PM

steelreserve

11-24-2014, 01:43 PM

just a thought , so your a good player on a crappy team 9-10 games in, another team some how gets word to you they need you , all you need to do is get dropped by your team . talk about setting a precedent.

The problem is that you have to clear waivers. So there's no guarantee you'd end up there and not another crappy team. And also no guarantee that your original team will cut you and not just suspend you without pay. This was kind of a unique case because of Blount's reputation that basically made him toxic, plus his previous relationship with the Patriots. Most of the time, I don't think it'd work out so smoothly.

fansince'76

11-24-2014, 01:45 PM

I think the fact that the guy cleared waivers speaks volumes. What it says to me is that although he does have talent, his talent is not great enough to compensate for what a pain in the ass he apparently is.

I also think it's a matter of when, not if, Belichick dumps him like a hot potato. And then he'll be pretty much out of options due to his shitty reputation. Especially considering the de-emphasis on the RB position as a whole.

4 teams in 5 seasons. Enough said.

fansince'76

11-24-2014, 01:51 PM

fansince'76

11-25-2014, 05:12 PM

Looks like we got a secret admirer!

Anytime you want to have yourself a 'superior moment' go have look at the mindless dross that passes for forum traffic over at Steelers Universe - to a (wo)man, they are crazy deluded, angry, bitter people - to the point of absurdity.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/ed-bouchette-of-the-pittsburgh-post-is-a-nutjob.1113748/page-3#post-3998214 (http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/ed-bouchette-of-the-pittsburgh-post-is-a-nutjob.1113748/page-3#post-3998214)

Mindless dross? Yep, I'll admit it sure is hard to compete with roughly 20,000,000,000 variations of essentially the same 3 threads over and over and over:

"ZOMG! TAAHMMY BRAY-DEE IS DAH BESST EVURRRR AND AH WIKKID PISSAH!"

"PAYTON MANNING SUX! DAH MEE-DEE-AAH NEEEDS TAH SUKK TAAHMMY'S DIKK MOOR!"

"HURR DURR, HOOD-EEE IZZ SOOO SMAART - HEEZ AH REGG-LAR GEE-NEE-USS! HURR DURR."

They're definitely on a different plane of thought, alright. :jerkit:

Wanker Brit asshat. :lol:

86WARD

11-25-2014, 06:42 PM

Lol.

steelreserve

11-25-2014, 06:45 PM

Refresh my memory ... was that guy the dildo who was making classless cancer jokes when that was a very sensitive subject around here? Or was that a different Patriots fan?

86WARD

11-25-2014, 06:47 PM

Dumping Blount so quick, sets a bad precedent...but more concerning is that there is no known quality depth behind Bell. Glad they let him go, especially if the locker room wanted it, but I can't agree with doing it so quickly and without a contingency plan. I'd like to see Bell have a nice long career in Pittsburgh...this isn't the way to get that.

fansince'76

11-25-2014, 06:55 PM

Refresh my memory ... was that guy the dildo who was making classless cancer jokes when that was a very sensitive subject around here? Or was that a different Patriots fan?

No, he's the Pats fan that pestered the old absentee owner over at SF into giving him a mod position, and then reverted into trolldom after Spygate came to light. But the classless POS did poke fun of HTG's medical problems before he was finally given the boot over there.

I also think it's funny that he still has less than 1/5 of the number of posts on the Pats board as he did over on SF. "WAAAHHH! Steelers fans are talking bad about us!" :lol:

And yes, I'm posting this out in the open here because I want the dickhead to read it. :chuckle:

Moose

11-25-2014, 07:16 PM

He's yesterday's news as far as I'm concerned. Frankly, I'm glad he's away from Bell at this point.

Exactly ! Now move on !

steelreserve

11-25-2014, 07:54 PM

But the classless POS did poke fun of HTG's medical problems before he was finally given the boot over there.

Yeah, that's the guy I was thinking of. Oh well, what a dick.

NM

NCSteeler

11-25-2014, 07:55 PM

Texasteel

11-25-2014, 08:08 PM

http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by fansince'76 http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/showthread.php?p=461094#post461094) He's yesterday's news as far as I'm concerned. Frankly, I'm glad he's away from Bell at this point. http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/images/misc/quote_icon.png

I kinda wonder if Bell was not the reason they moved on this so quickly on this. They must have been a little worried about his influence on the young RB.

Lady Steel

11-26-2014, 12:25 AM

Looks like we got a secret admirer!

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/ed-bouchette-of-the-pittsburgh-post-is-a-nutjob.1113748/page-3#post-3998214 (http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/ed-bouchette-of-the-pittsburgh-post-is-a-nutjob.1113748/page-3#post-3998214)

Mindless dross? Yep, I'll admit it sure is hard to compete with roughly 20,000,000,000 variations of essentially the same 3 threads over and over and over:

"ZOMG! TAAHMMY BRAY-DEE IS DAH BESST EVURRRR AND AH WIKKID PISSAH!"

"PAYTON MANNING SUX! DAH MEE-DEE-AAH NEEEDS TAH SUKK TAAHMMY'S DIKK MOOR!"

"HURR DURR, HOOD-EEE IZZ SOOO SMAART - HEEZ AH REGG-LAR GEE-NEE-USS! HURR DURR."

They're definitely on a different plane of thought, alright. :jerkit:

Wanker Brit asshat. :lol:

Wish he would come here and say that. You know, to the people he is actually talking about. Coward!