No Winner in [Ricky] Williams' incident

Sun-Sentinel.com ^ | 06/24/02 | David Hyde

[Frank Grimes]

As Ricky Williams keeps making headlines in his first days as a Dolphin, you have to look pretty hard to find a winner. It's not the Dolphins, who wanted his headlines to involve touchdowns. It's not the team's fans, who wanted stories about "a good Dolphins drive" to involve more than Williams arriving home without incident.

The winner isn't the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, which has been bashed by Williams. It isn't necessarily truth or justice, though if this keeps up a jury might decide that.

[Frank Grimes]

Okay, so we already know Ricky is a d--kweed (he was a longhorn, after all), but did you also know that he is wealthy beyond what a lot of us could imagine, yet he cannot afford a licence tag for his humvee? And he thinks because he broke the law and got caught (numerous times) that he is the target of White v. Black profiling. What an a-hole.

I actually know something about Ricky some of you may not. My step-father happens to be friends with another pro football player, Peter Warrick. Peter was offered the services of the rapper Master P to serve as his agent. Peter turned him down because P was trying to give him money while he was still at FSU. Now I know Peter had his own problems, but he did the right thing by turning the guy down. Of course, someone else did not turn down Master P. Ricky Williams made him his agent shortly after Peter turned him down. Of course, P negotiated a deal for Ricky that was basically the laughingstock of the NFL at the time, so I believe he got canned soon after.

[Types_with_Fist]

Perhaps the winner here is the Saints organization.

[smith288]

I always thought Williams was a well orientated member of society...until Master P...now this crap. This is Jesse's work. Conservatives have our work cut out.

[chiefqc]

And just to think, if the coach had listened to the Philadelphia Eagles fans they would have been stuck with this A**hole.

[End Times Sentinel]

"You wouldn't understand," Williams said Thursday. "You're not black. It's something a lot of guys in this [locker] room have to deal with. It's part of being black, I guess."

Is this moron now trying to say that all blacks have trouble complying with laws and living responsible lives???

This is stupid and bigoted beyond belief. Millions of blacks the world over are able to comply with basic laws and take responsibility for their own actions. It isn’t any harder for them than it is for Ricky Williams.

While not being one, it seems to me that the problem is that he’s a pampered athlete who never learned to take responsibility for his actions and follow rules in a responsible manner.

Don’t try and blame you poor behavior and immaturity on some imagined birth-defect of being black. The issue is with your own lack of intelligence and character, Williams.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[TADSLOS]

He should be made to take the bus to work, or have the team owner car pool with him. Idiot.

[Nate505]

And half us Colt fans booed mightly when we slected Edgerrin James over this guy......at least our guy only misses minicamps :D

[End Times Sentinel]

And just to think, if the coach had listened to the Philadelphia Eagles fans they would have been stuck with this A**hole.

As a life long Eagles fan, it hurts to agree with that statement, but unfortunately you are correct. [Disclaimer, while I didn’t expect McNabb to turn out as magnificently as he has to date, I was in the Donovan camp on draft day.]

The REAL outrage is that the moronic fans that embarrassed themselves on draft day HADN’T EVEN SEEN WILLIAMS OR McNABB EVEN PLAY YET!!! Can you imagine having such a strong opinion on something you knew nothing about???

While Philadelphia is a great NFL town, it is a horrible, horrible College football town.

The idiot ring-leader who organized “The Dirty Thirty” who showed up on draft day to boo the McNabb pick didn’t even know who Williams or McNabb were until late February. Such a delight to have ignorance on display for all to see…

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[daniel boob]

Wanna get involved here?

[Mudboy Slim]

"Can you imagine having such a strong opinion on something you knew nothing about???"

I see it every day on this very Forum...LOL!!

FReegards...MUD

[Alberta's Child]

I have a theory about professional athletes that goes something like this: No matter how much money an athlete earns in his career, he will always end up at the age of 50 in the same position he would have been if he had never made all that money.

[E Rocc]

As a life long Eagles fan, it hurts to agree with that statement, but unfortunately you are correct. [Disclaimer, while I didn’t expect McNabb to turn out as magnificently as he has to date, I was in the Donovan camp on draft day.]

The REAL outrage is that the moronic fans that embarrassed themselves on draft day HADN’T EVEN SEEN WILLIAMS OR McNABB EVEN PLAY YET!!! Can you imagine having such a strong opinion on something you knew nothing about???

While Philadelphia is a great NFL town, it is a horrible, horrible College football town.

The idiot ring-leader who organized “The Dirty Thirty” who showed up on draft day to boo the McNabb pick didn’t even know who Williams or McNabb were until late February. Such a delight to have ignorance on display for all to see…

It could have been worse, you could have taken Akili Smith. :snicker:

Seriously, on Draft Day '99 I was pretty much torn between Tim Couch and Ricky, leaning slightly towards Ricky....if the Browns thought they could effectively ride herd on him. As it turns out, even with the expensive support network they were putting in place for the players (run by the former head of the Secret Service), they didn't think they could.

Ricky's problem is he's played for a team that doesn't do a very good job of keeping "problem children" on the right track. Now he's going to go play for another one. Anyone remember Cecil Collins?

Williams has the ability to be a superstar, but he's immature as hell. He needs to be with the right organization. I don't think it's Miami.

-Eric

[wheezer]

LOL...the Miami Dolphins search for a respectable running game continues.

Seems to goin' on about twenty years or so....can't run, or stop the run, when it counts.

[jra]

Williams was then woken up by the woman.

Woken??? Nice writing, Dave.

[AmishDude]

I know . . . I know . . .

[wheezer]

I'm surprised a solid guy like Wanstadd went for a head case like Williams.

I know they needed a big back, but this guy might turn out to be a team wrecker.

IYHO...do you think the real problem could be the O-Line as opposed to the backs in the first place?

[AmishDude]

It's always been the O-line, since Marino was there. If you have an east-west runner, you can mask that.

I don't know that Wannstedt is such a "solid guy". But, I don't know that he's not. Ricky's got serious mental problems that he's admitted to, don't forget. I'm amazed the Dolphins even made the playoffs last year.

[NormsRevenge]

What's the NFL's Policy on Ritalin Usage by Its Players .. Sounds like Ricky needs some