Adam B. D.McNabb Speaks and Philadelphia Laughs
August 31st 2010 15:15
There are 3 guarantees in life; death, taxes and stupid comments from Donovan McNabb. For his latest bag of hot air, check out this month's issue of GQ where the good people over there decided it was time to tap into one of the all time greatest resources for whiney drivel.
Ever since the day he was drafted and subsequently booed by a rambunctious group of Eagles fans, who could not see the forest for the trees and wanted Ricky Williams, Donovan McNabb has had a chip on his shoulder the size of Chad Ochocinco's swollen head.
During his time in Philadelphia, McNabb has never been one to take responsibility or blame when things were heading down the wrong path. When things went well, McNabb was full of praise for himself and those around him, but when the going got tough, he tended to pass the buck onto others.
This was never so well portrayed then at the end of last season when he blamed the horrible 0-24 loss to the Cowboys on the team showing "its youth". Smart one Donovan! Blame the young players, the future of the team, the players who are supposed to follow your leadership and look up to you! Yet for some reason, McNabb could never understand why he was never fully embraced by fans and players alike in Philly. Well it certainly is a head scratcher! (Sarcasm intended)
The GQ article covers, in my opinion, his most famous blunder during his tenure in Philadelphia; the 2 minute drill, if you can call it that, in the last couple minutes of the Super Bowl. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichik was asking his other coaches what the Eagles were doing out there as he became concerned that the scoreboard was wrong and that the Eagles were actually winning and just killing off the clock! That's not a lie, he really was worried that maybe they were about to lose the Super Bowl, based on how slow the Eagles were running this 2 minute drill. So, was McNabb at all to blame for this? Well let's hear from the man himself:
"We were trying to figure out if TO was in or if TO was out, because of his leg. TO wanted to be in. We were trying to rotate guys in and get personnel together.."
Oh okay, so we can pin this one on TO and the coaches for not getting the correct personnel in. What else happened, oh perfect one?
"The play calling was a little slow, but it made it look like we were just kind of standing around. We were hustling, it was just blown out of proportion"
I'm sorry, but who is the leader of the team on the field? That would be the QB and McNabb did nothing to improve the situation. He stood out there like a deer in headlights and watched the Super Bowl slip away, so he needs to shoulder some of the blame.
The article went on to cover McNabb's feelings of how the team treated him during his career with the Eagles, and apparently the front office did not kiss his butt nearly enough to satisfy him. Donovan felt that the front office and the coaches did not support him when the fans and media got on his case.
McNabb says, "They'll say something to you in the building, but not publicly. My feeling was, I'm out here getting cut up, where are you? I'm always defending and helping you guys, but where's that support?"
Gee Donovan, where have you been during every single Andy Reid press conference where he shoulders most of the blame for the players inability to get the job done? How many times has a reporter asked Reid about something bad that happened on the field and Reid immediately says "That's on me, that's my fault." He does it so much that it is maddening to Eagles fans because we want to hear Reid be honest, but we understand why he does it. Reid tries to protect the players, rarely calling them out in the media. When asked how they felt about McNabb as their QB, Reid and owner Jeff Lurie always said they felt McNabb gave them the best chance to win and that he would be their starting QB. What more public support did this guy want?
It seems that McNabb will never be happy unless he has something to complain about. He shows an inability to let go of the past on the same level as his inability to win in big games. I'm not saying that he won't make a difference on the Red Skins, as he is a good athlete, but all the baggage he brings to accompany his diminishing talent no longer makes him worth it.
Have fun Skins fans, he is your problem now!
Ever since the day he was drafted and subsequently booed by a rambunctious group of Eagles fans, who could not see the forest for the trees and wanted Ricky Williams, Donovan McNabb has had a chip on his shoulder the size of Chad Ochocinco's swollen head.
During his time in Philadelphia, McNabb has never been one to take responsibility or blame when things were heading down the wrong path. When things went well, McNabb was full of praise for himself and those around him, but when the going got tough, he tended to pass the buck onto others.
This was never so well portrayed then at the end of last season when he blamed the horrible 0-24 loss to the Cowboys on the team showing "its youth". Smart one Donovan! Blame the young players, the future of the team, the players who are supposed to follow your leadership and look up to you! Yet for some reason, McNabb could never understand why he was never fully embraced by fans and players alike in Philly. Well it certainly is a head scratcher! (Sarcasm intended)
The GQ article covers, in my opinion, his most famous blunder during his tenure in Philadelphia; the 2 minute drill, if you can call it that, in the last couple minutes of the Super Bowl. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichik was asking his other coaches what the Eagles were doing out there as he became concerned that the scoreboard was wrong and that the Eagles were actually winning and just killing off the clock! That's not a lie, he really was worried that maybe they were about to lose the Super Bowl, based on how slow the Eagles were running this 2 minute drill. So, was McNabb at all to blame for this? Well let's hear from the man himself:
"We were trying to figure out if TO was in or if TO was out, because of his leg. TO wanted to be in. We were trying to rotate guys in and get personnel together.."
Oh okay, so we can pin this one on TO and the coaches for not getting the correct personnel in. What else happened, oh perfect one?
"The play calling was a little slow, but it made it look like we were just kind of standing around. We were hustling, it was just blown out of proportion"
I'm sorry, but who is the leader of the team on the field? That would be the QB and McNabb did nothing to improve the situation. He stood out there like a deer in headlights and watched the Super Bowl slip away, so he needs to shoulder some of the blame.
The article went on to cover McNabb's feelings of how the team treated him during his career with the Eagles, and apparently the front office did not kiss his butt nearly enough to satisfy him. Donovan felt that the front office and the coaches did not support him when the fans and media got on his case.
McNabb says, "They'll say something to you in the building, but not publicly. My feeling was, I'm out here getting cut up, where are you? I'm always defending and helping you guys, but where's that support?"
Gee Donovan, where have you been during every single Andy Reid press conference where he shoulders most of the blame for the players inability to get the job done? How many times has a reporter asked Reid about something bad that happened on the field and Reid immediately says "That's on me, that's my fault." He does it so much that it is maddening to Eagles fans because we want to hear Reid be honest, but we understand why he does it. Reid tries to protect the players, rarely calling them out in the media. When asked how they felt about McNabb as their QB, Reid and owner Jeff Lurie always said they felt McNabb gave them the best chance to win and that he would be their starting QB. What more public support did this guy want?
It seems that McNabb will never be happy unless he has something to complain about. He shows an inability to let go of the past on the same level as his inability to win in big games. I'm not saying that he won't make a difference on the Red Skins, as he is a good athlete, but all the baggage he brings to accompany his diminishing talent no longer makes him worth it.
Have fun Skins fans, he is your problem now!
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