Samuels and Alexander: The College Years

[DTBama]

Two Washington Post articles....

Samuels and Alexander: The College Years

Shaun Alexander: 37 Again:BigA:

 

[BamaCorvin]

Iam so glad he got 37 back. I watched a practice video and saw him waering 35. It just did not look right

 

[CapstoneTider]

I have never seen a player that stayed out of trouble and as disliked around the league and with the media as Alexander. You would never know that he was injured these past couple of seasons if you read many of the articles, here is his story: Comes to Seattle and doesn't practice well, coaches don't like him. Finally starts and has record setting type season but it ends with the "Stab in the Back" statement. Has another few record setting type seasons and helps lead team to Super Bowl. Big debate on whether to give him a big contract because they have used him like a work horse his whole career and tread may be gone. Seattle caves in to pressure of fans and some media and awards contract. Most tread is in fact gone and Alexander gets rep of falling down in the backfield if he doesn't see a hole but injury is played down. Alexander let go by Seattle after two injury riddled years. No one signs him, so media writes repeatedly that he must be a bad apple or something since he was the MVP just a few seasons ago and now cannot find work. Signed by Washington to league minimum.........

 

[cbi1972]

I have never seen a player that stayed out of trouble and as disliked around the league and with the media as Alexander. You would never know that he was injured these past couple of seasons if you read many of the articles, here is his story: Comes to Seattle and doesn't practice well, coaches don't like him. Finally starts and has record setting type season but it ends with the "Stab in the Back" statement. Has another few record setting type seasons and helps lead team to Super Bowl. Big debate on whether to give him a big contract because they have used him like a work horse his whole career and tread may be gone. Seattle caves in to pressure of fans and some media and awards contract. Most tread is in fact gone and Alexander gets rep of falling down in the backfield if he doesn't see a hole but injury is played down. Alexander let go by Seattle after two injury riddled years. No one signs him, so media writes repeatedly that he must be a bad apple or something since he was the MVP just a few seasons ago and now cannot find work. Signed by Washington to league minimum.........

Compare that to Favre's career.

 

[cbi1972]

When Shaun Alexander drove into Redskins Park today, the first two people he saw were Cornelius Griffin and Chris Samuels. It was the first time the three had been teammates since they were senior captains at Alabama.

"I was like, 'This is weird,' " Alexander told me. "And they just laughed and hugged on me and was like, 'Dude, let's go do this.' "

Guess I gotta pull for the Skins

 

[Pluck and Grit]

Unless Clinton Portis gets injured, we won't see too much of Shaun.

 

[37bamagrl]

I have never seen a player that stayed out of trouble and as disliked around the league and with the media as Alexander. You would never know that he was injured these past couple of seasons if you read many of the articles, here is his story: Comes to Seattle and doesn't practice well, coaches don't like him. Finally starts and has record setting type season but it ends with the "Stab in the Back" statement. Has another few record setting type seasons and helps lead team to Super Bowl. Big debate on whether to give him a big contract because they have used him like a work horse his whole career and tread may be gone. Seattle caves in to pressure of fans and some media and awards contract. Most tread is in fact gone and Alexander gets rep of falling down in the backfield if he doesn't see a hole but injury is played down. Alexander let go by Seattle after two injury riddled years. No one signs him, so media writes repeatedly that he must be a bad apple or something since he was the MVP just a few seasons ago and now cannot find work. Signed by Washington to league minimum.........

So true and it has always made me SOOO mad!!!

yet they hardly say anything about people giving Travis Henry a job over and over... druggie with nine kids from nine women. And I would say there is probably not a better PERSON in the NFL than Shaun. :mad2::mad2:

I am now a redskins fan. (just have to overlook their qb )