RIP Sean Taylor - Page 2 - Dallas Cowboys Forum

TTexasTT · 11-28-2012

Man I remember when it happened. Initially it was reported that he was shot in the leg and I thought hed be back in a few weeks. So unfortunate. RIP.

mldardy · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by trickblue

Well he WAS a thug... but it's still sad to see a young person die is such a tragic manner...

No he wasn't. I get so tired of people throwing the term thug around loosely like you are doing.

Sonny#9 · 11-28-2012

Very classy thread, CZ. It is much appreciated by this Skins fan!

BringBackThatOleTimeBoys · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by Reality

Having compassion for others is not easy for some people. It's easier for some to hate and insult rather than emphasize.

#reality

Agreed.

Do you think you are more mature than at 24?

I'd like to think he was starting to, but never got the chance.

gmb85 · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by mldardy

No he wasn't. I get so tired of people throwing the term thug around loosely like you are doing.

Agreed.

SkinsandTerps · 11-28-2012

Was a tragic moment in my household.

He was a good kid, not a thug as some suggest.
He made mistakes that lots of kids make.
He was growing up, and died defending his family...that's honorable in my eyes.

R.I.P. Sean.

I respected even more that this board changed colors to show respect. I still think that was better than any honor shown on the Redskins boards because this is a Cowboys forum.

Lost a friend over that. When Sean first was shot he said..."I hope he dies"...I haven't spoken to him since (Cowboys Fan). I might dislike the Cowboys as a fan, but that's just disrepectful to me. I cut him off.

gmb85 · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by SkinsandTerps

Was a tragic moment in my household.

He was a good kid, not a thug as some suggest.
He made mistakes that lots of kids make.
He was growing up, and died defending his family...that's honorable in my eyes.

R.I.P. Sean.

I respected even more that this board changed colors to show respect. I still think that was better than any honor shown on the Redskins boards because this is a Cowboys forum.

Lost a friend over that. When Sean first was shot he said..."I hope he dies"...I haven't spoken to him since (Cowboys Fan). I might dislike the Cowboys as a fan, but that's just disrepectful to me. I cut him off.

I remember when the board changed. So awful your friend did that, I'm sorry.

I hope his family is well. RIP Sean was trending on twitter yesterday. So classy.

Cowboys22 · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by mldardy

No he wasn't. I get so tired of people throwing the term thug around loosely like you are doing.

Actually, he was for most of his NFL career but he had appeared to turn his life around in the months before his death. He certainly had turned his career around as he was playing the best football of his career and looked be an all pro safety for years if he kept it up. It was a tragedy but it doesn't change the truth. He had several run ins with the law and was hanging out with people who can only be described as thugs. In fact, I believe the kids that broke into his house and killed him were connected to some of his prior associates or someone he had dated. I can't recall the exact situation but they knew someone and thought that he would be out of town that night with the redskins. He certainly didn't deserve to be shot and killed but he was not a saint and in the end, his past seemed to me to help lead to his death.

Diogenes · 11-28-2012

What I appreciated about him most from purely a football sense, was the way he approached the game. He played the Pro Bowl like Pete Rose played the MLB All-Star game. Whenever he was on a football field, he played the game the only way he knew how. Fast and hard.

DallasCowpoke · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by Howardlittleton64

Pointing out hypocrisy I'd wager.

Here's what I consider hypocrisy. Two pages of replies on this thread, and this one goes completely ignored.

Classic!

Dallas · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by DallasCowpoke

Here's what I consider hypocrisy. Two pages of replies on this thread, and this one goes completely ignored.

Classic!

It's true what you say here. Far easier to weep for someone who didn't mean anything to this team or fan base than those vets who lost their lives in that float accident. Not taking away anything from Taylor, but come on.

There have been a few NFL players die over the past couple of years and I have not once heard much about it except a link to the article. Certainly not a remember thread 2 years after they passed. It's almost like Taylor was a HOF player for the Skins and Cowboys both.

I don't get it at all and this thread is head scratching. Leave it to this board to do just that though. One would think we would be having threads about all of the great Dallas players who have passed. Nope! Sean flippin Taylor the Redskin. Our priorities as fans are straight, yep!

Meh

WVSkinsfan · 11-28-2012

Lookin back at the youtube clips of him last night I could'nt help but shed some tears.He was only 24 and the talent that he had was unreal and simply amazing.IMO he would without a doubt been a hall of famer.Thanks to all the cowboys fans on here for all the kind words about sean.RIP SEAN!!

Did this site change colors for a brief time or what?what happened on here when he passed?

CanadianCowboysFan · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by Dallas

It's true what you say here. Far easier to weep for someone who didn't mean anything to this team or fan base than those vets who lost their lives in that float accident. Not taking away anything from Taylor, but come on.

There have been a few NFL players die over the past couple of years and I have not once heard much about it except a link to the article. Certainly not a remember thread 2 years after they passed. It's almost like Taylor was a HOF player for the Skins and Cowboys both.

I don't get it at all and this thread is head scratching. Leave it to this board to do just that though. One would think we would be having threads about all of the great Dallas players who have passed. Nope! Sean flippin Taylor the Redskin. Our priorities as fans are straight, yep!

Meh

Makes some feel good to say RIP five years after I guess. Hell his death had no real effect on any of us as we are not related to him in the least. It is always a shame when someone dies at that age but he had been involved with bad elements and it looks like it caught up to him in the end. Did he deserve to die, of course not, but none of our lives changed in the least.

His existence was meaningless to me other than twice per year and the fact he had died had no impact on me either. His family lost out, none of us.

rdskn4eva · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by WVSkinsfan

Lookin back at the youtube clips of him last night I could'nt help but shed some tears.He was only 24 and the talent that he had was unreal and simply amazing.IMO he would without a doubt been a hall of famer.Thanks to all the cowboys fans on here for all the kind words about sean.RIP SEAN!!

Did this site change colors for a brief time or what?what happened on here when he passed?

Yes, I do remeber when he passed that this site changed it's colors for a day. One of the classiest thing I had ever seen. It's the reason that I love this site (tho I hate the Cow girls of course). But the site is one of the best fan sites around, easily. This site and Extremeskins are my two favorite to frequent.

CanadianCowboysFan · 11-28-2012

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Originally Posted by rdskn4eva

Yes, I do remeber when he passed that this site changed it's colors for a day. One of the classiest thing I had ever seen. It's the reason that I love this site (tho I hate the Cow girls of course). But the site is one of the best fan sites around, easily. This site and Extremeskins are my two favorite to frequent.

the two sites are similar, that is why I call this one extremecowboyszone.com