DMN Blog: Signs of trouble in Gotham?...O’hara Slams Burress

[JonCJG]

O’HARA SLAMS BURRESS

Posted by Mike Florio on June 12, 2008, 11:51 p.m.

Giants receiver Plaxico Burress is attending a mandatory minicamp. But he claims he won’t be practicing unless and until he receives a new contract.

Of course, Burress rarely practiced in 2008, and it didn’t stop him from being effective. So the team shouldn’t be worried, right?

Wrong.

Center Shaun O’Hara has made his displeasure with Burress known.

“Either you are with us or you are against us,” O’Hara said on Thursday. “And I think the players are doing a good job of focusing in on their daily tasks and their jobs, and as long as we all continue to do that, this team will succeed.

“I think there is a right way to do things,” O’Hara added. “I have always felt that as a player, you go out there and put your best foot forward and, as a long as you are giving 100 percent effort every time, you’ll be taken care of.”

Coach Tom Coughlin chimed in as well. “Naturally I want everybody on the field,” Coughlin said. “We anticipated the camp being the camp. We want everybody out here. The quarterback wants everybody out here. The quarterback wants to throw to people; he wants to work with people. That is what a minicamp is for.”

But the Giants have options, as will be explained in a SportingNews.com item to be posted on Friday. We can’t figure out why the Giants aren’t taking advantage of the devices at their disposal to deal with a player who refuses to do his job.

 

[Disturbed]

Wow. Has the entire league been over run by whiny immature sniveling little brats as players. It seems this is getting worse every year. Maybe the owners should get together to send a message to players who do this -- a loud and clear financial message.

As a fan, I am tired of hearing these guys whine and moan about every little thing that does not go their way. They all need to grow up, honor and stand by your words and contracts, and essentially "be a man".

 

[Hong2221]

lets be honest though, burress do got a point, he is one of the elite wr's last year scoring TD's in the numbers up there with TO and Moss....

 

[BIGDen]

lets be honest though, burress do got a point, he is one of the elite wr's last year scoring TD's in the numbers up there with TO and Moss....

The guy's a walking injury. It would very be risky to give him a new deal. The Giants will be no better than 9-7 and probably miss the playoffs.

 

[the kid 05]

The guy's a walking injury. It would very be risky to give him a new deal. The Giants will be no better than 9-7 and probably miss the playoffs.

9-7 in the NFC means u got a playoff spot

 

[Gryphon]

Signs of trouble in Gotham?
11:07 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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It's June. So it's too early to call anything a major problem.

But the Giants haven't had an ideal full-squad minicamp. Plaxico Burress isn't happy. Neither, it seems, is Jeremy Shockey. And signs say that their teammates aren't happy with their unhappiness.

"Either you are with us or you are against us," O'Hara said between practices. "And I think the players are doing a good job of focusing in on their daily tasks and their jobs, and as long as we all continue to do that, this team will succeed."

O'Hara went on to say that "there is a right way to do things." I will add that Burress' situation probably isn't a whole lot different than Terrell Owens' a couple years back. Both players took health risks to help their teams in the playoffs, and wanted to be rewarded for it thereafter. Plus, Burress is pretty severely underpaid at this point, with his six-year, $25 million deal, signed before the 2005 season, looking like a major bargain.

No matter what having not one, but two players disgruntled can't be good for the team-building process. Shockey's probably a little less significant, since Kevin Boss was the starter for the Super Bowl run, while the team does have pretty decent depth at receiver. Still, I'd think that any bad news for the Giants is good news for the Cowboys.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

gotta love it.....will take any advantage available.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

getting wild in the meadowlands.....and it is early

 

[starfrombirth]

Whatever happened to playing your contract?

 

[miamicowboy21]

Burress is underpaid bottom line. The guy played on bad ankles last season and he came thru in the biggest games last season. 10 million dollars over the 3 years is a joke. The giants need to pay the man.

 

[starfrombirth]

Burress is underpaid bottom line. The guy played on bad ankles last season and he came thru in the biggest games last season. 10 million dollars over the 3 years is a joke. The giants need to pay the man.

When he signed the contract he was happy with the numbers. Are you telling me that in 2 years the value of the dollar is so depreciated that he can no longer live his lifestyle with the millions of dollars he makes every year? What the real issue is is that he sees other wr's getting more money and wants to get some too. He is just being greedy like a toddler. It's not that he can't live with his contract, he is like that kid that see's someone eating a piece of cake and goes "Mommy I want some cake too or I'm going to throw a tantrum!". This is just ridiculous. When does it stop? He signed the contract now play it out.:bang2:

 

[gazmc_06]

Burress is right to ask for more money IMO. A team can cut you at any point or they can lower your money if you don't perform, but when you do perform with the best in the league you don't get more money? it's garbage.

With no gaurenteed contracts, you have to get paid while you can. If you don't get the money while you are deserving of it, you will never get it.

 

[Vintage]

“Either you are with us or you are against us,”

Where have I heard that before....


Hmmm.......

 

[gazmc_06]

When he signed the contract he was happy with the numbers. Are you telling me that in 2 years the value of the dollar is so depreciated that he can no longer live his lifestyle with the millions of dollars he makes every year? What the real issue is is that he sees other wr's getting more money and wants to get some too. He is just being greedy like a toddler. It's not that he can't live with his contract, he is like that kid that see's someone eating a piece of cake and goes "Mommy I want some cake too or I'm going to throw a tantrum!". This is just ridiculous. When does it stop? He signed the contract now play it out.:bang2:

It's not about that - pay the man what he's worth - period. With the contracts constantly getting bigger, why should a top receiver (and SB winning receiver) be one of the lowest paid in the league? T.O. got a new deal, Moss got a new deal, why can't Burress do the same?

 

[TheCount]

It's not about that - pay the man what he's worth - period. With the contracts constantly getting bigger, why should a top receiver (and SB winning receiver) be one of the lowest paid in the league? T.O. got a new deal, Moss got a new deal, why can't Burress do the same?

Moss got a new deal because his contract was up. T.O. Got a new deal because he only had a year left and it gave us some cap. Plan has neither of those things in his favor. I also really doubt place is one of the lowest paid receivers in the league.

All that said, he probably deserves more money.

 

[Doomsday101]

Add to all this as SB champs every single weekend teams will be gunning for them even bad teams will have their own personal SB since they will be facing the defending champs. This is a big reason why is it hard to repeat as champions

 

[gazmc_06]

^10 Mil for 3 years...Plax deserves at least double that. That must rank around the lowest pay of any top flight receiver.

 

[big dog cowboy]

FYI, NFL Live yesterday said Plax is scheduled to get $4.5 Mil this year.

That is over $4.4 Mil more than me so I don't feel sorry for him.

 

[Cowboys2008]

In the infamous words of J.R. Ewing; "Contracts are meant to be broken, BUT a handshake is your word to God."

So if he didn't shake anyone's hand, he's good.

Stop whining people, of course you try to get a better contract if you have the devices to your disposal. The problem only comes when a person doesn't have much ground to stand on, so to say. And that's not the case here. If this was Dallas, PB, would already have his money because an Owner like Jerry would have already took care of a player of that caliber before it ever got to this point.

The only reason people should be sounding like a bunch of Brett Favres is if they want to see the Giants succeed.

I say, Plaxaco, be the biggest painstake in the word to the Giants, mimic TO in Philly, DESTROY that team...and then when you're done, look us up and we'll give you your money to play here.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Well based on some of the spin on NFLN the other day, the team absolutely wants to upgrade Burress' contract. The problem is they disagree on how much. Burress wants more than the team is currently willing to pay.

While I don't have a problem with players missing voluntary OTAs, I do have a problem with them missing mandatory stuff.