Eagles owner regrets signing owens

[burmafrd]

The atmosphere that allowed TO to cause so much trouble had been set up by Lurie, reid and company.

 

[Hoov]

Did they get Bunkley signed? Lurie needs to focus on that if they haven't.

Thats part of the equation, the eagles always seem to have problems with paying players.

TO has plenty of issues, but you'd have to think the eagles management could be a little more business savy. Try to create more win-win situations rather than the we wont budge an inch on our end of negotiations.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Let's just hope Jerry isn't saying that in a year or two

 

[JackMagist]

By your theory then (and that of many other posters in this thread), if TO winds up being a problem in Big D, it will be management's fault, right?

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiightttttt.

Sorry guys, not buyin' it.

It would be managements fault...for giving him the contract in the first place.

 

[WoodysGirl]

LURIE SAYS HE WOULDN'T HAVE SIGNED T.O.
In his annual state of the team address, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said on Wednesday that, if he had to do it over again, he would not have signed receiver Terrell Owens.

What he might have said if he were being candid is that, if he had to do it over again, he would have instructed team president Joe Banner to approach T.O. after Super Bowl XXXIX regarding a restructuring of his contract in order to get more of the money in his hands sooner rather than later.

It was, after all, Owens' fear that the team would opt not to pick up $7.5 million in bonus payments due in 2006, if he were injured or ineffective during the 2005 season, that prompted him to seek more money. If the Eagles had been proactive (and they typically are with younger players whom they hope to lock up for the long haul), the problem could have been avoided.

Of course, this ignores the problems between Owens and quarterback Donovan McNabb, which apparently were festering before the Super Bowl. We have a feeling, however, that if T.O. had gotten paid, he might not have launched into his public turd campaign, which likely was aimed at getting the team to get rid of him.​

 

[Phoenix-Talon]

Did they get Bunkley signed? Lurie needs to focus on that if they haven't.

Truer words were never spoken!

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

so character is their main goal, now?

so remind me again of all the arrests owens has had?

oh, right.....

 

[Cochese]

so character is their main goal, now?

so remind me again of all the arrests owens has had?

oh, right.....

There is more to character than staying out of jail.

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

Mr. Lurie expresses more than an explanation to the TO saga, the regret and anguish felt by the Eagles organization; to include players and fans, he's addressing "closure" to an ugly chapter in Eagles history.

I can't expect many of you to understand that closure is needed to open new doors, and begin new episodes for the Eagles. This was necessary and a ry well timed therapeutic management tool to begin the healing process.

I hope the Dallas Cowboy fans do not experience this type of agony ...I wouldn't wish this on any fandom. But right now ...you wouldn't understand how crucial Mr. Lurie's words are to the team/fans.

That said, you'll never hear me speak another detrimental word toward TO from now on ...that chapter is hereby closed!

closed? are you kidding? this should have been closed back in november of 2005. or march 2006 at the LATEST!

but they keep it going.

they actually showed the entire opening press conference in dallas here LIVE ON TV!!!!! are you kidding? who does that?

and it's still going.....check out the front page of TODAY'S Delco Times newspaper.

there is a small headline that says to the effect.... "Reid focuses on preseason, winning, and without T.O."

there it is right there!!! they just CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM!


i hope to god if and when things go bad w/ T.O. that dallas doesn't turn it into a never ending drama fest in the media like it is happening up here.

but lurie offering closure? i think not. they just can't stop.....

 

[Stash]

Not excusing Owen's poor behavior in last year's mess, but there's certainly a pattern of the Eagles not taking care of their players properly as well. They are not above their fair share of the blame.

Just ask guys like Troy Vincent, Bobby Taylor, Jeremiah Trotter, Duce Staley, Hugh Douglas, Owens, Corey Simon, Derrick Burgess, or Brian Dawkins. All can vouch for the Eagles "frugality" when it comes to paying their players.

Fans have to ask themselves why their team is sitting on $18 million in cap space while not fielding a better and more competitive team.

I would if they were my favorite team......

:showme:

 

[Phoenix-Talon]

closed? are you kidding?

...they keep it going.
...they actually showed the entire opening press conference in dallas here
...LIVE ON TV!!!!! ...
...the front page of TODAY'S Delco Times newspaper.
there is a small headline that says to the effect.... "Reid focuses on
preseason, winning, and without T.O."
...they just CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM!
...they just can't stop.....

pc ... I don't believe you really thought this through very clearly. Dude ...you're talking about the "media" not the Eagles; and certainly no Lurie! That's why I'm saying this is closure ...at least for the Eagles organization!

You and the Dallas Cowboys are in the spot-light now. And it's a media frenzy waiting to happen.

 

[MossBurner]

Why is TO even mentioned in a state-of-the-team address when he isn't even a part of their team any more?

Cancer takes a long time to be fully eliminated from the system.

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

pc ... I don't believe you really thought this through very clearly. Dude ...you're talking about the "media" not the Eagles; and certainly no Lurie! That's why I'm saying this is closure ...at least for the Eagles organization!

You and the Dallas Cowboys are in the spot-light now. And it's a media frenzy waiting to happen.

but that's my point.

it's out of lurie's hands. as long as the media and the fans feed on it, it will never go away. closure will avoid them.

and frankly, playing them twice a year now....it won't end for a long long time. sucks to be an ea-girls fan.

 

[johnnybluestar]

Who knows what TO will do or say, especially when there are 1000 microphones in his face, everyday, just waiting for him to say anything slightly negative, so they can all say, see I told you. But that is not the point I am here to make.
Why might it work in Dallas when it didn't work in Philthy? Because Jerry Jones and Jeff Lurie could not be more different. Where Lurie is pushed, almost forced by mutiny, to pay his players who have performed, Jerry does it willingly and happily. As a result, the Cowboys players go about their business willingly and happily. For all those employed by someone other than themselves, you know what that kind of appreciation does to your work attitude.

 

[Phoenix-Talon]

but that's my point.

it's out of lurie's hands. as long as the media and the fans feed on it, it will never go away. closure will avoid them.

and frankly, playing them twice a year now....it won't end for a long long time. sucks to be an ea-girls fan.

Let's see ...if we both make the same Point, does that mean we agree?! All I'm saying is that Lurie's intent was closure for the team ...not the world at large. You'd be surprised how much can be filtered out of a lockerroom ...or leak out with the right person's mouth!

 

[Cochese]

Cancer takes a long time to be fully eliminated from the system.

The Eagles are still going through chemo.

 

[boysfanindc]

Someone please send this article to TO before the Eagles game.

 

[aikemirv]

Not excusing Owen's poor behavior in last year's mess, but there's certainly a pattern of the Eagles not taking care of their players properly as well. They are not above their fair share of the blame.

Just ask guys like Troy Vincent, Bobby Taylor, Jeremiah Trotter, Duce Staley, Hugh Douglas, Owens, Corey Simon, Derrick Burgess, or Brian Dawkins. All can vouch for the Eagles "frugality" when it comes to paying their players.

Fans have to ask themselves why their team is sitting on $18 million in cap space while not fielding a better and more competitive team.

I would if they were my favorite team......

:showme:

Vincent, Taylor were on their last legs - that was a good decision.

Trotters knees were a big ?

Corey Simon was a fat slob

T.O. had a signing discount based on prior behavior and like Magist said you don't give raises to Employees who are causing trouble (and we don't even know what problems were already going on in 2004

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Still blaming one player, eh Lurie?

How about blaming management instead, because, well, if one player destroys a team, it's not much of the latter, now is it?

Yeah that great team chemistry allowed them to choke in 3 straight NFC title games and then McChoke finished the Choke-off in the SB.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Let's see ...if we both make the same Point, does that mean we agree?! All I'm saying is that Lurie's intent was closure for the team ...not the world at large. You'd be surprised how much can be filtered out of a lockerroom ...or leak out with the right person's mouth!

Yeah its easy to say someone in your past was a mistake AFTER the fact. Big deal.

You know what they say.... "One man's trash is another man's treasure" - Face it. TO is in a real organization and they know how to take care of their own. NO BS.

Get used to losing again. Get used to TO trampling all over your Egirls.

Man would I love to see TO as a DB and intercept McNabb's pass and return it for a TD... LMAO