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Per PFT: ELI, TIKI "SCARED" BY MONDAY NIGHT SMACK TALK? : Britt in VA : 11/25/06 10:30 AM
A league source tells us that, in the New York Giants most recent game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, members of the Jags' defense perceived that running back Tiki Barber and quarterback Eli Manning were "scared" in response to smack-talk from the opponents. We're also told that, in response to the verbal attacks, none of the teammates of Barber and Manning intervened on their behalf.
The conclusion reached was that neither player is particularly well-liked in the locker room. Manning, as we've previously observed, isn't a leader. He has the personality of a radish, and he too often seems like he just doesn't care.
Barber is a different story. Though no one on the team has shared publicly the locker room opinions of Coach Tiki, league insiders are becoming increasingly turned off by Barber. Our guess is that his teammates are starting to feel the same way, especially after Barber's lame-*** excuse for publicly dissing the coaching staff for the second time in less than a year.
Said Barber in defense of his comments: "You guys ask me questions and I tell you the truth. I tell you what's on my mind. I think if I said anything other than the truth, that would compromise who I am and that would be doing you guys a disservice."
These remarks have prompted a rebuke from a league source, who was shocked that Barber would be so disloyal to his team and teammates.
"So let me get this straight," the source opined to us, "based on these words, he as a greater sense of responsibility and loyalty to the media than he does the Giants' ownership, the Giants' coaches and his teammates? Now, for a guy that is as smart as Tiki, couldn't he cobble together some reasonable quote without just trashing people? Isn't he so much smarter than everyone else?
"He is smart and cunning when it is in his best interests, but when he has an agenda he suddenly becomes holier than thou. Hey, Mr. Integrity, did you tell the Giants that you were going to bail out on them before the end of your contract? Did the Giants publicly trash you and leave you out to dry when you consistently led the league in fumbles? So why not use your selective intellect to do something good for your team?
"He has always been a tremendous talent and skilled football player, but because of his selfishness, arrogance and me-me-me bullcrap, he never has and never will be a champion."
Amen, we say. Why in the hell is Barber the least bit concerned about "doing a disservice" to the media? It appears that he's simply thinking more about taking care of the members of his future industry than the guys who inhabit his current one.
Attention, Giants players and coaches. Coach Tiki has just given you the green light to disclose anything and everything you want to say about him. After all, failure to speak your mind on these topics would be a disservice to the media.
A league source tells us that, in the New York Giants most recent game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, members of the Jags' defense perceived that running back Tiki Barber and quarterback Eli Manning were "scared" in response to smack-talk from the opponents. We're also told that, in response to the verbal attacks, none of the teammates of Barber and Manning intervened on their behalf.
The conclusion reached was that neither player is particularly well-liked in the locker room. Manning, as we've previously observed, isn't a leader. He has the personality of a radish, and he too often seems like he just doesn't care.
Barber is a different story. Though no one on the team has shared publicly the locker room opinions of Coach Tiki, league insiders are becoming increasingly turned off by Barber. Our guess is that his teammates are starting to feel the same way, especially after Barber's lame-*** excuse for publicly dissing the coaching staff for the second time in less than a year.
Said Barber in defense of his comments: "You guys ask me questions and I tell you the truth. I tell you what's on my mind. I think if I said anything other than the truth, that would compromise who I am and that would be doing you guys a disservice."
These remarks have prompted a rebuke from a league source, who was shocked that Barber would be so disloyal to his team and teammates.
"So let me get this straight," the source opined to us, "based on these words, he as a greater sense of responsibility and loyalty to the media than he does the Giants' ownership, the Giants' coaches and his teammates? Now, for a guy that is as smart as Tiki, couldn't he cobble together some reasonable quote without just trashing people? Isn't he so much smarter than everyone else?
"He is smart and cunning when it is in his best interests, but when he has an agenda he suddenly becomes holier than thou. Hey, Mr. Integrity, did you tell the Giants that you were going to bail out on them before the end of your contract? Did the Giants publicly trash you and leave you out to dry when you consistently led the league in fumbles? So why not use your selective intellect to do something good for your team?
"He has always been a tremendous talent and skilled football player, but because of his selfishness, arrogance and me-me-me bullcrap, he never has and never will be a champion."
Amen, we say. Why in the hell is Barber the least bit concerned about "doing a disservice" to the media? It appears that he's simply thinking more about taking care of the members of his future industry than the guys who inhabit his current one.
Attention, Giants players and coaches. Coach Tiki has just given you the green light to disclose anything and everything you want to say about him. After all, failure to speak your mind on these topics would be a disservice to the media.
