GimmeTheBall!
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Bill Bates was overhyped? Did that thought enter your mind before or after your head injury?
Hard hitter, that Bates. That was when he could actually keep up with a runner. There have been many hard hitters among the Cowboys. Few half been as slow and as overhyped as Bates. Is Bates ROH material? HOF material? Not in a million years. When Jimma got here, I imagine he quickly decided Bates was of the old guard and he built his team accordingly. Without the slow or the old or talent that depended on a runner or receiver coming at you to get a decent hit.
Nein!
Bill Bates was strictly a product of hype. "Bully Billy Bates!" Madden would boom. And we believed it. Hard-hitter? Yes? Was he the only hard hitter? No. There were plenty of hard hitters among the Cowboys, just not as slow and cud-chewing and bubba-esque as Bates.
Bates' biggest contribution to the Cowboys might have been -- while he was hobbled during the first of Jimma's Super Bowls -- the T-shirt he designed that said "Kick Butt" And even linguistically he failed. And Jimma saw this and Bates was relegated to where he always belonged, the bench or as a niche player. From that does not arise a special player.
Mein fine response was so good that I feel faint, so I half to lay down to receover my wits and heal the head injury.
Blessings to you and to our Cowboys.