Like I said the one person who loves T.O. and has nothing bad to say about him is the HOF QB, that might be more telling. The guy is the ultimate competitor and signed a waiver to play in the SB with a broken leg and dominated the game. What player this day and age would sign a waiver to play? Zero.
If by "the HOF QB" you are talking about Steve Young", Young was only his QB for the first 3 years of TO's career where he was an upstart second banana to Jerry Rice. His next QB (Garcia) TO indicated might be gay, and his next QB after that he threw under the bus after losing the Super Bowl, not to mention his agreement to the idea that the Eagles would be undefeated if Favre were the QB. It's okay to believe that, but you don't disrespect your teammate by publically saying it. The way to have a better team is for teammates to support each other, and that was ultimately what TO's failing was as a teammate.
There is no question TO had heart and passion for the game. I don't think anyone would deny that. But he also could pout, refuse to talk to teammates, talk negatively about coaches and teammates, point fingers etc .... he had shortcomings in terms of promoting a strong, productive work atmosphere.
