Troy Aikman: Age isn't an excuse for Ezekiel Elliott actions

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Most parents are concerned about their child's behavior.

My parents were concerned about my behavior when I wasn't calling them once a day when I was away at college. They were concerned about my behavior when I overslept to caddie in a golf tournament after working until 2am the morning before. They flipped out when when I was caught speeding after my digital speedometer broke right in the middle of me driving. And when I was caught skipping school during senior skip day, you would've thought I was on a one way ticket to federal prison.

My 'concern' for EE is that apparently he’s lived a pretty sheltered lifestyle growing up, all the way through college. My guess is that his parents were overly protective of him getting involved with the ‘wrong crowd.’ While that is good and all, it’s pretty easy to spot somebody from the ‘wrong crowd’ and avoid them. And what I see out of parents like EE’s is that they don’t teach their child how that people have to actually earn your trust regardless of what they look like or where they are from.


There’s plenty of users, con men and con women that look like good people and come from good backgrounds.


As far as Troy goes, he loves to knock the Cowboys. He doesn’t like Jerry because he doesn’t understand how Jerry could have let Jimmy go and how Jerry could have signed Barry Switzer to take over all during the prime of Troy’s career. He also doesn’t want to be seen as a homer, so he thinks that by knocking the Cowboys and claiming a bad call against the Cowboys was a ‘good call’ and a questionable call for the Cowboys was a ‘terrible call.’


When I’m asked about EE’s ‘behavior’, I really have to ask ‘what behavior?’ Speeding 30 mph over the speed limit? Pulling down ½ of a blouse of a female friend during a St. Paddy’s Day parade for a nanosecond and the friend didn’t bother to care to say a word about it? Those are things that myself and others have done at that age. But as we mature, we start to learn the foolishness in our ways.


And hopefully that will happen with EE. Furthermore, I can hope that he starts to let people earn his trust if they want to be in his inner circle.


Just like I hope Troy can someday let it go between him and Jerry and realize that non-Cowboys fans will always hate him. Of course, I could catch polio and get struck by lightning in the same day as well.






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Nice post. It wasn't my intention to convey anything suggesting EE is doing anything malicious by my previous comment about his parents being concerned. I don't feel that's the case at all, not nearly so much as he's simply immature. Whether he was sheltered or not is a tough call unless one knows exactly how his parents raised him, although he does seem quite trusting of others who might well not deserve it.

Regarding that traffic ticket, there are some toll roads that can readily accommodate 100 mph, as long as the traffic isn't too heavy. I've traveled some that are very much like that. Nevertheless, it's surely not to be recommended.

Anyhow, I would hope that the advice he gets from people like Dak, his parents, Jerry and others tend to "slow his roll" enough to help him avoid the onset of further controversy. Here's also hoping that the commissioner is reasonably satisfied with Zeke's demeanor and his willingness to cooperate to the point of actually being very lenient concerning his pending decision.
 
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I don't have a problem with Zeke's "antics." The short jerseys, jumping into the end zone, diving into the kettle, scoring long touchdowns -- that is all swagger. He adds personality to the team and the rest of the league is envious as hell. That's why the owners were expressing their desire for a Zeke suspension for unproven allegations. The only thing I found utterly boneheaded was pulling the woman's blouse down. What was he thinking in that moment? Other than that it seems like a witch hunt to me. Yes, he is immature, but most of the things he is accused of are either unproven or much ado about nothing. And for the league to take over a year to make this ruling? It strikes me as harassment against an individual player. It just feels personal and that isn't right.
Thank you for being the voice of common sense and logic. I was thinking, "how are going to a club and getting into traffic accidents antics?" I'm with you on the pulling up of the shirt being dumb, but that too was blown out of proportion. Nothing ever came of it. I respect Troy and his opinion, but that's all it is: an opinion. It's not canon because it came from Troy's mouth. I just hope Zeke is learning from all this. And maturing.
 

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Being in the wrong place at the wrong time, I have nothing to "warn" him about. If anything, we should all be looking at what the hell the media is doing jumping the gun on stories lately.

And he is stating Zeke's "actions" - again, I'm not entirely sure what Zeke has done. The only incident that you MIGHT be able to criticize Zeke for is the parade incident. Outside of that, we have the incident with the girl where it turns out she's a nut, and an incident at a party with assault the police never even linked Zeke to despite what the media said.

All of this has been completely overblown, and we can link it back to a year ago when a crazy girl came forward. Because of that, the media slapped Zeke with the "Bad boy" label, like they did with Dez, and he's a target.

We often choose the place we go seems some guys always end up being at the wrong place at the wrong time yet others even on this team manage to stay out of the negative press. If people did not care about him they would say nothing the fact that some have shown concern is not a bad thing. For many they don't care what a player does or what damage he may do to his own reputation as long as he plays right? Others who actually played the game and have seen others going down the same path speak with concern for this young man.
 

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We often choose the place we go seems some guys always end up being at the wrong place at the wrong time yet others even on this team manage to stay out of the negative press. If people did not care about him they would say nothing the fact that some have shown concern is not a bad thing. For many they don't care what a player does or what damage he may do to his own reputation as long as he plays right? Others who actually played the game and have seen others going down the same path speak with concern for this young man.

People can show "concern", but don't show concern over manufactured outrage. Again, unless there is something pinning it to Zeke that he instigated the fight or threw the punch, there is nothing I can criticize him for. Him being at a popular club when **** went down is not enough for me to be "concerned" .

And I will ask you, what "path" is Zeke heading down and i want you to point out everything you think he did wrong.
 

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His on the field stuff does not bother me in the least. I will say the kettle jump cost the Cowboys 15 yards so don't do that. As for the feed me, it seems to keep him motivated in the game, it gets under the skins of the opposition and his own teammates feed off of it. Swagger I can deal with. His off the field really is a bunch of small things that can add up and hurt him, that is something I do not want to see for Zeke.

Agree
What I like about Zeke is his whole "bring it on" attitude
He is a big game player
 

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My only issue with Zeke is exposing the woman's breast. It's a troublesome issue as well, far worse than anything Kaepernick did.
 

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100% agree with Troy...My concern is if his father is so concerned about his kid yet he didn't teach him the basic principles of respecting women. sorry but this is probably #1 duty for a father to his son....I saw the parade video. I saw what he did to that chick and I don't care if she didn't care. I'd beat my son's a55 for doing something like that in public. Maybe his father needs to look at himself in the mirror and realize he didn't teach his son proper things especially when it comes to women. Yep I said it... I have no idea if Zeke really is a domestic abuser but from what I've seen with my own eyes, he needs some redirection. If his dad is going to worry, maybe it should be about he raised his own kid. The DOPE....
 

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frankly I couldn't care less what Aikman says so that is out there. Also, Zeke has done nothing worth being suspended over period.

Now saying that, Zeke should be more careful for some things do happen that are out of his control and NFL is itching to make an example of him
 

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My only issue with Zeke is exposing the woman's breast. It's a troublesome issue as well, far worse than anything Kaepernick did.
Yeah... That set me off a little also. Just a lack of respect for other human beings.
I know, I've been in Austin during several Mardi Gras and the whole SHOW YOUR TITS! garbage that happens, but I disliked that also. Garbage mob mentality with the basest of intentions.

Shoot, maybe I'm a snowflake!

Guess that's why I call him Boob Grabber.
 

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Should it be used as an excuse? No. Does his age contribute to his immaturity/irresponsibility? Yes. Bottom line, he needs to grow up.
 

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People can show "concern", but don't show concern over manufactured outrage. Again, unless there is something pinning it to Zeke that he instigated the fight or threw the punch, there is nothing I can criticize him for. Him being at a popular club when **** went down is not enough for me to be "concerned" .

And I will ask you, what "path" is Zeke heading down and i want you to point out everything you think he did wrong.
He's fast-tracking to a suspension. That's the concern.
 
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