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tcwest10 wrote:To be really truthful...I'm still waiting for that latest moment where an Arrington play just knocks the wind out of you and makes you say, "Man, we gotta keep this guy...no matter what."

I've been waiting a while now.

Gibbs4Life wrote:Can't see lavar giving us more than he has all year, mediocre half-hearted play, there we're a couple plays against philly where I said "shoot, in LA's younger days he makes that play" I believe most of'em we're pass rushes.
Put McCune in.

BossHog wrote:

Gibbs4Life wrote:Can't see lavar giving us more than he has all year, mediocre half-hearted play, there we're a couple plays against philly where I said "shoot, in LA's younger days he makes that play" I believe most of'em we're pass rushes.
Put McCune in.

Awesome yeah... put McCune in.

Just out of curiosity, being that McCune was originally cut after the preseason, what on earth has he shown you to indicate that he's capable of STARTING, let alone jumping in in the middle of a wild card week?

His muscles?

Please... I'd like an answer... don't just trollip off to another thread. I wanna hear how McCune is definitely ready to jump in. What are you basing it on?

BossHog wrote:Redeemedskin... AKA.... the....

hyp·o·crite
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: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
- hypocrite adjective

You've written such statements as:

Lavar Arrington is a great assett to this team... without his absence on the field we'd have never found out how much better than him his back-up is.

As far as being a "core Skin", no, I don't believe he is one.

I'm not crazy about Lavar anymore, but I guess it's good that he's taken a liking to the kid



Zero credibility people... just look for the orange posts and know that there will be nothing of substance.... EVER.

Hey Boss Hogge,

What can ANYONE say about Lavar Arrington in the playoffs at this point in his career, huh? Honestly!

This is the first time he has more then 8 wins in a season, and who knows HOW he will perform under the spotlight. Will the pressure get to him? Will he rise to the ocassion? Your guess is as good as mine. The same can be said about a lot of cats on this team, but, finally, "the face" of the organization gets his chance to play when it counts.

Nothing I've said about Laver in my post indicates that my stance on him has changed. All I've had, up to this point in his career, to judge his performance on have been regular season games, a lot of which have been meaningless. Maybe he's a playoff monster, or the greatest choker of all time, whoknows? I will continue to take a wait and see approach for this game.

BossHog wrote:So where's this same commentary about any of the other players that have never playsed a playoff game.

This has nothing to do with playoffs, this has to do with you being a hypocrite and just flip-flopping your opinion to suit the soup de jour.

If the wind blows... you'll change your opibion on lavar. Know why? Because you don't really have any basis to your opinion in the first place. it's easy to change your mind when you're not using it to think.

BossHog wrote:So where's this same commentary about any of the other players that have never playsed a playoff game.

Considering this thread is about Lavar, I'll keep Ade Jimoh out of this.

But, re: your question, here's what I ALREADY wrote:Will the pressure get to him? Will he rise to the ocassion? Your guess is as good as mine. The same can be said about a lot of cats on this team, but, finally, "the face" of the organization gets his chance to play when it counts.

USAFSkinFan wrote: Having a bad day Boss? Couple of uncharacteristically harsh posts... I think the McCune comment was a tongue in cheeck way of making a point... lots of folks have been frustrated by Lavar while holding out high hopes for him at the same time...

BossHog wrote:

USAFSkinFan wrote: Having a bad day Boss? Couple of uncharacteristically harsh posts... I think the McCune comment was a tongue in cheeck way of making a point... lots of folks have been frustrated by Lavar while holding out high hopes for him at the same time...

Not at all. I'm not allowed to hold people accountable for what they say but the rest of you are?

Where is the tongue-in-cheek indicator in he McCune comment? Do you see sarcasm tags, a smiley?

No.

My comments on McCune have nothing to do with Lavar. I really want to know how a guy who has never played a regular season game at LB is going to be better than a guy that some of you don't think is 'superstar enough' but is still a helluva lot better option than putting in a rookie.

And that's without even getting into the fact that with mcCune being a MLB... I presume the move would be to put mcCune in the middle and move marshall outside. So now we'd have two guys playing positions they hadn't really played all yeart.

And you honestly think this is better than playing Lavar?

Ok, you're right. i'm just being harsh... had nothing to do with logical thoughts.

BossHog wrote:You can be as accusational as you like, but i fail to see how it's 'harsh' to expect someone to explain complete non-sense.

Newsflash... get used to it. I'm sick of seeing some of the members spout garbage and never be held accountable. Those that are, have been tainting this board's dialogue because of it. My obligation has to be to ALL of the Redskin fans... and in my mind, that means also creating an environment where 'nanny nanny poo poo' is not an acceptable or reasonable response.

I'm sorry if you feel it's unduly harsh, but I don't have time to make sure I don't step on any toes. More and more of you will start to hold people accountable for their drivel if I do it, and eventually, it won't have to be just a select few who use a modicum of sensibility.

BossHog wrote:You can be as accusational as you like, but i fail to see how it's 'harsh' to expect someone to explain complete non-sense.

Newsflash... get used to it. I'm sick of seeing some of the members spout garbage and never be held accountable. Those that are, have been tainting this board's dialogue because of it. My obligation has to be to ALL of the Redskin fans... and in my mind, that means also creating an environment where 'nanny nanny poo poo' is not an acceptable or reasonable response.

I'm sorry if you feel it's unduly harsh, but I don't have time to make sure I don't step on any toes. More and more of you will start to hold people accountable for their drivel if I do it, and eventually, it won't have to be just a select few who use a modicum of sensibility.

USAFSkinFan wrote: Accusational? Who's being accusational here? Tainting the board? Holding people accountable for drivel? Drivel, opinions, editorials, conjecture, speculation... that's what we do here. It's supposed to be fun. None of us are getting paid for our opinions... sometimes you get well thought out opinions, sometimes you get humor, and sometimes you get uninformed drivel... it's all good, we all want the best for the 'Skins...

Fios wrote:The roll call of people who have wholeheartedly backed or bashed Lavar from the outset would be very short indeed.

Redskin in Canada wrote:

Fios wrote:The roll call of people who have wholeheartedly backed or bashed Lavar from the outset would be very short indeed.

I am a fan of Lavar. I believe in him. I might be angry at times about allowing himself to be used by his agents or journalists but I -believe- in the person -and- the player, not the potential in the future but at present.

Lavar gets blasted by many when one thing comes wrong but if a hundred are right, few if any say a word.

Go Lavar!

BossHog wrote:

USAFSkinFan wrote: Accusational? Who's being accusational here? Tainting the board? Holding people accountable for drivel? Drivel, opinions, editorials, conjecture, speculation... that's what we do here. It's supposed to be fun. None of us are getting paid for our opinions... sometimes you get well thought out opinions, sometimes you get humor, and sometimes you get uninformed drivel... it's all good, we all want the best for the 'Skins...

... and sometimes if you get drivel, you can expect to be taken to task by someone... maybe it'll be me. Why am I different? You're talking about people's right to an express an opinion and then whining that I expressed mine harshly?

Oh, okay.

It's very easy to judge when you have absolutely no vested interest in something I guess.

Fios wrote:Speaking of LaVar, I saw some flashes of what he can do against Philly, I think Tampa could be in for a rude awakening.

cvillehog wrote:

Fios wrote:Speaking of LaVar, I saw some flashes of what he can do against Philly, I think Tampa could be in for a rude awakening.

He talked a bit about that in the interview too. Saying that, before he was hurt, he just expected to get to the QB. And that there have been times, including the philly game, where he got there so fast he surprised himself and missed the sack. He said he needs to get back to having the expectation of reaching the QB that quickly.