Fixing Liberty
As if the season slowly dwindling away like the Dow Jones wasn’t bad enough, word around Seahawk Country this morning was that Julius Jones, one of the top running backs in the league through the first four weeks, but regulated to only seven carries on Sunday, was outraged on the sideline during the 20-10 loss to the Bucs. According to Frank Hughes of the Tacoma News Tribune, “Toward the end of the game, running back Julius Jones, frustrated by an anemic offense that ran only 39 total plays and gained only 176 yards, began ranting on the sideline, calling out coach Mike Holmgren, onlookers say.”
This was confirmed later this afternoon during Mike Holmgren’s weekly news conference. Holmgren, ever the consummate professional, acknowledged the tirade but chalked it up as understood frustration and considered it water under the bridge. But is it a crumbling bridge? One thing that I always expected from the team was professionalism. Wow, what a concept, professionalism from a professional athlete. Now I’m not blind to the angst and disrespect that apparently comes with youth and riches, but the Seahawks seemed to have ridden themselves of this when we sent Jeremy Stevens and Koren Robinson packing oh so long ago…oh wait.
Now we can call an illusion what it is, but people still fall for them all the time. Even with the season taking an unexpected, and temporary (hopefully), downturn one thing that helped was the fact that the team always handled itself in a manner that spewed confidence in rebounding. We now see the first crack in the proverbial liberty bell. The team has been smacked, gonged, and shaken, and yes it is beginning to crack. The question now is how far the crack will run?
Weird, Jones launches into a tirade now… The game in which he only gets 7 carries, a season low. Hmmm, wonder if TO rubbed off on him in Dallas.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:19 amGood point. It seems to be a trend in football where players put themselves before the team. How I long for the days where players kept their mouths shut in public and handled issues behind close doors. Those were the days
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:17 pm