like sands thru an hourglass so are the days of TO's life

[Rome]

This shtein's getting so whacky, now the Inky has golf writer Joe Logan soliciting comments from former baskeball player Charles Barkley @ the PGA Championship:

Posted on Sat, Aug. 13, 2005

Barkley can't support Owens

By Joe Logan

Inquirer Staff Writer

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. - Add Charles Barkley to the list of people disrespecting Terrell Owens.

"He is 100 percent wrong," said Barkley, holding forth yesterday during an impromptu session with a few reporters at the PGA Championship.

"I like T.O.," the former 76ers star said. "He's a great player, and he's my home brother from Alabama. But he is wrong - 100 percent wrong."

Barkley, who has spent the summer in Philadelphia, said he smelled trouble two weeks ago, when Owens began saying that he would report to the Eagles' training camp, but that he would be angry.

"I knew it was going to explode," Barkley said. "If he was going to be like this, he should have never gone to camp. You can not talk to the press, and you can not talk to the fans, but you cannot not talk to your coaches and teammates."

Barkley isn't buying the idea that Owens may be merely following the strategy of Drew Rosenhaus, his agent.

"That's a cop-out," Barkley said. "T.O. is a grown man. He can't be blaming Drew Rosenhaus."

How will T.O.'s saga end?

"There is no way he can go back now," Barkley said. "It's over."

Over?

For sure?

Barkley reconsidered for a moment.

"Well, they've got to get together Wednesday," he said of the day Owens is scheduled to return to practice. "That's D-Day. He has to come in, and he has to say, 'I am going to talk to the coaches and players.' "

Good God.   

[QB Eagles]

I gotta say though, I agree with everything Barkley said.

[shorebird]

"I knew it was going to explode," Barkley said. "If he was going to be like this, he should have never gone to camp."

You got that right, Sir Charles!

[JackStraw]

Wow. 43 pages. I have tried to keep up, but if my opinion is redundant, please forgive. The way I see it the situation is retirevable under certain, limited circumstances - Best case game theory:

TO fires Rosenhaus. Best for both parties. DR has no payday in sight and that wouldn't be a problem for him except maybe his bruised ego for a few days. Repeat after me Drew - no payday for you anytime soon so what is your upside in this mess now?

TO then can lay-off the blame and his "temporary" loss of sanity over the past few months on the svengali Rosenhaus. Media and fans will buy into it sufficently (CF'ers excepted, of course!) to give TO another chance. (But even most of will likely also go along for obvious reasons)

TO must then call a truce. Brothers back in arms would be nice, but all one can hope for is a modicum of teammate civility and respect for chain-of-command while getting down to the business of winning during the regular season. This is TO's only shot at redemption and a subsequent payday somewhere else next year. But he must absolutely understand the FO's position - one slip or tales-out-of-school outburst and he goes home. (Is there a point where he earns credit for the season regardless of his antics afterwords? That is an inflection point in this drama for sure.)

TO plays out the year and then buh bye. We have time to see what we've got in current receivers as well as plan for additional ones next year.

TO then salvages his league value and can then land on some team willing to take a flyer like we did.

Any continuation of his current antics perhaps buys the effective end of his career as I believe as he will have a hard time eating lunch in any town again after the Eagles FO effectively scorches the next 12-18 months of his career, with the league in tacit agreement all the way.

Of course all the presumes a degree rationality on TO's thought process which is a big leap of faith, but to me it seems the only way out. At this point I do think TO underestimates the Eagles resolve and the hair-trigger that AR won't hesitate to pull at the next infraction. Again, sorry if I'm repeating others previously outlined thoughts...

[mussa]

im waiting on a full apology, and for him to put on the pads and earn a better contract. 

[RomeyRome]

So in other words JackStraw, you're holding out for a couple miracles.   

[CSD]

 

Rush Limbaugh wants to help T.O., McNabb settle dispute

This time, Rush Limbaugh wants to help Donovan McNabb, not criticize him.

Limbaugh, who once said the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed, wants to help McNabb and wide receiver Terrell Owens settle their differences on his radio show.

"I am here to offer and to assist. I can," Limbaugh said on his nationally syndicated radio show Friday, according to a transcript on his Web site. "I could bring these two guys together. I've been there, folks, and I could do this, and I'm serious in my desire to do it."

Owens has been unhappy with the Eagles over his contract and took some of his frustration out at McNabb, calling the quarterback a hypocrite and saying the two of them could not be successful together.

McNabb insisted he wasn't stung by the criticism, laughing off the outrageous receiver's remarks before turning serious and telling Owens to "keep my name out of your mouth."

Limbaugh resigned from ESPN nearly two years ago after sparking outrage by saying on a pregame show that he didn't think McNabb was as good as perceived from the start.

"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well," Limbaugh said on "Sunday NFL Countdown."

Now Limbaugh wants to help mediate, inviting both Eagles to appear on his show.

"This rift cannot be allowed to continue, ladies and gentlemen. It just can't, and I would like to offer this program as a means of getting these two Americans and star players back together," Limbaugh said. "They may not want to talk to each other face-to-face, but perhaps they would join me on this program and speak to each other telephonically via this program and settle this."

[PhillyGirl]

That was already posted, CSD 

[mussa]

oh right like the eagles org. needs that loser to put the fire out.  lmao

[BlueHeart]

It's a way to get himself some media attention ... well... a way that won't land his rotund behind in the clink.

[BigEd76]

Childress today:

"If a daily 'hi' is antagonizing or spiteful then I must be on the wrong planet."

"If being polite is antagonizing, then I've bothered about 200,000-300,000 people in my lifetime."

[PhillyFan]

Some of you need to find a sense of humor. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Peter King just said on the Giants/Browns pre-game show that Freddie Mitchell is talking to T.O. every day and also has spoken to Andy Reid a few times, in hopes of helping to broker a peace.

I'm not kidding.  This is one farged up situation right here.

[BigEd76]

Guess who's at the Ravens/Falcons game? 

[NGM]

Guess who's at the Ravens/Falcons game? 

Trade him to Atlanta and see how long it takes him to verbally rip Ron Mexico to shreds.