Lito Sheppard - He Once Was An Eagle

[PhillyPhreak54]

They're content with mounds of draft picks and salary cap room.

We'll see some fastballs drafted in April though!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Jevon Kearse was Nolan Ryan.  Remember?

[Geowhizzer]

Jevon Kearse was Nolan Ryan.  Remember?

Unfortunately, he was Nolan Ryan at 46.

[BigEd76]

sheldon absolutely murdered rosenhaus....

"...Agents don't get the deals done. The player gets the deal done. That's what's disappointing.

    "I wouldn't say it bothered me, because I'm bigger than that, I'm a professional ..."

hmm

[MURP]

good find there Ed.   

[ice grillin you]

full context helps...easy thats not like you to shady stuff up...take a read and what sheldon said about rosenpenis has nothing to do what hes doing now

Brown had several thoughts on the matter, starting with his view of Sheppard's idea that changing agents, from  Peter Schaffer to Rosenhaus, would somehow get the Eagles to trade him, which was the ultimate point of last week's video.

    "If you know (Rosenhaus') track record, it's more of a disappointment to me that he enticed the guy into signing with him," Brown said. "Thinking that he could get the deal done. Agents don't get the deals done. The player gets the deal done. That's what's disappointing.

    "I wouldn't say it bothered me, because I'm bigger than that, I'm a professional ... Drew hasn't been with Sheldon Brown for 7 years; I think he's been with Lito for 2 months. He hasn't followed by career. He hasn't broke down any film; he probably couldn't tell you what number (Brown wears). It's really irrelevant ... (from watching the video) you would think the guy has been scouting tape and know(ing) the statistics and following us our whole career.

   "A lot of times, people should just worry about their (own) jobs."

[PhillyPhreak54]

Ok, so Sheldon is right that players should worry about their own jobs, and he is doing that.

But like I said earlier when I mentioned about Banner getting a point for asking if its not about the money, then what is it about? It IS about the money for Sheldon, what else is he looking for?

The Eagles, specifically Banner, are terrible with this....but it doesn't absolve Brown or any other player from criticism.

This drama shtein gets old.

[ice grillin you]

it definitely is about the money and a year ago sheldon would have said its probably all about the money...but since then he feels as tho hes been disrespected so badly by banner inc. (getting the run around and all that) that now its more than just the money

[PhillyGirl]

 

[PhillyPhreak54]

it definitely is about the money and a year ago sheldon would have said its probably all about the money...but since then he feels as tho hes been disrespected so badly by banner inc. (getting the run around and all that) that now its more than just the money

And Banner is saying that him, Brandt and your boy Rosemann have sat down with Sheldon's agent. So who's telling the truth?

Is Sheldon coming public because they rebuffed his request? Or is Banner full of shtein and lying?

[BigEd76]

igs, here's another quote from that day:

"There is a professional way to get it done. Brian [Westbrook] got something done without being a clown."

So any comments Sheldon made 7 months ago about being a professional don't apply to him because Rosenhaus isn't his agent?  He was great friends with Lito and hated how all of that contract bullsh** was being handled, but now he's doing the same thing himself...

[PhillyGirl]

See, Phreak, I see it this way.

Do you see ANY other team that has this SAME issue year after year after year? Where a player goes public with the fact that the FO completely blows them off when they ask for a contract discussion?

I'm not saying that Eagles' players are the only ones unhappy, but they are consistently the only ones EVERY YEAR that you hear about in the news because the FO rebuffed them. Other teams, for the most part, take care of stuff behind closed doors. Even if its just to meet with the player and agent and say WHY they won't redo the contract, extend, raise, etc. Or they throw the player a bone of a small redo, small raise, etc. But they never let it get to THIS point and they certainly don't have the guy in charge dismiss the player like they were yesterday's garbage.

I used to defend the front office every offseason. I think it was 2 seasons ago that I stopped.

I have no doubt its the way that they do things that causes this to happen.

[PhillyPhreak54]

See, Phreak, I see it this way.

Do you see ANY other team that has this SAME issue year after year after year? Where a player goes public with the fact that the FO completely blows them off when they ask for a contract discussion?

I'm not saying that Eagles' players are the only ones unhappy, but they are consistently the only ones EVERY YEAR that you hear about in the news because the FO rebuffed them. Other teams, for the most part, take care of stuff behind closed doors. Even if its just to meet with the player and agent and say WHY they won't redo the contract, extend, raise, etc. Or they throw the player a bone of a small redo, small raise, etc. But they never let it get to THIS point and they certainly don't have the guy in charge dismiss the player like they were yesterday's garbage.

I used to defend the front office every offseason. I think it was 2 seasons ago that I stopped.

I have no doubt its the way that they do things that causes this to happen.

You're right. But at the same time, and at the risk of sounding like I am defending the FO here when I am not, there are two sides to every story. Obviously we all lean towards the player because of the history with the Eagles FO being dickheads.

A player who is denied a contract extension, one with 4-years left, could be seen as being disposed as garbage and disrespected. But did they refuse to meet with him or is he just offended?

Take a little bit of Sheldon's story and a little bit of Banner's and we likely have the truth.

[PhillyGirl]

I fully, 100% believe that the FO completely and utterly disregarded his agent's phone calls and dismissed them as non-important.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I fully, 100% believe that the FO completely and utterly disregarded his agent's phone calls and dismissed them as non-important.

Because they weren't.  They were cutting a deal and making a contract for Jason Peters and preparing for the draft.