Donovan McNabb

[Seabiscuit36]

The obsession level towards hating McNabb and picking apart everything he says is unhealthy.

You and Todd need to seek help. Angelo and Rhea too.

seriously?  this is insane shtein going on and you think people are unhealthy for talking about it?

Phreak has a pathological boner for 5. 

[JackStraw]

his best shot now for any relevance is to be the "star" the town hated. Consciously or not, inciting Philly to boo him lustily at retirement game gives him perfect video "bookends" (draft and retirement) in support of his job-like self image.

He and the media will flog it forever both for rcard and fan iceholery right along with Santa in sports fan mythology.  Booing Andy will be bonus for the reel.

[SD]

The obsession level towards hating McNabb and picking apart everything he says is unhealthy.

You and Todd need to seek help. Angelo and Rhea too.

seriously?  this is insane shtein going on and you think people are unhealthy for talking about it?

this x1million

Donovan loves the negative attention, he keeps himself relevant and still gets to play the woah is me act. I just read the entire interview, what a loser.

[Rome]

i just thought of him as a harmless douchey loser clown for a long time now. but now's he's definitely creeping into can't stand him territory.

this exactly.  every time i see his face i want to punch a hole in it.  sniveling victim.  farg him.

[PhillyPhreak54]

See the thing is I know he says and has done dumb shtein. I've never said that he didn't and recognized when he stunk and played bad.

However I believe he's been piled onto for so long by dopes like Angelo, Rhea and Hopkins that its become an unhealthy obsession.

He was this franchises best QB ever. However he was never accepted from day one and it bugs the shtein out of me.

The everlasting Donovan obsession is indeed unhealthy. Yes he didn't win. Yeah he's been a goofball and a passive aggressive ass at times...but his career was very good. My defense of him is centered around the farging clowns who insisted that he was some schmuck QB and should've been cast aside for Jeff Garcia and any other QB since he walked into town.

[ice grillin you]

my hatred of him goes like this....

his play on the field - 1%
his hideous personality - 119%

in fact my hatred of him began in the spring of 2004 and never stopped...it preceeded his only great season...it was a healthy hate while he was qb'ing the team to a superbowl....right now is actually extra sweet for me because of the incredible amount of shtein I took back then for hating him

[reese125]

yeah phreak but hes a pusy, and philadelphia cant stand whining weak pusy's who need a hug.

i mean if he was a cool dude, made you laugh here and there, made you listen when he talks football kept to himself--it might be a different story. complete opposite. he brings this shtein all on himself which in turn makes people not want to give him that credit you talk about.

[MDS]

no educated normal person thinks they were better off with feely or koy or something

though it is fair to point out that the team played considerably better with garcia than with 5. j if youre gonna suckle him because a few choice idiots think hes terrible then i dont know.

hes an awful person with an awful personality who got off on being hated. was his talent superior? yes. did he fail to come through in big games? yes. but if he wasnt such a douche everyone would be over that by now.

[Chameleon]

I have an idea. Photoshop here I come.

[General_Failure]

I'm no expert, but that may be the wrong black guy.

[ice grillin you]

they all look the same

[Sgt PSN]

McNabb is a secret Muslim?  Who knew?

[SD]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/24/mcnabb-truly-wouldnt-care-if-fans-boo-him-at-retirement-ceremony/

McNabb "truly wouldn't care" if fans boo him at retirement ceremony

Posted by Mike Florio on July 24, 2013, 7:51 PM EDT
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When Donovan McNabb made his first appearance at Lincoln Financial Field as a member of an opposing team, Eagles fans didn't boo him.  When he makes his first appearance there as a member of no team, Eagles fans may boo him.

Especially since McNabb has essentially invited them to boo when he officially retires as a member of the Eagles at halftme of the same September 19 Thursday night game that will welcome former Philly coach Andy Reid back to town, as head coach of the Chiefs.

"I truly wouldn't care [if they boo]," McNabb tells Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Daily News.  "To me, it's an appreciation for the people who truly respected what I did.  I've always lived by the motto that you can't please everyone.  So, for me, if I get booed, it wouldn't be anything new.  If they cheer, that would be great.  Obviously I'll be out there with my family and the teammates I played with.  If there are any boos, I will smile."

McNabb said that, throughout his career in Philly, he tried to ignore the criticism.

"Flying out here, I stopped in Chicago to visit my family," McNabb said.  "I ran into [former Phillie] Jim Thome in the airport.  We were talking about playing in Philly.  He asked me how I dealt with it because he said it was really hard for him.  I said I just let it run right down my back.  I never let it bother me.  I told him I loved the game too much to let it affect what I was doing.  All the time I put in preparing, I didn't let it bother me."

McNabb thinks some fans feel he failed because he wasn't able to deliver a championship.

"I thought they were true fans who loved the Eagles and loved the game of football," McNabb said of the folks in Philly.  "Opinionated, for sure.  But they loved their teams.  They just want to see winners.  And over the years, we gave them that.  But after a while, the wins didn't become enough.  It became all about winning the Super Bowl, which was understandable. That was the same attitude we went in with as players after we won the NFC Championship [in '04]. We felt we needed to win a Super Bowl.  And that didn't happen.''

Reuben Frank of CSNPhilly.com had a strong reaction to McNabb's comments, pointing out that Donovan "has a persecution complex and it's gotten worse and worse the longer he's been away from here."

Frank thinks that McNabb would have been cheered if he'd waited five years to return, and if he had avoided saying things to rile up the fan base.

"He just needs to shut up," Frank said.  "I'm sick of this. . . .  Donovan needs to just stop talking."

It's unknown whether Donovan will be booed on September 19.  But it's highly unlikely that he'll heed Frank's advice.

[ice grillin you]

I heard that roob interview live this morning on gods station....I couldn't believe how hard he went on him....other than phillyphreak5 he was easily the bedwetters biggest defender over the years

[MDS]

just yesterday he was riding for 5 on twitter...no matter what my boy j sees the donovan party dwindling down

its just him, sam, wilma, wilbon and chad lewis