"So does Barber want Barkley to break his records, including his rookie records?
Im not going to put that pressure on him," Barber said. "I want him to be successful one game at a time, one year at a time. If he is and he stays healthy, I told him, Youll break them all.
Hard to come up with a better response in reaction to Saquan tellin him he was going to break all of Tiki's records
Tiki's reaction to Barkley - (
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Greg,
It was never just about Eli. He made comments like that the whole time he was on the team. He went public in favor of management talking about other players contracts. He threw coaches under the bus frequently during and after his career. In the end I don't think a lot of it bothered fans until he retired as the comments always seemed to be about bettering the team. However, post career those same types of comments came off as bettering himself.
And i realize We all unequivocally love Strahan, but he has done a netter job of fronting, all indications are Strahan is the bigger self centered prima donna.
Damn thunder and lightning two headed kraken!
Recall how the Eagles' Brain Westbrook ( a very good player, himself) was always begging Tiki to work-out with him.
Tiki actually got better with age (even as his natural talent diminished). This is what Westbrook recognized.
I remember one of the things that Tiki shared - Always try to not have your feet in the ground when tackled - this prevents undue torque (protecting your knees, legs, ankles .....
Like I said, Tom insisted on Tiki taking hits - Tiki disagreed bitterly.
In his "declining years" was the art of the cut-back run. He worked hard with his fullback Jim Finn, to achieve much success with that play.
Tiki had the highest regard for him ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/11/sports/football/giants-finn-is-the-anonymous-blocking-back.html
"He is the unsung, anonymous guy that I depend on for a lot of my success," said Barber, who followed Finn for many of his career-best 1,518 yards last season, and 760 halfway through this one. (2005) "He's an extension of me."
Hopefully, Barkley can reprise that type of relationship on the gridiron with present FB Shane Smith.
Barkly has tons more ability than Tiki ever had, and if he's 1/2 as smart - he will be amazing.
.. I could care less what he did with his women and marriages
Very nice. Whatta guy..And its COULDNT care less
Tiki, not so much the latter. One guy criticized Eli, the other did not.
In comment 14002818 solfish said:
That's was exactly what I'm talking about.
To a lessor extent, Ahmad Bradshaw was successful doing the same thing. Difference with him is that he bought in to the between-the-tackles things and became a ferocious runner, inside.
On a related note, I have no idea how much zone blocking we'll have this year, but I know that Barkley with that type of blocking could be a terror.
By the way, Brown is the Dallas RBcoach and apparently in demand around the league.
The thing that first bothered me about Tiki hasn't even been mentioned in this discussion--when he criticized Strahan in his 2002 contract negotiations. On a personal level, I could only imagine trying to get a raise at work, and some asshole starts talking out loud about how you are being greedy, and you should accept the company's offer, AND he's saying this deliberately loud enough for the boss to hear to make himself look good. That is a dick move.
Tiki would go on to make many more dick moves. It didn't mean I didn't root for him when he was playing for us. But once he wasn't playing for us, he made the separation between himself and the team quite clear in ways that other Giants never did.
Maybe what made Tiki a great player was his unceasing focus on himself. Maybe that helped him to achieve his great stats. In the end though, after everything, great stats weren't enough to endear Tiki to most Giants fans. They knew he was a dick and treated him appropriately.
I had to log on to agree. The cat is self serving. Nuff said.
You care a little?
You have a list of things that you care less about?
oh, and get your emotions in check.
Joey for the win.
If you need a role model or someone to admire, look towards your family members and friends...