Ricky Williams

i bet hes high as a kite right now, the fucking quitter loser.

 

yep, high, getting his dick sucked by a supermodel or two, with 3 more out by the pool. what an asshole. that selfish bastard. i'd never do that if i had all that loot. i'd never want to travel the world and hang with marley's kids, and visit buddhist temples in asia and try to find some meaning in life when i've been getting treated like a piece of meat for as long as i can remember. god, that bastard, that lucky fucking talented bastard. hope he has a blast.

 

you forgot irresponsible quitter. you're welcome.

 

You want something to be pissed about, where was this rage a few years ago when the CEO of AT&T was shit canned for poor performance...and received a $26 mill severance package, which included something like $500K just for his wife.
Now THAT is worth bitching about.

Whatever his reasons, Ricky is an adult and only has to answer to himself. Instead of being pissed at him, the Fins need to direct that energy to encouraging his replacement. The time they spend dwelling on this could be better spent preparing for the upcoming season. Consider him on the mental IR...#2 then becomes #1 and you move forward.

 

Career-ending brain fart?

 

Barry's comments on Ricky:

DETROIT -- Barry Sanders, who unexpectedly left football five years ago, said even he was surprised to learn Miami's Ricky Williams had done the same thing.

"I'm as surprised as anyone," Sanders said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press. "Even for me, it seems very strange."

Williams, 27, decided to retire at the peak of his career, stunning the Dolphins and leaving an enormous void in their backfield less than a week before the start of training camp.

Williams, who rushed for 3,225 yards in two seasons with the Dolphins, phoned from Hawaii to inform coach Dave Wannstedt of his decision, then continued his travels by flying to Tokyo.

"He's pretty young, but he always seemed like football wasn't the most important thing in his life," said Sanders, who was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January. "He didn't seem as excited about it as everyone else. I know in Miami, from friends I talk to, they saw him as a savior in Miami. Maybe he didn't see himself that way."

Sanders was the first player to rush for 1,000 yards in his first 10 seasons, leading the league four times. In 1997, he was co-MVP with Brett Favre after rushing for 2,053 yards.

Like Williams, he quit on the eve of training camp -- in his case at age 31 before the 1999 season with Detroit. At the time he was within 1,457 yards of Walter Payton's career rushing record.

That mark was broken two years ago by Emmitt Smith.

New York Jets coach Herman Edwards also was surprised by Williams' decision.

"I'm more disappointed for the league than anything else," Edwards said. "You hate to see young players like that end their careers abruptly. He's a marvelous player, the fans enjoy him playing. He decided to do something he wanted to do. Whether people feel it was the right time, that was his choice. He says he's retired but you never know. He can un-retire, too, so we'll see."


This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index

 

Contrast these two:

A) Any player who has been offered $4M a year and held out for $6M a year, claiming, "I've got to do what's best for my family."

B) A 27-year-old father of three, who walks away from $3.5M, plus has to pay back a few mil' in signing bonuses and uses a poverty-stricken Jamaican family living in a tin shack as an example of happiness.

 

I agree - but I also think the way he made these changes was selfish. Being true to yourself doesn't mean blowing people off.

Riddell - your job isn't as important as William's either.

I'm not at all mad at the guy. Fuck if I care. I think he's a bit shortsighted, but at the same time another 800 carries in the NFL might NOT be worth another $xx million if you wind up like Earl Campbell.

The ONLY beef I have with it is the lurch he left the organization in. And I'm HARDLY a company man, but I think to leave people hanging, whether you like them or not, shows a lack of personal integrity.

So while i applaud the idea of being true to yourself, I also think you can hurt alot of people and rationalize it by saying 'I have to be true to myself'.

Another thing - He's got 3 kids, right? Where are these kids while he's galavanting around the planet smoking weed and not getting tested?

Oh that's right - it's all about Ricky finding Ricky. Sorry kids, Dad's gotta go find himself.

 

Somebody's got to tend to the crop and harvest.