Luke Links: Remembering Steve McNair
by BigBlueShoe on Jul 6, 2009 10:17 AM EDT
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For much of this week we will see and read more details about the tragic death of former-Titans and Ravens QB Steve McNair. Some of those details could be shocking or perhaps scandalous. Or, hopefully, the facts will reveal in greater detail what we already know; that this was a terrible tragedy. One thing that might also get discussed is Steve McNair's overall legacy as a football player. In some cases, his career might get overblown or romanticized because... well, that's what we do to cope with loss. At the present, I see nothing wrong with that. After a time, we'll be able to properly discuss McNair's legacy as a QB.
Right now, we just mourn his and his girlfriend's untimely passing.
- The Big Lead speculates on who killed McNair. Currently, it is not a foregone conclusion that it was a murder-suicide, with McNair's 20-year-old girlfriend pulling the trigger.
- Reggie Hayes writes a wonderful article about how Steve McNair helped motivate Peyton Manning. Very nice article.
- Old article from The Sporting News discussing the 2003 co-MVPs: Peyton Manning and Steve McNair.
- Mike Lupica does what Mike Lupica always does: Spew stupid crap in the vain attempt to appear interesting or comelling. Lupica's writing, along with his personality, is crass and self-important. Link from MCM.
- Speaking of MCM, they have more details about McNair's death.
- Clint Session is in the best shape of his life, or so he says. Moving Session to WILL linebacker is an excellent decision on Caldwell and Coyer's part. Session is a vicious hitter who seems more comfortable in coverage than Freddy Keiaho was.
- Pro Football Weekly has a new blog about non-NFL football leagues, including the CFL. I watched the Rough Riders play the Lions this past weekend. It is so weird watching a football game where the receivers can get a ten yeard running start behind the line of scrimmage. I did not see Kenton Keith play.
- God, I miss football. Less than a month to camp folks! Less than a month!
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Lupica...
needs to get a grip. At this point it sure doesn’t look like McNair’s death had anything to do with a “gun culture”.
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by deshawn zombie on Jul 6, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
I personally am for my gun control, but this murder is not the type of setting one should use to further that cause. It just doesn’t make sense. Lupica always tried to make himself as much a part of the story as the story is. Silly, silly little man.
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by BigBlueShoe on Jul 6, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The gun was found next to the woman, Sahel Kazemi. Where did the gun come from? Where it always comes from: Somewhere.
Shew! I’m sure glad he solved that mystery. We can all sleep better at night now knowing that the guy used to kill McNair and Kazemi came from somewhere.
Someone needs to brand ORLY? on this guy’s forehead.
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by KingRichard on Jul 6, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the gun rather
Yeah, so I sold out, do something about it! Like read my site Colts Chatter.
by KingRichard on Jul 6, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For thousands of years...
men and women have been killing each other over this kind of thing. If anything, it’s a sad tale of our “infidelity culture” not our “gun culture”.
1000 years ago, I would have been due to our “knife culture” or our “poison culture”.
4000 years ago, it would have been our “bashing people over the head with a rock” culture.
Before that, our “pet T-Rex” culture.
It’s sad, horrible and tragic. It’s not a poster for the need for gun control (though I’m a pacifist non-gun owner myself).
18to88.com
by deshawn zombie on Jul 6, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Spreading lies and misinformation again, I see....
Humans and dinosaurs did not occupy earth at the same time.
Feel free to substitute any of the following:
pet werewolf culture
pet sasquatch culture
pet Loch Ness Monster culture
hot-dog-coins and anti-Heimlich Maneuver culture (didja see Field of Dreams? ’nuff said)
And (skipping forward one ore argument) while one might not like his work ethic or other aspects of his game, one can still appreciate his body of work. His ability to rise from the dead like Lazarus or Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction always impressed me. Yes, I ridiculed his decisions that got him in those “bruised sternum” situations (diving for one yard on 3rd and 3 only to be carted off the field?), but his ablity to play through these injuries with little practice during the week was impressive.
On a final, not terribly generous note, perhaps one reason I liked him is that I was never really scared of him. If the Colts lost to the Titans from 1999-2005, it was rarely, if ever, because of #9. More likely their D or Eddie George breaking off a 65-yarder. So the fact that he was good, but not good enough to be a real threat in my mind made it easier to like him.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
by Bobman on Jul 6, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Lupica's story
What a rambling piece of junk. Stick with Mr. McNair’s hometown slant, with his peers reactions, the tragedy of what appears to be a murder and subsequent suicide, heck lament the devastation and grief his family has been shocked with. But to lay the BLAME of these deaths on the gun is to absolve any responsibility of the people involved. If he wants to write for a Pullitzer on the gun culture stuff, the Darrent Williams murder certainly would make for a better angle.
by EnSsRex on Jul 7, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is not the place to discuss politics
so I will restrain myself. But with all the Lupica-bashing I feel compelled to mention that I absolutely agree with him and found the tone of his article to be spot on.
by ctnyc on Jul 7, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cognitive dissonance
Wait, wasn’t this site leading the “McNair is fat and lazy” bandwagon? Now the guy running the site is bound up in grief? I personally never agreed with this site’s agenda towards McNair.
This site aggressively sought to sully McNair’s legacy:
More info on why McNair retired: He’s too fat
Remember, Fisher is the guy that let Steve McNair act like a lazy ass throughout his career
by zilla1126 on Jul 6, 2009 11:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
In some cases, his career might get overblown or romanticized because… well, that’s what we do to cope with loss. At the present, I see nothing wrong with that. After a time, we’ll be able to properly discuss McNair’s legacy as a QB.
No dissonance, just some respect in the wake.
That's big talk for a little guy,
but I'm walkin' without reply.
-Lil Wayne "Mr. Postman"
by shake n bake on Jul 6, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
My stance on Steve McNair being a lazy player who was overblown by the media is unchanged, but it is not necessary for me to shout that from the mountains while his body is cold and stiff in a Nashville morgue.
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by BigBlueShoe on Jul 6, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
damned if you do damned if you don't
keep knocking McNair and you’re a insensitive ass, turn the dislike down to a simmer and you’re called a hypocrite.
That's big talk for a little guy,
but I'm walkin' without reply.
-Lil Wayne "Mr. Postman"
by shake n bake on Jul 6, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you didn't have to be a fan
to still be bothered by his senseless murder, and to treat news of his death with respect. The sum of the man was more than some people’s opinion of him as a player.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Jul 6, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Football is only one part of Steve McNair. He did little in off-season to help improve his game (lift weights, stay healthy, etc.). However, one reason why might have been all the charity work he did. He guy seriously cared about helping people.
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by BigBlueShoe on Jul 6, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s where most of my respect for him comes from, his charity work.
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by KingRichard on Jul 6, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
catch-22
Now a proud annoyance on Stampede Blue, 18to88, Indy Football Report, and Phil B's blog.
Man, I need a life...
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Joseph Addai, otherwise one as The Great Irrationally Hated One, is the first and only running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season without starting a game in that season.
by Cassieper on Jul 6, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kuharsky linked SB again
Colts Homers’ piece this time
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcsouth/0-10-158/Reading-the-coverage—Working-the-same-hill.html
That's big talk for a little guy,
but I'm walkin' without reply.
-Lil Wayne "Mr. Postman"
by shake n bake on Jul 6, 2009 3:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I know
Nice that he’s recognizing us.
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by BigBlueShoe on Jul 6, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seeing as how I just read a month of Paul K's work in 2 days,
I can say that he has noticed all of the SB Nation blogs. He has now linked to Music City Miracles, Big Cat Contry, Battle Red Blog, and Stampede Blue multiple times each. My guess on the progression (how he found these blogs) would be that Oehser led Paul K to 18to88.com, which in turn led him to Stampede Blue, which would lead him to the other SB Nation blogs.
That’s the pattern I’ve noticed in his “Reading the Coverage” section. Now 18to88 and the 4 AFC South SB Nation blogs are in his daily link routine.
Now a proud annoyance on Stampede Blue, 18to88, Indy Football Report, and Phil B's blog.
Man, I need a life...
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Joseph Addai, otherwise one as The Great Irrationally Hated One, is the first and only running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season without starting a game in that season.
by Cassieper on Jul 6, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The first I saw ESPN link from SBN
Was Turf Show Time, the Rams blog. It is no wonder why that is linked though. It is an amazing blog to say the least.
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by Colts Homer on Jul 6, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny statement in the Reggie Hayes article
“…McNair, 36, retired when he was still young in Favre years …”
by coltsfanawalt on Jul 11, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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