From: drums@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (robert.e.wisnack.jr)
Subject: Re: LT career ending injury
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:21:39 GMT

In article <96856@netnews.upenn.edu>, satish@a.chem.upenn.edu (Satish Nair) writes:
> 
> No, us GIANTS fans aren't being completely stoic about what probably amounts
> to a career ending injury for Lawrence Taylor, inarguably the BEST defensive
> player to play the game.  What really sucks is that LT knew that this was his
> last season and tried to leave on a good note (he had one forced fumble and a
> sack in the last two games).  He was the sole and inspiration of that defense:
> he had the ability to bring out the best in people like Leonard Marshall and
> Carl Banks (who are fine LBs in their own right but really wouldn't have been
> anything special without the threat of LT looming about).
> 
> Among his many accomplishment include winning League MVP in 1986 (only the 2nd
> defensive player behind Alan Page to do so), being voted to the Pro Bowl for a
> record 10 times, one of 3 or 4 players to have more than 20 quarterback sacks 
> in a year and comandeering a fierce defense which lead his team to 2 Super Bowl
> titles in his 12 year career. 
> 
> Lawrence Taylor: the finest linebacker, defensive player and arguably finest
> football player to play the sport: thiss GIANTS fans thanks him for his years
> of fine service and salutes his many accomplishments.
> 
> satish nair
> go giants


Here are a couple more accomplishments:

Flame on:

Talking about the greatest players of all time....greatest linebacker..
greatest this and greatest that...I think you have to look at 
everything L.T. has done, on and OFF the field.  I don't know
why it bothers me so much, but I think he should have been out
of football a few years ago.  How about the time that he was
suspended for cocaine use.  Oh and then there was 
the time that he was found on the side of the rode sleeping 
in his car (keys in the ignition) and he was drunk (over the 
legal limit for N.J.).  As far as I know if your keys are in
the ignition they consider that D.W.I.  If that was Mr. Joe
Citizen he would have been in big trouble.  I know I am going
to get a lot of flames from this, but look how everyone looks
down at Pete Rose for what he did off the field.

Face it, these guys are role models for kids, they shouldn't be,
but they are.  And in that regard he stinks.  As a football player,
that is a different story.  Should he be in the Hall of Fame ?
probably....was he a great linebacker?..yes.  
Sure he is entitled to make mistakes, like jumping offsides, but
no jamming cocaine up his nose.  Maybe my problem with him goes
a little deeper...maybe I don't like him because he used to
beat up on my favorite QB's.  I don't know.  Well I guess I'll
get ready for some heat.

Flame off:

Satish,  This was not a flame against you...just LT.


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Bob Wisnack
Cowboys bandwagon jumper since early 70's
Drew Pearson  - Dallas --\
Joe Theisman  - Redskins--\
Kenny Jackson - Eagles ---/South River High Graduates
and myself    - AT&T ----/
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