Anonymous Lions player calls out Suh and teammates
There were rumors back in October in Pro Football Weekly that an anonymous NFL general manager ripping Ndamukong Suh and his teammates for not being worth their hype. The source never came forward and it amounted to many (including myself) thinking that this anonymous executive is a huge coward.
Well, now a Lions player should consider himself a coward. It’s someone inside the locker room that is spouting off to the media about Lions players. And again, the source won’t be revealed.
It came after the Lions last second 35-33 loss to the Indianapolis Colts last Sunday. One Lions player told Yahoo Sports that Suh and others “don’t understand what it takes to win.” But there’s more.
“Yeah, we’re loaded. But we have a couple of guys who don’t understand what it takes to win. Just making a couple of plays and thinking that makes you great … sometimes you want to just shake some of these guys and say, ‘Don’t you get it?”
When asked to name names, the player said that it starts with Suh. “He’s focused for 90 percent of the time. But it’s the 10 percent that kills you. … With (Suh), he loses his cool and all of a sudden we’re blowing a play or dealing with some controversy.”
It’s really anyone’s guess who made the comments. When your team has underachieved something fierce and is 4-8, it could be anyone. Was it a veteran that is sick of the young guys (Suh, Nick Fairley, Mikel LeShoure, etc.) getting in trouble? Was it a young guy having no poise but to give the media ammo? We’ll probably never know. The one thing I will say is that it’s incredibly weak on that player. If you have an issue with the effort guys are giving, call a meeting and hash it out. Airing your dirty laundry to the media is not going to help your team win anything. Suh doesn’t know what it takes to win? It’s quite obvious that the guy responsible for these comments doesn’t either – extremely hypocritical.
This is just another indictment of head coach Jim Schwartz and the lack of discipline with this group.
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Seems disingenuous of the writer considering that this creates fodder for your blog.
It isn’t disingenuous at all, Darryl.
I’m not interested in chasing playing the role of an ambulance-chasing lawyer seeking out negative stories. If it’s there and I find it interesting, I’ll post about it. It’d be better for all parties (including myself) if there were guys wouldn’t hide behind their words like this Lions player supposedly did.
Thanks anyway.
who gives a hit about the lions we in michigan are use to the losing lions we’ve had decades of it
It starts with the coaches. They need to set Suh and the others stright. Iam a Husker fan amd hate seeing Suh in the spot light for bad behavior.
You got that right, Tim. Schwartz has certainly failed thus far as a disciplinarian.
I’m not so sure about the Lions continued failures over the years being the coaches. The only steady light in that organization is the ownership. They keep hiring bad GM’s who in turn hire bad coaches. The combination results in high draft choices for good players who soon cut bait & run.
The only way Detroit will see a good football team is if somebody from another city buys the Lions, they move, and some other owner starts a new team. Maybe Ted Nugent. He could call them the Motor City Mad Men.
And I’m a life long Lions, Tigers, Wings, Sparty’s, even Wolverine’s fan whose transplanted to AZ, but still am faithfull to my roots.
f sue
So let me get this straight, you (the writer) craps on this guy for not revealing himself, but yet it’s a good enough story to post? If you’re SOOO against what the player pulled, why make a story of it- to get people to read it? You could of just put “There are players on the Lions’ team that needs to reveal themsleves when crticizing the team and not be chicken sh$%^ by commenting in an anonymous manner”. End of story, period. Just sounds a bit hypocritical of you Tim after this guy (player) gave you a topic for your blog.
So writers, radio and television hosts and fans can only write/talk about topics that they believe are right? The overwhelming majority of blog posts, articles, etc. could be summed up into one sentence, Joe, but what is the fun in that?
I’m having a hard time finding anything wrong/hypocritical in me writing, “An anonymous Lions player did _____. I disagree with it.”
Thank you for wasting my time, Joe.
You’re welcome, you weren’t doing anything with it anyway.
I’ve got to agree with a couple of the commenters who pointed out how lame this “story” or blog post is. How are this player’s anonymous comments “extremely hypocritical”? That’s just a lame, inflammatory comment in and of itself. Maybe this player has spoken to Suh and the other dunces on the team, perhaps this player has done more and it hasn’t resulted in the necessary changes. Time to amp it up and put it out there for everyone to see and then we end up with the typical knucklehead blogger or reporter trying to create a story rather than just reporting.
Thanks for wasting my time; it won’t happen here again, I can assure you of that.
Whatever helps you sleep at night, Green Boy.
My point is simple: making inflammatory comments about your teammate(s) is not conducive to a winning environment. To call out others for not having what it takes to win is destructive in itself. Ergo, the anonymous player doesn’t know what it takes to win if he’s going to the media with items that should be kept in house.
I didn’t just create this story on my own. It was originally reported by Yahoo Sports and has been everywhere since then. My quotes are from Yahoo. Your issue would/should be with them, if you have one at all.
Quoting anonymous Lions players is cowardly. How do you know the writer isn’t just making this crap up? This stuff has no credibility. A real man would step forward and identify himself.
All of this is forgotten if a few plays are made and this team is 8-4 instead of 4-8. But because we are frustrated by the results, stories are fabricated, dirt is uncovered, etc etc.
Remember, 50+ guys in a locker room, there is a good chance every roster has a few idiots. When you win, they are all well hidden, when you lose they cme out and get exposed.
I’m confused about some of these comments. I mean come on…surely you all understand that most blogs are not meant to be hard-hitting journalism! It is just a way that people share their thoughts and opinions on topics they find funny, interesting, etc. I don’t understand why you’d come on here and rip the writer. I’d hardly call the 60 seconds it took you to read the post a waste of time. If you disagree, great and feel free to say so. OR, just move on! It is just a blog…relax!
ANYWAYS, I totally agree. It is a cowardly move to stay anonymous. Does anyone on this team really have room to talk? You gotta question how many of these guys, if any, know what it takes to win. Maybe the speaker does know what it takes, so then he should step up and be a LEADER. Call guys out and challenge them to focus, work harder, blah blah blah. Can’t be a leader if you hide behind anonymity.