keggerz Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 LINK Friday, May 05, 2006 Lions players file grievance against Marinelli According to sources close to the situation, the Detroit Lions will lose two Organized Team Activities practices during the off-season because they were in violation of minicamp rules. A couple of Lions players filed the grievance against head coach Rod Marinelli because they believed the minicamp practices were too physical. An official announcement is expected to be made sometime today. According to sources, the players were upset at the high intensity and aggressiveness demanded in the team drills and believed the coaching staff was going over the line. The Collective Bargaining Agreement forbids contact work during minicamps. Under Article XXXVI, Section 4 reads: Contact: There will be no contact work (e.g., “live’’ blocking, tackling, pass rushing, bump-and-run) or use of pads (helmets permitted) at minicamps. According to a Lions player, the team drills were very physical even to the point where, on at least one occasion, an offensive lineman and defensive line lineman got into a scuffle over the heavy contact. Unlike previous head coaches, Marinelli refused to allow the media to watch any of the team drills, which is where the bulk of the excessive contact allegedly took place. On the first day of minicamp on April 11, Marinelli told the media: “It was the first day and I wanted to give the coaches a chance to be themselves. I want (the players) to understand the tempo. The most important thing was to get things established.’’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 (edited) posted here Edited May 5, 2006 by Big John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 (edited) posted here 1454546[/snapback] :doah: and i took a quick look too :doah: but your link is wrong bj Edited May 5, 2006 by keggerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezhed Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 "mini-camps were too physical"........ Suck it up pansies, this is freakin football. Obviously the sissy-boy 2-hand touch camps you've had in the past didn't quite get it done. bunch of over-paid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 :doah: and i took a quick look too :doah: but your link is wrong bj 1454553[/snapback] Link fixed on my post. :doah: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 the lions dont even know it yet but marinelli is gonna make their franchise respectable again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 oh man is this for real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Sorry Keg Already in the "So, at what point do the Lions Players......" thread, Post # 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedroz13 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 "mini-camps were too physical"........ Suck it up pansies, this is freakin football. Obviously the sissy-boy 2-hand touch camps you've had in the past didn't quite get it done. bunch of over-paid 1454555[/snapback] Agreed. Can you imagine something like this back in Jack Lambert's day? Ha....players filing grievance because practice was too hard. I got your grievance right here you underachieving bunch of overpaid Sallies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Link fixed on my post. :doah: 1454558[/snapback] Nope, still busted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Nope, still busted. 1454572[/snapback] Now see if it links to your post. :doah: :doah: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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keggerz Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 ................. .......................................... ............................... ............................... S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 ........................................................... ............................... ............................... S 1454607[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 Now see if it links to your post. :doah: :doah: 1454584[/snapback] the LIONS MESSED UP BIG JOHNS COMPUTER do you have the database backed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 1454608[/snapback] i thought you might like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 the LIONS MESSED UP BIG JOHNS COMPUTER do you have the database backed up 1454611[/snapback] My copy and paste got messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 ........................................................... ............................... ............................... S 1454607[/snapback] Good one Keg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 The Edmund Fitzgerald Contest Lives On!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Didn't this happen to Coughlin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltaire Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 ........................................................... ............................... ............................... S 1454607[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTen Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 ........................................................... ............................... ............................... S 1454607[/snapback] This is so ture I want to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcd480 Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Didn't the Giants players do the same to Coughlin in his first year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Didn't the Giants players do the same to Coughlin in his first year? 1457014[/snapback] Didn't budlitebrad already post this, just two posts above yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcd480 Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Didn't budlitebrad already post this, just two posts above yours? 1457056[/snapback] Hmm, maybe I should learn to read. :doah: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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