M CLarrett

[sterndave1]

It is so pathetic that a man or lets just say a boy ruined his whole career .He could of been a great one but he was so f---kin arrogant and Jim Brown with his poor advice let this kids career go down in flames before it even started.He just should of kept his mouth shut ,took a year suspension and finish his 2 years at Ohio St .Good for him and Good luck working at the local car wash

[Vet]

He'll probably play in the CFL and make good money. Not exactly the local car wash. Nevertheless, I'm sure he appreciates your well wishes.

[sterndave1]

He'll probably play in the CFL and make good money.  Not exactly the local car wash.  Nevertheless, I'm sure he appreciates your well wishes.

 

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I was a big fan watching him in Ohio St,It is just very sad

[whitem0nkey]

you are talking like he is done, there will be a team rhat will pick him up and you dont know how that will work out.

[Jumpin Johnies]

It is so pathetic that a man or lets just say a boy ruined his whole career .He could of been a great one but he was so f---kin arrogant and Jim Brown with his poor advice let this kids career go down in flames before it even started.He just should of kept his mouth shut ,took a year suspension and finish his 2 years at Ohio St .Good for him and Good luck working at the local car wash

 

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I'm actually pulling for the kid. He's been humbled and appears to be more down to earth than the vast majority of first year players.

[sterndave1]

I'm actually pulling for the kid.  He's been humbled and appears to be more down to earth than the vast majority of first year players.

 

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Like I said ,He shouldnt of listened to J Brown

[Luger]

Well Ron Dayns hasnt been cut. That should give you insight to Maurice's skills.

[Turf Smurf]

Well Ron Dayns hasnt been cut.  That should give you insight to Maurice's skills.

 

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You obviously haven't seen any of the games.

[Goldsheet]

He performed well for one year. Guys have a good year in college all the time and never amount to much. He was over rated early on, all hype, no substance.

[SteelBunz]

I'm actually pulling for the kid.  He's been humbled and appears to be more down to earth than the vast majority of first year players.

 

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You just go on thinkin' that, JJ. We'll let you get him cheap on the WW next week.

[muck]

I also feel bad about his situation. Young guy taking advice from well intending people...advice that may have ruined his life!

[spain]

I'm actually pulling for the kid.  He's been humbled and appears to be more down to earth than the vast majority of first year players.

 

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Is that why he was constantly challenging and fighting with his coach?

[Whiskey Pimp]

He'll probably play in the CFL and make good money.  Not exactly the local car wash.  Nevertheless, I'm sure he appreciates your well wishes.

 

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Players in the CFL don't exactly make good money. Sure they make more than $50k/year, but it's definitely not above $1M.

[1stimer]

He performed well for one year.  Guys have a good year in college all the time and never amount to much.  He was over rated early on, all hype, no substance.

 

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As a freshman, he tallied 1370 total yards which was 25.7% of the 5332 offensive yards the Buckeyes had ... he also tallied 18 tds which was 40.9% of the offensive tds the Buckeyes had. He also missed a little time with his shoulder injury.

 

Without Clarett the Buckeyes would not have won the National Championship.

 

Not only because he caught up with Sean Taylor and ripped the ball he intercepted away, but because they would not have been in the Fiesta Bowl if Clarett wasn't there for the regular season games.

 

How can a freshman that puts up those numbers in a well-known conference have no substance?

 

Granted, he made some really poor decisions after he was in the limelight. But he has something to offer a football team and it may take a year or two, but I think he will get his shot at the NFL.

[Turf Smurf]

As a freshman, he tallied 1370 total yards which was 25.7% of the 5332 offensive yards the Buckeyes had ... he also tallied 18 tds which was 40.9% of the offensive tds the Buckeyes had.  He also missed a little time with his shoulder injury. 

 

Without Clarett the Buckeyes would not have won the National Championship. 

 

Not only because he caught up with Sean Taylor and ripped the ball he intercepted away, but because they would not have been in the Fiesta Bowl if Clarett wasn't there for the regular season games. 

 

How can a freshman that puts up those numbers in a well-known conference have no substance? 

 

Granted, he made some really poor decisions after he was in the limelight.  But he has something to offer a football team and it may take a year or two, but I think he will get his shot at the NFL.

 

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Many college players are not able to take it to the next level.

 

To be unsuccessful in the Denver back field is really saying something.

[Donutrun Jellies]

I also feel bad about his situation.  Young guy taking advice from well intending people...advice that may have ruined his life!

 

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"well intending people"???? Who be dat? That possee looks like self-serving leeches and self-promoting blowhards, not the local entrepreneurial development bureau ... Clarrett's got a ticket on the same train that took Mike Tyson on his trip to being a waste product. Toooo bad.

[Savage Beatings]

I don't think he was ever healthy enough this pre-season to allow Denver to take a chance on him given the stable of other proven RB's for them to take that chance on.

 

There seems to be an unreasonable amount of venom directed towards this kid. Has he made some bad decisions? Sure, ok. But why such hatred for him?

 

Without knowing anything else about him, I hope he can get healthy and showcase his skills somewhere. And if, like a majority of the guys who try, he ends up NOT playing in the NFL, then good luck to him.

 

[Matrix] You've got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something. [/Matrix]

[pork chop express]

there hjave been many a thread wasted on this loser. in one of them, i wished that he would low out his knee and then contract syphillis. there is still time for my prognostication.

[KevinL]

Nice article(written as a letter to Maurice) by Terry Pluto.

[spain]

Nice article(written as a letter to Maurice) by Terry Pluto.

 

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You have to sign up for that site. Can you copy and paste it so we dont have to sign up?

[KevinL]

Clarett needs new excuses after release

 

By Terry Pluto

 

 

Dear Maurice Clarett:

 

Whose fault is it this time?

 

Have you tried to answer that question? Or do you think there will be another team, another set of advisers, someone else to take care of you?

 

Do you understand what it means to be drafted in the third round by the Denver Broncos, then cut before the first regular-season game? Do you know how close you are to having no football career, no degree and no real future?

 

You might think, ``I just got some bad advice.''

 

Your defenders say that every time something goes wrong. Booted out of Ohio State after a year, showing up fat at the NFL combine, having an attitude of entitlement -- it's really not your fault.

 

Maurice, quit conning yourself.

 

No high school and college player of your caliber gets bad advice, you just decide to listen to bad advice. You shop around until you find someone who tells you what you want to hear -- and you ignore those who try to tell you what you really need to know.

 

Your high school coach at Warren Harding was Thom McDaniels. He is a Hall of Fame-caliber coach who has sent players to the NFL going back to Canton McKinley. Do you think Michael Doss got bad advice? How about Kenny Peterson or Jamar Martin? They played for McDaniels at McKinley, then played at Ohio State. They're now in the NFL.

 

Doss and Peterson were your teammates on the 2002 NCAA championship Buckeyes. McDaniels started the job, Jim Tressel finished it. Both coaches told you to go with the program, go to class, work reasonably hard and be a decent person. The NFL millions would be there soon enough.

 

It's a well-worn road that has led countless Buckeye players into the pros. But you wanted to go your way, and you used anger as a fuel.

 

Understand that anger leads only in one direction -- bitterness and victim-hood. Anger never takes responsibility. Anger never teaches anything constructive. Anger eats you up inside and alienates you from everyone else.

 

You were unhappy because you weren't paid (legitimately) by OSU when 104,000 fans watched you play each week. You were mad when you couldn't turn pro after your freshman year. Guys can do it in other sports, why not football?

 

You seethed at the system, and tried to take down OSU by making charges of academic fraud and other infractions. That led to the NCAA spending a year on the campus investigating. The results led to one minor violation, quarterback Troy Smith taking $500 from a booster.

 

Don't you see that you just made your life miserable searching for shortcuts?

 

Don't you understand that the Broncos wanted you to make it. They shocked the NFL by taking you in the third round, when most scouts thought you'd be fortunate to be drafted at all.

 

Your college career consisted of 11 games, then you sat out for two years trying to win a court case against the NFL. Yet, the Broncos offered you a $400,000 bonus. But you rejected that and signed an incentive-packed contract where you could make more than $5 million -- assuming you became a star.

 

Then you arrived in training camp and were one of eight running backs. Nothing was guaranteed from a contract to a roster spot. You pulled a groin, then barely practiced.

 

There were whispers that your injury wasn't that severe, that you wanted out of Denver because you realized you wouldn't play. You acted like a star, when every NFL rookie is correctly viewed as a scrub until proven otherwise.

 

Most coaches would rather cut their tongues out than admit what Denver's Mike Shanahan told reporters: ``Anytime you cut somebody in the third round, obviously you feel like you made a mistake... in a true evaluation of your entire organization, anytime you use a third-round choice and he doesn't make your team -- that's not good.''

 

No, it's not. Especially for you, Maurice Clarett.

[sterndave1]

Clarett needs new excuses after release

 

By Terry Pluto

Dear Maurice Clarett:

 

Whose fault is it this time?

 

Have you tried to answer that question? Or do you think there will be another team, another set of advisers, someone else to take care of you?

 

Do you understand what it means to be drafted in the third round by the Denver Broncos, then cut before the first regular-season game? Do you know how close you are to having no football career, no degree and no real future?

 

You might think, ``I just got some bad advice.''

 

Your defenders say that every time something goes wrong. Booted out of Ohio State after a year, showing up fat at the NFL combine, having an attitude of entitlement -- it's really not your fault.

 

Maurice, quit conning yourself.

 

No high school and college player of your caliber gets bad advice, you just decide to listen to bad advice. You shop around until you find someone who tells you what you want to hear -- and you ignore those who try to tell you what you really need to know.

 

Your high school coach at Warren Harding was Thom McDaniels. He is a Hall of Fame-caliber coach who has sent players to the NFL going back to Canton McKinley. Do you think Michael Doss got bad advice? How about Kenny Peterson or Jamar Martin? They played for McDaniels at McKinley, then played at Ohio State. They're now in the NFL.

 

Doss and Peterson were your teammates on the 2002 NCAA championship Buckeyes. McDaniels started the job, Jim Tressel finished it. Both coaches told you to go with the program, go to class, work reasonably hard and be a decent person. The NFL millions would be there soon enough.

 

It's a well-worn road that has led countless Buckeye players into the pros. But you wanted to go your way, and you used anger as a fuel.

 

Understand that anger leads only in one direction -- bitterness and victim-hood. Anger never takes responsibility. Anger never teaches anything constructive. Anger eats you up inside and alienates you from everyone else.

 

You were unhappy because you weren't paid (legitimately) by OSU when 104,000 fans watched you play each week. You were mad when you couldn't turn pro after your freshman year. Guys can do it in other sports, why not football?

 

You seethed at the system, and tried to take down OSU by making charges of academic fraud and other infractions. That led to the NCAA spending a year on the campus investigating. The results led to one minor violation, quarterback Troy Smith taking $500 from a booster.

 

Don't you see that you just made your life miserable searching for shortcuts?

 

Don't you understand that the Broncos wanted you to make it. They shocked the NFL by taking you in the third round, when most scouts thought you'd be fortunate to be drafted at all.

 

Your college career consisted of 11 games, then you sat out for two years trying to win a court case against the NFL. Yet, the Broncos offered you a $400,000 bonus. But you rejected that and signed an incentive-packed contract where you could make more than $5 million -- assuming you became a star.

 

Then you arrived in training camp and were one of eight running backs. Nothing was guaranteed from a contract to a roster spot. You pulled a groin, then barely practiced.

 

There were whispers that your injury wasn't that severe, that you wanted out of Denver because you realized you wouldn't play. You acted like a star, when every NFL rookie is correctly viewed as a scrub until proven otherwise.

 

Most coaches would rather cut their tongues out than admit what Denver's Mike Shanahan told reporters: ``Anytime you cut somebody in the third round, obviously you feel like you made a mistake... in a true evaluation of your entire organization, anytime you use a third-round choice and he doesn't make your team -- that's not good.''

 

No, it's not. Especially for you, Maurice Clarett.

 

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That was AWESOME

[Jumpin Johnies]

You just go on thinkin' that, JJ.   We'll let you get him cheap on the WW next week.

 

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I didn't say that I was going to put him on my team. Only that I felt sorry for him.

[Jumpin Johnies]

Is that why he was constantly challenging and fighting with his coach?

 

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Are you talking about his freshman season at OSU?

[SteelBunz]

I didn't say that I was going to put him on my team.  Only that I felt sorry for him.

 

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Sorry JJ....but I can't feel sorry for someone who continually sabotages themself. At some point you'd think he'd learn from his mistakes. But no....he just tries to find new people to blame for the same old mistakes.

 

The letter above nailed it. He had a perfect opportunity for a fresh start (this wasn't the first 'fresh start' opportunity he's had in his limited football career).

 

So what happened? Same bad work ethic. Same primadonna attitude....like he's "owed" something....same bad business decisions. After all, no matter how many people are advising you, those decisions are ultimately yours.

 

Then when he's not being treated like the top talent/savior he thinks he is...he pulls up lame with a little hammy tweak that anyone fighting for a spot on a team would have battled quickly back from for a shot at a roster spot. But no...once again....he showed what he's made of by missing rehab sessions and taking 2 weeks off from training camp.

 

Just shaking my head wondering how you could feel "sorry" for that.