OT: The Pittsburgher Thread - Good JuJu comes at a high price

[Double-Shift Lasse]

...you then go out and have to carry a 200+ lb man on your back every night.

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[ZeroPucksGiven]

Hit a nerve?

There's more than enough facts out there for my disdain for Ben the person off the field to be justified, also being called a piece of shit or whatever I want to call his fat ass is justifiable imo, as well.

Stuff he's done on the field, great.

Outside of ~10 years ago, what has he done off the field?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Outside of ~10 years ago, what has he done off the field?

Time doesn't change what he did and got away with. I'm gonna leave it at that and drop it now.

 

[Shockmaster]

Time doesn't change what he did and got away with. I'm gonna leave it at that and drop it now.

You're referring to the thing in Georgia? The DA down there said there wasn't enough evidence to move forward with anything. It's one thing to say he was incredibly immature and shouldn't have been in that bar to begin with, but it's another to think you know something the investigators and DA don't know.

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Time doesn't change what he did and got away with. I'm gonna leave it at that and drop it now.

I'm confused at what he "got away with"?

The DA basically said there wasn't enough evidence to convict. The evidence also points to the alleged victims friends coercing her into filing a report. Then the DA saw his 10 seconds of fame was eclipsing and issued a public admonishment of Ben, which was extremely unprofessional.

No one knows what happened in that bar except 2 people

At minimum Ben was guilty of being a sleazebag, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I've had a handful of bar bathroom encounters back in my stupid days. So I was a sleazebag too.
People change and evolve and have different priorities as they age.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Time doesn't change what he did and got away with. I'm gonna leave it at that and drop it now.

Where I grew up, lots of people got away with stuff, but a lot got busted for things they didn’t do as well.

My one buddy stuck a butcher knife in a kids back and got away with it.

Another buddy gutted a Pagan and went to jail for murder, but claimed it was self-defense because they targeted him for leaving.

I believed my boy and everything he said seemed to add up... he was a crazy f***, but I believe he was defending himself.

Things aren’t always clear cut...

The environment I grew up in taught me not to be so quick to cast guilt on others unless there is some kind of overwhelming evidence.

 

[Andy99]

Where I grew up, lots of people got away with stuff, but a lot got busted for things they didn’t do as well.

My one buddy stuck a butcher knife in a kids back and got away with it.

Another buddy gutted a Pagan and went to jail for murder, but claimed it was self-defense because they targeted him for leaving.

I believed my boy and everything he said seemed to add up... he was a crazy f***, but I believe he was defending himself.

Things aren’t always clear cut...

The environment I grew up in taught me not to be so quick to cast guilt on others unless there is some kind of overwhelming evidence.

I need you on my jury...badly.....any chance you want to take up residency in SF this summer and beg to be put on the jury selection list?

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

I need you on my jury...badly.....any chance you want to take up residency in SF this summer and beg to be put on the jury selection list?

I’ve never been called for jury duty, but suspect no prosecutor would allow me to sit on a jury once I start talking.

 

[Al Smith]

I’ve never been called for jury duty, but suspect no prosecutor would allow me to sit on a jury once I start talking.

I sat on one jury - foster father who sexually molested his foster kids - and would highly recommend it. As a lawyer, it was really interesting and educational to see how the whole process worked from the inside.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

I sat on one jury - foster father who sexually molested his foster kids - and would highly recommend it. As a lawyer, it was really interesting and educational to see how the whole process worked from the inside.

Do you get free food?

 

[Al Smith]

Do you get free food?

I think they brought in sandwiches one day, but they weren’t very good. Semi-rural southwestern Ohio diner fare isn’t always so appetizing.

Wasn’t like a grilled cheese and fries from the Gee Bee snack bar.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

I think they brought in sandwiches one day, but they weren’t very good. Semi-rural southwestern Ohio diner fare isn’t always so appetizing.

Wasn’t like a grilled cheese and fries from the Gee Bee snack bar.

So it was like... Denny’s?

 

[Al Smith]

So it was like... Denny’s?

Think proto-Denny's before Denny's got all fancy and high-falutin'.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Think proto-Denny's before Denny's got all fancy and high-falutin'.

Oh, so like Eat N Park!

 

[Al Smith]

Oh, so like Eat N Park!

Exactly.

 

[Factorial]

True. I wasn’t around for Bradshaw but heard the fans booed him, called him stupid and ‘Lil Abner, etc.

If you can’t appreciate two guys that delivered six SBs, not sure what else the fans want...

Maybe a guy that wins seven in a row and rescues puppies on the side?

I’m sure Browns and Bengals fans would have loved to have either one, let alone both.

They did and wanted Terry Hanratty or Joe Gilliam over Bradshaw during those years.

 

[Don'tcry4mejanhrdina]

I’ve never been called for jury duty, but suspect no prosecutor would allow me to sit on a jury once I start talking.

 

[Al Smith]

They did and wanted Terry Hanratty or Joe Gilliam over Bradshaw during those years.

They loved TH, who plain sucked at the pro level, but he was a good catholic/Notre Dame guy. But IIRC - and we're going back a long time now - yinzer nation was kind of split on Gilliam. Dude was so talented, but in 1974/5 I don't think most Steeler fans were ready for an African-American QB. He didn't have much room for error. Too bad.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

 

[Bingo71]

He’s no Metcalf though...

 

[Jaded-Fan]

He’s no Metcalf though...

Well, that goes without saying.

 

[HandshakeLine]

It's wild when people realize that Rothlisburger is essentially a dumber, meaner, rapier Lennie from Of Mice and Men.

 

[Bingo71]

It's wild when people realize that Rothlisburger is essentially a dumber, meaner, rapier Lennie from Of Mice and Men.

And what does shit like this mean?

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

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Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

DJ has a ton of similarities to AB... as I’ve been trying to explain for a year to certain individuals.

This is why they drafted him.

I remember debating with some Yinzers after Brown’s rookie year how he would be a better receiver than Wallace and I got mocked and told I was a moron, etc.

Me ultimately being right wasn’t some type of evaluation genius, but a guy with really good hands that can run a full route tree and is shifty as hell, is usually going to be a better receiver than a one trick pony that runs fast, but has a limited tree like Wallace and so far, Metcalf.