Bettis retiring?

exalted512
exalted512 Posts: 10,735
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
"The Bus stops here"....
It sure would be a great way to go, IMO, he still has a few years left. The steelers are going to lose one great athlete, player, and leader.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    He is so beat up that he will be wheel chair bound by the time he's 50. I've never seen anyone so beat up by the game. It takes until Thursday for him to even be able to practice, its time to go.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2006
    He's done.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited February 2006
    what a way to go though..
    Perfect ending to a outstanding career
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    He still has a few years to go? He's lucky he made it through this year.

    I'm surprised they even make jersey's in his size.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited February 2006
    I would call it a career if I were him. No better way to go out than on top.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited February 2006
    While I am happy for him to win a ring, I am more happy that I won't have to hear about his feel-good f*cking story any more after this week.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,756
    edited February 2006
    I am more happy that I won't have to hear about his feel-good f*cking story any more after this week.

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2006
    He should retire, he will, end of story. HOF bound. Parker is both a prodigy and a schooled veteran now, it's time to move on.

    A crybaby story happens everytime something sentimental happens when it comes to sports, get over it.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2006
    I would if I were him
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    Considering how HOF voting has been going lately, I wouldn't exactly consider him a lock. Michael Irvin had 11000 yards receiving and THREE Super Bowl rings... and didn't get in.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited February 2006
    The bus reminds me of the truly great running backs from the past -- Larry Csonka, Franco Harris, Earl Campbell, etc. Glad he got his ring.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    ^^ But Irvin does have that drug thing and was/ is a bit of a loudmouth... Bettis is a poster boy.

    Agree that while he can still play and has the fire, that recovery time is the factor. Yup HOF and TV-gig bound for sure.
    More later,
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2006
    is there a better wa for him to go out? hell no

    why should he play until his body completly falls apart. look how he plays, no finess. just a steemroller machine. that is sooooooooooooooo hard on the body

    he's done his bid for god and country. time to chill and bask in the glory
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    ^^ But Irvin does have that drug thing and was/ is a bit of a loudmouth... Bettis is a poster boy.

    Off-the-field sstuff is not supposed to matter at all. I'm sure it DOES, but it's not SUPPOSED to.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    ohskigod wrote:
    he's done his bid for god and country.
    Let's not get carried away. He's a good football player and probably a nice guy...nothing more.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,340
    edited February 2006
    Michael Irvin is a fu*k#p and should be allowed on the street yet alone the Hall of Fame. And yes it should matter what he does off the field! If we find out tomorrow that Babe Ruth was an axe murderer and a child molesting cannibal, so he stay in the Hall? It's all about integrity, without it you don't belong.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    Yeah THERE'S an argument worth chasing after.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2006
    Cannibals are cool.
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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited February 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Considering how HOF voting has been going lately, I wouldn't exactly consider him a lock. Michael Irvin had 11000 yards receiving and THREE Super Bowl rings... and didn't get in.

    Very True - I have to believe that he'll get in someday though, outside of his off the field antics, he was one of the greats, in the same league as Swann, Rice. Irvin just had the ability to get to the ball like no other.

    I am taking a stab here, but has any Cowboy receiver made it in? I don't think Pearson or Hill made it....(conspiracy, perhaps)

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    thehaens@cox.ne wrote:
    I am taking a stab here, but has any Cowboy receiver made it in? I don't think Pearson or Hill made it....(conspiracy, perhaps)

    I went here and the only Dallas WR I saw was Tommy MacDonald, who only played for Dallas one year (1964) of an 11-year career. So no, no Dallas WRs in the HOF.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • criverajr
    criverajr Posts: 1,675
    edited February 2006
    Hey,

    Mike Irving should be in the HOF and will get in, his off the field stuff should not matter, look at LT or go look up the history on Ty Cobb and out and out racist should we yank his plaque off the HOF wall, no all that matters is bewteen the line.

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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2006
    shack wrote:
    Let's not get carried away. He's a good football player and probably a nice guy...nothing more.


    in regards to football, that was meant toungue in cheek, not literally
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    ohskigod wrote:
    in regards to football, that was meant toungue in cheek, not literally
    Then you are not a true Steelers Fan. Most of the SFs I know think he should be be made a Saint and the Leader of the Free World....LITERALLY. ;)
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  • del44
    del44 Posts: 686
    edited February 2006
    Go out on top. Just llike John Elway. :D
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2006
    shack wrote:
    Then you are not a true Steelers Fan. Most of the SFs I know think he should be be made a Saint and the Leader of the Free World....LITERALLY. ;)



    it was the best a Jets fan with a little respect for the Bus can muster :D
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  • StopherJJ1980
    StopherJJ1980 Posts: 267
    edited February 2006
    Good call retiring now. Hell of a player, Hell of a guy. HOF'er for sure. Congrats Bus.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited February 2006
    Nothing better than going out on top. Enjoy retirement Bettis.

    Irvin and the HOF. Sorry, he doesn't deserve it. Art Monk deserves it well before Irvin.
    Now the guy who should be in is Bronco Rich (tombstone) Jackson. One of the five best pash rushers EVER. Just ask the Raider and Chief OL's in the HOF. They'll testify.
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  • kingtut
    kingtut Posts: 813
    edited February 2006
    Retired when he's just won a championship and before his body breaks down more. It's a smart move.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2006
    markmarc wrote:
    Irvin and the HOF. Sorry, he doesn't deserve it. Art Monk deserves it well before Irvin.
    i'm going to have to second this....
    hell, Andre Rison has nearly identical career numbers as Irvin, and no one would even consider uttering Hall of Fame and Andre Rison in the same breath
    (and if i'm not mistaken, Rison has a super bowl ring to boot) :confused:
    Irvin is just louder, flashier, and more visible -- and he played on "America's team"
    Art Monk????
    until the Hall of Fame recognizes him -- zero credibilty
    and Lynn Swann?
    check out his numbers, he's in the Hall and those stats are paltry (could it be his iconic catch?)
    the Hall of Fame committee is a farce, plain and simple
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    Swann was an "elegant" receiver. It was the way he played, noy his numbers that got him in.

    Not sure about Rison having a ring... too much time in Buffalo...
    More later,
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