Coach Holmgren Apologizes to Tagliabue (Steeler/Seahawk Alert)

Free Republic ^ | 2/09/06 | self

[William Terrell]

I would be sure that at least one "ref" became a new owner of a BMW after the game. . .

[merry10]

Are you in PGH? I'm out by Harrisburg and in today's Patriot News there was an editorial by a writer in the Miami Herald who spoke negatively of Holmgren's comment. will try to find it for you. It was at the back of the sports section.

[Wyatt's Torch]

You can't un-ring a bell Mike........

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

p.s. Sorry to ping most of you folks, but there is something very serious about what Holmgren did the other day with his public comments.

Sorry, but what would you expect from him? He coaches in liberal-loonie-land. Liberals can't accept responsibility for any of their other failures, like the imploding social security system, the six billion page income tax code, or rising crime rates in gun-ban cities, so why would you expect them to do so for having a losing football team?

[Reagan Man]

Will you get over it already. You've been pulling me into your arguments on another thread since Sunday. This obsession you have isn't normal. It's a football game. The game has been over for four days. And the STEELERS won! Your team WON! What do you expect folks to do? KYA! Move along, little doggy, move along.

[Supernatural]

To hear the lamentations of your enemies, to drive them before you...

Sweet!

[sinkspur]

It is plain that you know about as much about football and sportsmanship as Hillary Clinton knows about (take your pick).

I know plenty about football. I live in the state that is home to the team that got to five Super Bowl victories an entire decade before the Stealers. It is also home to the National Champions of College football, something Penn State can only dream about.

Next time (if there ever is a next time) you get to the Super Bowl, act like you've been there before.

[jennyjenny]

Neither you nor I are nuts. As for the rest of the world...

Now that is funny. A much better attempt at humor than the original post.

[Supernatural]

And the beat goes on.

ROFLMAO!

[Supernatural]

I'm learing, jj.

How to get their goat in three easy lessons. LOL

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Talk about giving it a rest. Give it a rest.

[airborne]

Please stop poking the dumb animal with the sharp stick!

(you've got two more days to cease and desist!) ;^)

[beyond the sea]

Stealers didn't win it fair and square.

HUH?

Foul and rectangular?

[Supernatural]

They just don't get it, do they? ROFL!

[beyond the sea]

Are you in PGH?

------------------ Yes..... in the woods north of the city with a case of Iron City (well, a half of a case) and this computer.............. oh, and some sweet pets.

;-)

[beyond the sea]

LOL............ I really used to totally respect that man. ..... and I still do, I guess.

But he, as a coach of so many years in the league, should never have said what he did in public.

[Drango]

[smoothsailing]

What Holmgren said is unfortunate, and diminishes him, his good team, and the game.

But it has no affect whatsoever on my admiration for Dan Rooney, Bill Cowher, or the Pittsburgh Steelers.

This disappointment on the part of Seahawks fans and football "purists" will pass, at least in the minds of the reasonable.

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

Now that is funny.

[beyond the sea]

This obsession you have isn't normal. It's a football game.

You are right, it's not normal, I agree. But, it's not just a football game, it's about fairness and truth. I am obsessed with losers or weak folks lashing out at the winners or those that come out on top, and come out top for good reason. (Read Demian by Hermann Hesse - look at the three pages where Demian gives his interpretation of the Cain and Abel Biblical story) ........ you will see what I mean. ----- some people ( in this book, Cain) are "marked" not because they are evil but because they are superior and are feared by others.

It's a stretch, but whatever.

;-)