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Jeremy’s Spoken (Well, almost)
The Giants will be seeing their fiery tight end, whether they want to or not. According to a team source, Jeremy Shockey will be returning for the team’s mandatory mini camp next week. Before that however, a role in Powerade’s annual Pro Challenge at Flushing Meadows Corona Park will mark his first public appearance since watching his Big Blue buddies hoist the Lombardi trophy. Should we, as devoted followers of the current world champs, be happy about this?
Well, from what I’ve heard Shockey spent most of the off-season bad mouthing the organization and telling friends that he is frustrated with his role as well as the way the New York media portrays him. These rumors became truthful when he and his agent, Power agent Drew Rosenhaus, officially requested a trade. Indeed, had the Giants deemed second and fifth round picks in this year’s draft worthy, Shockey would have been wearing white and gold for the New Orleans Saints. Moreover, despite coaches and teammates calling the four time Pro Bowler and re-enforcing his necessity as an integral piece of their ball club, Shockey was a no show at the White House and at the Super Bowl Ring Ceremony. Sounds a bit disgruntled…Should we have expected this?
Yes. Sort of. The Jeremy Shockey that we see (because we must remember that we don’t know him personally) is the type of man who would get extremely upset if he were upstaged. The issue is what happened to the old adage, “Winning makes everything better?” I mean, isn’t this the same player who got popped, lost his helmet, and still ran head first into Brian Dawkins in the playoffs a few seasons ago? He obviously really wanted to win then. So I guess the new adage should be, “Winning makes everything better, as long as you are directly involved.” And what of the media? The industry he claims has painted him in a bad light?
While playing professional sports thrusts you into the public eye and forces you under a microscope; playing professional sports in New York magnifies this concept tenfold. New Yorkers subscribe to the old adage, “Your business is my business.” We thrive on the fortune of a select few and, as sick as it may be, are despondent when these privileged people are unhappy. Some can take it and some can’t. It’s that simple. Shockey, it seemed, had the right mentality to deal with the New York spotlight. And sure, like Shockey you have to be tough and thick skinned to make it here, but we may have found out, it just may be, that too much of a good thing isn’t so good after all. Even in the city that never sleeps…because neither do the critics.
TODAY’S WORD OF THE DAY: Threshold
Just because someone can take a lot of physical pain doesn’t mean he can withstand it emotionally.
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Todays word of the day IS Threshold.
For example;
“The 2007 SB Champ NY Giants are on the threshold of becoming the most quickly forgotten SB winners in the history of the modern NFL.”
June 6th, 2008 at 7:20 pmOr, “The NY Giants are on the threshold of beginning the 2008 season and realizing that their SB victory was won on the backs of a superb defensive line, but fundamentally flawed and country-dumb QB.”
Or, “Enjoy it while it lasts, NY. You’re on the threshold of becoming footnotes…again.”
You should have taken the 2nd and 5th round picks and run.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pm[...] Giants in disarray with Jeremy Shockey scandal here. [...]
June 7th, 2008 at 7:46 amI like Shockey. I like yelling his name at the TV, bellowing it while high-fiveing my kid but most of all I like his grit, his heart and his talent. Yes, he’s a little bit of a whiner, but he’s a winner too. I say the G-men are better with him. And so say Eli and Boss.
June 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pm