Joe Theisman does not think Darrell Green should be in the HOF?

[Redskinfan28]

Per Extremeskins, JT said he doesn't think DG should be in the HOF. Here is the specific post:

Just heard Joe Theisman on ESPN's Dan Patrick show answering questions on who should be in the HOF. He talked at length about why Art Monk should be in the HOF, but that the process is too subjective and political. He also said Jacoby and Grimm should be in, but said no to Mark Moseley and, surprisingly, Darrell Green. Go figure?


http://extremeskins.com/forums/showt...hreadid=102281


WTF? Thats just plain stupid....

[ryflan47]

Probably somebody who doesn't know what they're talking about.
hR FOR LIFE!

[chrisbcbu]

i heard about this on other sites as well not just from ES. So it has to be true. But i dont know what Theisman was thinking!

[Santheb]

Theismann isn't to bright. Just listen to him on Sunday Night Football.

[smoak]

Theisman is an idiot. Green played at a really high level for an awfully long time and contributed on two SB teams. The only time he ever really struggled is when the NFL started allowing gigantic goon WRs to shove off defensive backs (hence the trend towards BIG defensive backs). He has made some of the biggest plays in Redskins history (check the thread on the subject) and is a first ballott HOF-er...

Then again, I thought Monk was a first ballot guy for his contributions.... I mean the guy was statisically the best at his position at one point.

ARGH!!!! DIE PETER KING DIE!!!!

[MCLMM]

Darrell Green was a very good Corner Back for a very long time. I think he is a wonderful ambassador for the sport and for the Redskins, but, it is not the Hall of very good it is the Hall of Fame. Darrell Green was not the best Corner Back of his era. That is what should be they key to deciding who gets in.

[redskin_rich]

"Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein".
--Joe Theismann

[smoak]

Originally Posted by MCLMM

Darrell Green was a very good Corner Back for a very long time. I think he is a wonderful ambassador for the sport and for the Redskins, but, it is not the Hall of very good it is the Hall of Fame. Darrell Green was not the best Corner Back of his era. That is what should be they key to deciding who gets in.

A seven time Pro-Bowler and two time SB champion doesn't belong in the HOF????

Can you elaborate b/c if each team only got one HOF-er, Green would get consideration in my mind.

[redskifreak]

Art Monk should go first before any redskin period.....i myself wouldnt pick green for the hall but judging some of the hall of famers currently in green is well above some of those choices... so yes he should go but not before monk!!!!!!!

redskifreak

[redwolf1218]

Originally Posted by smoakme

Theisman is an idiot.
ARGH!!!! DIE PETER KING DIE!!!!

hey smoak quit beatin around the bush and tell us how you really feel!

[CowboyKilla]

I completely disagree. Performance. Consistency. Winning. He's got it all.
He should be a slam frigen dunk. Everyones entitled to their opinion.

[skins111111]

The boys didn't think to much of Joe........he was know for his big mouth and stupid opinions.........if nothing changes , nothing changes

1974 marked the end of the line for Sonny Jurgensen, and the rest of Kilmer’s career was to be marked by his efforts to retain his starting job against the challenges of advancing age, nagging injuries, and the ever-present threat of a talented but pesky Joe Theismann. The friendship between Kilmer and Jurgensen was already strong prior to the 1974 arrival of brash, cocky, talkative, and ambitious former Canadian Football League star. After leading the team to a pre-season win his first year, Theismann was asked by a reporter what he’d do when the other two quarterbacks returned. His reply, that he would “keep the two old men on the bench,” would irk Kilmer and Jurgensen for years. Kilmer was quoted as saying, “I hate that little SOB!” Theismann would have his moment in the sun, but Kilmer and Jurgensen vowed to keep him off the field during their tenure, and except for punt return duties, they did so until Jurgensen retired in 1974. When the Redskins named the ’70 Greatest Redskins’ in 2002, Kilmer, Jurgensen, and Theismann were together for the first time in nearly two decades. Although no blows were thrown, it was clear there was still no love lost as Kilmer told a local reporter Theismann “was a jerk then, and always will be.”

[LadyNRedskinsfan]

whatever, ......

joey t is trippin'.....

Originally Posted by MCLMM

Darrell Green was a very good Corner Back for a very long time. I think he is a wonderful ambassador for the sport and for the Redskins, but, it is not the Hall of very good it is the Hall of Fame. Darrell Green was not the best Corner Back of his era. That is what should be they key to deciding who gets in.

which era?? the guy played for 20 years for the same team. thats got to count for something......i actually wouldnt be surprised if DG didnt get in right away since we know that the HOF is a joke anyway....

[darksome]

I don't think that I want to read what Joe thinks. Who cares? I refuse to give his idiotic comments any of my own personal airtime.

As for Green in the HOF, after the Art Monk diss, it wouldn't surprise me that he doesn't make it, BUT MY RAGE WOULD KNOW NO BOUNDS!!!!

I know what the HOF means to the players as far as acknowledgment of a job done well, but it doesn't mean JACK to me!

But I do think he will get in. Joe probably said whatever he said to ensure it, challenging the HOF "powers that be" to gaffe yet a second time on a prominent Redskin! You know, reverse psychology. Dare them to agree with him cuz he is a NUT!!

[helimech24]

I have something quick to say, but it is to the point. How many rings does theisman have not riding the bench. Now, how many does green have? Theisman also didn't train anyone else to fill his position. Green was a teacher to both Smoot and Bailey. Hey theisman, go break another leg.