Marino fell due to coke and knee concerns. He had a much worse senior year than junior and teams got scared off.
Van Everyman said:<br /><br />It had nothing to do with geography. Elway says in the documentary that they used geography as an excuse. He didn't want to play on a loser team. Which Bob Irsay proved when he traded Elway for about a third of what they would've gotten in even one of the worst deals that Accorsi had in place. <br /><br />I thought it was good too -- odd they didn't mention how similar this whole Elway drama was to Eli twenty years later. I mean, right down to the micromanaging dad, this was very similar. Also weird that they dance around the Marino coke rumors a ton but never explicitly say what they were. Even Marino alludes to how baseless they were (awkwardly, and not entirely convincingly I may add). <br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, that was a total "WTF, did I just hear what I thought I heard?" moment. <br /><br />Also, let's not overlook how utterly terrible Elway looked in that interview. Talk about letting yourself go to shit.
I'm a Chiefs fan. We got Blackledge, so know that it could've been a lot worse for NE.Sille Skrub said:I thought it was pretty good. I can't believe out of all those '83 QB's we ended up with Tony "Turtle on his back" Eason.
Imagine if the Elway to New England deal actually happened? My childhood probably would have been much happier.
pvg44 said:I'm a Chiefs fan. We got Blackledge, so know that it could've been a lot worse for NE.
Yes. I posted that piece of trivia in the "Things You Only Learned Recently" thread. It's truly amazing if you really think about it.Tokyo Sox said:
Did I read this past season that Blackledge was the last QB actually drafted by the Chiefs to win a game for them?
Bergs said:Another fantastic 30 for 30 short, this one on Clint Malarchuk.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9319085/clint-malarchuk-20-year-road-recovery-latest-30-30-documentary-series
That info along with many other news and notes just shows you how lucky Pats fans are to have the brain trust in Foxboro that nthey do have, despite some of the recent craziness. . There is a lot of dysfunction in NFL personnel offices.BannedbyNYYFans.com said:Yes. I posted that piece of trivia in the "Things You Only Learned Recently" thread. It's truly amazing if you really think about it.
I didn't see the ABA one but it was probably worth it just for the Marvin Barnes stories.kenneycb said:New slate of 30 for 30s start up Tuesday. I'm really interested in the Duran and Isles one, mildly so about the ABA so long as they have a bunch of good stories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nkg1sch3wE
"No Mas" was brilliant. I won't spoil it except to say that the ending was a fair bit unconventional. And it isn't a spoiler to say that Sugar Ray Leonard comes off very well.kenneycb said:Bump for "No Mas" on right now. I don't think this is going to change my opinion of Sugar Ray.
Ralphwiggum said:I thought the Jimmy Connors one was great too. And in contrast to Sugar Ray, Jimmy does not come off very well. Always knew he was an asshole but jeez.
mabrowndog said:"If they're watchin' in Japan, we'll shock them too..."
mascho said:It is a little tough to watch the Game 6 stuff given what is happening with G38 right now.
As I said over on Facebook, I DVR'd it when it was first on and have watkched it hundreds of times, yet when I come across it either on the guide or just flicking around I always stop and watchPedroKsBambino said:
Yeah, I think about the people who had anything but support for the guy on the main board and just thought---how soon they forget.
Thanks for noting it was on...I have seen this video perhaps 15 times and the key plays a couple hundred each and still, it gets me every single time.
curly2 said:Last night's "Hillsborough" about the 1989 British soccer disaster that killed 96 was tough to watch but very well done. The head cop totally botched things the day it happened, and so the decision was made to brand the dead as drunken hooligans.
The family members had to fight for more than 20 years to get the truth told. It's definitely worth checking out.
Clears Cleaver said:BAd Boys. Omg I hated that team. Perhaps more than any other ever in sports.
One thing, u look at that team and realize they would destroy the Heat teams of the last couple years. Rodman on Lebron?!?! Dumars v Wade. I'd pay to see that
He wasn't even called for a foul. The refs (this was still the two-ref era) were looking at the rebounding action and called a foul on Darren Daye. Neither one saw Parish hit Laimbeer. He was suspended for Game 6, but there was serious doubt that he would have played anyway because of his ankle, which became its own mini-controversy. The Pistons wanted him suspended for Game 7, because they assumed he wouldn't play in Game 6 anyway. And the Celtics were pissed because the league waited until after they made Parish get on the plane and travel to Detroit before suspending him, adding more trauma to the ankle.CantKeepmedown said:That was a fun watch, especially with the Celtics involvement.
Crazy to think about Parish just demolishing Laimbeer and not getting kicked out of the game. (I think he was suspended for the following game). What would be the penalty today if that were to happen?
Same here. Hoping for some footage of him and Jason Williams playing basketball together.Dollar said:Just saw the preview for Rand University, the Randy Moss story, airing Tuesday at 9:00pm on ESPN. I can't wait.
http://espn.go.com/30for30/film?page=randuniversity