Because the NY Post would rather run the "Jets WR Burress caught in dog-fighting cocaine sex boat gun rape scandal" story. Anyway, I'm glad I read this and I can't wait to root for the guy on Sunday.
... good message from plax ... ... glad to hear it ... can't wait for him to show his skills again on the football field ... ... good job plax! ... l_j_r
Two things about the article itself: One, everyone has an editor. If a senator writes a letter in the Wall Street Journal it still gets combed over by somebody and polished. Second, the website this was on is founded and run by Russell Simmons, not exactly an unknown (especially in New York of all places). Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it's not legitimate. I thought it was a great piece. Always thought Plax made a dumbass mistake that he got overly punished for. As long as he stays healthy he'll have a monster year for us, and I doubt he'll ever have another mark on his record.
i didn't see that, but good observation. I did look on facebook afterwards and saw 30,000+ likes for their page though. was going to edit my post after the fact but still wasn't convinced The site itself looks shitty as hell. you think he'd get a better web designer with all the money he has.
it's really funny you mention that. look at this article from this morning Burress takes direct aim at Coughlin, Manning and fans Jets Blog By BRIAN COSTELLO Last Updated: 7:25 AM, September 9, 2011 Posted: 3:08 AM, September 9, 2011 More Print Plaxico Burress fires shots at more than himself in an explosive interview to be published next week. The Jets wide receiver blasts Giants coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning as well as the team’s management, fans who celebrated his incarceration and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the October issue of Men’s Journal, which hits newsstands on Sept. 16. Burress’ biggest target is Coughlin, the coach he butted heads with for four years with the Giants. When Burress shot himself accidentally in the leg in November 2008, he said Coughlin showed no concern. “After my situation happened, I turned on the TV, and the first words out his mouth was ‘sad and disappointing,’ ” Burress said. “I’m like, forget support — how about some concern? I did just have a bullet in my leg. And then I sat in his office, and he pushed back his chair and goes, ‘I’m glad you didn’t kill anybody!’ Man, we’re paid too much to be treated like kids. He doesn’t realize that we’re grown men and actually have kids of our own.” The 34-year-old said Coughlin’s style rubs players the wrong way. “He’s not a real positive coach,” Burress said. “You look around the league, the Raheem Morrises and Rex Ryans — when their player makes a mistake, they take ’em to the side and say, ‘We’ll get ’em next time.’ But Coughlin’s on the sideline going crazy, man. I can’t remember one time when he tried to talk a player through not having a day he was having.” The interview was done shortly after Burress was released from prison in June after serving nearly two years on weapons charges. Since then, he met with Coughlin and other members of the Giants during a visit to their offices in July when he was a free agent. Burress signed a one-year, $3.017 million with the Jets days later. Judging from his remarks to Men’s Journal, it seems like any reunion between Burress and the Giants was never really going to happen. He said he was saddened by the way Manning treated him when he was in prison. “I was always his biggest supporter, even days he wasn’t on, ’cause I could sense he didn’t have thick skin,” Burress said. “Then I went away, and I thought he would come see me, but nothing, not a letter, in two years. I don’t want to say it was a slap in the face, but I thought our relationship was better than that.” Burress will always have a place in Giants history for his game-winning catch in Super Bowl XLII, but he does not have fond memories of how he was treated that season when he dealt with injuries that prevented him from practicing. “It was hurtful that they didn’t have the courage [after the season] to admit they told me not to practice all year,” Burress said. “They let the media tear me apart, saying I was dogging practice, that I wasn’t a team player, all this [stuff]. The players thought I was pissing on ’em, and Coach Coughlin hated it because he was out of the loop: The orders came from upstairs. And meanwhile, he’s on the sideline cursing me out ’cause I got a ball punched out against Green Bay. I just stared at him like, ‘Are you out of your [bleeping] mind? I got a separated shoulder and can’t run!’ ” Burress said he was treated like an “axe murderer” in prison, confined to a 23-hour lockdown. In prison, he said he received cruel letters. “I was a human pincushion; they were like, ‘Yeah, we finally got you, mother[bleeper!]’ “ he said. “On the cover of the New York Post, it said ‘GIANT IDIOT’! and I’m thinking, ‘Damn, I went and gave ’em what they wanted. I’m just another gun-toting, famous black athlete.’ ” Burress taunts the fans who took pleasure in his confinement. “What are you doing now?” he said. “You still mad at your job? You still angry about your life? ’Cause I’m back living my life and enjoying my family while you’re still doing the same thing.” Burress also spoke about his feelings toward Bloomberg after the mayor publicly called for him to be harshly punished after the incident. “The way Bloomberg treated me was totally wrong, stacked those charges so high I had to go to jail,” Burress said. They just don't get it Plaxico Burress sounds an awful lot like LeBron James did after the NBA Finals when he talks about fans getting joy out of his problems: Plax on fans who “took pleasure” in his confinement: “What are you doing now? You still mad at your job? You still angry about your life? ’Cause I’m back living my life and enjoying my family while you’re still doing the same thing.” LeBron on fans who cheered when the Heat lost in the NBA finals: “All the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that.” brian.costello@nypost.com Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets...coughlin_0OcYacuejM7mQu1SoGXIgK#ixzz1XSO2sn9X
That article seems a huge contrast from the one he submitted. Granted, i think the eli manning thing and the injury things are real fucked up. He has a real gripe with both those issues. Also, coughlin is an asshole but for Burress to get upset at the fact that coughlin was going to scold him for shooting himself is stupid. How many people's parents would react the same way initially? there's still a sense of lack of accountability/victimizing himself. I kinda wish i didn't read it because i don't view the OP's post in quite the same way now.
I think most games this year will be an exercise in "Is Plax healthy enough to play this week?" That said, I really hope he helps us. He could be a major asset. -X-
The saddest part of the whole thing? It was a Glock with no safety, and he shoved it in his pants thinking that would be just fine. Really would have won a Darwin award that year if he had hit his artery. -X-
I can understand him having a beef with the way he was treated before the gun thing, but he's got no one to blame but himself for the treatment by the Giants after that. You fuck up, you pay the consequences. Was his sentence too harsh? Yeah, he has a legitimate beef there. But what were the Giants supposed to do, bring him some muffins and tissues, and tell him everything's going to be OK, it's not his fault? That being said, I'm glad he's here and I hope he can add a red zone threat this team needs. I think he's realized his mistakes and will keep his nose clean moving forward.
Didn't say it was the Jets paying him, did I? Hahah. I'm still an old time Jets fan. Even with Rex around unrestrained optimism is hard to come by. I thought 12 TDs would be good enough. As for signing for vet min after a 32 TD season? :rofl: Now we're in wet dream territory.
The article Plax wrote was this week, the interview referenced in the costello article was from just after he was released months ago. I think the change in attitude came after he started turning it around or more to the point after the changes that he is trying to make in his life started having a positive effect. There is a good lesson in all of this for you young guys here and that is the effort or (lack of effort) you make to see someone who is sick or in trouble really resonates with that person forever. So if you have a grandparents or friend in the hospital and are struggling to get yourself to go see them. GO! it means the world to them, as Plax pointed out about Eli not even sending him a letter. He thought they we closer than that.
You know all they had to do was say "hello" and it would have made a world of difference to Plax. Look at what Plax said about the Woody and Rex stopping by to say hello. To someone who is in that situation or even someone in the hospital not going to see them resonates in their memory a long time.
Then why the hell did he have one in the chamber? All it takes is one cock and you are ready to go. I agree on the Darwin part!
He's right that somebody from the team could have at least wrote him a letter or something lol, Completely forgetting about him because he made is a stupid mistake is as fucked up as shooting yourself. Almost.
A Great, heartfelt article by plax that goes a long way to making me feel closer to the guy. As for his vitriol for the giants organization, it would have been nice if somebody stuck by him - its possible to say he did something wrong while still supporting him on his road to recovery. As for news organizations going out of their way to publish only the most inflammatory stuff they can find, well, it unfortunately will sell a lot more copies / clicks but I really would have expected ESPN or someone else to pick this one up.
