I heard this on the radio too. Kendall isn't in the doghouse, he's in the shithouse. I guess the rumor that all is well now isn't true, unfortunately, unless we're hearing stuff about Kendall that's 24 hours old or something.
I'm old enough to remember Gomer Pyle (and Sgt. Carter!)...but what does this mean??? I can't remember Gomer doin much more than saying "GAHLLLLLY"!
I believe he's referring to "private pyle" from Full Metal Jacket. He shot his sergeant, then himself...hopefully, he'll just do the latter and save us all a lot of headache.
Seriously man, I was just about to say the same thing...I'd say Mangini is George McFly and millimeter peter is Biff. He had us for a second, but in the end...
I was just listening to Mangini's presser and I THINK he said that was just a mix up and has been straightened out. I say "I think" b/c I can never hear the damn questions he is being asked, only his response. But he did say something about the dorms and that a mistake had been made but was straightened out, so I assumed he was talking about Kendall.
You don't find it awfully coincidental that of all the vets brought to camp, only Kendall was reported as being sent to the rookie dorm? Coinkeydink? I think not! Smell that? It smells like Spite to me!
I'm guessing you're right. It may be them saying "you wanna be a ballbuster? We can play that game too MF'er". But my point was really that they have switched him so he is with the veterans where he belongs. Come to think of it, the LAST place you want to stick a disgruntled vet is with impressionable rookies I would imagine.
Kendall pissed (kinda funny) For Jets? Kendall, Door at Camp May Lead to Exit By DAMON HACK Published: July 28, 2007 HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., July 27 ? When Pete Kendall arrived at the Hofstra University dormitories Thursday, he immediately recognized that something was different from last year. His room key and the Jets? room log had him living with the rookies and other young players trying to make the team. Kendall is about to begin his 12th year in the league. If not for the sometimes-ugly contract impasse between Kendall and the Jets, the mistake might have been viewed as a practical joke common in training camp. Kendall, last season?s starting left guard, took it as anything but. ?I made mention to the head coach and the general manager, and they got it changed,? Kendall said Friday as the Jets opened camp with two practices. ?To me, it speaks volumes about what the atmosphere must be like if someone in the organization must have thought it would put them in good graces with the head coach and G.M. to turn the screw just a little bit.? On a day when Chad Pennington tossed passes, Jonathan Vilma chased running backs and the Jets? first-round pick, Darrelle Revis, played hooky, the off-season soap opera between Kendall and the team spilled into the first day of camp. For a team coming off a playoff appearance last season and searching for more in the American Football Conference, part of Coach Eric Mangini?s opening news conference was spent talking about Kendall?s room assignment. ?I heard about the rookie dorm,? Mangini said. ?There is no conspiracy theory, no grassy knoll, no secret agents. It was a mix-up, it has been changed. There are guys in all different dorms. They?re 100 feet apart.? Kendall, who will turn 34 in September, waited until nearly the last minute before deciding to drive down from his off-season home in Weymouth, Mass., to report to camp Thursday. He is seeking to have the four-year deal he signed last season restructured so he will be paid $2.7 million this season. (He is now due to make $1.7 million.) Kendall, who started 15 games last season, including the playoffs, said he told both Mangini and General Manager Mike Tannenbaum on Thursday that he would like to be traded or released if the contract was not redone. He said Friday that the only reason he reported to camp was to avoid a team fine of $14,000 a day. In addition to the room mix-up, Kendall spent part of the first practice taking snaps with the second unit. ?I don?t understand why I?m still here,? he said. ?I?ve clearly expressed that I don?t want to be here. I?m running with the second team. It?s seemingly evolved into something personal.? He later added: ?Even the general manager acknowledges that my request is reasonable. So when the general manager says it?s not unreasonable, does there have to be an Exhibit B? I don?t have any hope of it being salvaged at this point. I just think that I?m not going to give money back at this point, so I?m here.? Mangini said Kendall is one of several players alternating between the first and second teams. ?That happens at training camp at all positions,? he said. ?Mike and I are responsible in doing what is in the best interests of the New York Jets. That?s what we?re committed to doing, and that?s what we?re doing.? D?Brickashaw Ferguson, who started alongside Kendall last season, said Kendall?s unhappiness did not affect the team?s first day of practices. ?Pete is here and we?re working as a team and that situation is going to play out the way it is,? Ferguson said. One player who was not at camp or the rookie dorm was Revis, a defensive back and the 14th pick over all in April?s draft. Revis had 129 tackles and 8 interceptions in three seasons at the University of Pittsburgh, but, as Mangini said, he was skipping important repetitions. ?Anybody that?s not here is missing opportunities to get better and compete for what they all want, which is playing time,? Mangini said. ?We are going to focus on the guys who are here and get them better and collectively get better.? Kendall was on the field in body, if not in spirit, sweating through practice. He had his room among the Jets veterans, but it was unclear how long he would be there or how many more misunderstandings he would take. ?Whoever it was in the building must have been thinking they were pleasing Eric and Mike to stick me in the rookie dorm,? Kendall said. ?Little things like that. I mean, come on. It?s comical to the point of absurd at this point.? EXTRA POINTS Eric Mangini said running back Cedric Houston was walking away from football after two seasons with the Jets. ?I think it?s permanent, in that he wants to move on with the rest of his life,? Mangini said. The Jets, who lost Curtis Martin to retirement, may look to add depth behind running back Thomas Jones, who was acquired from Chicago in March. ?We?ll do what we normally do, bring guys in to look at,? Mangini said. ?We have an ongoing list of players at all positions that we bring in.? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/s...gin&adxnnlx=1185588626-7syNJG9no+fPPZ50k4Ch3g he complains all the time, doesnt want to be here and then he's shocked that the coach demoted him? funny dude. :grin:
Screw him. I hope even if they already know they are going to cut him they wait until the day before the season starts, then dump him. Let's see him catch on somewhere after that. F him.
