http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cayt556XyE0
Everytime I think of FLA players, I always imagine them coming up from a similar place to what's shown in that video, or something, man. Maybe Callum can fill us in about these FLA neighborhoods that these guys rep. ST's bio says that he was from the Richmond Heights area.....how would that section compare to the area(s) depicted in that video for example?
Bobby;2443252 said:
Is he from the same neighborhood as Chad Johnson? That place is ******* rough.
I'm not sure, bro, as I'm not too familiar with the geography of FLA, but from what I've been reading about 'em ever since his Freshman year coming into Miami, the dude came up through a harsh part of town and was pretty much a delinquent with a foot in a jail cell all through out his teens and ****, but because he was so immensely gifted physically, he was able to dodge and avoid some of the more serious pitfalls that a street life brings about.
ShiftyPowers;2443631 said:
Sean Taylor, dead at 24.
Yeah.... I mean like you guys said, probably not the most shocking thing in the world, but still, wow.
GOOD GOD! Please noooo! Boy that's shockingly numbing, man. What a waste, what a tragedy, man. I'm trying to convince myself that this is all bull**** right now and that he'll be up and about and back on the field as strong and healthy as ever in about 3/4 weeks despite all the evidence pointing overwhelmingly to the contrary.
wow....this is so ******* depressing, man. It happened so swiftly.....right out of your typical stock Hollywood script about ****ty parents, growing up in the slums and falling in with the only crowd around, the wrong crowd, and proceeding to lead an irresponsible and neglectful life. Then all of a sudden, climbing up from the dire predicaments that one is surrounded by and making out of the rough and poverty stricken life by means of one's athletic gifts and rising to the fame and riches that one only dreamt about or saw on the television. Then in attempts to keep loyal to one's hood and former ghetto life, one finds himself back in the same destructive and violent circumstances, has a a run in with the law and a close call on one's life, and then one finally starts to mature and has an epiphany of sorts and turns a new leaf but only to have it all taken away so quickly through some karmic punishment or cosmic joke......sheesh.
I really loved this dude's game, man. Ever since he was getting some burn as a true Freshman on that '01 legendary Hurricanes team on certain special packages. He was destined for legendary status, not just among defenders or Safeties, man, but overall. He's one of few defensive players in the decade or so that I've been falling football seriously that was able to captivate and lure me away from concentrating on the offensive side of the ball...seriously. What sort of stance he was in, how far or short his drops were. He was just that dynamic and exciting to watch, man. You'd be praying that he would not run a train on one of your favorite players that week and ****.
Few had the menacingly violent presence that Sean did, man. And I'm gonna be ******* missing 'em a lot.