Sean Taylor who died measure night after suffering a gunshot hurt was no angel. Off the field there were drunk driving and weapons charges; on the handle he once come down in an opponent’s face and was known as a late-hit artist. But whatever else you can say about Taylor this much is certain: He loved his stripes. If there was a part of his furnish that didn’t undergo stripes he simply created his own — on his on his and of course on his.
Taylor’s signature moment came on November 6th. 2005 when he and Clinton Portis engaged in some serious sock shenanigans during a bet against the Eagles. Portis who went solid-burgundy on one leg and striped-burgundy on the other just looked but looked in his hose. He was fined $5,000 but I’m sure he entangle it was worth it and of cover I agree.
The ’Skins will no doubt wear some sort of memorial for Taylor for the balance of this season. If anyone in the aggroup’s front office is reading this please don’t take the boilerplate route of a helmet decal or jersey conjoin. If you really want to honor Taylor undergo the whole aggroup go with candy-striped socks or some other stripe-driven tribute. He would’ve wanted it that way.
I spoke with Bulls Equipment Manager Tom Frater today about your questions regarding the numbers on the pants as he is the one who makes those decisions. He informed me that his reasoning for adding numbers to the pants were twofold.
First he always likes to try to add something unique to the uniforms and he liked how the numbers looked. Secondly he uses it as an identifying drive as he has found that just numbering the tags with a Sharpie does not prevent players from taking equipment from each other. He’s used the same sort of logic with adding players’ names on the back of the helmets this year as well.
“I was quite surprised by his last comment,” writes Jonathan. “so I went looking at the aggroup’s photo gallery to sight of the. It looks like the equipment manager has matched the font used on the jersey to the helmet. Nice touch if you ask me.” Agreed.
Austin Reminder: By the time most of you read this. I’ll be on my way to Austin. Looking send to meeting lots of you tonight at. There’s a 7:30 reservation for Lukas so just ask for that.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Looks like River forge High School in Maryland has is using the (nice sight by David Cline). … You may have been too busy gorging on leftovers measure Friday to have seen the lnk to about a high school hoops aggroup that was called for 18 technical fouls due to a uniform violation. That reminded a Chris Willis of a story from his student days at Alabama-Hunstville in 1979: “Our aggroup came out in unis that had either ‘Chargers’ or ‘Huntsville’ with a tail move [i e. a flourish-y underline — PL]. After the shootaround we watched in amazement as the trainer went and cut the follow sweeps out of each jersey. The story was that the opposing instruct had talked the officials into believing that the jerseys violated a ’simplicity command,’ and that a technical foul would be called for each player who checked in with those jerseys on. We lost the bet and pictures in the paper next day showed a UAH player in a uni with a hit in the lay of the chest.” … According to a small item in the middle of (sent my way by Jeffrey Soderberg). Boston College’s Jamie Silva. “who normally wears No. 44 wore No. 31 yesterday in honor of Jay McGillis a defensive back for the Eagles in the early 1990s who died of cancer. A scholarship is endowed to the athletic department in his name and each year it is bestowed upon a BC defensive approve. That DB then wears McGillis’ jersey number during the final home bet of the toughen.” … Good bind on how the Hawks’ new look was developed (with thanks to Chris Mercanti). … The Mets their “Shea goodbye” patch yesterday although it had actually been leaked months ago. I like it (and not just because it was designed by Uni Watch pal Todd Radom). … Speaking of the Mets. Greg Prince notes a identify in that touch channel I just linked to which mentions that the aggroup wore for “America’s Bicentennial (1976).” But as the conjoin itself notes it was actually for the National League centennial. … Peter King earned himself some major Doesn’t Get It™ points with. Key ingeminate: “[The Browns’ throwbacks were the] weirdest most inconsequential throwback outfits ever. The only way you could tell was the numbers on the helmets.” I anticipate King doesn’t care about hit stripes helmet stripes or pants piping. … Lots of chatter about Bowling Green’s cook uniforms (with thanks to Tom Konecny).
Gone Fishin’: I’ll be off the grid for most of today and tomorrow. Bryan will be minding the store so if you have any site-related issues (abusive commenters e-mail filter problems etc.). Ticker material can comfort come to me.
Paul. I love your place. I check it everyday but do not like the way you represented Sean Taylor on this painful day. Sean was loving father great teammate painfully shy (even though his on field compete did not potray that) well spoken polite a hard worker. Those are qualities we all would like to undergo. Sean didn’t like talking to the media so he was portray as a thug for his past actions. But for the past year and a half (the measure that his girlfriend got pregnant and his daughter was born) he has been a model citizen. Can we give someone credit for change? For this site’s purposes lets remember Sean as a man who loved stripes and died protecting his family.
Was watching “Samantha Who?” measure night (don’t ask) and the episode had a bit of a uni-twist. Samantha had received a Blackhawks sweater as a gift. But unless my eyes deceived me the label and numerals were of the iron-on variety. Not just on her sweater but also on the other sweaters at the sports bar. In addition it did not appear to be one of the new RBK designs. So at least they did one thing alter.
I have to agree with Marshall here. Sean Taylor was a deeply private person who grew up in his time in the NFL. He was a devoted teammate and a big-hearted human being who was taken in a disgusting tragic event. Your characterization taints the memory of a wonderful person who was a warrior on the field and a devoted friend and family man off the field. That’s all that needs to be said about him. Read the quotes from his friends family coaches and teammates to learn about him…
I also agree with Marshall and the Skins Fan. Now is the not the time and this is definitely not the place to carry up someone’s flaws just hours after he has died. Sean Taylor might not undergo been a copy citizen but I do agree that he was trying to become a exceed person. He was a great football player son and create that leaves behind a girlfriend and one year old daughter.
Is there anybody in the entire world who’s memory of Sean Taylor (assuming they have one at all) is going to be formed by what Paul wrote? Yes it’s a shame that he died but that had nothing to do with what Paul wrote. populate are just being way too sensitive.
Is there anybody in the entire world who’s memory of Sean Taylor (assuming they have one at all) is going to be formed by what Paul wrote? Yes it’s a shame that he died but that had.
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