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Retiring numbers is counter productive
Posted on 6/23/20 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 6/23/20 at 5:48 pm
Eli Manning wore #10. Well so did about 100 other Ole Miss players. They gave their sweat and blood to the university. Football is a team sport. I hate giving individual honors to individual players. What if Eli didn’t have the opportunity to wear #10 because it was retired?
This practice is shameful and limits players from competing for the best #10.
This practice is shameful and limits players from competing for the best #10.
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Posted on 6/23/20 at 5:51 pm to Mud_Till_May
quote:There's about 1000 other things I'd improve with CFB before I got down to the "shameful" practice of numbers being retired.
This practice is shameful
Posted on 6/23/20 at 5:53 pm to Mud_Till_May
Should just retire the players Jersey, not the number for eternity.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 5:58 pm to Mud_Till_May
What a shitty way of thinking
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:01 pm to Mud_Till_May
Ole Miss retired Archie, Chucky (someone wears #38 every years so its not really retired but rather reserved), and Eli. How many has your school retired? Start there; we don't care what you think about our school.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:05 pm to WG_Dawg
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What a shitty way of thinking
It’s my body, I can think anyway I want. Better to have an original thought than crapping in someone else’s.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:15 pm to Mud_Till_May
OP has the IQ of a red brick IWABH
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:18 pm to Mud_Till_May
quote:He would have worn a different number and then would have had that number retired.
What if Eli didn’t have the opportunity to wear #10 because it was retired?
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:20 pm to Mud_Till_May
quote:How many of them were close to being as good as Eli?
Well so did about 100 other Ole Miss players.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:21 pm to Mud_Till_May
quote:Who else are you going to give individual honors to?
I hate giving individual honors to individual players
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:26 pm to Mud_Till_May
It's not sustainable if you do it too much but it's fine.
In Eli's case he's getting honored for the name above the number more than what he actually did in the number, but it's their program and they can honor who they want.
In Eli's case he's getting honored for the name above the number more than what he actually did in the number, but it's their program and they can honor who they want.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:43 pm to pvilleguru
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Who else are you going to give individual honors to?
Nobody. It’s a team sport, win together and lose together
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:53 pm to Mud_Till_May
I do like LOU'S tradition that only the best players can wear certain Jersey numbers.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:13 pm to scionofadrunk
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OP has the IQ of a red brick
Truth
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:37 pm to Mud_Till_May
I don’t think it’s shameful, but you should have a damn good reason to retire a number.
For your Example, I agree, Chad Kelly wore number 10 after ElI and broke Ole Miss records, and this number shouldn’t be retired imo.
But a good example of where a number should’ve been retired is NASCAR, and the #3 car. Dale was the biggest name in the sport, died on the last lap of the biggest race in the sport, and they were correct for trying to retire it, but then fricked that up too, and let some mediocre nascar driver take it.
For your Example, I agree, Chad Kelly wore number 10 after ElI and broke Ole Miss records, and this number shouldn’t be retired imo.
But a good example of where a number should’ve been retired is NASCAR, and the #3 car. Dale was the biggest name in the sport, died on the last lap of the biggest race in the sport, and they were correct for trying to retire it, but then fricked that up too, and let some mediocre nascar driver take it.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 9:19 pm to Mud_Till_May
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Well so did about 100 other Ole Miss players
A player has a # from 1-5 yrs (sometimes 6). I don't know the avg length of time a player holds a #; but, including walk-ons, it is somewhere between 1-5 (sometimes 6) yrs. Call it conservatively 2 years as an avg, but I'd bet its closer to 2.75 yrs.
Ole Miss football has fielded a team every year since 1893, except for 1897 (due to a yellow fever epidemic) and 1943 (due to World War II). So, only 125 chances to wear a # (assuming they play this yr), which is probably a tops of (2 yr) 62 players to (2.75) 45 players wearing # 10.
I'd wager NONE of the other players were in the ballpark of Eli in college of the pros.
Bottom line, retiring 3 numbers in 125 years isn't very drastic. He earned it, and its pretty cool that 3 Mannings have their # retired... they are the first family of the SEC.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 9:57 pm to pvilleguru
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How many of them were close to being as good as Eli?
Chad was 100x better.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 8:21 am to Mud_Till_May
I like the "retired jerseys" rather than retired numbers. UT has retired the jerseys of Peyton Manning, Johnny Majors, Doug Atkins, and Reggie White for their performance on the field and Bill Nowling, Rudy Klarer, Willis Tucker and Clyde Fuson (four UT players who died fighting in WWII).
As of last week, Peyton Manning is the only living person to have a retired jersey at UT.
As of last week, Peyton Manning is the only living person to have a retired jersey at UT.
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