Comments on: Perfect Disharmony

By: Spartans Weblog » MSU-Ohio State Links and Discussion Thread

Spartans Weblog » MSU-Ohio State Links and Discussion Thread — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:33:13 +0000

[...] Men of the Scarlet and Gray on the Pryor-Boeckman situation. [...]

By: Poe McKnoe

Poe McKnoe — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:21:41 +0000

Where’s the restart button for this season?

Oh that’s right. It’s this FUCKING weekend.

By: YNBA

YNBA — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:19:40 +0000

While it wouldnt surprise me if there were some issues in the locker room, I bet there are issues like this in almost every college football locker room across the country.

Regardless, this could have been better handled by the players by actually performing in the games that they are playing. The “Brian’s” have been nothing short of awful this year..they cant get open…they cant catch the easy passes. They cant quit whining.

The offensive line cant put it together and their shortcomings have helped the fast-tracking of TP…not the inconsistency of TB. Boeckman is what he is..a dropback passer that needs time. Players on the offensive line say that they are struggling, but continue to do nothing about it. Now you’ve got the tight end running his mouth…

I just wish everyone would put half the energy used in running their mouths to the media as they would to play football.

Can we make it stop? No…but JT sure can..and he needs to make it stop now.

I dont have a problem with the media speculating. I have a problem with the team giving the media a reason to speculate.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:43:07 +0000

Media hyping sh** that isn’t there, or having no solid eveidence of it. Like you said , only suggesting it.

And yes the Offensive woes started before Pryor was even on campus…………

By: Tom Blogical

Tom Blogical — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:21:59 +0000

Good catch, sportsMonkey. You’ve convinced me.

By: sportsMonkey

sportsMonkey — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:31:59 +0000

Just my opinion, but Rittenberg never gives any attribution to the notion that there’s a rift between players. He only suggests it:

“A rift could be developing in the locker room between older players — particularly wide receivers and tight ends — who remain loyal to Todd Boeckman, and those who side with freshman Terrelle Pryor.”

No attribution, no “I’ve heard players say,” just “a rift could be developing.”

Then, he almost contradicts himself when he says:
“I also believed Boone and guard Jim Cordle when they told me Pryor has their support and Boeckman is handling the situation as well as possible.”

Then – amazingly! – he says “The bottom line is this type of talk can’t be helpful.”

WHAT kind of talk?!? He didn’t give any examples. He went from some constructive criticism at the outset to speculation to treating his own speculation as if it were fact. Odd.

IMO – Rittenberg is trying to scare something up, he’s angling for a story. There very well could be a rift, but there’s nothing whatsoever to indicate it.

By: Tom Blogical

Tom Blogical — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:51:21 +0000

This really doesn’t surprise me, with all that I’ve seen on the field all year long. They’ve never played as a cohesive unit. The thing that irritates me is that if it’s true players are siding behind Boeckman and others behind Pryor, then Boeckman, as a captain, needs to call a players-only meeting and put an end to it.