Tiki Barber has come out with the fact that he is retiring after this season. Michael Irvin of ESPN thinks he is quitting on his team and is causing a distraction by leaking this information during the season. Tiki fired back, calling Irvin an "####" and questioning his character but stopped short of calling him a crack-head or coke-fiend. A large majority of journalists have disagreed with Irvin's opinions on this matter.
I believe Irvin has alterior motives in his attacks. He may truly believe what he says, but in my opinion he is trying to disrupt the team chemistry of the Giants. Having listened to him for years since his retirement, Irvin is clearly very biased towards his former team and would like nothing more than for the Giants to sel####estruct, giving Dallas a better shot at making the playoffs.
Basically what I am saying is that if Drew Bledsoe announced plans to retire a week or two ago, Irvin would be supportive and probably encourage the team to rally around him in his final season.
He is merely trying to create conflict in the Giants locker room.
HEY SISCO KID WE ALL HAVE TO FU-GET ABOUT T .O. AND MICHAEL IRVIN ...TWO EXAMPLES THAT CRIME AND BAD BEHAVIOR PAYS.. FOCUS ON THE SUPER BOWL BOUND VIKINGS.. AND THEY BEEN GOIN FORWARD SINCE THEY SUNK THE LOVE BOAT.. I AM DA BIG CAT
Last edited by tigervidmar on October 27th at 5:19 PM.
Dmitch, it is only a suspected alterior motive. Hardly a conspiracy. And nowhere near "the most ridiculous conspiracy" you've ever heard. Unless you've missed the conspiracy theory involving Area 51, JFK's shooter(s), the plane that crashed into the pentagon, etc...
I don't believe the conspiracy theory neither sisko and I'm a giants fan. Irvin did make an #### out of himself for saying what he did but I have at other times have heard Irvin say good things about the Gmen.
Yeah, he's said good things about the Giants on occassion. But if he was trashing them 100% of the time, people would catch on and not listen to anything he says. What he did this time was an effort to plant a seed of dissent in the locker room. Luckily everyone thought his opinion was way off-base and no harm was done.
Although I'm not sure if I agree with your conspiracy theory, I will give you credit for this: You didn't need Tiki Barber to tell you that Michael Irvin was an ####.
I happen to agree with both guys. At this point, the whole situation has escalated to become a distraction. 2 weeks ago? No way. But as this continues to escalate this will be a bigger issue and this team will hear about it constantly.
But, Tiki was #### on. Irvin's stunts as a player was disruptive and perhaps they #### themselves out of another 1 or 2 Super Bowls. But I won't just pin that on him, there were other things going on with other players as well.
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