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The Snake has left the building
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http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2015/07/ken_stabler_dies_alabama_football.html
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS OF ALL TIME
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS OF ALL TIME
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The Snake to the Ghost. He was awesome. That Raiders team in the 70's was spectacularly entertaining - on and off the field. RIP.
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I honestly opened this thread expecting to see something about Dr. Gross getting a job with another university.
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Used to love watching those teams play. RIP Kenny
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The Snake's not in the Hall of Fame? That's not right!
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Who wouldn't have wanted to spend a few days with him on the Gulf Shores?
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Hated the Raiders but loved watching Stabler. One of the best on the two minute drill, and he partyed
Me too he was a thorn in our ass but what a player !!
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Casper, his tight end for eight seasons, with the Raiders and the Oilers, reflected on Stabler’s persona as his career came to an end.
“He set coaching back 50 years,” Casper was quoted as saying by Paul Zimmerman in “The New Thinking Man’s Guide to Pro Football” (1984).
“He knows everything there is to know on a football field, but when they give him his game plan on Wednesday he probably takes it and throws it in the wastebasket. No one ever suspected how little he knew about the game plan on a particular week.
“I don’t think he ever cared about losing. Winning is fine. Losing? So what? He’d rather win the gamble and force a pass in there. He’d rather do it the hard way.”
“He set coaching back 50 years,” Casper was quoted as saying by Paul Zimmerman in “The New Thinking Man’s Guide to Pro Football” (1984).
“He knows everything there is to know on a football field, but when they give him his game plan on Wednesday he probably takes it and throws it in the wastebasket. No one ever suspected how little he knew about the game plan on a particular week.
“I don’t think he ever cared about losing. Winning is fine. Losing? So what? He’d rather win the gamble and force a pass in there. He’d rather do it the hard way.”
Have to admit I got choked up when I saw he passed yesterday. Everybody remembers their first sports hero and he was mine. A few years back( like 25) I was working for the Marriott here and somebody told me " Ken Stabler's at the front desk." I got weak kneed. I don't get star struck and bother people for autographs simply because I'm not comfortable with it. But I had to say hello to this one. While I was waiting for him to finish checking in I had a this terrible thought of him being dismissive and jerky like a lot of public figures can be. When he turned, I told him he my first sports hero and the reason I fell in love with sports. Nervous as hell ,I waited for a response and I got one. He extended his hand,thanked me and seemed genuinely humbled by my comment. He took a few minutes to talk to me about hir reason for being in town and then I left him alone. He was awesome and I was beaming the rest of the night.
I have no clue why he isn't in the HOF. i heard on Mike and Mike yesterday that he is the only QB that won a SB in the 70's that isn't in. Bradshaw,Staubach, Griese,Unitas( though Morrall was the starting QB for the colts then). Ken Stabler was the best QB of the 70's. If it wasn't for the Steel Curtain he might have 4 rings himself.
Sorry for the long winded ness. RIP KENNY STABLER.
I have no clue why he isn't in the HOF. i heard on Mike and Mike yesterday that he is the only QB that won a SB in the 70's that isn't in. Bradshaw,Staubach, Griese,Unitas( though Morrall was the starting QB for the colts then). Ken Stabler was the best QB of the 70's. If it wasn't for the Steel Curtain he might have 4 rings himself.
Sorry for the long winded ness. RIP KENNY STABLER.
Looked for a thread on him and didn't see it. Thanks for combining.
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