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Michael Vick rips Eagles players following Andy Reid firing
Michael Vick ripped into teammates after Andy Reid’s firing as head coach. (Elsa/Getty Images)
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick had a few choice words for his teammates following the firing of head coach Andy Reid. Vick, who missed a number of games this season because of a concussion and rib injuries, lambasted the players for their lack of effort and said that it’s frustrating to play with a bunch of guys who don’t try to improve themselves week after week.
The comments come at a particularly raw time for the Eagles; Reid was let go on New Years Eve after 14 years with the team, the longest tenured coach in the league at the time, and the Eagles as a team are coming off yet another disappointing season in which a three game losing streak brought an end to their 4-12 season.
More changes could be coming to the team and Vick’s latest comments give more reason to believe that he will be playing elsewhere next season, according to John Gonzalez of CSNPhilly.com:
“It’s all about focus, dedication and commitment. Until you get guys who are willing to better themselves week in and week out and want to win, you’re not going to win. And I haven’t played with guys like that. It’s unfortunate for Coach things turned out the way they are. It could have been a lot better. This locker room could have dictated that.”
When asked by a reporter if the lack of effort “pisses [him] off,” Vick said it does and that he expects the same 110 percent effort from his teammates.
“Yes it does. I give 110 percent effort. My body is scarred up all year. I’m hurt, I’m bruised, get up after every hit and still try and fight and push. I do that for my coaches. I do that for my teammates. And I would expect the same thing in return.”
He didn’t name names and didn’t quite throw everybody under the bus, adding that there are some guys in the locker room who give it their all, but for a team to be successful, he said there needs to be that commitment from everybody and he didn’t get the sense that each and every one of his teammates were dedicated this past season:
“[T]here are guys in here that gave it their all. But you need consistent effort from every guy in this locker room.”
WIshed he'd thought that way when he was smoking weed in the ATL instead of studying game film.
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LikeLike what a convicted felon, washed up quarterback says means anything
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LikeSoime really terrible comments here, But what do you expect, after all this is Philly. Their only claim to fame,
The Liberty Bell.
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LikePercy Pudpounder not really. the declaration of independence and the constitution of the united states were composed in the city of brotherly hood.
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LikeDog days or not - he's right - this so called star class of athletes on this team are quitters and quit on not only Reid but the fans as well. Not a Philly fan but they deserve better. To the owner: the hell with your high profile players, they rarely ever produce. Go get some hungry players in the 5th-8th rounds who really want to play. Then maybe you'll have a team and win the fans back.
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LikeYankee0359He's right, but part of his job as a veteran QB is to lead the team. I didn't see him inspiring them much.
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LikeMichael Vick is a dog killing POS who needs his neck broken.........I hate this MF and hope he dies a long painful death.
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LikeMarcAKase I hate you and your f ucking dogs you as$banger. Rot in hell lamea$s
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LikeDear Next Coach,It wasn't me. Sincerely, Dog Guy
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LikeThe most over rated player in the N.F.L. speaks.
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LikeVick said what I am sure most QBs in the league who are not going to the playoffs think. How do you expect to be 100% when you have to scramble every snap. For him it was either snap, get rid of the ball, run, or get hit. There was no standing in the pocket for Vick. Tell me how well you think and in 3 seconds with a 200 plus linemen in your face a full speed he could play. Yet with almost evey hit he shook it off and got back up. So who is to blame. If any of you watched the game last game Vick went out with a concousion and Foles came in you asked how in the hell did the offensive line give Foles (sp) all day in the pocket almost instantaneously. It was at that moment that you had to know that something was going on in the lockeroom. Vick, for me, memorialized my thoughts with this statment that something was wrong and with Vick and some teammates and he was frustrated and unlike some previous Eagles(T.O.) respectfully kept his mouth shut to the right time.
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LikeWell said.....its more to it but not worth getting in to.
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Like"That mustache...so intoxicating. So inviting. You people should be ashamed of how you played this year! Because of your failures, our beloved coach and his enigmatic mustache are gone. Gone! Forever! Nooooooo!"
Then in a concussion haze, "wait, pants? Where are my pants?"
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LikeVick should know all about quitting, he did enough of that this season. Vick played hard when he needed a contract last season, after he got paid he more or less mailed it in. He's got a job? Not for long after this showing. He's a one trick pony and he's losing his legs, so we're looking at the down side of his diminishing physical and now probably mental abilities with the concussions. I hope he saves his money because there's not going to be much more.
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LikeTo the naysayers on this thread - GO AND GET A REAL JOB AND STOP POSTING NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT SOMEONE, MICHAEL VICK, WHO HAS A REAL JOB!!!! And, come back after you have spent 6 months on that job without making any mistakes. In the meantime, go and fopk yourself!!!!
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LikeAlSharpton Well, looks like someone is 1) ultra mature and 2) overly obsessed with Vick. Maybe you're the one who should go get a real job.
Oh, and go easy on Caps Lock. That thing doesn't need your fat, greasy paw holding it down all day.
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Likepandah462 Hey PANDA BOY. We were discussing Michael Vick, like 'ultra mature' people do, and you decided to change the topic to Caps Lock, which were around and used for emphasis before you were born. But, speaking of Caps Lock and fat, greasy paws, I also have a FAT GREASY ASS that you can kiss.
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LikeAlSharpton Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! You totally got me! I now totally love you! You're so smart and so strong!
I'm sure you'd be delighted to have another male kiss your posterior. You're so sleazy.
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LikeAlSharpton pandah462 Nobody is kissing that speared a$s. eww! Stinky a$$hole
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Likepandah462 AlSharpton Go get a hug from your momma a$sbanger. Haters never progress in life.
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Likenobootstrap pandah462 AlSharpton I hate you and I'm doing just fine.
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LikeMichael is right. As for all of you haters on this thread , 'go f*&^ yourself' and then try to get a life for yourself. Although that might be a monumentous task!!!!!
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LikeVick bust his butt but not just one guy on any team can do that it's gotta be the whole team but I disagree with the author that this would get him kicked off the team or be a reason to let him go he just wants a better resolve that's all! Who blames him!
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LikeI agree as well
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LikeTalk about a hypocrite! Remember all those national tv interviews vick did after the eagles signed him? how he openly admitted while he was the QB in atlanta he never watched film and didn't apply himself? and now he's complaining about others following the lead and example he'd set for them???? this is absolutely the funniest case of KARMA I've seen in a long time. Gotta love it!
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LikeCso That is not how karma works...sorry. You not doing something, then someone you know not doing it later on isn't some mystical law at work.... How about maybe Vick as a YOUNG QB in Atlanta learned from that and went on to win MVP and gain the respect of his peers, so NOW as a veteran talking to other VETERANS, he is making a valid point, like him or not. People act like because Vick made mistakes that he cannot have an opinion about people on the team he plays for!!!!!
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LikeJulesG Cso If Vick is a terrible QB why waste time talking about him?
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LikeCso Get a life, you miserable mof0!! The man is right and you are totally wrong. Also, you are crazy as a loon.
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LikeI agree 100 percent with what Vick is saying !
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LikeCarl M I agree also.
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LikeI think it's safe to say that he won't be back next year.
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Likedoublejtrain68 And, excuse me, just who in the F(*&^ are you to decide who will be back and who will not? Do you work for the Eagles? If not, why don't you just shut TFU and write about shiite that you know about. Which would probably be nothing!!!!!!!!!!!
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LikeVick has a number of flaws both as a NFL QB (many of the same flaws Tebow has by the way and oddly both seem to have a cult following) and as a human being, but he is 100% correct about the Eagles.
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LikeVick is another whining prima donna. Instead of calling out his teammates behind closed doors, he's bashing them in front of the media. He's already on the downside of his career. I don't care where he goes and who he plays for....
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LikeSusanBarth You don't care! I bet that you just ruined Mike Vick's day. Or maybe he just goes and gets another nice contract & we get to watch the whole lot of you get all twisted up over it. Again!
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LikeJoeCabot SusanBarth Anybody who gives this guy another contract will be signing his own pink slip. Don't believe it? Look where Andy Reid is...
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LikeJoeCabot SusanBarth He will get a good contract but probably only three years, the problem is he will get it with a not so good team and then get blamed for their problems....blamed by some.
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LikeSusanBarth How would you know if he did or didn't do this behind closed doors all season long?
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Likenivlac SusanBarth good point.
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LikeLet's get real here, I watched the Eagles offensive line darn near get Vick killed in the backfield. I think Vick should have called the players out earlier. Some of the Eagles guy were obviously just drawing a paycheck, but as a Cowboy fan I hope they let Vick go to another team and the the rest of the players continue to sleep walk.
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LikeRoderick
Maybe the linemen are dog lovers.
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LikeMichael39 Roderick
Get over it with this dog thing... geesh
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LikeFeliciaHallBramwell Roderick
No. He walked out of prison and into millions. He is pond scum. Only marginally better than Roethlisberger.
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LikeMichael39 FeliciaHallBramwell Roderick Then your life HAS to suck then...considering what you just said...because it doesn't change anything about Vick's actual life, but seems to affect yours....
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LikeMichael39 And watching him get another multi-million dollar contract will be fun to watch, knowing how upset and envious it makes you and the rest of the moral high-grounders.
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LikeJoeCabot Michael39
Welcome to America, where I am free to dislike overpaid criminals. I am not upset or envious. I have an opinion. I am bothered by how the NFL treated him, when he was still on parole (i.e. had not yet completed paying his debt to society). I think not about myself, but about the thousands of non-Vick young black men who committed far more minor offenses, but can't get a job at all because they have records. I also disliked the way the media talked about him turning his life around based SOLELY on how well he was throwing the football.
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LikeMichael39 I don't suppose you grasp the idea that you write in your second sentence about how you are not upset with, nor envious of, Michael Vick, and then spend the rest of the post listing reasons that you are envious of, and upset with, the treatment that he has received. What about the idea that you are upset when black men cannot get jobs, yet when a black man named Mike Vick gets a really good one it upsets you. Time to make up your mind. Or keeping playing both sides since that is much easier.
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LikeJoeCabot Michael39
There is a difference between upset and bothered. You specifically talked about enjoying watching me become upset and envious, which is NOT what I said. Vick got special treatment because he can play a kids game. That is wrong.
I can comment on societal ills without being "envious and upset". I won't cheer for Vick. I won't cheer for Roethlisberger. I was a 49er fan until the day they signed Lawrence Phillips. When they did, I moved on. It is my right as a fan.
I am not playing both sides of anything. I don't like the way the NFL handled the Vick situation and it has nothing to do with envy or anger. Vick will always be the guy who drowned puppies, no matter what kind of contract he gets.
I also lost all respect for Peyton Manning when he appeared in commercials with a man who was threatening the health and well-being of his employees to save himself a few dollars. I value other things more than I value football. You may put athletic skill above citizenship, but I do not. That doesn't make me envious.
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LikeMichael39 What special treatment did MV get? In one sentence you are upset because black guys cannot get jobs, yet you get upset when a black guy gets a well-paying job. Seems like playing both sides of an argument.
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