Your Next Award Could be Sam's Club Employee of the Month
Word to the wise for Michael Crabtree – take your $20+ million dollars guaranteed and get into camp. Citing that he should be paid more than 7th overall pick (and budding disaster) Darrius Heyward-Bey, Crabtree’ s “advisor” has announced that Crabtree is prepared to sit out the 2009 NFL season and re-enter the draft in 2010. Here is a short list of ideas that were better than this:
- New Coke
- Crystal Pepsi
- Prohibition
- Michael Jordan…outfielder
If this is just some idiot hardball negotiating tactic then fine – play your stupid games and get into camp quickly (or don’t, I’m a Cardinals fan so sit out your career) but if Crabtree is actually serious about sitting out the entire season what does he think is going to happen? Does he really think that somebody in the 2010 draft is going to be falling all over themselves to pay over $23 million guaranteed to a malcontent receiver with average speed who hasn’t strapped on pads in over a year AND hasn’t proven himself coming off of a bad foot injury? Spoiler alert – they won’t be.
If Crabtree and his agent Eugene Parker need a cautionary tale to point to they need look no further than Matt Harrington. In the 2000 MLB Draft, Harrington was selected in the 1st round by the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies offered Harrington around $4 million dollars – Harrington and his agent decided this wasn’t good enough and went back into the draft. In the 2001 draft Harrington was picked by the San Diego Padres – $1.2 million offered – not good enough, back in the draft. Harrington was selected three more times – by the Rays, Reds, and Yankees and you guessed it – he didn’t sign. Now what does Harrington do? This:
Glamorous!
He’s working in the tire department of a Costco for $11.50 an hour. Maybe his agent could have got him $13? Picture yourself there Michael Crabtree – imagine throwing on a jump suit with your first name on it and making in a year what you would have made on Sunday playing for the 49ers. But hey at least you’ll have that touchdown against Texas! Get some perspective, take a fair deal, and get into camp.
Gret post. Crabtree needs to get in and prove himself before hes even worth all the money hes bound to get. At least practice and do minicamps then skip games, be smart.
Craptree needs to grow up! I do think he was the best receiver in the draft, but he wasn’t drafted as the best receiver, period. He needs to man up and get his butt in camp.
I think the world is getting to see the real Michal Crabtree – a prima dona douchebag. I can now recall two moments that I now perceive differently after watching this story unfold: (1) everyone ripped on the Browns for indicating they though Crabtree acted like a diva when he visited there before the draft. Hmmm . . . maybe the Browns actually got something right; (2) after scoring the game winning TD against Texas (when the Texas freshman safety inexplicably just watched Crabtree run by him and into the endzone – it was not a spectacularly athletic play) in the post game interview, he told the sideline reporter Lisa Walters that he “saw the exact play happening in his dreams the night before” – what a complete tool. The massive diamond stud earrings are also a tell tale sign of a diva/douche.
Lastly, I heard a report from Schaad on the radio that at Texas Tech, Crabtree would sometimes refuse to eat the food provided by the school for the pregame meal and demand that someone go to a restaurant of his choice to get him something. Are you freaking kidding me Crabtree?
Personlly, I hope he either sits out the year and then turns into the next Mike Williams, or he gets smoked by Adrian Wilson in week 1 at the Toaster. That should knock his ego down a peg or two.
Roy, all good points but why did you have to bring up the painful memories of that Texas game. The freshman linebacker holds on to the interception earlier in the drive and Texas would have played Florida for the National title. Fuck, I need a drink.