WHY I DON'T TRUST JUNE JONES

[Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex]

I agree he's a franchise guy. I'm willing to bet he's working at McDonald's any day now.

Actually, he was the QB coach out at West Texas A&M until he quit because he got caught asking one of his players for pills.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

he should still be loaded unless he invested it with Madoff

[RednBlue11]

he should still be loaded unless he invested it with Madoff

i doubt either of those conclusions, how long can you live off bonus money when you cant hold down a job cuz you're hooked on pain pills?

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

Ten years ago Leaf got four-year contract worth $31.25 million. The deal included a guaranteed $11.25 million signing bonus. He probably at least received half the $31 million while he was with several NFL teams.....you think he's broke?

[RednBlue11]

Ten years ago Leaf got four-year contract worth $31.25 million. The deal included a guaranteed $11.25 million signing bonus. He probably at least recieved half the $31 million while he was with several NFL teams.....you think he's broke?

no but he's got no job and i doubt he was a finance major...who do you think that doc's who make hundreds of thousands a year go broke? they dont know jack about $$$!

i wouldnt hire a guy who was addicted to pain pills and asking kids for them.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

no but he's got no job and i doubt he was a finance major...
ho do you think that doc's who make hundreds of thousands
a year go broke? they dont know jack about $$$!

true....but these days it seems he would have lots
of good company in that area...people that are so called "money
manager experts" are crying for the nanny state to bail them out.

i wouldnt hire a guy who was addicted to pain pills
and asking kids for them

hopefully he doesn't need to be hired
and has some of those millions left

[Cadillac]

I know this is totally off topic wrt the pony board, but as a longtime Charger fan who lived through the whole Leaf fiasco, I have to say that I will never forgive the team for what they did to Leaf, and themselves in 1998.

Here’s a link to the Roster for the 1997 San Diego Chargers:
http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/roste ... al/1997-sd

Here are the stats form 1997:
http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/stats ... al/1997-sd

Stan Humphries’ career was ended 8 games into the 1997 season, leaving the Bolts with, effectively no QB. Jim Everett was on the Roster, but he was just collecting a “pre-retirementâ€

[Come and Take It]

Remember Akili Smith? He was considered to be one of the greatest QB prospects ever by just about the entire league, coaches and scouts alike. Great mind, great vision, great wheels, great mechanics.

And then the Bengals drafted him.

[RednBlue11]

Remember Akili Smith? He was considered to be one of the greatest QB prospects ever by just about the entire league, coaches and scouts alike. Great mind, great vision, great wheels, great mechanics.

And then the Bengals drafted him.

and then all he could do was walk like an Egyptian

[Big Hoss]

Remember Akili Smith? He was considered to be one of the greatest QB prospects ever by just about the entire league, coaches and scouts alike. Great mind, great vision, great wheels, great mechanics.

And then the Bengals drafted him.

What about Heath Shuler and the Redskins? F L O P!

[RednBlue11]

Ced Benson and the bears....4th pick!

[EastStang]

Ryan Leaf had all the tools. I agree he needed time to grow into the NFL. The problem of course is that he didn't have that chance in SD. I think if you did spreadsheet of QB's taken in the first round of the draft, about 60% are washouts. Remember Heath Shuler? Held out and then didn't make the starting line-up. Was he a bust. But undrafted Gus Ferrotte who ultimately beat him out (even though he headbanged a stadium wall) is still drawing a check albeit from the Lions.

[Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex]

Ryan Leaf had all the tools. I agree he needed time to grow into the NFL. The problem of course is that he didn't have that chance in SD. I think if you did spreadsheet of QB's taken in the first round of the draft, about 60% are washouts. Remember Heath Shuler? Held out and then didn't make the starting line-up. Was he a bust. But undrafted Gus Ferrotte who ultimately beat him out (even though he headbanged a stadium wall) is still drawing a check albeit from the Lions.

Actually, Frerotte was a 7th round pick.

[Cadillac]

The funny thing is that when you wiff [deleted] a 1st round QB, especially a top 5 pick, your team usually winds up drafting ANOTHER 1st rounder within 5 years.

Three of the 5 teams that went with a 1st round QB in the 1999 draft had taken another QB in the first round within 10 years, and two (Cincy and Chicago) within 5. The Chargers managed to avoid this distinction but only because Brees fell to them with the first pick in the 2nd round, yet even then, 6 years after the Leaf fiasco, they were picking Sheli McRiverton in the first.

-CoS

[RednBlue11]

The funny thing is that when you wiff [deleted] a 1st round QB, especially a top 5 pick, your team usually winds up drafting ANOTHER 1st rounder within 5 years.

Three of the 5 teams that went with a 1st round QB in the 1999 draft had taken another QB in the first round within 10 years, and two (Cincy and Chicago) within 5. The Chargers managed to avoid this distinction but only because Brees fell to them with the first pick in the 2nd round, yet even then, 6 years after the Leaf fiasco, they were picking Sheli McRiverton in the first.

-CoS

Sheli McRiverton? who in the world is that?