Comments on: A.J. APOLOGIZES TO L.T.

By: bonecity7

bonecity7 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:37:37 +0000

I gotta point out two outstanding comments in here….
Dash.Rip.Rock “….the reincarnation of the tiptoe burglar”
I Hate The Stoolers “rites of patches…”
That there is good stuff!!!! You guys that get all worked up on side of an issue or the other are missing out on some classic comments.
Thank you Dash and Stool….good, good stuff!!!

By: Facts Domino

Facts Domino — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:25:08 +0000

They keep disrespecting LT by continuously referring to LDT as LT, but aside from that J.A. Smith is still a joke. and yes the J. & A. are for Jack and Ass.

By: Xpensive Wino

Xpensive Wino — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:42:19 +0000

Smith is a monumental douche bag with a ginormous ego. He weaseled his way into firing a head coach after a 14-2 season. Ummmmmmmm, that doesn’t seem like a guy who has the best overall interests of the organization at heart. Then he hires the perennial loser pineapple face as coach who wouldn’t say sh** if his mouth was full of it, because he could control him. Now he thinks the most popular player in team history was getting a wee bit uppity, so he had to put him in his place with his condescending pri** style. He and Carl Peterson could co-write a book on how to alienate people, be hated by everyone and never win the big game. And, how many stupid pills a day does Dean Spanos take?

By: WaltWV

WaltWV — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:05:12 +0000

A.J. needs to go….when is it going to be the last straw for the owners to get rid of this clown. L.T., maybe a little whiny at times, but has done too much in the league (on & off the field) to take this treatment.

By: IHateTheStoolers

IHateTheStoolers — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:59:26 +0000

I have the upmost respect for LT. Getting older and adjusting to it is part of the rites of patches in the NFL. He needs to be careful or his career will be debacled.
-E. Smith

By: bored_of_seinfeld_jokes

bored_of_seinfeld_jokes — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:55:51 +0000

“And to the “utmost” question. I feel it is a subtle jab.”
I think it was as subtle as a kick in the teeth.

By: Gerald Keefer

Gerald Keefer — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:36:54 +0000

Man, I feel bad for Chargers fans. You have an egomaniac in charge there that obviously puts himself before the team. Spanos should send this guy packing.
Florio is right on in his assessment of Smith taking a subtle swipe by using “utmost” in his apology. This man knew exactly what he was saying. He was directly quoted in the article and knew how it would see print. Regardless of how this man runs a football team he is obviously too intelligent to let something like that slip through.

By: Clark Griswold

Clark Griswold — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:34:46 +0000

‘Utmost’ is one of the words that are used all the time when people in professional sports speak about one of their colleagues. Smith is a prick but suggesting that he is taking another swipe at Tomlinson is stretching it a bit.

By: purplepassion1

purplepassion1 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:08:32 +0000

up at 4 writing stories? Apparently Florio no longer sleeps

By: Pea Tear Griffin

Pea Tear Griffin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:39:38 +0000

“After reading my response to the question, I can see why it was interpreted the way it was.”
As if he didn’t mean it as a slight.
And to the “utmost” question. I feel it is a subtle jab.

By: finsbooyah

finsbooyah — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:27:34 +0000

Wow, Smith is a real prick huh… But come on with the “utmost” nonsense

By: jcdavey

jcdavey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:00:34 +0000

florio’s just digging now, he’s sad that some drama he created, has been defused……typical mediot

By: Juicer

Juicer — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:25:53 +0000

the nfl is turning into the wwe

By: VonClausewitz

VonClausewitz — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:54:42 +0000

AJ’s just trying to keep his job. But I’ll give him props for actually apologizing regardless of the reasons for it. However, neither the apology and the original offense shouldn’t be the reasons used to keep him or fire him. The criteria he should be measured on is the ability to win the big game and to maintain a competitive team long-term.

By: florios new math

florios new math — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:59:38 +0000

LT is a gutless baby who plays hard and racks up big numbers against bad defenses in the regular season and can’t play well through injuries in the playoffs.
With that said, AJ Smith is a huge jerk too. Imagine if they kept Marty and Drew Brees, as Marty wanted, and had kept Wade Phillips as DC and never went with Ted Cotrell.
Also, AJ Smith is at fault for letting Michael Turner walk away and keeping an injured LT. The Chargers’ future would look a lot brighter right now with Turner than with LT. He has chosen Rivers over Brees and Turner over LT and been wrong both times. How many huge decisions is he allowed to get wrong?

By: AllSeeingEye

AllSeeingEye — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:48:46 +0000

Enough with the conspiracy theories please! “Utmost” is a very common word to use in that context. It was not a slap at LT. The originaly quote was not a slap at LT. AJ Smith is not frikin Sadam Hussein for crying out loud.

By: dash.rip.rock

dash.rip.rock — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:01:51 +0000

Really …. have you even met A.J. Smith ? or have you just turned into one of those smarmy TMZ style “journalists” that doesn’t have a story so you try to make your opinion the story …. You titter as you pass on that A.J. is “the Lord of No Rings” ….. where’s yours, or LT’s ? ….MOST people in this business don’t have one. (Polian 1, Dungy 1, Cowher 1 and done) To any-one watching this who isn’t on a slag-campaign against A.J. , it’s pretty obvious that this is about Tom Condon, and the fact that LT covertly throws his coaches and QB under the bus, gave up on the season and whines about carries, while being the reincarnation of the tip-toe burglar…. maybe someday he can coach or be a G.M. ….uh I’m pretty sure YOU won’t. Exactly when, did guys like you and Adam Schefter become some kind of football expert ? Between your PFTV segments, and the NFL Network interviewing Schefter regarding his football opinions …. you’d think either of you had ever played or coached anything. Remember.. you’re just a football gossip-hound … sneak into the locker-room and ask the towel-boys about T.O.’s attitude …. you’re not going to be the next G.M. of the Lions.

By: radneck

radneck — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:59:57 +0000

I wouldn’t read too much into his apology unless he says: “TL yrros m’I.”

By: bored_of_seinfeld_jokes

bored_of_seinfeld_jokes — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:37:53 +0000

“Come on Florio, making the use of the word “utmost” out to be sinister is a little bit of a stretch isn’t it?”
I don’t know about that. I’m of the opinion that the vast majority of the stories here are making something out of nothing. But in this case, the use of “utmost” in AJ’s reply to LT was construed as mocking him and correcting his ignorance at the same time. The idea that AJ is using one of the very terms in his apology that resulted the need of said apology does make one question the sincerity.

By: Fade 2 Black

Fade 2 Black — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:59:45 +0000

No, hey lentrowe….
I think like that too. AJ, like most executives seems to be a skilled commmunicator and, well, he might place a key buzz word like that just for the essential tweakiness of it (um, tweakiness? Haha.) and for the tension it continues to create. Quoted him before. Quoted him again. In your face!
Hey Mr. Mike, I think like that too! So don’t feel alone. Haha.

By: Crushing Touchdown Run

Crushing Touchdown Run — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:52:11 +0000

Tomlinson: “It’s always better talking directly to someone one on one.”
Then why the F did you start this publicity battle on you web site?

By: dave61

dave61 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:41:22 +0000

AJ Smith is the biggest jag in the NFL…. he’s a classless guy and I hope they never win a damn thing…. Spanos probably is his dog.

By: lentrowe

lentrowe — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:55:34 +0000

Come on Florio, making the use of the word “utmost” out to be sinister is a little bit of a stretch isn’t it? Let me guess, he was out drinking with Tice and Del Rio too.