Comments on: Ronnie Lott sounds off on repeated snubs of Charles Haley

By: smarterthana5thgrader

smarterthana5thgrader — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:49:52 +0000

That pic sure looks like an illegal hands to the face… Just sayin

By: masterofthegridiron

masterofthegridiron — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:26:27 +0000

Charles Haley the last naked warrior

By: marcsasharc

marcsasharc — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:40:43 +0000

name a more dominant player than Haley that is eligible and not int he HOF. you cant. he was a top 3 most feared pass rusher almost his entire career. white, haley and LT are the 3 im talking about. Haley was also the determining factor between the 2 best teams in the decade.

leaving him out is a joke. hes better than a ton of players that are in.

By: edgy

edgy — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:46:34 +0000

Once I saw Haley didn’t make the cut, I lost all inetrest. Fact: most Super Bowl rings of ANY player. Fact: love him or hate him but he WAS the most dominant player on the field and when he didn’t get sacks or tackles, it was because they were concentrating hard on him and others were getting free because of that. As far as I was concerned, THIS HOF class started with Haley and only the other spots were open for debate. The fact that he didn’t make the cut makes me feel that they should take away the votes of everyone that didn’t vote him in because they’re morons with no idea of what football is about or they had an ax to grind with him. If they had a problem with his character then you might want to start throwing more than a few guys out because they weren’t any more saintly than him.

By: 1bigtex

1bigtex — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:34:45 +0000

@tv426

Charles Haley started and was a key contributer to five teams that won Super Bowls. Implying that he was little more than a water boy is wrong, wrong, wrong.

By: CKL

CKL — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:07:27 +0000

Another example of why writers shouldn’t be voting for this. It’s like me trying to tell players what type of jock strap is best.
Ask personnel guys and coaches players and they will tell you Haley belongs.
I am big on having high character guys on my team but the HOF SHOULD be only about what the guys did on the field.

By: 3octaveFart

3octaveFart — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:35:51 +0000

duanethomas says: Feb 5, 2011 10:19 PM

“85% of the link you have is NOT TRUE!”

Maybe so, but the other 15% still worry me.

By: robsterny

robsterny — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:17:18 +0000

I love the pompous schmucks in here,judging others for behavior they have probably engaged in …if not worse..*LOL*

By: tv426

tv426 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:11:28 +0000

As to the 5 rings, the TEAMS he played for won 5 rings. So if a ball boy would have happened to switch teams and also been involved in 5 SBs would he too be HOF worthy?

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:01:49 +0000

I’m in favor of keeping thugs, a-holes and certifiable nut jobs out of the HOF.

As for those already in, I say take em out and clean it up.

By: 1bigtex

1bigtex — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:53:26 +0000

The bottom line is that Charles Haley was sick. The dude is bi-polar. He’s gotten treatment, medication, and has turned his life around.

Lawrence Taylor admitted to doing coke during the games and is still out there boinking underage girls. If you want to diss someone over their behavior, let’s start with the guy who still hasn’t learned anything.

By: snnyjcbs

snnyjcbs — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:28:20 +0000

Who really cares but the ones trying to get in. The people doing the voting have turned the Hall of Fame into nothing but a joke. Some pot bellied slob that back in school could not get a date let alone be involved in sports. Sit around and play God with these guys lives.

It is like watching all the Award Shows the Hollywood or Music people keeps making for themselves, nobody cares but them or some pathetic jerk with no life. There are way to many in the Hall that should not be there and a truck load that should have been there long ago. Once that happened it went from Honor to JOKE.

By: jagerbmb

jagerbmb — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:21:15 +0000

The Hall of Fame is only supposed to consider “On Field Performance”. How Haley is not there is a G-D Travesty.

By: yahmule

yahmule — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:02:33 +0000

“If that has anything to do with the bearing of the stature that has to do with his being associated with making this, what a travesty,” said Ronnie Lott regarding the link between repeated concussions and people being able to understand what the hell it is that you’re saying.

By: bsofsf

bsofsf — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:11:06 +0000

Heard the final straw with Haley and the 49ers was when he depsited some fecal matter on a coach’s car.

By: MichaelEdits

MichaelEdits — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:08:36 +0000

I have a lot of respect for Ronnie Lott, but I have to disagree with him on this one. I’d enjoy doing it in person, actually, and wouldn’t fear for my safety.

I don’t think we can tell the world that, if they have a certain freakishly extreme gift, that means they can just ignore all boundaries of moral behavior. Is it a slippery slope? Probably. But so is leaving a convicted murderer in the Hall.

If guys like Pacman or Clarrett had actually lasted as long as Haley, and picked up five rings each, I’d still snub them. And Favre, for the interceptions. I’d make an exception for LT, for the same reasons Parcells did.

Let the consensus decide who stays and who goes, just like it does now. Retroactive snubbing. Then replace each of those guys with someone in the current logjam, because it’s only going to get worse.

By: pack15forever

pack15forever — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:49:43 +0000

So I guess Brett Favre will also be snubbed when he is eligible for the HOF?

By: dirtyharry1971

dirtyharry1971 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:48:48 +0000

I wouldnt believe ONE WORD that Jeff Pearlman writes in ANY of his books. This clown is mentally disturbed and does not write FACT, he writes facts that are made up in his little world and anyone who buys his garbage is a MORON just like jeffey or just really angry at the world like jeffey

By: longforgottenking

longforgottenking — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:49:51 +0000

Ronnie Lott ……still cleaning up for Charles Haley. Charles was clinically sick (bi-polar and beyond). The year after Ronnie Lott went to the Raiders they beat the 49ers. Apparently Charles Haley went absolutely beserk in the 49er locker room afterwards and Ronnie Lott had to be brought into their locker room to talk him down. Ronnie was – and still is – a true friend.

Charles deserves to be there.

By: deadmanwalking47

deadmanwalking47 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:37:05 +0000

hey ronnie lott,need a little cheese with that whine for charles haley?

By: kaientai72

kaientai72 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:05:05 +0000

Lott could be right. In hockey, the same delay happened to Dino Ccarelli who waited WAY too long before getting inducted because he was not media friendly. But even with his five super bowl rings, was he better than some of those who are getting in this year? Haley’s time will come, but he was ranked only #31 on the football list from http://www.notinhalloffame.com.

By: nowathand

nowathand — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:04:04 +0000

Cris Carter will eventually get in. The phrase people used in reference to Carter was “all he does is catch touchdowns”.

He caught 130 in his career. Terrell Owens has 153 and will probably get another 8-12 more this coming season (he had 9 in under 14 games last season with a coordinator who ended up fired) and might play another year after that.

By: jarrman46

jarrman46 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:53:07 +0000

Those 5 Super Bowls had more to do with the other players on those teams (49ers and Cowboys) then Charles Haley. Kevin Greene should go in before Haley. I believe Kevin Greene is 3rd most career sacks trailing only Reggie White and Bruce Smith.

By: krazyasanouthouserat

krazyasanouthouserat — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:25:31 +0000

He personifies the term “jag-off”…LOL!

By: tdbragg

tdbragg — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:23:46 +0000

You want to talk about snubs ? How about a guy who was the most feared defensive end in the NFL for a complete decade . Oh and by the way , just for good measure ,hes a four time Super Bowl champion . The name you ask ? L.C. Greenwood .

By: duanethomas

duanethomas — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:19:20 +0000

85% of the link you have is NOT TRUE!

By: nokoolaidcowboy

nokoolaidcowboy — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:04:30 +0000

Haley was certifiable. I don’t know which is worse, teammates that have to tolerate (for whatever reason) Haley spanking to completion or the poor schmuck that has to answer to “…. grab the mop and bucket, Charles left a mess in there!”

I say the HOF should take character into account for the kid’s sake (role modeling) but it’s too late for that now.

By: seandm69

seandm69 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:02:48 +0000

Haley was the Dwight Freeney of his day and a big game changer.

By: jc1958coo

jc1958coo — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:02:15 +0000

kennedy & doleman better than haley! your smoking the same sh*t that everson griffin is!!!

By: commandercornpone

commandercornpone — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:00:21 +0000

he’s right up there with that poor kid who cant get a tryout cause he had sex with his sister.

just stop applying. loser.