Comments on: Liability concerns may prevent league from allowing Williams to coach again

By: guppies66

guppies66 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:19:52 +0000

While he should be banned, he should not be banned because his testimony is needed against the criminal Saints defensive players who also should be banned.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:47:18 +0000

It’s okay!!! He can always go to Bryant University and coach with Sal Alosi!!!

By: chawk12thman

chawk12thman — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:16:44 +0000

He would be a liability at any level as a defensive coach. He will likely have to get a job outside of the NFL and Football. Rightfully so.

By: boilerup1869

boilerup1869 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:04:09 +0000

I think the league has handled Williams’ penalty pretty well, given the apparent incompleteness of their knowledge of the situation.

That is, it was smart to give him an indefinite suspension and potentially reduce it later, as opposed to suspending him for a shorter period of time and then, upon learning new details (e.g., the voice recordings), feeling forced to lengthen the punishment.

It’s like Goodell said, “We’re going to suspend Gregg Williams for as long as it takes until we figure out just what the hell all these guys were up to.”

By: nineroutsider

nineroutsider — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:21:03 +0000

He might not get back into the league, even if the commissioner allows him back in, because his defenses suck! Only his friends would hire him (and I loved that he was in St. Louis because his defense sucks) , now they don’t have the chance and it sucks because his defense is softer than the rolls hanging off his gut.

Bounty program or not, his defenses suck so he might not get a job based on merit even if allowed back in.

By: blacknole08

blacknole08 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:46:43 +0000

Aside from coaches, I think teams should also be held liable for putting players on the field with concussion symptoms. These are human beings, not robots, and no game is important enough to allow someone’s life to be put in danger when the best option is to just sit out the game.

Williams isn’t the only coach that used the strong terminology that was heard in those leaked audio tapes. So to say that it’s just him is a bit naive.

By: duanethomas

duanethomas — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:26:58 +0000

I see you’re a big time conspiracy guy, taping all meetings, criminal charges, now liability concerns…LoL. What about players suing players for injuries. Also why not have a mole on each team to wear a wire, away from the team facility to tape any double secret bounty meetings. I only laugh when I see your 5 paragraph articles, that have no legs and aren’t discussed anywhere but here. Then you move on to the next scary scenario…HaHaha. This probably won’t get posted.

By: pacificnw7722

pacificnw7722 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:21:29 +0000

“But, from a liability standpoint, it would be foolish for the league to allow Williams to return to a locker room, a meeting room, or a sideline.”

AMEN TO DAT!

By: sportmentary

sportmentary — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:19:31 +0000

In the end, was it worth it for Williams to do what he did? He lost his job and credibility. He won’t be allowed to coach again in the NFL and probably any other level. Chances are slim that any network will take a chance om him.

By: xinellum

xinellum — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:17:57 +0000

I disagree about the liability thing, since it has been proven that Williams promoted this behavior all year and I know in the Ravens game there were clearly shots on Flacco that were uncalled for. Do these videos then become evidence in a civil court for a class action lawsuit of players who suspect they were targeted? Will these players have to show that were injured or can they promote an attempted assault with a deadly weapon, because you certanly can justify that helmets are lethal weapons as people have died from helmet to helmet hits. I believe that Williams will be sued in one capacity or another, from the Saints for contract violation to get their money back, or the victims of his assaults, or the players who played for him who ended up injured trying to lay the money hit to the NFL for defaming the leaguge. I can see Greg Williams spending a lot of time in court in the future.

By: CKL

CKL — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:17:11 +0000

I am so sick of endless liability of the deep pockets and suing for stuff that anyone with a brain knows isn’t good for you yet you do anyway. STOP! Yes there are cases it applies if harm is done and the entity doing the harm had information they deliberately withheld form the people it applied to, or they flat out LIED but that’s not the case here. Take some personal responsibility sometimes.
One could also say that if the NFL reinstates Williams and a team hires him, the team has much more liability than the NFL since THEY are choosing to HIRE the guy, not the NFL. And any player who plays for that team VOLUNTARILY (i.e. as a FA) has no case since what Williams is as a coach is well known. I personally don’t think many players would have an issue playing for Williams. Several have said they wouldn’t, including Gerald Alexander (on Twitter).

By: medtxpack

medtxpack — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:16:13 +0000

hope he has a savings account…

By: bigbadal21

bigbadal21 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:13:50 +0000

When Sapp outed Shockey I said he was done as an NFL network employee. I questioned his basic intelligence not to realize this would happen. If Williams really thinks he has a 1% chance of returning to the NFL He is about as smart as Sapp. It would be like a grade school teacher who was fired for molesting children thinking they had a chance to get their job back.