The previous Bucs regime was concerned that injured WR Mike Williams was too caught up in partying and his new rap career because of his antics on social media. Williams accumulated fines of over $200,000 in 2013 for missed rehab sessions and meetings, and the team was contemplating releasing him in 2014. https://www.pewterreport.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=9562:&Itemid=15
Interesting read Scott. People have painted MW as whiter than snow up till now. Nice to know these things. It's what we pay PR.
This is a guy with first round talent who fell to the fourth round because he quit on his team at Syracuse. Of course the great Mark Dominik assured everyone that he checked out after extensive research was done on his background. And after all the research was done on other great picks background like Aqib Talib, Tanard Jackson, Arron Sears, Josh Freeman and Brian Price how could we possibly question Dominik, Hickey and Co? But in all seriousness, the guy has been a great player and was one of the rare recent Bucs picks to merit a second contract. Whether he's "cashed in" is another story...Someone remind Mike that contracts aren't guaranteed in the NFL.
There were plenty of reasons to doubt Schiano was the right man to coach this team, but I have no problem with his emphasis on character. If I had serious questions about a player's character I wouldn't consider them before the fifth round, and only then if they graded as first or second round talent.
Bingo!
devasher, many of the players pre-date Dominink as GM (and with Sears, it's quite likely that nobody knew he was bi-polar). Dom did take character into account during the drafts of his era. IRCC, the scout in charge of scouting Brian Price was fired by Dom, because he didn't adequately investigate him. Also, PR reported previously that one reason they didn't draft LeGarrette Blount because they felt they could only handle one guy with big character flags at a time.
I had followed Mike Williams on Twitter for a while and was amazed at his immaturity, that he would post such nonsense and brag about his partying. Having just read the PR article and seeing he can be so easily cut, I question his judgement all the more. Hopefully he can stop this train wreck from happening. I believe a talk with Lovie may help, may already have helped. I disagree that this is not a real problem. It is. It's happened before and it will happen again, young players throwing their careers away, teams misjudging character issues. Time to grow up Mike, let these stories be a warning and turn it around.
missed and late for meetings/rehab... that's the biggest issue for me. shape up or ship out... take you job seriously and quit disrespecting your teammates by acting like your time is more valuable than theirs. that type of behavior pisses players off and creates problems in the locker room... same take i had on josh regarding his lack of courtesy for his teammates.
missed and late for meetings/rehab... that's the biggest issue for me. shape up or ship out... take you job seriously and quit disrespecting your teammates by acting like your time is more valuable than theirs. that type of behavior pisses players off and creates problems in the locker room... same take i had on josh regarding his lack of courtesy for his teammates.
the part in bold is a big issue, especially if you have a bunch of motivated guys trying to put it all togetehr
So much for suggesting to trade him a couple days ago; we wouldn't get a 4th rounder for him now. I would talk to him and tell him what him or any other player can expect if they are not in the prescribed rehab and that they better be in good shape and fully understand their football situation. Wake up calls usually happen after a player is release or traded; then some start performing and we look like idiots. Bottom line; GET HIS ATTENTION NOW!
I wonder how much we could get for him in trade. Maybe nothing, considering the king's ransom we got for Blount.
So lemme get this straight...the brain trust were worried that MWill was more concerned about his rap career than his NFL one and their answer was Kenny Britt (who has been in and out of trouble with the law)? My lord, thank goodness the Glazers canned these bozos.
What is it with wide receivers....
devasher, many of the players pre-date Dominink as GM (and with Sears, it's quite likely that nobody knew he was bi-polar). Dom did take character into account during the drafts of his era. IRCC, the scout in charge of scouting Brian Price was fired by Dom, because he didn't adequately investigate him. Also, PR reported previously that one reason they didn't draft LeGarrette Blount because they felt they could only handle one guy with big character flags at a time.
I included some of the Hickey's picks in part because he remained as scouting director until 2011. Dom did emphasis character in the form of "captains" but still drafted Freeman, Price, Mike Williams, traded for Winslow and signed Blount, Brizcoe, Haynesworth and Eric Wright. One could only imagine who Dominik would have taken if he "didn't" focus so much on character. You're obviously going to get guys with flags because there are so many positions to fill and only so much talent, but epic flame outs like Freeman, Wright and Price can be put to Dominik's feet as an example of the need for diligence when scouting and evaluating players. Things that were not always evident while he was GM.
So lemme get this straight...the brain trust were worried that MWill was more concerned about his rap career than his NFL one and their answer was Kenny Britt (who has been in and out of trouble with the law)? My lord, thank goodness the Glazers canned these bozos.
I asked the same thing, that seems like a frying pan --> fire situation.
