Comments on: Hines Ward Calls Ben A Sissy

By: mike

mike — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:54:31 +0000

for some reason it doesnt let me include the not equall to sign in my posts.
Ben (not equall to) game manager
Ben = elite QB

By: mike

mike — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:50:16 +0000

Tomlin said ben lobbied to play saturday night. Ben never knew he wasnt going to be able to play untill Tomlin and the doctor shut him down which was saturday. It was Tomlins decision not to tell the players ben was having symptons, not Bens. Excusing ben does make sense because it wasnt him this time being a drama queen, it was him saying he was good to play and tomlin and the docs shutting him down. misinformation is getting thrown around here

and no matter how upset Ward was, you should never go publicly to say something of this nature about a teammate, ward isnt terrel owens so he shouldnt act like it. If he had a problem, he should have went straight to ben and not Bob Costas. Thats why your in the minority here thinking ben should also be at fault

By: chris

chris — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:11:26 +0000

Dave and JLaw, I appreciate you guys taking the time to read what I wrote and allow yourselves to be open to different points of view. As far as this topic goes, I honestly don’t see how you can blame Hines for being upset/frustrated.

Ben practiced normally all week. He told the media he felt zero after affects from the concussion. Tomlin said he passed every Dr’s test “with flying colors.” Obviously the players saw nothing at practice to indicate he was having problems.

Then all of a sudden on Friday afternoon it comes out Ben’s been having symptoms all week and can’t play in the biggest game of the year. How could you not find that a bit strange? And if you were a player, let alone a ultra-competitive one like Hines, how could you not be a tad upset with him?

I like Ben. I think he’s a very good QB. But he’s not beyond criticism and one of his well-known flaws is his habit of coming up with goofy injuries left and right. Like Dave said, if he had headaches on Tues, he should have stopped practicing on Tues, not Friday afternoon. Sure Hines handled this situation poorly but to totally excuse Ben makes no sense.

By: JLAW

JLAW — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:43:10 +0000

Chris I think I understand what you’re saying/asking, is Ben crying wolf. I’m not trying to stir the pot any more cause I can tell you struck a nerve with some people. I understand that and questioned it the same. Either way he should be good to go this week and I’m glad cause as you stated he is Clutch and the rest of our season is clutch if you ask me. This should be a tune up week for the next round with the Ratbirds. Sadly with the way things have gone this year nothing is a tune up for us. So here’s to hoping for success this week. And like I said espn reported Tomlin advised earlier this week that Ben and Hines were friends again. Be safe!

By: dave

dave — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:53:47 +0000

I agree with you Chris, if Ben wasn’t going to be able to play he should have let them know at the beginning of the week, just imagine if Dixon had had more that one practice with the first team offense, it could have made a difference in a game that turned out to be as close as this one was.

Ben is a great quarterback, but in the espn thing on him it covered the swelled head he got after that first superbowl, i’m wondering if he got an addiction to the media then, because though he’s tried to be a better member of the team, he’s still been in the media an awfull lot since then.