Stormy Skies For Mike Vick and The Eagles
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย With a flick of a pen, Michael Vickโs situation began to look up this week and his future in the National Football League became a little clearer.ย Heโll trade one bird for another.ย He canโt be a Falcon.ย So, heโll be an Eagle.ย Maybe.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Itโs no secret that I LOVE Michael Vick.ย Really LOVE him.ย I believe him when he says heโs learned a lot.ย But, I worry he still has problems distinguishing whose advice to trust.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย I cringed when I heard heโd decided to be a sort of unofficial โanti-dogfightingโ spokesperson for the Humane Society.ย Donโt get me wrong, thatโs a fine thing to do if itโs really what you want to do.ย But, from a public relations standpoint, I couldnโt help but think itโs far too soon. ย ย
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ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย It looks disingenuous.ย Not that it is.ย It just looks that way.ย It gives the appearance that maybe, just maybe this is the only way to quiet the protesters.ย Maybe it is.ย But, where were his advisors?ย Didnโt anyone get it?ย Werenโt they smart enough to figure it out?
Let them protest.ย Theyโll get tired when no one gives the attention to it anymore, when we move on to the next play, the next game.ย Think about it, do we really sit around discussing Ray Lewisโ legal troubles or wondering if Jerry Richardson really is racist?ย No.ย Itโs all water-under-the-bridge.
So is this.
Truth is both Mike and his advisors need to get over this idea that he has apologies and amends to make.ย He doesnโt.ย And, no matter what he does at this point, he can not change the way people look at him.ย
The reality is the people who hate him or have a problem with him hated him or had issues with him before all this.ย Theyโre the same ones who said he wasnโt a quarterback; the same ones who booed while he was breaking records.
Now, comes the biggest decision Mike Vick has had to make up to this point:ย where to start over.ย Iโm sure his agent will say a lot of nothing; that it was a matter of fit and contract issues, blah, blah, blah.ย Bottom line:ย this is a shaky decision at best.
Trust me I get it.ย ย You want him in a major market.ย But, a major market isnโt what he needs most.ย And, with a one year deal, a major market could have waited until next year.ย
What Mike should have put emphasis on is going to a place where they would make use of him. Philly CAN use him; chances are they WONโT.ย After all, they have to coddle McNabb.
Or perhaps even a place where they can actually handle the influx of press and teach him how to.ย Philly has already proven that they canโt actually do that.ย Remember the TO saga.
Speaking of the TO saga, much of that was really caused by Donovan McNabbโs inability to share the spotlight.ย ย
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Michael Dewayne Vick will be the center of attention.ย Even if this had never happened, Michael Dewayne Vick would be the center of attention.ย That means the Vick-McNabb relationship will eventually be the center of tension.ย Oh, theyโll play nice for a while.ย But, so did McNabb and TO.ย
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย TO was rather gracious to McNabb.ย I donโt see Vick allowing McNabb to make sly, thinly veiled swipes at him in press conferences and getting away with it.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Eagle fans may be rejoicing, but I see a forecast of stormy skies ahead.ย Hereโs to hoping Iโm wrong.


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