LaVar moves on

Could Lavar be more full of himself? If he wasn't a child he might be still playing. He states he knew it was over, all NFL careers end when no one wants you. Someone should tell him Joe Gibbs probably didn't call back because he was exhibiting the class he always has. Coach Gibbs doesn't badmouth or berated anyone in public he finds the good in people.The last paragraph where Arrington says he is more mature, he really showed that with his comments about Joe Gibbs, Another award for Arrington...most overated Redskin of All-Time

I love LaVar, HOWEVER. I recall a few things differently, with concerns to the Redskins. 1. LaVar got hurt, and did not give full disclosure, to the team as to his true condition. So what happened he came back to early, and re-injured himself, the first practice back. Then wonders why hes in the doghouse with Gibbs. 2. Prior to any injuries, occurring to LaVar. I remember him not wanting to play within the scheme, and doing what the he11 he wanted. Again hes on the wrong side of Gibbs and Williams. 3. Now this is were I really take issue. Of concern to his contract, LaVar's agents at the time where the Poston Brothers, I believe at the time Carl Poston was his main agent. The NFL found Dan Snyder to be free of any wrong doing in the contract. However the NFL, proceeded to ban the Poston Brothers from further representing of any NFL players for a period of around 3 to 5 years. Moreover Dan Snyder out of the goodness of his heart split the monetary difference with LaVar, and apparently that's still not good enough. In closing, I am not a big fan of Snyder's, but I don't hate the guy either. But for Arrington to sit there and try to convince me, that both Snyder and Gibbs lied to him, in short is a bunch of BS. Snyder is anything but cheap when it comes to paying players. If anything he stupidly overpays them. LaVar like a fool, took his grievance both to the press and the air waves, threw his (innocent of any discourse) boss under the bus, in front of the whole country. To reiterate, Snyder still tried to make the situation financially whole for LaVar, when he was not obligated to. Now LaVar sits down with, a Washington Times reporter and still bad mouths both Snyder and Gibbs. Then wonders in the windmill, of his mind, WHY IN THE HE11 Snyder does not open his arms to him. As long as Snyder owns this team, and LaVar's attitude remains the same. LaVar won't even see, the ring of fame, inside of FedEx. Like I said I love LaVar, but he needs to build a bridge and get over it.

I think he could have been better than Lawrence Taylor. Snyder over pays for the new guy, to make a big splash. He didn't over pay for Arrington or Champ Bailey. Both easily could have been the best at their respective positions. Maybe he should blame his agent more, any boss will try to pay you minimum wage with no health care. But they don't quite teach that in school. I think the papers can be an extension of Snyder's financial budgeting, while Arrington wore his heart on his sleave. The injuries were timely but lossing his desire to play could be based on his surroundings. The descrepancy between what could have happened and what did. It wouldn't surprise me if 95% of the fans in the stadium were white people who saw Gibbs as an infallible God/uncle. In this way talent can be a curse. But he's still something of a Sandy Kofax to me.

This article is such an exercise in denial, justification, and immaturity that I had to read it twice. He refuses to realize that the problems were ALL HIS. Who has more natural talent and ability, Chris Samuels or LaVar? Who has had a legitimately great career and who is the King of "Would'a Could'a Should'a"? The difference between picks # 2 and 3 from the same draft? Answer: What's between their ears and in their hearts. Chris Samuels is a MAN who did his job, worked on becoming great, and lived up to his responsibilities to his bosses and teammates regardless of the the situation. LaVar is a BABY who thinks everyone and everything has to bend towards his will, or he just shuts down. His "feuds" with Snyder and Gibbs are an extension of the same problem. Snyder hardly has a reputation of trying to cheat or take advantage of players whereas LaVar's agent's actions during that negotiation were tantamount to malpractice and he was subsequently banned from representing players and was disciplined by the NFLPA. Also, does anyone remember how good the Redskins' defense was w/o LaVar that first year? Does he let evidence like that phase him? If the two great villians of your career are Joe Paterno and Joe Gibbs it says way more about you than they. I know it's hard for someone like LaVar to grasp this, but when men like Gibbs don't respond to your carping and accusations it's not a tacit admission of guilt. It's a demonstration of class the likes of which he is not equipped to understand.

why does this guy even warrant an interview anymore? He doesn't get that he doesn't get it. He's one of those people. As many times as you show him the crystal ball, he still sees it all differently. He's smarter than everyone. Fact is, all the comments are accurate. And on top of it, I've been told that the guy just can't follow directions. This is why coaches struggled and got so frustrated with the guy. He would just never do what was asked of him. So a gem like Paterno, that players love to play for, he badmouths and can't get along with. He's just dumb and doesn't get that he doesn't get it.

Here's the inside scoop. I was told by a prominent skins player face to face that LaVar only played big in small games...that he was a poser. This is straight from a starting well respected player. He's just a big whiner. He played for some of the best defensive minds of his generations (Ray Rhodes, Marvin Lewis, Marty, Gregg Williams) and all he can complain about is that it was too much for him. His lifetime stats are horrible--probably because all of those well respected coaches didn't know how to use him. Imagine the storehouse of knowledge he could've accumulated from those coaches and if applied to his game, he would've been all-world. He got by on talent that overwhelmed in high school and college and made him ordinary in the pros. Then of course he got the $6million dollar bone bruise which made it impossible for him to play that year. His agent screwed up and LaVar blamed Snyder. I don't like Dan, but LaVar is on a one-way trip on that famous river in Egypt...De-nial. I can't stand watching him on Comcast after the games with his smug attitude. he used us and football just for himself and is amazed when it came back to haunt him. I'd put in the Washington Hall of Shame with another high draft pick that was worthless...Kwame Brown. Kwame and LaVar deserve each other.