[CBFF] CT: Benson: 'I'm afraid to let my guard down'

[Steve Behrens]

that should be:  "I'm *not* saying he's not giving it his all..."

sorry...


On 8/24/06, Steve Behrens <steve.behrens at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I'm gonna have to agree here.  Fairly or unfairly, so far he's come off
> to me as a big ol' spoiled ( with a large splash of immaturity) athlete that
> wants it all now.  He held out on his initial contract, and then whines
> about the one he finally got. I'd bet my bottom dollar that we'd be seeing
> another hold out next year if he were to go out and light up the league this
> year.
>
> I'm not saying he doesn't know how to work hard; he came to every off
> season get-together they had.  I'm saying he's not giving it his all; I
> think he plays 110% when out on the Field and as hard as anyone else when
> practicing.  Those qualities alone will go a long way in allowing the fans,
> teammates, and the media to look past the negatives. As long as his
> discontent doesn't affect his on Field performance, but can we 'trust' that
> that won't start happening?
>
> But he needs to learn to shut his mouth and not come across with all of
> the 'me, me, me'  things he says through his actions or his comments. I
> think that peoples patience with the T.O. types in this league are running
> very, very thin.  Benson is dangerously close to entering that group, IMHO.
>
> -Behr
>
>
>  On 8/24/06, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> > > bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Phil DeNomme
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:16 AM
> > > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > > Subject: Re: [CBFF] CT: Benson: 'I'm afraid to let my guard down'
> > >
> > > Do you go around telling everyone your deep emotional problems?  I
> > don't
> > > think so.
> >
> > Then why the hell does he keep bringing it up?  If it's so damned
> > painful
> > and he doesn't want to talk about it, why does he keep hinting around at
> > it?
> > I'll tell you why.  It's in totally irrelevant effort to get
> > sympathy.  He's
> > feeling sorry for himself.
> >
> > Tom S.
> >
> >
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