New York Giants Notes: Tiki Booed, And That Is OK With Me
by Ed Valentine on Oct 4, 2010 12:59 PM EDT
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Tiki Barber was lustily booed during the New York Giants Ring of Honor ceremony at halftime Sunday night.
Gary Myers of the Daily News said this morning that this was New York fans showing support for their team and coach, and telling Tiki to stuff it.
Carnage was like sadist's sick daydream :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Rick Telander
Here is a little taste of how they are feeling in Chicago today. I think you will enjoy this. Immensely.
The first-half carnage was like something from a sadist's daydream, with Cutler as the victim. It was cheap. It was perverse. It was wrong.
But you could not help wondering, here in the midst of the huge flashing video screens and pink shoes and chin straps afield, when Cutler would be counted out.
This was an embarrassment to the Bears' organization from top to bottom.
Offensive coordinator Mike Martz is complicit in the beating. As is offensive line coach Mike Tice. As is Bears general manager Jerry Angelo for not picking better blockers. As are the blockers themselves. (Talk about the blind side?) And of course, coach Lovie Smith, the great stone face, gets an ''F'' for tactics and a red ''F'' for leadership.
The Giants Looked Like the Giants Again Last Night -- New York Magazine
At times this season, the Giants have displayed some very un-Giant-like characteristics: In Week 2, for example, they were unprepared for the Colts' offensive scheme. And last week, they were unusually undisciplined, beating themselves with penalties. But last night felt far more familiar: an effective running game and one of the more impressive displays of pass rushing you'll ever see.
The Giants stumbled upon a neat game plan in the first half last night: Hit the opposing quarterback over and over again, until one of those hits inevitably gives said quarterback a concussion, knocks him out of the game, and forces Todd Collins into action. (And then, for good measure, knock him out of the game, too, later on.) Perhaps the Bears made it easy for them, and perhaps someone ought to tell Jay Cutler not to hold onto the ball for so long, but the Giants' defense in the first half — and in the second quarter in particular — was as impressive as we've ever seen.
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"I was so focused on, ‘Kick it there, don’t let him catch it,’ and then you forget yourself to catch it. "It’s just a case of it slipped out of my hand. I guess I just lost a little bit of concentration."
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No more Tiki
Please. The guy is sour grapes. He is a tool. Let’s move on.
There were 29 other Giants clebrated last night too. No more Tiki.
I want more JPP and I want it now!
he got what he wanted....a reaction
I still wanted everyone in the stadium to stand up and turn their back to this man…..
but oh well…..
"Things have to change" - Antrel Rolle
"If I'm curt, then I apologize" - Newman
Exactly
Just ignore him and it goes away. Better than to boo IMO. Tiki Barber….silence….Amani Toomer…crazy cheers!
Now go away Tiki and toil in obscurity at Yahoo Sports.
I want more JPP and I want it now!
Well
it was kind of funny though.. Tiki…. Boooooooooo! Amani….cheers… Phil crazy cheers!
by Late for Dinner on Oct 4, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing
some sports reporter on Yahoo asked Tiki about the Giants present situation. Of course Tiki could not take the high road and used it to bash Tom and the team.
by Late for Dinner on Oct 4, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
More like a football “tool”… as a matter of fact I think you can reach him at YahooTool@XGMen.com
It’s like magic… without the rabbit crap in your hat!
i was booing him in the bathroom
10 bucks a beer and i mustve pissed 6 times last night
by GiantsReignSupreme on Oct 4, 2010 1:09 PM EDT reply actions
Great line from Michael Silver's column today
Hi, we’re the Giants’ defensive line, and we take out our frustrations on quarterbacks of previously undefeated teams. Sorry about those nine first-half sacks, Jay Cutler(notes), and we hope you recover from that concussion soon. Matt Schaub(notes), you’ve got next. Try not to break out in cold sweats when you watch us on film. Thank you. Now prepare to assume the fetal position.
You can see a lot just by observing-Yogi Berra
by greg a on Oct 4, 2010 1:12 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I like silver
Doesn’t take himself too seriously most of the time
All you hear about is the past, the past... the past is the !@#$ing past, this is the present.
THIS IS TEMPORARY! A CHAMPIONSHIP IS PERMANENT
-Michael Strahan
i was at the game, i clapped for him, cheered like crazy for everyone else. you cant, no matter how hard you try, take away from what he did on the field
No one's trying to take away what he did on the field
but what other player has run his mouth this much about his organization? He was a great player for us, unfortunately because of his mouth, I would be clapping – clapping that he is gone.
Who does that anyway?
We didn't even have a chance for the "perfect season", but we did have the perfect ending.
I don't get why all the Tiki supporters think we are trying to take away what Tiki did on the field?
That’s not the case at all, you have to look at the whole picture to understand why the man is hated hear. Yes he is our all time leading rusher and nobody can take that away from him. But your by your logic Bills fan’s should still cheer OJ becuase murdering someone has nothing to do with the 2000 yard season he put up. Or 49er fans should cheer for T.O. when he retires becasue he is the second leading reciever in the history of the NFL.
Fact is these guys not in the same way have tarnished their legacy. Tiki Barber was one of the most liked Giants when he retired and that’s a fact. Nobody turned on Tiki because he didn’t want to play football anymore. Nobody begrudged him a job in the media, in fact I would say 95% of the fans wished him well. Problem for him was that once he got to the media he only bashed the Giants and his former teamates. Never said anything interesting about any of the other teams in the NFL. There is an old saying it’s not what you say it’s how you say it. Unfortuntly for Tiki he thinks speaking his mind means he has to dump on others, not just talk about the situation. The guy comes off as a very small person I’m sorry he does. Giant fans love their team and despite the fact that he is the all time leading rusher in franchise history (for now) he will never be loved or remembered foundly by most fans, that does not mean we are trying to take anything from the guy, I just think he is an Arse whole
by Late for Dinner on Oct 4, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
well clearly the giants organization feels different than all of you..its funny that the team that he is constantly “trashing” keeps inviting him back. once again i dont condone his off field behavior but i respect what he did when he was wearing the blue. after all, thats what really matters
At the end of the day
the fans had there say. and now Tiki knows. and he has to live with that sound. forever.
Yes, I am a Giants fan. Now that we got that out of the way....
IMPEACH DOLAN!!!!
by wilddre22 on Oct 4, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
wrong
the org. doesn’t feel differently. All us Tiki booers agree he belongs in the ring of honor, for his achievements. And we dislike him. You don’t know if the mgmt likes him.
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Oct 5, 2010 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Great way to put it
And to add to that, not only did 95% of us wish him well when he decided to retire, I bet most of us felt a little worried about the fact that a guy that was accounting for more than 60% of our offense the previous few years was leaving. I know I was a little worried.
Is he just bitter that he hung up the cleats a year too early or what? I don’t get why he feels the need to shove his cleats in his mouth all the time.
Nicely stated Late for Dinner
Spot on. tiki brought the boo bears on himself.
Barry quit cause the Lions sucked and were not going to get any better
If the Lions had traded Barry to a contender who knows maybe we all would have got to enjoy him some more.
by Late for Dinner on Oct 6, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I understand and agree that NYG fans do not like Tiki.
But my problem with the boo issue is that there were 29 other guys out there who deserves attention in this post and what are we talking about? Booing one guy. As much as most fans dislike the guy he is the center of attention right now. We’re forgetting Phil, Toomer,Strahan, Gifford and others. Its not right for thier to have thier day marred by this side show that the papers keep pushing.
by LoNJDTechnology on Oct 4, 2010 1:16 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
i doubt they let tiki ruin their day
if anything they probably got a kick out of it
nobody makes me bleed my own blood! - Eli Manning
Yeah
They probably only focused on Tiki long enough for a big boo and a breath or two
We didn't even have a chance for the "perfect season", but we did have the perfect ending.
I agree the other guys deserve attention
but not in this post. This one is for the Tiki topic. They deserve their own post altogether.
We don't play for the wild card around here kid
Yep....
This. Why focus on this arguable negative when there was so much positive out there.
Just glad
to see positive comments from Tuck & Osi, said Coughlin always has their back.
Now let’s start playing some consistent football on both sides of the ball!
"No one played more for the Giants, while being coached less".
Ex-Giants coach, Steve Owens, talking about Mel Hein.
Watching on Giants.com
I could not hear much from the fans during Tiki (maybe it was the audio feed on the computer) but I did hear cheers for Stra, Amani, Harry, Frank, YA Tittle… good stuff. Banks and Barvaro need to be honored too
Superman is back!
by The Always Well Dressed... on Oct 4, 2010 1:34 PM EDT reply actions
For real
Banks and Bavaro need to be honored
"I play real sports…not trying to be the best at exercising."
"I'm a bulletproof tiger man!"
- Kenny Powers "Eastbound and Down" (season 1)
Soon come
Carl and Mark will get there day in the sun
by Late for Dinner on Oct 4, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
They are Giants
In the best tradition. Tough, gritty players during their careers. Classy guys still today.
3
glaring omissions Van Pelt, Banks and Bavaro
"I don't do many endorsements. I'd rather get doused by Gatorade than bust my butt selling it." - Bill Parcells
by FrankB03 on Oct 4, 2010 1:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah, I couldn't hear it...
but I saw Tiki applauding their reaction (what a dick)
also, the video was fuzzy but it did look like there were some empty seats as well
"Things have to change" - Antrel Rolle
"If I'm curt, then I apologize" - Newman
the douchebag was lucky that he was only booed
great player for us, but Barber is a classless piece of garbage. Nevermind his personal life, but Barber should have been prepared for boos from the moment he trashed Eli Manning in public the year after he left.
He was so smug that year too. I hope that watching the Giants win the big game without him and his arrogant ass tore him apart inside, especially since Eli made not one but two clutch plays to get the Giants up the field and in the endzone.
It’s sad that I hold LT in higher regard than Barber.
"Anthony Randolph has hall of fame skills" - GALLO!
I heard it was Ronde that showed up
"I play real sports…not trying to be the best at exercising."
"I'm a bulletproof tiger man!"
- Kenny Powers "Eastbound and Down" (season 1)
I'm glad they booed
The Giants Organization was good to Tiki the least he could have done was return the favor.
It’s not as if Giants did to him what the Chargers did to Tomlinson and what the Eagles did to McNabb.
Giants organization is still good to Tiki
Far better than he deserves,
by Late for Dinner on Oct 4, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I was at a game a few years ago
at halftime they showed the top 5 rushing performances in Giants history. Tiki had the number one spot for his 234, 3 TD game against the skins in 2006 to put the team into the playoffs.
he got booed. loud. so this is nothing new to me, doesnt surprise me at all.
all the booing goes back to when he announced his plans to retire during the season. all downhill from there
I believe in the Church of Baseball
by Frank Campagnola on Oct 4, 2010 2:26 PM EDT reply actions
Last time Tiki bashed the G-men....we won the show!
too many pucks to da head
I still think
He knew he was going to get booed, just like he did last year. So he took a few shots at Coughlin again. This gave him cover and an excuse. Now he can say that people don’t like to hear the “truth” as he sees it regarding the coach. But the truth is that we all hate Tiki because he’s a selfish, arrogant, cheating ingrate. And he would have been booed anyway, just not quite as vociferously, had he not opened his yap yet again.
His dissing of the team and the coach does seem to bring out the best in them. Bring it often, Tiki!
wow
that was loud. Love it that my man Amani got big cheers after… nice
Superman is back!
by The Always Well Dressed... on Oct 4, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Tiki did it backwards
Everyone knows you act like a p.o.s., then perform well on the field. Winning makes everyone forget your off-field shenanigans. Just ask Michael Vick.
Tiki will always have to live with his decisions
First for missing out on a Super Bowl ring because of his ego and second for squandering any good will he had built up with Giants’ fans.
I loved Tiki the NY Giants football player. He was their best player for a few years. I am no fan of Tiki the person.
"Sometimes you make a mistake and you get hit in the head." - Eli Manning
Do it again Tiki!
We should interview Tiki every week to bad mouth Coughlin if it produces these results. Hey Tiki, hout ’bout another blurb about how TC has lost the team and all the players hate him. Also, Rod Smart called he says he wants his jersey back! LOL
Funny thing about Tiki...
The guy always wants to be percieved like he is much more than a football player and does not care what the fans think. But yet every chance he gets to come to the stadium here he is smiling and waving at the fans booing him like it does not matter.
It does not sound like people on the team now really know or like him and it’s not like he was a popular figure amongst his peers….So why come back?
For all Tiki has done for us in his playing career
I want to feel bad that we won the super bowl without him the very next year, but he just keeps making himself look more and more like a piece of ishhh.
Tiki knew he was going to get booed and he still showed up.
I’ll give him credit for that. He took it all in stride.
"I was going to separate from this guy and make him look silly." -- Kevin Boss
Whats a shame........
is that you want to like him because he was an amazing football player……..but his personality is the worst. I mean nobody likes him, and i’m pretty sure he doesn’t mind it either. Too bad…..
He lives in NY
but he’s a Virginian. He was born there and went to school there.
"I was going to separate from this guy and make him look silly." -- Kevin Boss
I wonder if the same people who booed the hell out of Tiki...
cheered crazily for LT. If so, we live in a very demented society.
Can Tiki come to every home game????LOL
He talks smack about Eli and the coaches…. we win the superbowl with the biggest upset in NFL history. He talks smack about TC, the defense sets a first half sack record.. Shit lets make him the mascot! LOL.
by BigBluefaninTexas on Oct 5, 2010 9:43 AM EDT reply actions
can we just get rid of Matt Dodge?
I hold my breath on every three and out cause i cant tell where the ball is going to go and how far.
I hate Philadelphia so much.
