Comments on: Art Monk Gets Screwed Again http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:39:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: soyinkafan http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85732 soyinkafan Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:42:27 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85732 Art Monk is all class, and you're right, there's no point in the Hall of Fame if players like Monk aren't in it. Art Monk is all class, and you’re right, there’s no point in the Hall of Fame if players like Monk aren’t in it.

]]> By: roundhead http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85731 roundhead Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:39:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85731 I'll agree that Irvin is a lout but that can't be an issue for this. The Hall already has its share of them (Mr. Simpson, line one) and there are probably a few that were in their day but we never heard about it because the relationship between the press and the athletes 30-40-50 years ago was way different than it is now. I'll agree that it's ridiculous that Monk isn't in. Geeze Louise, he was part of the all-decade team. Everyone else at his position is either in or going (Rice, Largent, James Lofton). I’ll agree that Irvin is a lout but that can’t be an issue for this. The Hall already has its share of them (Mr. Simpson, line one) and there are probably a few that were in their day but we never heard about it because the relationship between the press and the athletes 30-40-50 years ago was way different than it is now.

I’ll agree that it’s ridiculous that Monk isn’t in. Geeze Louise, he was part of the all-decade team. Everyone else at his position is either in or going (Rice, Largent, James Lofton).

]]> By: Liz http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85730 Liz Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:23:46 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85730 Aft Mont has been shafted! There is NO justice for the brother, although I must say that when he played in the NFL, IMHO, he didn't get adequate appreciation. Just sayin'. Aft Mont has been shafted! There is NO justice for the brother, although I must say that when he played in the NFL, IMHO, he didn’t get adequate appreciation. Just sayin’.

]]> By: Bruce from Missouri http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85729 Bruce from Missouri Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:54:46 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85729 Hey, at least they put Roger Wehrli in, which should have been done a decade ago. Monk's time will come. Hey, at least they put Roger Wehrli in, which should have been done a decade ago.

Monk’s time will come.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85728 Oliver Willis Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:33:28 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85728 I didn't say Michael Irvin shouldn't go in. The guy was and is a lout, but he was a hell of a wide receiver (trust me, nobody hated the Dallas teams of the '90s more than me but I also will admit when the players are damn good like Aikman, Irvin, and Smith). But that doesn't change the fact that Art Monk deserves to go in the Hall, and should have gone in long ago. I will say I would rank Monk higher than Brown and Carter, though not Rice who's clearly the greatest WR in NFL history. I didn’t say Michael Irvin shouldn’t go in. The guy was and is a lout, but he was a hell of a wide receiver (trust me, nobody hated the Dallas teams of the ’90s more than me but I also will admit when the players are damn good like Aikman, Irvin, and Smith). But that doesn’t change the fact that Art Monk deserves to go in the Hall, and should have gone in long ago.

I will say I would rank Monk higher than Brown and Carter, though not Rice who’s clearly the greatest WR in NFL history.

]]> By: roundhead http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85727 roundhead Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:56:35 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85727 Irvin's numbers are better. Sorry O-Dub. Monk should get in, tho. His case is better than Swann or Stallworth. He's gonna have problems with Cris Carter and Tim Brown coming up the next few years, and then The Greatest Football Player I've Ever Seen (Mr. Rice). Irvin’s numbers are better. Sorry O-Dub.

Monk should get in, tho. His case is better than Swann or Stallworth.

He’s gonna have problems with Cris Carter and Tim Brown coming up the next few years, and then The Greatest Football Player I’ve Ever Seen (Mr. Rice).

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85726 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:45:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85726 Art Monk? Is that Thelonius' brother the painter? Art Monk?

Is that Thelonius’ brother the painter?

]]> By: ed http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85725 ed Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:35:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85725 Hey, lay off Irvin. The guy knows how to party. It's pretty hard to get into the football Hall, but not having Monk in there is indeed unjust. Hey, lay off Irvin. The guy knows how to party.

It’s pretty hard to get into the football Hall, but not having Monk in there is indeed unjust.

]]> By: Courtney Payne http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/05/art-monk-gets-screwed-again/#comment-85724 Courtney Payne Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:19:11 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=7012#comment-85724 Irving before Monk represents all that is wrong with the world. Irving before Monk represents all that is wrong with the world.

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