Steve Beurlein blasts Luck for retiring

[chbright]

He's been going over this after his last lost season. It's not like he up and said fug it I'm out after 14 days of going over this new injury. He put a line in the sand 2 years ago and said not again. As an employee and person, good for him. Yeah it always sucks when someone walks out on a company, especially one that's as valuable as Luck is the Colts. But at the end, the NFL is a business. The pain and stress the last 4 years was enough. He had made his fortune, left his mark, and wants a normal life after all this without pain and grind. 

Congrats to him going out now instead of being a walking wounded for the next few years and suffering more after the NFL.  Too many guys have hung on too long and are a shell after shortly after they hang it up. To be 50 and not able to walk or have memory issues, yeah I get why these guys hang it up early. They made more $ lifetimes over that many of our families can ever dream of.

 

The bad look in all of this is the game over each individuals life that has fans upset here. Life and well-being of players > the game, and hell the team or us fans.

[Toomers]

43 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

I’m all for walking away when you want.  I still support Luck’s ultimate decision.

However;

it being revealed he spent a whole week and a half pondering such a huge decision that directly effects dozens and indirectly thousands, I have to agree with Steve here.  It’s a bad look.

 A whole 10 days? To ponder a “huge” decision as you put it. So if he announces on August 14th, it’s all good? What difference would that make for the Colts? 

  Plus, there are multiple reports that the team knew this was a possibility for awhile now. So maybe Steve, and others should wait and see before accusing Luck of anything. 

[JARROD]

Andrew Luck owes no one. I don’t and no one here does either.

Fans dump players in a heartbeat. Turn on them from heroes to heels in moments... hate even no matter what they’ve been.

Teams dump players in a heartbeat also... can trade, cut, sit, whatever.

Andrew played pretty good... played out half his new contract,.. 

there are no guarantees on either side.

so there,..

[L-TownCat]

1 hour ago, Toomers said:

 A whole 10 days? To ponder a “huge” decision as you put it. So if he announces on August 14th, it’s all good? What difference would that make for the Colts? 

  Plus, there are multiple reports that the team knew this was a possibility for awhile now. So maybe Steve, and others should wait and see before accusing Luck of anything. 

Not sure you comprehended the sentence, there, bud.  You correctly point out the absurdity of the time frame to fully weigh the enormity of such a decision.  Thats what I was doing.  Welcome to the same side of the argument. (10 days since injury at time of quote)

I see cognitive dissonance is frightening to you but it is possible to hold two opposing ideas in one's head simultaneously without it imploding.

So, as I said, Luck should have given more time and consideration to his decision, while he still holds the final say and everyone can bite his ass.  At least for the mere appearance of giving a wet shart about anyone other than himself, he could have done IR designated to return then when seeming to have exhausted all options, walked away.

Optics could have been better.

[Toomers]

12 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

Not sure you comprehended the sentence, there, bud.  You correctly point out the absurdity of the time frame to fully weigh the enormity of such a decision.  Thats what I was doing.  Welcome to the same side of the argument. (10 days since injury at time of quote)

I see cognitive dissonance is frightening to you but it is possible to hold two opposing ideas in one's head simultaneously without it imploding.

So, as I said, Luck should have given more time and consideration to his decision, while he still holds the final say and everyone can bite his ass.  At least for the mere appearance of giving a wet shart about anyone other than himself, he could have done IR designated to return then when seeming to have exhausted all options, walked away.

Optics could have been better.

   “Steve was right. It’s a bad look” 

   That is not sarcasm or anywhere near my side of the argument. Just as this post devolves into you saying what he should have done instead. And repeating bad Look(optics). 

   

[Panthro]

10 hours ago, Toomers said:

   I can’t wait to be important enough to judge what others do with their bodies and life in general. 

They call those Republicans

[The Huddler]

3 hours ago, tiger7_88 said:

Is your profile pic Roger Waters? 

yes

[Jackofalltrades]

My issue is solely with the timing, he should have made this call during the off-season, IMO. 

[raz]

the timing thing is absolutely a stupid argument.  he hasn't practiced.  its not getting better like everyone thought.  he wasn't going to play. he wasn't gonna play for 6 or more weeks at least - if it ever heals.  they're paying him off so he won't sue them.    they wrecked his career - and he should be worried about them?  that's hilarious.  he's been nothing but a company man while getting shite on.  and is still saying all the right things.  y'all are crazy.   kinda remember our dr's and jeffers

[rodeo]

12 hours ago, NAS said:

But he owes it to his team.

nfl talking heads during lockout: these guys are just employees. employees. they need to do what they're told and treat this like the job it is. be professional.

nfl talking heads when player retires on his own terms: but i thought we were a family. you owe it to your team. this is more than just some job, don't you have emotional investment in your team?

[L-TownCat]

1 hour ago, Toomers said:

   “Steve was right. It’s a bad look” 

   That is not sarcasm or anywhere near my side of the argument. Just as this post devolves into you saying what he should have done instead. And repeating bad Look(optics). 

   

pssst...thats the 2nd idea in the dissonance.

 

[scpanther22]

I honestly can't fathom how anyone could feel its their right to tell another person what to do with their body when it comes how violent this game is.

[Panthro]

1 hour ago, bull123 said:

Free country...if you don’t want to work somewhere, you don’t have to

but if I’m the colts, I wouldn’t have let him keep his bonus

He could have just gone on IR and cost them a few more years. It might be cheaper for the Colts this way.

[tiger7_88]

2 hours ago, The Huddler said:

yes

PF is my favorite band, though I'm a bigger fan of Gilmour than Waters (I tend to favor music over lyrics... not saying at all that Waters wasn't/isn't a great musician himself though).

Wright and Mason were severely underrated... Wright especially so.