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Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« on: August 15, 2019, 04:34:32 pm »
Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick

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It’s created an opening for Cardinals team president Michael Bidwill and general manager Steve Keim to please the president and all of his supporters (even if there aren’t that many; after all, Trump did lose the popular election by nearly 3 million votes.)

They can also please Kaepernick and his supporters.

They can also do the right thing by football fans.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2019/08/15/nfl-colin-kaepernick-arizona-cardinals-donald-trump/2018459001/

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Putting aside the swipe at Trump and his supporters, does this "sportswriter" really think Kaepernick should be hired just to please certain individuals or groups?

What about whether Kaepernick has the skill and qualifications for the job?   *****rollingeyes*****   22222frying pan
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2019, 08:11:59 pm »
His officially a "has been," so the Cards would be the perfect home for him.
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2019, 08:26:13 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on August 15, 2019, 08:11:59 pm
His officially a "has been," so the Cards would be the perfect home for him.

Has Been?  More like, Never Was.
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2019, 08:34:30 pm »
Is there one sportswriter/scribbler under the age of sixty who is not a SJW? Is that why they took up sports writing...to make political opinions? Apparently so.
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2019, 08:40:07 pm »
Quote from: goatprairie on August 15, 2019, 08:34:30 pm
Is there one sportswriter/scribbler under the age of sixty who is not a SJW? Is that why they took up sports writing...to make political opinions? Apparently so.

Age has no bearing.  Look at Costas, and his ilk of over 60 sports "reporters".  Liberal trash
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2019, 08:53:47 pm »
Quote from: The Ghost on August 15, 2019, 08:26:13 pm
Has Been?  More like, Never Was.

Whatevs.  He's still a perfect roster candidate for the Cards.  Bidwell has a knack for this sort of thang.
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2019, 08:55:31 pm »
Quote from: goatprairie on August 15, 2019, 08:34:30 pm
Is there one sportswriter/scribbler under the age of sixty who is not a SJW? Is that why they took up sports writing...to make political opinions? Apparently so.

Seems to me pro sports have become all about "social justice" too, so why not the sports news people? 

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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2019, 03:10:40 am »
Quote from: The Ghost on August 15, 2019, 08:40:07 pm
Age has no bearing.  Look at Costas, and his ilk of over 60 sports "reporters".  Liberal trash
I stand corrected.   :thud:
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2019, 01:09:23 pm »
Kaep has not played for several years. His final season with the 9ers was so bad a losing season he was benched from starting for part of it. Kaep's second-to-last season was a losing season. Kaep's third-to-last season was .500.

Ignoring politics on both sides of the issue, ignoring locker room effects, what rational team would be eager to hire that?
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2019, 01:13:19 pm »
The Eagles have lost two backup quarterbacks in two weeks.  Expect to hear this talk around Philly this week too. 
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2019, 01:39:06 pm »
Quote from: PeteS in CA on August 16, 2019, 01:09:23 pm
Kaep has not played for several years. His final season with the 9ers was so bad a losing season he was benched from starting for part of it. Kaep's second-to-last season was a losing season. Kaep's third-to-last season was .500.

Ignoring politics on both sides of the issue, ignoring locker room effects, what rational team would be eager to hire that?
Who wouldn't want a mediocre player/troublemaker on their team?  :shrug:
It would be interesting to see how he would go over in Arizona. Lots of right wing people in Arizona. I would think there'd be a lot of them in the stands when Krappernick played and not too happy about it.
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2019, 01:47:39 pm »
Quote from: PeteS in CA on August 16, 2019, 01:09:23 pm
His final season with the 9ers was so bad a losing season he was benched from starting for part of it. Kaep's second-to-last season was a losing season. Kaep's third-to-last season was .500.

Yet the 49ers still offered Kaep a new contract (which he turned down).  Besides, why would he play football when Nike is perfectly willing to pay him big bucks to be an anti-American instead?
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2019, 02:22:40 pm »
I saw an interview with Kaepernick's former quarterback coach where he said Kaepernick wouldn't  learn the team's methods.  He would say, that's not the way we did at X (the university he graduated from).  Well, fella, you're in the pros now and each team has its own way of doing things.  If you can't adapt -- there's the door.    Or at least it should be. There was no discrimination against Kaepernick.  He was just a lousy QB. 
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2019, 02:27:09 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on August 16, 2019, 01:47:39 pm
Besides, why would he play football when Nike is perfectly willing to pay him big bucks to be an anti-American instead?

QFT. 
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2019, 03:31:36 pm »
Why is he who shall not be named not already a mere footnote in history?
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2019, 03:43:42 pm »
Kaepernick was benched for Blaine Gabbert. "Nuff said.  :silly:

(Full disclosure - I am a Jags fan, so I know how much Gabbert sucks)
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2019, 04:19:57 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on August 16, 2019, 02:22:40 pm
I saw an interview with Kaepernick's former quarterback coach where he said Kaepernick wouldn't  learn the team's methods.  He would say, that's not the way we did at X (the university he graduated from).  Well, fella, you're in the pros now and each team has its own way of doing things.  If you can't adapt -- there's the door.    Or at least it should be. There was no discrimination against Kaepernick.  He was just a lousy QB.

Credit where credit is due, Kaep came off the bench very early in the season to replace the injured Alex Smith (who went to the KC Chiefs and did rather well for several years). That season the 9ers played in the Superbowl, though they lost. The following season Kaep was starter and the 9ers went to the playoffs, but not the Superbowl. It was Kaep's third season as starter that was the .500 season I mentioned above, and it went downhill from there.

I think it a reasonable inference that other teams were figuring out Kaep's strengths and vulnerabilities at the same time Kaep was refusing to learn and grow professionally.
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Re: Opinion: Arizona Cardinals should sign Colin Kaepernick
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2019, 04:20:18 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on August 16, 2019, 03:31:36 pm
Why is he who shall not be named not already a mere footnote in history?

'cuz he's an SJW darling and the media hangs on him like stink on  888mouth
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