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Detroit Lions' Golden Tate rips Jim Schwartz for being carried off field, wanted to throw him to ground
ALLEN PARK -- Most Detroit Lions players say they either didn't see Jim Schwartz being carried off the field, or didn't care. Jason Jones even gave him a high-five.
But privately, some players were irked by the sight of their former coach parading around Ford Field on the shoulders of two Bills linebackers. And Golden Tate just took those sentiments public.
"I thought it was so disrespectful -- so disrespectful," the receiver told 105.1 FM during an interview with the Ryan & Rico show Tuesday afternoon. "I didn't like it at all. If I knew I wasn't gonna get fined, I would have snatched him right down off the shoulders and threw him on the ground, personally. But, you know, obviously, I couldn't do that.
"If that's what they feel like that was the right thing to do, then so be it. But I just thought it was a bit disrespectful to come on someone's home field, because you have a past with them, and kind of do that. So, you know, it is what it is. Hopefully he feels better for doing it."
Schwartz was fired as head coach of the Lions after stumbling to a 7-9 finish last season. He landed on his feet as defensive coordinator of the Bills, and told his new team during OTAs he would like to be carried off the field during his return to Detroit.
He got his wish, after Buffalo eked out a dramatic 17-14 win against the Lions (3-2) on Sunday.
"It's a terrible gesture," said Tate, who joined the Lions after Schwartz was fired. "Just being a spectator, that's not the first time he's done some things like that. And one thing I heard that -- I don't know how true it is -- but I had heard it was planned. 'We'll do this if we win.' That's a total douche move."
"It's something that doesn't go unnoticed. Trust me," Tate added. "We'll cross paths again I'm sure at some point, and we'll make sure we handle our business. We're not going to draw too much attention to it. It's in the past. Good win for them, and hopefully they feel good about the 'Rudy' moment they had."
Lions coach Jim Caldwell had a more restrained take on the matter during his weekly news conference with the media Monday: "If we win the game, I don't think any of that exists -- if we'd played better. It's up to us."
ALLEN PARK -- Most Detroit Lions players say they either didn't see Jim Schwartz being carried off the field, or didn't care. Jason Jones even gave him a high-five.
But privately, some players were irked by the sight of their former coach parading around Ford Field on the shoulders of two Bills linebackers. And Golden Tate just took those sentiments public.
"I thought it was so disrespectful -- so disrespectful," the receiver told 105.1 FM during an interview with the Ryan & Rico show Tuesday afternoon. "I didn't like it at all. If I knew I wasn't gonna get fined, I would have snatched him right down off the shoulders and threw him on the ground, personally. But, you know, obviously, I couldn't do that.
"If that's what they feel like that was the right thing to do, then so be it. But I just thought it was a bit disrespectful to come on someone's home field, because you have a past with them, and kind of do that. So, you know, it is what it is. Hopefully he feels better for doing it."
Schwartz was fired as head coach of the Lions after stumbling to a 7-9 finish last season. He landed on his feet as defensive coordinator of the Bills, and told his new team during OTAs he would like to be carried off the field during his return to Detroit.
He got his wish, after Buffalo eked out a dramatic 17-14 win against the Lions (3-2) on Sunday.
"It's a terrible gesture," said Tate, who joined the Lions after Schwartz was fired. "Just being a spectator, that's not the first time he's done some things like that. And one thing I heard that -- I don't know how true it is -- but I had heard it was planned. 'We'll do this if we win.' That's a total douche move."
"It's something that doesn't go unnoticed. Trust me," Tate added. "We'll cross paths again I'm sure at some point, and we'll make sure we handle our business. We're not going to draw too much attention to it. It's in the past. Good win for them, and hopefully they feel good about the 'Rudy' moment they had."
Lions coach Jim Caldwell had a more restrained take on the matter during his weekly news conference with the media Monday: "If we win the game, I don't think any of that exists -- if we'd played better. It's up to us."
