Tillman will be forgotten, he's just a cap number

[legendxofxlink]

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4693110/tillman-on-chi-return-this-is-a-business

From his own words, which I do not believe. Tillman is, and will ALWAYS be one of the great Chicago Bears. But Emery is a good business man for the future, and I think Tillman knows that. He still sounds bitter, though, that he didn't get a multi year contract from Lovie.

“At the end of the day this is a business,” Tillman said. “Despite all that I’ve done for Chicago, none of that matters, that doesn’t mean a thing. I’m just a [salary] cap number. I realize that. They realize that. It’s the game. It’s the world we live in. I’m very well aware of that. At the end of the day it was business. At the end of the day it’s always business. If I get hurt, if I go down, the show goes on. I’m replaced. When I retire, it’ll be somebody else and I’ll be long gone and forgotten. That’s just how this business and this league operates.

"So it was just all business at the end of the day. I didn’t take it personally. They didn’t take it personally. They were just trying to get the best guy at the cheapest amount. That’s just kind of how this business roles.”

 

[james sanders]

He's more than a cap number to me

 

[KittiesKorner]

he'll be a fan favorite for a long time but he's right. It is a business and there is no reason for the players or FO to be sentimental about it

 

[james sanders]

^^^Holy shit that looks gayer than hell. I meant a smily face

 

[KittiesKorner]

yes, john boehner does look gayer than hell

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

When players say they did't take it personally... it means they took it personally.

 

[KittiesKorner]

players make a shit-ton. they aren't just being mistreated by big bad owners

 

[ijustposthere]

He should talk to Forte about how to handle being disrespected.

 

[legendxofxlink]

players make a shit-ton. they aren't just being mistreated by big bad owners

You're right, it's a business. Not an affair. Tillmans job is to play a game very good. Emery's job is to bring together a group of 50 young workers, better than 31 other groups of 50 young workers, all while trying to secure a young nucleus for a future team...

Tillmans job is easy, and he's made more than Emery, who almost doubles his age. Also Tillman is the legend here, Emery will be forgotten in 20 years. I'm not sure why he keeps bringing it up.

 

[KittiesKorner]

You're right, it's a business. Not an affair. Tillmans job is to play a game very good. Emery's job is to bring together a group of 50 young workers, better than 31 other groups of 50 young workers, all while trying to secure a young nucleus for a future team...

Tillmans job is easy, and he's made more than Emery, who almost doubles his age. Also Tillman is the legend here, Emery will be forgotten in 20 years. I'm not sure why he keeps bringing it up.

And that's one of the things I love about tillman: he appreciates his status among fans but doesn't turn the business side of it into some kind of rainbow-farting unicorn good vs evil story

 

[HeHateMe]

Cash rules everything around me.

 

[number51]

From the movie "North Dallas Forty":
"Every time I call it a game, you call it a business, and every time I call it a business, you call it a game"

I've seen guys retire from horrible jobs that were more pissed about being forced out than most football players. Nobody likes being shown the door.

 

[Bear Pride]

1st day of camp and these are the articles the media writes?

 

[kemuon]

Cash rules everything around me.

Who told you that?

 

[Bearsweatherman]

It is a business but for everything he's done in and for Chicago, fans won't forget him. He has been a class act throughout his career and hopefully someone like Fuller can follow in his footsteps. He will always be a Bear and I'm thrilled that he will get a chance to potentially end his career as a lifelong Bear.

 

[Aquineas]

From the movie "North Dallas Forty":
"Every time I call it a game, you call it a business, and every time I call it a business, you call it a game"

I've seen guys retire from horrible jobs that were more pissed about being forced out than most football players. Nobody likes being shown the door.

Stupid forum software keeps automatically converting my link into an embedded video; losing the time offset. Start watching at 52s for the quote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6mpHW3SMcc&t=0m52s

 

[gilder121]

The players that transcend numbers for me (my bears watching dates to 2000): Tillman, Mike Brown, Hester, Olin, Urlacher (like most, his attitude lost him a lot of points in my book at the end, but I respect his play). In that order.

 

[WCL]

Who told you that?

Method Man, Raekwon and Inspectah Deck

 

[Bearly]

players make a shit-ton. they aren't just being mistreated by big bad owners

Works both ways as well. Both Urlacher and Tillman were PAID before they were dissed. Tillman made $8m last year and the poor guy is 'only' making $3m this. Players only give home town discounts because they personally desire the stability of home and team. I guess that's sentimental but it's also in their best interests. When you get to test the market and the home town still gives you the best deal, that's as sentimental as it gets.

Seems Emery has a very good sense of value. I did question the amount he paid Forte but only because he's a RB. Seems they were all over valued at the time and we had to keep him.

 

[Monk]

I think the Bears organization has shown in recent years that the players are more than just cap numbers. See, Chris Harris, Johnny Knox, Anthony Adams, and probably others we don't know about. I think it's unfair for Peanut to paint them in that light. Just my opinion.