Fabbs
07-01-2012, 03:51 PM
Where is that pic of him pouting on the bench while PRivers was going on two torn ACLs in almost beating the Pattycakes in the AFC Championship.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/26/lt-would-choose-canton-over-super-bowl/
LaDainian Tomlinson chased but never captured a Super Bowl ring in 11 NFL seasons.
On Tuesday, he seemed content with it.
The newly retired Chargers running back was asked on NBC Sports Talk if he'd rather be a Hall of Fame player without a Super Bowl ring or a Super Bowl champion without a place in Canton, Ohio.
Tomlinson, who stepped away from the game for good this month, took a second before answering "a Hall of Fame player without a ring."
"I feel like you’ve got to sacrifice so much individually just to be good,” Tomlinson said. “Now, they draft you individually, and you’ve got to back them up and make them right. I think at the end of the day, even though I didn’t win a Super Bowl ring, I felt like I backed them up for drafting me. I backed the San Diego Chargers up for picking me with the fifth pick (in 2001).”
He'll get his preference.
The 33-year-old will become Hall of Fame eligible in 2017.
Answering another hypothetical, Tomlinson said former Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer would be, "without a question," his choice in Hall of Fame presenter if the ceremony was today.
"Because he put the ball in my belly," Tomlinson said. "He believed in me enough, he believed in my skills, believed that I could help the team win. I think, of anybody in my professional career, he gave me the most encouragement and just positive feedback every single time."
Schottenheimer coached Tomlinson during the bulk of his prime from 2002 to 2006.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/26/lt-would-choose-canton-over-super-bowl/
LaDainian Tomlinson chased but never captured a Super Bowl ring in 11 NFL seasons.
On Tuesday, he seemed content with it.
The newly retired Chargers running back was asked on NBC Sports Talk if he'd rather be a Hall of Fame player without a Super Bowl ring or a Super Bowl champion without a place in Canton, Ohio.
Tomlinson, who stepped away from the game for good this month, took a second before answering "a Hall of Fame player without a ring."
"I feel like you’ve got to sacrifice so much individually just to be good,” Tomlinson said. “Now, they draft you individually, and you’ve got to back them up and make them right. I think at the end of the day, even though I didn’t win a Super Bowl ring, I felt like I backed them up for drafting me. I backed the San Diego Chargers up for picking me with the fifth pick (in 2001).”
He'll get his preference.
The 33-year-old will become Hall of Fame eligible in 2017.
Answering another hypothetical, Tomlinson said former Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer would be, "without a question," his choice in Hall of Fame presenter if the ceremony was today.
"Because he put the ball in my belly," Tomlinson said. "He believed in me enough, he believed in my skills, believed that I could help the team win. I think, of anybody in my professional career, he gave me the most encouragement and just positive feedback every single time."
Schottenheimer coached Tomlinson during the bulk of his prime from 2002 to 2006.