Haha, don't let this Internet tough guys fool you. Guys who claim to be "swing first" are the same guys getting checked everyday.
that isn't always the case.
regarding the incognito martin situation. if this was a regular 9 to 5 job or a job in the corporate world where something such as fighting would mean losing your job then yeah in that case its best to go to your superiors and human resources to get the problem fixed. having that swing first mentality is toxic in that atmosphere.
a professional sports locker room is different though. teammates fight during training camp and scrimages. not everyone is buddy buddy because they play on the same team. players get into it over stuff all the time. most of the time its kept in house though and the saying that players police themselves tends to apply.
regarding the martin/incognito situation. the texts and voicemail is excessive and in this day in age i could understand martin going to the authorities or higher ups in the nfl seeing how dude on the chiefs shot himself and his wife last year and of course the hernandez situation.
the other stuff though. its somewhere where the line is drawn. willingly dropping 15k on a trip you had no intent to go on. i don't care how passive you may be. willingly giving up 15k is doing to much. how hard is it to simply just say no?
the lack of leadership in this dolphins locker room is surprising though. i couldn't see this happening in a well coached teams locker or a team that has veteran leadership. a team like the jets got labeled a circus for the better part of the past 2 years. this dyfunctional foolishness in miami is way more of a circus to me.
luckily for martin he seems like a dude who will be fine after football though. college educated with a degree from a top school plus harvard grad parents. he has a future outside of football and that's good because i doubt he'll have to long of a career. even if when all the details come out, they show he wasn't exaggerating things, he'll still be seen as a whistleblower who let things get leaked out the locker room and i doubt many teams will want that. alot of coaches will view it as trouble and opposing teams players will have a field day with it.
i want everything to come out though because aside from the text and voicemail, its alot of speculation.
if martin did go to the coaches about this during the offseason though, then they should go down with incognito if they were aware about what was happening like some reports have said.
the fact that alot of incognitos teammates and other players have came to his defense, knowing the potential negative backlash they'll receive is telling though.
reggiekiller
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