Lendale White's Act Wearing On HC Fisher (1 Viewer)

[Kevin Ashcraft]

May 29, 2007, 14:30

Titans :: RB

RB L. White's Act Wearing Thin With HC Fisher

Paul Kuharsky, Nashville Tennessean

Titans RB LenDale White angered HC Jeff Fisher today, failing to make it back to Nashville in time for a minicamp practice. White’s been out of action since the team’s first minicamp practice in May, when he tweaked a hamstring. “Everybody else managed to make it back, he didn’t,” Fisher said. “Maybe there are things that are more important to him than things that we are doing. I’ll assume he’ll be back at some point today....I’ve been on record with being disappointed with him. I hope to have him back on the practice field, but again everybody else was here and he wasn’t. I’m anxious to hear what kind of excuse he has.”

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[mtffl2]

i guess he just wasn't meant to be in the nfl... he sure doesn't act like he is motivated to carry the rock!

 

[AnonymousBob]

I don't know if Chris Henry will pan out but I'm beginning to think he's going to be given ample opportunities.

 

[Block]

lendale reminds me of maurice (without the guns)

 

[michaeled]

I don't know how Norm Chow ever let the Titans draft the lazy fat###. All too typical of these prima donna punks coming out of college...coddled all their lives. I'd like to smack his momma

 

[AnonymousBob]

If you think he'll still perform well, post this information to your league and get some tremendous value in the draft.

 

[zamboni]

If you think he'll still perform well, post this information to your league and get some tremendous value in the draft.

I don't know. Fisher doesn't seem to be one to mince words or play games (except for the injury report, of course). Sounds like LenDale has a lot to do to win Fisher over.

 

[Benchwarmers]

Fisher knows he better light a fire under LenDale's ### or the Titan are in trouble this year. I think LenDale shows up in the next day or two and is fine. LenDale wasnt practicing before because of his hamstring right? I dont think he was cleared to practice yet. Fisher is just pissed because he wont have a running game unless LenDale practices.

LenDale will be a good rb #2 this year for cheap.

 

[Block]

Fisher knows he better light a fire under LenDale's ### or the Titan are in trouble this year. I think LenDale shows up in the next day or two and is fine. LenDale wasnt practicing before because of his hamstring right? I dont think he was cleared to practice yet. Fisher is just pissed because he wont have a running game unless LenDale practices. LenDale will be a good rb #2 this year for cheap.

Lendale always has hamstring issues. That's what happens when you don't stretch and eat cheesburgers all ofseason.

 

[Banger]

Buy Henry while he's still cheap.

 

[zamboni]

Fisher knows he better light a fire under LenDale's ### or the Titan are in trouble this year. I think LenDale shows up in the next day or two and is fine. LenDale wasnt practicing before because of his hamstring right? I dont think he was cleared to practice yet. Fisher is just pissed because he wont have a running game unless LenDale practices. LenDale will be a good rb #2 this year for cheap.

I doubt Fisher lighting a fire under White is due to fears about the running game, but rather since he's pissed off at him. There are a lot more issues at hand than just White. They obviously feel good about Henry to have drafted him in the 2nd when they could have paid up a bit more to get Turner.

 

[Warpig]

If you think he'll still perform well, post this information to your league and get some tremendous value in the draft.

Ha, ha... A guy in my 32 team IDP dynasty league inquired about getting Norwood from me. I told him I'd like a package of draft picks in return for Norwood since I have Norwood to a very cheap contract for a couple more years.The guy must not have liked what I suggested so he turns around and trades two top 10 rookie picks for Lendale White!Now that's value! I thought that was pretty GD funny!

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

I still can't belive as of right now the Titans are going to battle with a sucky sophmore (White), an unproven rookie (really unproven as he didin't prove much in college, Henry), an often injured RB who appears to be leaving (Brown).

Wow, the Titans could be in for a long season out of the RB position. Dillion anyone. Heck I heard C. Martin was staying in shape.

Any Young owners worried about this dreadful running situation?

I was hoping B. Jones would materialize into a WR 3 and perhaps even WR 2 this season and don't know what to expect out of this unit.

 

[gregjcross]

And I was laughed at a year ago when metioned that Lendale "Whopper" White would be the next Curtis Enis. I take it back, Enis was a more reliable player!

I still can't belive as of right now the Titans are going to battle with a sucky sophmore (White), an unproven rookie (really unproven as he didin't prove much in college, Henry), an often injured RB who appears to be leaving (Brown).Wow, the Titans could be in for a long season out of the RB position. Dillion anyone. Heck I heard C. Martin was staying in shape. Any Young owners worried about this dreadful running situation?I was hoping B. Jones would materialize into a WR 3 and perhaps even WR 2 this season and don't know what to expect out of this unit.

 

[Block]

And I was laughed at a year ago when metioned that Lendale "Whopper" White would be the next Curtis Enis.

I take it back, Enis was a more reliable player!

This was coming ever since he entered the draft a year ago. He's a bowlegged fatso with no work ethic and a taste for fried foods. Any draft profile without that information was flawed.

 

[AnonymousBob]

Isn't he still projected to be their starter?

 

[CA_7]

Isn't he still projected to be their starter?

Who is doing the projection?Titans running backs coach Sherman Smith called it an open competition and LenDale has nothing to improve his status since then.

"(LenDale) has to work at it,"

"LenDale knows that, and this guy is not going to wait for him. Chris … is coming in here to start. He is not coming to be the backup. And it's LenDale's opportunity to win the job."

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...00/1027/RSS0201TEN coaches have also mentioned RBBC quite often, assuming LenDale gets on the field at some point.

 

[Garts]

I still can't belive as of right now the Titans are going to battle with a sucky sophmore (White), an unproven rookie (really unproven as he didin't prove much in college, Henry), an often injured RB who appears to be leaving (Brown).Wow, the Titans could be in for a long season out of the RB position. Dillion anyone. Heck I heard C. Martin was staying in shape. Any Young owners worried about this dreadful running situation?I was hoping B. Jones would materialize into a WR 3 and perhaps even WR 2 this season and don't know what to expect out of this unit.

why do people continue to spell Dillon "Dillion". It 's not even pronounced "Dill-eon" The guy is a possible HOF runner and his name is been said, read and typed 1000's of times.. It's like Stephen Jackson disease.

 

[CA_7]

Wow, Keith Bullock and his teammates aren't happy with LenDale either....

Several Titans veterans, including veteran linebacker Keith Bulluck, also took issue with White's absence.

“I think in the eyes of all of his teammates he needs to commit himself," Bulluck said. "Everybody on the team likes LenDale as a person but he hasn’t proven anything to anyone as a football player. Potential is one thing, but you have to apply it.

"We understand he is hurt, but I would have liked to miss today. I would like to miss Thursday, but there are certain things that are required of you being in a team sport.

"Him being one of the two people that we are supposed to rely on at the running back position, I don’t think the things that he is doing this offseason is really sitting well with a lot of his teammates.’’

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[Tmactex]

White better get in gear. I don't see Fish as a guy that suffers fools.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

I still can't belive as of right now the Titans are going to battle with a sucky sophmore (White), an unproven rookie (really unproven as he didin't prove much in college, Henry), an often injured RB who appears to be leaving (Brown).Wow, the Titans could be in for a long season out of the RB position. Dillion anyone. Heck I heard C. Martin was staying in shape. Any Young owners worried about this dreadful running situation?I was hoping B. Jones would materialize into a WR 3 and perhaps even WR 2 this season and don't know what to expect out of this unit.

why do people continue to spell Dillon "Dillion". It 's not even pronounced "Dill-eon" The guy is a possible HOF runner and his name is been said, read and typed 1000's of times.. It's like Stephen Jackson disease.

Man don't sweat the small stuff. Having a bad day are we???Thanks for your contribution to the thread. I now know that you feel DillOn is a potential future hall of fame rb and I properly know how to spell his name. Thanks.

 

[ILUVBEER99]

Buy Henry while he's still cheap.

Getting a potential starting RB late in the 1st of rookie drafts is a steal. Low risk/High reward.

 

[joffer]

can't remember a worse cadre of RBs that a team headed into camp with

 

[Block]

Buy Henry while he's still cheap.

Getting a potential starting RB late in the 1st of rookie drafts is a steal. Low risk/High reward.

I don't know about that. The dude did absolutely nothing in college. He looks great in a tank-top, but so did Tony Mandarich.

 

[ILUVBEER99]

Buy Henry while he's still cheap.

Getting a potential starting RB late in the 1st of rookie drafts is a steal. Low risk/High reward.

I don't know about that. The dude did absolutely nothing in college. He looks great in a tank-top, but so did Tony Mandarich.

The bottom line is that the team that drafted Henry likes him, otherwise they wouldn't have used a 2nd round pick on him.Also his only competition for carries at this time is a guy who has shown no motivation to be a starting RB in the NFL.Add those 2 things up and what better prospect are you going to get in the late 1st round of a rookie draft? You definitely won't get a RB with the opportunity of Henry.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

can't remember a worse cadre of RBs that a team headed into camp with

Oh not to fast, the Packers are up there as well. In fact C. Brown looks like a hall of famer in this bunch of RB's as of right now. These are definitely 2 teams with huge question marks at a pretty important position.Depth chart if these teams started playing tomorrow1) Morency 434 career rushing yards2) B. Jacskon rookie 3) Herron 273 career rushing yards4) D. Wynn rookieTitans1) Brown 2295 career rushing yards2) White 244 career rushing yards3) C. Henry rookie

 

[msommer]

[The bottom line is that the team that drafted Henry White likes him, otherwise they wouldn't have used a 2nd round pick on him.

Also his only competition for carries at this time is a guy who has shown no motivation to be a starting RB in the NFL College.

This statement is as true as the original version

 

[msommer]

can't remember a worse cadre of RBs that a team headed into camp with

Oh not to fast, the Packers are up there as well. In fact C. Brown looks like a hall of famer in this bunch of RB's as of right now. These are definitely 2 teams with huge question marks at a pretty important position.Depth chart if these teams started playing tomorrow

1) Morency 434 career rushing yards

2) B. Jacskon rookie

3) Herron 273 career rushing yards

4) D. Wynn rookie

Titans

1) Brown 2295 career rushing yards

1) White 244 career rushing yards

2) C. Henry rookie

3) Quentin Ganther - Unknown

Brown was released a long time ago.

 

[ILUVBEER99]

[The bottom line is that the team that drafted Henry White likes him, otherwise they wouldn't have used a 2nd round pick on him.

Also his only competition for carries at this time is a guy who has shown no motivation to be a starting RB in the NFL College.

This statement is as true as the original version

They did like White, and most likely still do...but he is letting them down every step of the way.The door is open for the starting job in Tennessee, no one has it locked up. White's value is far higher than Henry's at the moment though. He is a much higher risk at the current time while the reward with him isn't much higher than Henry's.

Henry is by far the better value as of now.

 

[BoltBacker]

So the Titans could have traded for M.Turner and by addressing their RB need with the 1st/'08 3rd they could have used their 2nd rounder on Steve Smith and their 3rd rounder on a guy like Daymeion Hughes or Jonathoan Wade?????

Maybe it's 'coz I'm a Charger homer but if you aske me M.Turner/S.Smith/(Daymeion Hughes or Jonathoan Wade) >>>>>> Griffin/Henry/Williams and that's assuming Griffin turns out to be an NFL corner and Henry/Williams weren't reaches.

Anyone else agree?

 

[Block]

This team is just a huge mystery to me. No receivers or runners. We know someone has to run, and someone has to catch, but who?

At this point they might want to plug Kerry Collins in at qb and move Vince to RB/WR hybrid, just to have someone do something.

 

[kensat30]

Maybe Lendale is trying to work the "lazy, need new team to motivate" trade angle ala Mike Williams.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

Maybe Lendale is trying to work the "lazy, need new team to motivate" trade angle ala Mike Williams Randy Moss.

Fixed.Well, I pretty much give up on LenDale. I like to give guys a mulligan. I feel like a lot of negative pub around LenDale last year was overblown and people wanting to dig up every little thing they could on a guy they wanted to fail. His work ethic doesn't seem to have improved. It's one thing to have a ####ty work ethic on a great team. It's another thing to have a ####ty work ethic on a ####ty team. He won't get over 400 yards rushing this year.

 

[BoltBacker]

He won't get over 400 yards rushing this year.

I'm not sure if anyone on that team breaks the 800 yard mark other than Vince Young so 400 yards might make him among the team leaders.

 

[Grid71]

This bored was full of man love for him last season. Are you suggesting the "All Aboard Lendale White Train" has derailed?

 

[identikit]

This bored was full of man love for him last season. Are you suggesting the "All Aboard Lendale White Train" has derailed?

 

[joffer]

This bored was full of man love for him last season. Are you suggesting the "All Aboard Lendale White Train" has derailed?

clickme

 

[Borat]

So the Titans could have traded for M.Turner and by addressing their RB need with the 1st/'08 3rd they could have used their 2nd rounder on Steve Smith and their 3rd rounder on a guy like Daymeion Hughes or Jonathoan Wade?????Maybe it's 'coz I'm a Charger homer but if you aske me M.Turner/S.Smith/(Daymeion Hughes or Jonathoan Wade) >>>>>> Griffin/Henry/Williams and that's assuming Griffin turns out to be an NFL corner and Henry/Williams weren't reaches.Anyone else agree?

No, I don't. Turner would have required a big contract.

 

[Banger]

Buy Henry while he's still cheap.

Getting a potential starting RB late in the 1st of rookie drafts is a steal. Low risk/High reward.

I don't know about that. The dude did absolutely nothing in college. He looks great in a tank-top, but so did Tony Mandarich.

It's likely that Henry will be this years Wally Lundy but he'll have a real opportunity to start and he might not even have to be that good.

 

[KoolKat]

can't remember a worse cadre of RBs that a team headed into camp with

How about the Texans last year, going into camp with Lundy as the starter.

 

[joffer]

can't remember a worse cadre of RBs that a team headed into camp with

How about the Texans last year, going into camp with Lundy as the starter.

Domanick Davis was still going to play at this point last year.

 

[EBF]

Not a good sign. Some people never get it.

Does this mean you should rush out and get Henry? Not exactly. He's the same player he was two months ago. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tennessee draft another back next year if these jokers don't cut the mustard.

 

[duaneok66]

This board was full of man love for him last season. Are you suggesting the "All Aboard Lendale White Train" has derailed?

thank you . . . where are all the people that were touting White as a "steal" in the 2nd???I think its funny . . .

 

[phthalatemagic]

Not a good sign. Some people never get it. Does this mean you should rush out and get Henry? Not exactly. He's the same player he was two months ago. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tennessee draft another back next year if these jokers don't cut the mustard.

Could Mike Turner still go to the Titans?

 

[easy like sunday morning]

Fisher knows he better light a fire under LenDale's ### or the Titan are in trouble this year. I think LenDale shows up in the next day or two and is fine. LenDale wasnt practicing before because of his hamstring right? I dont think he was cleared to practice yet. Fisher is just pissed because he wont have a running game unless LenDale practices. LenDale will be a good rb #2 this year for cheap.

You have to be kidding me????????????? Why is it Fatdale gets a walk from so many people and as long as he shows up he will be a good RB2? What gives you that impression? The fact that he scored a lot of TDs while at USC? He has done nothing in the NFL to prove he is worth anything and yet everyone is willing to walk all over Henry who shows up and works as hard as he can. I am not close to declaring that Henry is going to amount to a whole lot in the NFL. I am getting closer and closer to guaranteeing he is going to be worth a lot more than Fatdale though. All he has to do is show up, be at a reasonable weight, play for a few games without getting hurt, and not be a fat mouth that talks about all of the great things he can do without proving any of it.

 

[duaneok66]

Fisher knows he better light a fire under LenDale's ### or the Titan are in trouble this year. I think LenDale shows up in the next day or two and is fine. LenDale wasnt practicing before because of his hamstring right? I dont think he was cleared to practice yet. Fisher is just pissed because he wont have a running game unless LenDale practices.

LenDale will be a good rb #2 this year for cheap.

You have to be kidding me????????????? Why is it Fatdale gets a walk from so many people and as long as he shows up he will be a good RB2? What gives you that impression? The fact that he scored a lot of TDs while at USC? He has done nothing in the NFL to prove he is worth anything and yet everyone is willing to walk all over Henry who shows up and works as hard as he can. I am not close to declaring that Henry is going to amount to a whole lot in the NFL. I am getting closer and closer to guaranteeing he is going to be worth a lot more than Fatdale though. All he has to do is show up, be at a reasonable weight, play for a few games without getting hurt, and not be a fat mouth that talks about all of the great things he can do without proving any of it.

for the same reason that Vick gets a pass year after year; people want to justify the hype and ASSUME that an overhyped person will perform eventually . . . conversely, if a underhyped player performs unexpectedly well, he still won't get respect for several YEARS because few people expected him to do so, and they are waiting for him to fall off so they can say "I told you so!!!" . . .

 

[SanDawg]

Not a good sign. Some people never get it. Does this mean you should rush out and get Henry? Not exactly. He's the same player he was two months ago. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tennessee draft another back next year if these jokers don't cut the mustard.

Could Mike Turner still go to the Titans?

That's what I am thinking..........

 

[fridayfrenzy]

Fisher knows he better light a fire under LenDale's ### or the Titan are in trouble this year. I think LenDale shows up in the next day or two and is fine. LenDale wasnt practicing before because of his hamstring right? I dont think he was cleared to practice yet. Fisher is just pissed because he wont have a running game unless LenDale practices.

LenDale will be a good rb #2 this year for cheap.

You have to be kidding me????????????? Why is it Fatdale gets a walk from so many people and as long as he shows up he will be a good RB2? What gives you that impression? The fact that he scored a lot of TDs while at USC? He has done nothing in the NFL to prove he is worth anything and yet everyone is willing to walk all over Henry who shows up and works as hard as he can. I am not close to declaring that Henry is going to amount to a whole lot in the NFL. I am getting closer and closer to guaranteeing he is going to be worth a lot more than Fatdale though. All he has to do is show up, be at a reasonable weight, play for a few games without getting hurt, and not be a fat mouth that talks about all of the great things he can do without proving any of it.

for the same reason that Vick gets a pass year after year; people want to justify the hype and ASSUME that an overhyped person will perform eventually . . . conversely, if a underhyped player performs unexpectedly well, he still won't get respect for several YEARS because few people expected him to do so, and they are waiting for him to fall off so they can say "I told you so!!!" . . .

Not to Hijack, but you must not be aware what Vick brings to the table as the multi-dimensional player in terms of having the defenses having to key on Vick, keeping spies on Vick, and having to change major defensive game plans because Vick is on the opposition. Vick is not really over-hyped, he is a special talent.

 

[Rev]

I own LenDale, but I still passed on Henry TODAY to pick up Irons. Tennessee looks to be such a poor team that no running back will look good this year, especially a raw kid like Henry. The Titans are in the running for next year's #1 where they'll take the best RB of the class, IMO.

 

[Rockton]

I think this is just a ploy by Fisher to motivate Tatum Bell.