*OFFICIAL* Hall of Fame Induction Speeches Thread! (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

My money says that tomorrow, Irvin gives one of the best and most memorable induction speeches ever!

Say what you will about him, but the man has a gift for storytelling.

Go get 'em, Playmaker.

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Is Tom Jackson introducing him?

I just want to see what Irvin wears to go with the yellow blazer.

 

[Angus82]

My money says that tomorrow, he gives one of the best and most memorable induction speeches ever!Say what you will about him, but the man has a gift for storytelling. Go get 'em, Playmaker.

I have never been a Michael Irvin fan, but I do agree with you. Someone who has worked so hard to be successful and also worked so hard to destroy it are the ones who really appreciates these honors. I do not condone Mike's behavior but I really think that he understands what it is that he almost threw away. Is he clean? We will never know. Is he a champion? Of course. I say this most grudgingly. I am a Bills fan.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

Irvin is the man.

 

[LHUCKS]

 

[dal_boys_phan]

Is Tom Jackson introducing him? I just want to see what Irvin wears to go with the yellow blazer.

An article in SI about two weeks ago said that Jerry Jones will be introducing Irvin.Jerry was quoted in the article saying that he was honored to be asked by Irvin and it would be one of the most memorable events in his life.

 

[cantrell]

I'm looking forward to both Thurman and Michael inductions. Should be good stuff.

 

[Ozymandias]

I think he's put it behind him. He's no Pete Rose, that POS.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Should be great, I wonder if he will use his push off on his presenter

 

[Raider Nation]

Should be great, I wonder if he will use his push off on his presenter

INCIDENTAL CONTACT! :(

 

[Billy1x]

Wherli was a true shut down corner. Its amazing he got 40 interceptions because nobody threw to his side of the field. When Staubach was in his prime he thought Wherli was getting old and tried to burn him. He threw 3 passes (total) in Wherli's area and all three were intercepted. It was fun to watch.

 

[Billy1x]

I think he's put it behind him. He's no Pete Rose, that POS.

Don't forget the drug pipe they found in his car. The writers are picking Glitzy-Splash type players instead of historical quality high performance players. They should have waited 10-15 years before even considering Irvin. There is no reason to pick a questionable player like Irvin this early in the evaluation process.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

I think he's put it behind him. He's no Pete Rose, that POS.

Don't forget the drug pipe they found in his car. The writers are picking Glitzy-Splash type players instead of historical quality high performance players. They should have waited 10-15 years before even considering Irvin. There is no reason to pick a questionable player like Irvin this early in the evaluation process.

Look at Monk vs Irvin:Monk: 940 receptions (6th all time) - 12,721 yards (11th all time) - 68 tds (30th all time)Irvin: 750 receptions (20th all time) - 11,904 yards (14th all time) - 65 tds (37th all time)

 

[Billy1x]

I think he's put it behind him. He's no Pete Rose, that POS.

Don't forget the drug pipe they found in his car. The writers are picking Glitzy-Splash type players instead of historical quality high performance players. They should have waited 10-15 years before even considering Irvin. There is no reason to pick a questionable player like Irvin this early in the evaluation process.

Look at Monk vs Irvin:Monk: 940 receptions (6th all time) - 12,721 yards (11th all time) - 68 tds (30th all time)Irvin: 750 receptions (20th all time) - 11,904 yards (14th all time) - 65 tds (37th all time)

I think Monk is more deserving at least from a WR standpoint and there are a lot of deserving players that aren't in the news anymore. Maybe they should change the rule from 5 year to 20 years. Thats would help eliminate the Glitz-Splash part of the selection.

 

[Raider Nation]

I think he's put it behind him. He's no Pete Rose, that POS.

Don't forget the drug pipe they found in his car. The writers are picking Glitzy-Splash type players instead of historical quality high performance players. They should have waited 10-15 years before even considering Irvin. There is no reason to pick a questionable player like Irvin this early in the evaluation process.

Look at Monk vs Irvin:Monk: 940 receptions (6th all time) - 12,721 yards (11th all time) - 68 tds (30th all time)

Irvin: 750 receptions (20th all time) - 11,904 yards (14th all time) - 65 tds (37th all time)

I think Monk is more deserving at least from a WR standpoint and there are a lot of deserving players that aren't in the news anymore. Maybe they should change the rule from 5 year to 20 years. Thats would help eliminate the Glitz-Splash part of the selection.

Seriously? That would cut the induction speeches down quite a bit. Walter Payton would not have been at his own ceremony. Same for Mike Webster.

Reggie White didn't make it as it is.

 

[Bwarules]

I think he's put it behind him. He's no Pete Rose, that POS.

Don't forget the drug pipe they found in his car. The writers are picking Glitzy-Splash type players instead of historical quality high performance players. They should have waited 10-15 years before even considering Irvin. There is no reason to pick a questionable player like Irvin this early in the evaluation process.

Look at Monk vs Irvin:Monk: 940 receptions (6th all time) - 12,721 yards (11th all time) - 68 tds (30th all time)Irvin: 750 receptions (20th all time) - 11,904 yards (14th all time) - 65 tds (37th all time)

I think Monk is more deserving at least from a WR standpoint and there are a lot of deserving players that aren't in the news anymore. Maybe they should change the rule from 5 year to 20 years. Thats would help eliminate the Glitz-Splash part of the selection.

I agree Monk should be in, however you can't really compare their stats. Irvin played 12 seasons while Monk played 16. Clearly, if Irvin hadn't had his career shortened with the injury, the stats would be pretty lop-sided. Does that mean Monk doesn't deserve it? Nope, he played in a different time and was the leading career receptions leader when he retired among his other accomplishments. In any case, anyone who thinks that what Michael Irvin brought to the table was about his stats never really watched Michael Irvin play.

 

[LHUCKS]

Irvin > Monk

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

I think he's put it behind him. He's no Pete Rose, that POS.

Don't forget the drug pipe they found in his car. The writers are picking Glitzy-Splash type players instead of historical quality high performance players. They should have waited 10-15 years before even considering Irvin. There is no reason to pick a questionable player like Irvin this early in the evaluation process.

Look at Monk vs Irvin:Monk: 940 receptions (6th all time) - 12,721 yards (11th all time) - 68 tds (30th all time)

Irvin: 750 receptions (20th all time) - 11,904 yards (14th all time) - 65 tds (37th all time)

I think Monk is more deserving at least from a WR standpoint and there are a lot of deserving players that aren't in the news anymore. Maybe they should change the rule from 5 year to 20 years. Thats would help eliminate the Glitz-Splash part of the selection.

I agree Monk should be in, however you can't really compare their stats. Irvin played 12 seasons while Monk played 16. Clearly, if Irvin hadn't had his career shortened with the injury, the stats would be pretty lop-sided.

I always love when people talk about Monk and use this sort of logic. Fact is Irvin got hurt, he didnt have the longevity that Monk did (which says a lot about the player Monk is) and he didnt put the numbers up that Monk did. So in our minds we penalize guys for being in the NFL too long and we also penalize them for not being in long enough, thats pretty odd if you ask me.

 

[RudeDog]

Irvin > Monk

Better would be:Irvin <> Monk

 

[Block]

Irvin > Monk

no

 

[nygiants56]

Is Tom Jackson introducing him? I just want to see what Irvin wears to go with the yellow blazer.

I can't wait to see if he's high on coke..sniffling, jittery, cotton-mouthed, wide-eyed, rubbing his nose between sentences..as for the speech, it doesn't matter, its not like we can understand what he's saying in the first place..

 

[Gottabesweet]

Andre Reed > Monk > Irvin

 

[Billy1x]

Wherli is the first corner selected in since 1996 per Sirius.

 

[Billy1x]

Wow. Both ESPN and NFL are blowing off the previous player introductions. They are doing it on Sirius radio though.

 

[Gottabesweet]

I'm happy ESPN is airing this but mad NFL Network has the game tomorrow right?

 

[Raider Nation]

Is Tom Jackson introducing him? I just want to see what Irvin wears to go with the yellow blazer.

I can't wait to see if he's high on coke..sniffling, jittery, cotton-mouthed, wide-eyed, rubbing his nose between sentences..as for the speech, it doesn't matter, its not like we can understand what he's saying in the first place..

You honestly can't understand what Irvin says?I understand every last word. It's not like he's Leon Spinks.

 

[Gottabesweet]

Emmitt's tongue is blue - or maybe my tv coloring is off

 

[Gottabesweet]

Is Tom Jackson introducing him? I just want to see what Irvin wears to go with the yellow blazer.

I can't wait to see if he's high on coke..sniffling, jittery, cotton-mouthed, wide-eyed, rubbing his nose between sentences..as for the speech, it doesn't matter, its not like we can understand what he's saying in the first place..

You honestly can't understand what Irvin says?I understand every last word. It's not like he's Leon Spinks.

When he gets excited and rambles on about nothing that makes sense like Bentley car's and poor analogys I can't understand a word.

 

[hammerva]

You know I thought I would watch the NFL Network version so I can avoid Chris Berman like the plague. Nope still can hear tons of him. Plus I get Deion Sanders as well.

 

[flapgreen]

That was awesome.

 

[jurb26]

That was awesome.

 

[doughboydeluxe]

That was awesome.

Charlie Sanders reminds me of Morgan Freeman.

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

Why does Irvin go last when Thurman is the 2nd ballot guy (should have been a 1st.) This was Irvins 3rd year of elligibility, no?

Thurman >>> Irvin

Perhaps it's just a random draw, or something...

 

[doughboydeluxe]

This letter was in the DMN Cowboys Blog this morning:

I grew up here in 49er/Raider country, and like most people who live here, I grew up disliking the Dallas Cowboys and was definitely not a fan of Michael Irvin. That continued until I was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1995. Having moved back to the Bay Area, people now often ask me what it was like playing with Michael Irvin, and here is basically how I feel about it:

Michael Irvin was the best teammate you would ever want to have. He was the hardest working guy I ever played with. Whether it was a morning practice in training camp or a Wednesday in October, he practiced like it was a Sunday every time and elevated the game of everyone around him, and during the off-season, nobody worked harder. He was great with young guys, and he was a tremendous locker room guy.

When I was a rookie at the 1995 Super Bowl in Tempe, I flew a kid from Seattle to the game who had cancer. His name was Colt, and he was such a big Cowboy fan that prior to losing his hair to chemotherapy, he dyed his hair Cowboy blue. After we won the game, we went to the after party along with my family, and my Dad went around asking players to swing by and say hi to him because he only had one leg and was not very mobile. Michael had just arrived to the party and had not even said hello to anyone, and my Dad introduced himself to him and asked if he could swing by and say hello to the kid at some point. Michael said, "You're Eric's Dad? Well Eric is a part of my family and that makes you part of my family, so anything you need, I'm there." He proceeded to visit with the kid and sign his book and take about 50 pictures with everyone in my family along with Colt and his Mom. He spent about 20 minutes with him before going out to visit with the other thousand people who were waiting to congratulate him. That kid has since passed away, but I'm sure the visit with Michael was the highlight of the whole Super Bowl trip for him.

Some of Michael's off the field activities cause people to be surprised by some of this, but I've never met anyone who enjoyed football more than him, especially game day, and he was by far the best teammate I have ever had, in any sport, at any level. I'm looking forward to seeing his well deserved induction into the Hall of Fame this weekend.

Eric Bjornson

 

[doughboydeluxe]

Why does Irvin go last when Thurman is the 2nd ballot guy (should have been a 1st.) This was Irvins 3rd year of elligibility, no?Thurman >>> Irvin

They don't use the number of ballots as the criteria for that. I don't know what they use, but it's not that. Bruce Matthews was a first ballot HOFer.

 

[DLeo]

all I can say is

HI MOM

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

Bruce Matthews was a first ballot HOFer.

I was kind of thinking that might be the case, but it seemed like he played SO long ago, I guess due to the incredibly long career. I was too lazy to look it up.

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

all I can saY is

HI MOM

all I can saY is

HI MOMHI MOM

Third time's a charm?

 

[DLeo]

all I can saY is

HI MOM

all I can saY is

HI MOMHI MOM

Third time's a charm?

could not get the size right..still not sure..oh well sorry dude

 

[jurb26]

That was awesome.

Charlie Sanders reminds me of Morgan Freeman.

My GF said the same thing. We just watched Lean on Me earlier today.

 

[DLeo]

Jerry Jones sleeping in the background during Wherlis presentation specch...to funny

 

[doughboydeluxe]

Jerry Jones sleeping in the background during Wherlis presentation specch...to funny

Marv Levy looked like he was about to fall over, too.

 

[LHUCKS]

Did Thurman adopt a white girl?

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

If by "adopt", you mean "marry", then yes.

 

[LHUCKS]

If by "adopt", you mean "marry", then yes.

Oh...is that his second wife?

 

[Truman]

I think he's put it behind him. He's no Pete Rose, that POS.

Don't forget the drug pipe they found in his car. The writers are picking Glitzy-Splash type players instead of historical quality high performance players. They should have waited 10-15 years before even considering Irvin. There is no reason to pick a questionable player like Irvin this early in the evaluation process.

Look at Monk vs Irvin:Monk: 940 receptions (6th all time) - 12,721 yards (11th all time) - 68 tds (30th all time)

Irvin: 750 receptions (20th all time) - 11,904 yards (14th all time) - 65 tds (37th all time)

I think Monk is more deserving at least from a WR standpoint and there are a lot of deserving players that aren't in the news anymore. Maybe they should change the rule from 5 year to 20 years. Thats would help eliminate the Glitz-Splash part of the selection.

I agree Monk should be in, however you can't really compare their stats. Irvin played 12 seasons while Monk played 16. Clearly, if Irvin hadn't had his career shortened with the injury, the stats would be pretty lop-sided.

I always love when people talk about Monk and use this sort of logic. Fact is Irvin got hurt, he didnt have the longevity that Monk did (which says a lot about the player Monk is) and he didnt put the numbers up that Monk did. So in our minds we penalize guys for being in the NFL too long and we also penalize them for not being in long enough, thats pretty odd if you ask me.

I don't think Monk is being penalised for being in the league too long so much as for not being good enough when he did play.

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

If by "adopt", you mean "marry", then yes.

Oh...is that his second wife?

2nd? No, I don't think so. I think he was married to her back when he played.

 

[LHUCKS]

If by "adopt", you mean "marry", then yes.

Oh...is that his second wife?

2nd? No, I don't think so. I think he was married to her back when he played.

She looked too young from afar, but a close up showed she wasn't as young as she appeared.

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

If by "adopt", you mean "marry", then yes.

Oh...is that his second wife?

2nd? No, I don't think so. I think he was married to her back when he played.

She looked too young from afar, but a close up showed she wasn't as young as she appeared.

I guess she's going to be his 2nd, too, now...

 

[flapgreen]

I'll bet Thurman's wife was a knockout back in the day. If she's over 40 now, that's damn impressive.