DEZ BRYANT REFUSES TO CARRY ROY WILLIAMS’ SHOULDER PADS I’m actually going to defend both sides of this situation. I’m not a fan of any kind of ridiculous rookie hazing…but I respect tradition.
Dez Bryant, you’re acting like Roy Williams was directing this at you. Guess what? You’re not that special. He would’ve done this to anyone inside that helmet you’re wearing. Everyone in your sport has to go through it whether you like it or not. During preseason of my freshman year of college, after every session (4 of them a day), I was responsible for gathering all the soccer balls everyday during preseason (for 2 weeks). At the end of every session, every senior would pick up a ball and punt it at least 50 yards in every opposite direction…I spent half of my break time looking for them. Not fun. And if I recall, my signing bonus wasn’t exactly close to yours. If I exclaimed out loud, “Guys! I came here to play soccer, not to get balls,” I would’ve been made fun of for A) bitching about it and B) for the way I just phrased that. My point…suck it up and carry his shoulder pads back to the locker room. Don’t try and be a trend setter. In this day and age, you’re not gunna be a trailblazer…although you’re acting like an athlete that could play for the Trail Blazers.
Roy Williams…really? You’re hazing people? If I was Dez Bryant I would’ve pulled out your stat sheet from your time with the Cowboys, handed it to you and said,”…Where’s Jason Witten? I’ll be glad to carry his shoulder pads.”
If you're gunna haze rookies, don't do it in a way that creates tension within a team, do it in a way that insinuates team camaraderie.
Dez Bryant, you’re acting like Roy Williams was directing this at you. Guess what? You’re not that special. He would’ve done this to anyone inside that helmet you’re wearing. Everyone in your sport has to go through it whether you like it or not. During preseason of my freshman year of college, after every session (4 of them a day), I was responsible for gathering all the soccer balls everyday during preseason (for 2 weeks). At the end of every session, every senior would pick up a ball and punt it at least 50 yards in every opposite direction…I spent half of my break time looking for them. Not fun. And if I recall, my signing bonus wasn’t exactly close to yours. If I exclaimed out loud, “Guys! I came here to play soccer, not to get balls,” I would’ve been made fun of for A) bitching about it and B) for the way I just phrased that. My point…suck it up and carry his shoulder pads back to the locker room. Don’t try and be a trend setter. In this day and age, you’re not gunna be a trailblazer…although you’re acting like an athlete that could play for the Trail Blazers.
Roy Williams…really? You’re hazing people? If I was Dez Bryant I would’ve pulled out your stat sheet from your time with the Cowboys, handed it to you and said,”…Where’s Jason Witten? I’ll be glad to carry his shoulder pads.”
If you're gunna haze rookies, don't do it in a way that creates tension within a team, do it in a way that insinuates team camaraderie.
You have to capitalize on these chances to write about wide receivers acting like prima donnas cause it almost never happens in the NFL.
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