Redskins Exploiting Sean's Death?

Here's his contact info for anyone who wants to tell him how you feel...

John McGrath: 253-597-8742, ext. 6154

john.mcgrath@thenewstribune.com

My pleasure!!!

I don't know, I guess I wouldn't let it bother me too much. But, in reality, I didn't even read the News Tribune article.

Come on, I find that hard to believe. What if it was someone that you respected as a person? What if it wasn't a football player? They die and then someone comes along and basically says, "They're dead. Get over it."

You can't say you wouldn't choke the life out of them? At least I would. It's just a thing of being respectful.

I just got finished taking a class on death and dying and the worse thing a person can do is tell someone to just get over it. Mourning is an ongoing process and its not a thing that it's just one day you wake up and it's all okay again. If this is what the Redskins organization has to do to grieve as a team then that's their way and no one has the right to tell them whether it's right or wrong. In fact I think it's probably more healthy that they all honor his memory in this way rather than facing it alone and then having to stuff it all down and pack it away when they're together as a team to "focus". Instead they use all that emotion and focus it into the game. I feel the Skins have handled this whole situation brilliantly.

Wouldn't you if it the same happened to say Shaun Alexander and then some reporter in DC said get over yourselves?

You should use as an example someone who is important to the Seahawks and who is an elite player, like...:confused:

You should use as an example someone who is important to the Seahawks and who is an elite player, like...:confused:

Umm... Umm... Seneca Wallace! :rofl:

How is he an authority on appropriately mourning the loss of a teammate? This is the first in-season death of an NFL player in nearly 40 years. Not to mention that Taylor was arguably the best player on the team. This writer is a freakin' tool.

Just to counter the negative article regarding Sean, here's a very well written and heartfelt blog entry by Lindsay Czarniak sharing her experience in covering the Sean Taylor tragedy.

"From Sean Taylor to Seattle"

I haven’t found it easy to write about covering the tragedy of Sean Taylor’s death because I didn’t know Sean as well as his teammates. And, honestly, there have been times over the past four weeks I’ve felt bad because the nature of my work forces me to ask people about Sean, and I know that it will conjure up emotions of a tragedy they are trying to overcome.

Right now, I am 35,000 feet about a snow-covered patchwork of ground on my way to Seattle for the Redskins playoff game. And because Sean's death has had such an impact, I want to share what I’ve seen this past month. Even if the Redskins' run ends Saturday night, this has been the most shocking, emotional story I have ever covered.

nbc4.com - Redskins Blog (http://www.nbc4.com/quickkicks/index.html?dl=mainclick)

Just to counter the negative article regarding Sean, here's a very well written and heartfelt blog entry by Lindsay Czarniak sharing her experience in covering the Sean Taylor tragedy.

"From Sean Taylor to Seattle"

I haven’t found it easy to write about covering the tragedy of Sean Taylor’s death because I didn’t know Sean as well as his teammates. And, honestly, there have been times over the past four weeks I’ve felt bad because the nature of my work forces me to ask people about Sean, and I know that it will conjure up emotions of a tragedy they are trying to overcome.

Right now, I am 35,000 feet about a snow-covered patchwork of ground on my way to Seattle for the Redskins playoff game. And because Sean's death has had such an impact, I want to share what I’ve seen this past month. Even if the Redskins' run ends Saturday night, this has been the most shocking, emotional story I have ever covered.

nbc4.com - Redskins Blog (http://www.nbc4.com/quickkicks/index.html?dl=mainclick)Thanks for posting that LB - it beats dwelling on the negativity of an outside writer.

I agree, and the writer has no true knowledge as he has no association with the Redskins or the fans in this area, a true outsider, who in all honesty in my opinion sounds fairly immune to human loss and pain associated with such. I think his article is purposely caustic and unnecessary and classless. IMO I personally placed little stock in the shallow things written by the writer who has conviently mentioned his opinion during the same week that the Redskins are playing the Seahawks. It sounds like, as a fan of the Seahawks, and writer for the local paper, he has a vested interest in the outcome, using almost a reverse psychology in trying to sound like there was something wrong with our Redskins trying to achieve something special for their beloved teammate, as that is what he would have wanted. I am somewhat disappointed, though I can't be because it is one person from that area and simply an opinion expressed. To me, it is simply sad.

Hey don't get so bent out of shape you guys!

:lol:

I've found your comments on this thread to be way out of line. It has been less than six weeks since Sean was murdered. It seems to me you are a young person who has not experienced much death close to you or you are as ignorant toward the subject of the thread that your posts indicate. Either way I have some pitty for you and your mental state but not enough to ask the Mods for a suspension from the message board.

How about it Moderators?

I've found your comments on this thread to be way out of line. It has been less than six weeks since Sean was murdered. It seems to me you are a young person who has not experienced much death close to you or you are as ignorant toward the subject of the thread that your posts indicate. Either way I have some pitty for you and your mental state but not enough to ask the Mods for a suspension from the message board.

How about it Moderators?

My belief and fervent hope is that he'll have nothing to say in about 11 hours.