Larry Allen?
by JAKE85
on May 11, 2008 7:07 AM PDT
This may have already been discussed and I missed it but my buddy and I got into a debate the other day about whether or not Larry Allen was still playing for the Niners, I have gone to several different sites to look at the roster and I haven't seen him on any of them. Did he retire or is it a he'll show for minicamp? Does anyone know what the story with him is?
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Re: Larry Allen
From what I’ve read at Barrows’ and Maiocco’s blogs, it’s certainly not set in stone that Allen is retired. Right now he’s technically an unrestricted free agent. He hasn’t officially filed his retirement paperwork, although according to MM, that is something procedurally related to the benefits process and it’s not unique among retiring players. Technically, Bryant Young hasn’t filed his retirement papers either but it sounds like he’s all set to retire anyways.
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by Fooch on
May 11, 2008 8:51 AM PDT
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So then if he’s an unrestricted free agent, that pretty much seals that right now, whether or not he’s retired, he’s not with the team.
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by howtheyscored on
May 11, 2008 10:31 AM PDT
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I believe he showed up late last year after training on his own, but this year the team doesn’t seem too concerned with his status. He’s supposed to be consulting with his family and stuff, but the team appears to have moved on.
If he isn’t already retired, I doubt there’s a place for him on the team anyway.
by DesertFox on
May 11, 2008 8:53 AM PDT
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mentor
While the wheels might be finally coming off, don’t you think Allen could be one hell of a mentor to Chilo Rachal? It’d be like a Hall of Fame version of the Trent Dilfer-Alex Smith mentorship.
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by Fooch on
May 11, 2008 9:06 AM PDT
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Yeah
Because Dilfer has done so much to raise Alex Smith’s game.
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by methodrampage on
May 11, 2008 10:35 AM PDT
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but i think the point is
Vintage High grad Larry Allen (gotta get that in there as often as possible!) is something we would like Chilo to aspire to. I dont think anyone ever wanted Alex to try to be like Dilfer (though now I might take it)
by sam23 on
May 11, 2008 1:37 PM PDT
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dilfer-smith
I was being a bit of a smart-ass with that one but obviously the internet does not convey that…Had to be there.
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by Fooch on
May 11, 2008 2:08 PM PDT
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As was I
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by methodrampage on
May 11, 2008 5:44 PM PDT
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