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Johnny's Top Ten Controversial 49ers List

This Top 10 list is unique, not like any other. It will list all your favorite players, or players you think played very well but were a menace to the press or to the fans, a thug, a crybaby, a whiner, where news articles were more about his antics than his on field play. Some made noise because they wanted the ball more often.

And boy, they were good NFL football players, they were stars.

Unfortunately, crybaby stars. Here we go...

Johnny's Top Ten:

1. O.J. Simpson- He slashed, cut throats, and thugs were his entourage. He even tried on a glove in a courtroom that was too small for him.

2. Terrell Owens- Since I am deaf, I couldn't hear how high his whining pitches were, but boy, I can imagine. "I wanna the (bawling) ball.." All he had to do was get a pitching machine to throw him the football. But he is a great player, I loved TO. I met him in person at the mall and shook his hand (man, what an iron grip) and told him to keep positive in hard times..but I could read his mind "like the hell I am."

3. Ricky Watters- He was always clucking, yakking, blah blah blahhing. Even in the pro bowl he argued with a man senior his age, which I believe was his father..and then proceeded to run like a concorde jet and catch the ball in one fell swoop and proceed with the run after the catch. On his good days, were also his bad days. You know what I mean?

4. Bill Romanowski- Boy, he could spit. He was an outright dirty player, if he was in your hair, he'd tear it out. He was juiced up, man. And he concocts a big spit. He's not exactly the role model for kids, you know?

5. Antonio Bryant- he got caught by the police in an orange Lamborghini going over 100 mph on highway 101 driving recklessly. You wouldn't want to share the road with him, so he is on this list. He was a good player, would have made many more plays for the 49ers if not for his both on-the-field and off-the-field conduct. I think he whined a bit, too.

6. Charles Haley- He moped, he mused, he had a falling out with George Seifert and a physical confrontation with our beloved Steve Young, he posed sitting on his mean streak of a motorcycle looking badass. And yes, he wore leather.

7. Brandon Lloyd- He made indescribably impossible catches, but flunked after that. He wasn't a popular clubhouse presence, either. On catches he was afraid of getting hit. The grass was his best friend.  He could catch, but was not a great wideout.

8. Kevin Barlow- Fred Beasley didn't like him particularly, they weren't friends but foes- on the same team. He was not a great running back even though he churned some touchdown runs and scraped up yards. I have seen him at the training camp and he does nothing but run, then sag his shoulders walk around to take his turn again, and run. Same motions repetitively. I wasn't impressed with Barlow. Who liked his demeanor?

9. Lee Woodall- I have seen him strut around wearing dark sunglasses lowered on his nose with his eyes peering at everyone around him, watching for an imaginary assailant. He was wary of people around him, sulking as he goes. He was a damn good football player, but in public, he was like a wartime soldier sneaking through the battlefield trenches.

10. ME! Johnny Boy! The commentator that NinersNations fans love to hate. Whether I talk 49ers or politics, I am the NinersNations whipping boy.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors.

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Antonio Bryant's lambo was orange

when will the Kenny Thomas Reign of Terror end?!!??

by diehardkingsfan5 on Jul 17, 2008 1:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Antonio Bryant's Lambo Toy

You’re right! Orange!

"We Have a God who delights in impossibilities."

by 16to80endzone on Jul 17, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Note:

I edited the post, and inserted the correct color of Bryant’s Lamborghini as orange.

"We Have a God who delights in impossibilities."

by 16to80endzone on Jul 17, 2008 1:56 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ummm...

Lawrence Philips.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 17, 2008 2:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Funny

I actually had a Lawrence Phillips/OJ joke in my comment about OJ in the Gore All-Time RB thread but deleted it for poor taste.

by methodrampage on Jul 17, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t know… I find any comment that ridicules psychotic assholes to be in pretty good taste.

Which is explains why my favorite line in Eddie Izzard’s Dress to Kill is “And Hitler died in a ditch, covered in petrol, on fire. Which is fucking funny. Because he was a mass-murdering fuckhead.”

It’s not even a joke. It has no timing. It has no structure. It, in fact, defies the laws of comedy. It tells you something is funny, and then tells you why it is funny, which flies in the face of everything that good comedy stands for. The audience clearly doesn’t know what to do with it. It’s kind of just a statement of fact in the middle of a feel good show. But it’s the funniest damn thing in that whole show. Because he was a mass murdering fuckhead. And we should enjoy the fact that he died. In a ditch. Covered in petrol. On fire.

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Wow… so, that was a pretty big tangent. I think 16to80 must be rubbing off on me.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 17, 2008 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoo..Lawrence Phillips!

He can replace me and be put into the 10th slot of the Top 10 most controversial players. He was on the roster for such a short time, though. I completely forgot about that guy..he was a goner a long time ago, that is how bad it is.

"We Have a God who delights in impossibilities."

by 16to80endzone on Jul 18, 2008 3:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lawrence Phillips

He of the nightclub assault, assault with a deadly weapon (car), domestic abuse, domestic abuse, domestic abuse, felony assault, and child abuse charges.

And also ending Steve Young’s career.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 18, 2008 4:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

I will remember Lawrence because I watched Nebraska for years (secretly loved the power option). But I will never forget him because of his complete ineptitude in trying to block Aneas Williams. Screw you Phillips.

BTW, did you know that Arizona is going to honor Williams DURING the Niners game this season? Kind of pisses me off actually.

by lacrosse_cat on Jul 18, 2008 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A list of some loveable stars right alongside some annoying douches.

you gotta love T.O. and Ricky Watters though

you didn’t include Deion Sanders though, I liked him even though he feuded a little with Rice (also remember having both baseball cards and football cards of Sanders back when I was little). Prime Time was at least a little controversial.

by Persiflage on Jul 21, 2008 11:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Top 10 is 10

Yes, I could have mentioned Deion Sanders, I listed the Top Ten but I left no. 10 open by naming myself as a controversial whipping boy of NinersNation.

Now that no. 10 is open, I do have to add Lawrence Phillips, he was a pretty controversial player, however briefly he was with the 49ers.

But as Deion Sanders was always the 11th man on the 49ers team, he was one of the best 11 players, and we can put him at no. 11 as one of our most controversial players.

To me, controversial for “tap dancing” his way into the end zone. He was the best at steppin’ into the end zone. If I run into the end zone, it gotta be just like Deion did, flailing his hands in a poetic way while making ballet steps. It was beautiful man. An orgasm.

The most organic, too.

"We Have a God who delights in impossibilities."

by 16to80endzone on Jul 21, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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