"49ers WR" Michael Crabtree asks ESPN's Dr. Lou for advice???
by David Fucillo on Sep 17, 2009 10:45 PM PDT
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PrintThanks to briandean for posting this as a FanShot. I wanted to move it up but also open it up for a bit more discussion. ESPN has a feature called Dr. Lou in which famous people (usually athletes) ask Lou Holtz questions and he provides answer. This week's is particularly provocative here at Niners Nation. About halfway through this video, Michael Crabtree asks Dr. Lou for advice on how players should deal with agents.
If you're Eugene Parker, do you want your unsigned client doing this? Can anything good come of this for Parker? After all, Crabtree has really made no specific public comments about the situation, and this seems to come rather close to addressing the issue. Any thoughts on why Crabtree would do this? Just when we think we've got a handle on the situation, we get another bizarre and random twist!
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really?
Even though it was aired tonight during the Miami-Georgia Tech game? Just good timing on it?
by David Fucillo on Sep 17, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure Parker put him up to it
Lou Holtz: “$40 million dollars for 5 years…”
Yeah, right.
McCloughan WTF?
The 49ers are also relatively cash poor -- they rank in the lower tier of the league in both revenue and operating income--
OK, I get it.
heh
for a second there I thought Crabs was asking me for advice
It was Johnny Hopkins, and Sloan Kettering, and they were blazin that s*** up everyday.
Fooch...
Did you read this article?
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-draftpickprotection091709&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Well, we're waiting....
yea...
I see the points they make, but it’s also easy to say in hindsight and when you’re not the one dealing with the problem. And even easier when it’s anonymous.
by David Fucillo on Sep 17, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
interviews
The real money interview at this point would be with Eugene Parker.
by David Fucillo on Sep 18, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Or Crabtree..
BTW, how is the Alexa rating or whatever here? This has to be (outside of Silver Screen and Roll, which I’m a crabby member of to) the most active Fan Blog on SB Nation.
You da man Fooch.
Well, we're waiting....
U have any reason?
Why Parker would set this up?
by 49ersAllTheWay on Sep 18, 2009 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah..
It puts the onus on the Agent, not the Client. It makes the Agent the negotiator. It takes the heat off his clent. If you have ever had a client, that’s what you do. Did you notice the “unsigned 49ers draft pick” graphic? That’s a shot at the 49ers. That’s hardball tactics, putting it on the 49ers. Parker didn’t expose Crabtree with an interview. This is targeted for Hotlz’s show. It’s a brilliant move, albeit very transparent for people who get it. It’s the first time we’ve heard Crabtree speak. If you don’t see this as calculated, then you’re missing the their point.
Nice move by Parker. He has a deal already. It’s not with the 49ers though. The “49ers unsigned draft pick” was $$$. Why?
It put’s the onus on the 49ers.
Well, we're waiting....
Could Be True
But another point of view is this. Crabtree’s camp is losing the PR war on this and that is pretty evident. If this was a calculated more then sports writers around the nation will jump all over it for what you deem it to be. Even Parker has more common sence then to attempt to reverse the tide of negativity media establishes towards those they are bent on destroying. I have not heard one national columnist, TV personality or radio hot support Crabtree in this. And one interview isn’t going to change that no matter how calculated or not it may be
by nocal81(Vincent) on Sep 18, 2009 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah..
But Parker and Crabtree aren’t desperate. That wasn’t a desperate move. That was as arrogant as you can get.
It wasn’t even apologetic. Parker made a brilliant move here. Subtle things he controls with the Producers of the segement
It’s not even meant to make Crabtree a sympathetic victim. It made him proactive.
Nice.
Well, we're waiting....
So then
If he has a deal with another team Like u say can’t we get them for tampering? I mean not at this moment but maybe later if it reveals itself that they had a deal in place when they weren’t suppose to?
by 49ersAllTheWay on Sep 18, 2009 4:10 AM PDT up reply actions
That's just my speculation..
But it really smells like Crabtree doesn’t want to play here. He being in Texas this weekend for the game smells too.
Well, we're waiting....
Crabtree
Is getting anxious and nervous. I mean this is his livelyhood on the line right now and he has gone messed it up as they say in Texas. He has been Listening to too many “experts” and “agency insiders”. And now he may be having regrets on how he or his handlers dealt with the situation. Experts are now saying that he will be a mid to late 1st round pick if he re enters the draft in 2010. Well ask them that again in April when he has been unable to try out for these teams, interview with them or even participate in the scouting combine. At that point Dez Bryant will be looking better and better for teams. I think he is starting to crack and will give in soon after he meets with York, whenever that is.
by nocal81(Vincent) on Sep 18, 2009 1:04 AM PDT reply actions
Huh?
Not getting your point. If of course the comment was in response to mine
by nocal81(Vincent) on Sep 18, 2009 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Focus on...
Holtz’s comments. I work in Media. I used to work in a newsroom. I know how they frame a segment. and why and how segments are produced.
Holtz’s comments really pump up Crabtree’s value. His platitudes regarding “integrity” in regards to Crabtree is more about Holtz than it is about the real issue. It’s a calculated spot. Holtz does not compromise, nor creates controversy with his commentary. It’s pure Vanilla for both parties involved, and it’s the only way Holtz can get his “Get”.
Well, we're waiting....
BTW..
Notice how Crabtree, with the “unsigned” graphic underneath, is wearing a red Polo shirt.
That is not by accident people.
Well, we're waiting....
Another BTW..
ABC/ESPN. Texas\Texas Tech game. Primetime big game. That maybe has to do with this Crabtree spot, since Crabtree will have airtime this Saturday.
Look to see more of Crabtree this weekend.
Well, we're waiting....
With all due respect
‘Parker made a brilliant move.’
’Holt’s comments really pump up Crabtree’s value.’
I think you’ve been drinking a bit of your own media Kool Aid. Parker is completely on the defensive and that little media ‘gotcha’ was amateur hour.
Holtz is a nearly senile, bumbling dork.
The future ain't what it used to be. Go Niners!
I was drinking a litte more than Kool Aid...
LOL. I saw the clip as it was, and really, Holtz’s comment’s, no matter where the context of the clip came from or how it was edited to make it “current”, and even more so, “legitimate”, wasn’t anything near what Rodney Harrison had to say about it.
Really, Holtz is a old hack who has no real business in broadcasting anymore, but he didn’t slam Crabtree in as much as he said that other’s were a worse influence.
The thing is this: ESPN had a “bite” from before the holdout, exploited it with Holtz going into this weeks Big Game in Texas, and Holtz did not have a cohesive and credible response. That’s pure softball. The flipside of that? Have Herbstriet instead of Holtz.
It’s created a mild sensational quiver, once it was known how it was produced. But did it hurt Crabtree? No. Did Holtz reiterate Crabtree’s talent and what he has done in NCAA football? Yes.
That’s the point.
Well, we're waiting....
WTF
Crabs your confusing me man wtf just sign or say no im tired of all these soap oprea stories!!!!!
by BATMAN24559 on Sep 18, 2009 2:17 AM PDT reply actions
Maybe Crabtree's upset at Parker.
Most teams pay their draft picks based on the slot system. In other words, they know what that same pick got paid last year, so they’ll pay a little above that amount. Crabtree’s upset that the 49ers are unwilling to pay above his drafted slot. Maybe he’s thinking, “I could have negotiated this contract myself. Why am I paying an agent?”. I also love how Holtz calls Crabtree, “the best receiver in the nation last year”. And that his hypothetical contract is 40 million for 5 years, which is just above DHB’s 38 million contract. BTW, how did Holtz get a job in front of a TV camara. He talks like his nose is severely clogged. He also sounds like he’s always sucking spit back into his mouth.
Don't trust this guy. He lies.
this is weird
on the one hand Holtz is saying “Screw your agent, go in there and get yourself a contract” and on the other he’s saying “then let you agent go back and get you even more money.” This makes no sense – nor is it in any way about college football – which is what Holtz is supposed to be the expert on. Bizarre.
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
If
it was to get sympathy, it didn’t work.
Parker wanted to get Crabtree in the public eye. But he’s not a sympathetic character. I never bought that he’s poison for the team, or that because he said something about fashion that he’s somehow not masculine enough to catch passes across the middle. Actually, the less I know about him the better.
The question is how much guaranteed money is in the contract. If the Niners give a little more, maybe make the incentives harder to get, then maybe a deal is done. But really, at some point, he will be forgotten this year.
by Bob In Beaverton on Sep 18, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions
By the way
I’m surprised that Dr. Lou hasn’t been put out of business for malpractice.
by Bob In Beaverton on Sep 18, 2009 10:43 AM PDT reply actions
Why is Crabtree talking to everyone but the Niners ?
The last time I heard from Parker was when he was blaming outside sources.
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