Atlanta Dan
07-19-2008, 06:57 PM
These nuggets from Burress hyping his book
You talk about oversleeping and missing a pre-draft workout with Bill Cowher after he had flown out to see you. How did you convince him to still draft you?
Burress: He's the coolest coach I've ever had. I can just sit down and be flat-out honest with him. There were a few times I'd come in to work late and he'd ask me, "What happened?" and I'm like, "To tell you the truth, coach, I just overslept. I'm tired." So he would just say, "OK, kid, you owe me a good practice." That was the type of person that he was. He was always supportive in everything that I did. He was more of a friend than a teacher or a coach, but he was all those things at the same time. I was always able to sit down with him and look him face-to-face and be honest with him. We ended up with a relationship I still hold today. It was hard to leave him and the Steelers but I had to do what was best for me and my career. He's a great friend and he was one of the first people that called me after the NFC championship game and told me to enjoy the next two weeks -- and he called me the day after the Super Bowl and congratulated me. That really shows you the type of guy he is.
SI: How would you compare that relationship to the one you have now with Tom Coughlin?
Burress: Our relationship is more of a working relationship. We've learned how to coexist, so to speak, ...
Think Tomlin would tell Plax he just owes him a good practice if Plax said he overslept and was "tired"?:chuckle:
Then there is this
In the book, you also talked about the rumors of Kordell Stewart being gay, and how that may have affected his performance and relationship with teammates. Do you think he struggled because of the rumors, and was it really that big of a topic?
Burress: No, it wasn't really talked about. When things like that do come out, it's never really talked about. It goes on more on the outside, but I know it must have been hard on Kordell. I never called him any names, I don't even know if he's gay but I do think it's one the reasons why he never became the player he could be. I think it was hard on him mentally.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...d.a/index.html
Nice to read that on the rumors of Kordell's sexual orientation Plax was such a great teammate that he never called Kordell any names - and here I thought Kordell's problems were due to poor throwing mechanics and an inability to read defenses
You talk about oversleeping and missing a pre-draft workout with Bill Cowher after he had flown out to see you. How did you convince him to still draft you?
Burress: He's the coolest coach I've ever had. I can just sit down and be flat-out honest with him. There were a few times I'd come in to work late and he'd ask me, "What happened?" and I'm like, "To tell you the truth, coach, I just overslept. I'm tired." So he would just say, "OK, kid, you owe me a good practice." That was the type of person that he was. He was always supportive in everything that I did. He was more of a friend than a teacher or a coach, but he was all those things at the same time. I was always able to sit down with him and look him face-to-face and be honest with him. We ended up with a relationship I still hold today. It was hard to leave him and the Steelers but I had to do what was best for me and my career. He's a great friend and he was one of the first people that called me after the NFC championship game and told me to enjoy the next two weeks -- and he called me the day after the Super Bowl and congratulated me. That really shows you the type of guy he is.
SI: How would you compare that relationship to the one you have now with Tom Coughlin?
Burress: Our relationship is more of a working relationship. We've learned how to coexist, so to speak, ...
Think Tomlin would tell Plax he just owes him a good practice if Plax said he overslept and was "tired"?:chuckle:
Then there is this
In the book, you also talked about the rumors of Kordell Stewart being gay, and how that may have affected his performance and relationship with teammates. Do you think he struggled because of the rumors, and was it really that big of a topic?
Burress: No, it wasn't really talked about. When things like that do come out, it's never really talked about. It goes on more on the outside, but I know it must have been hard on Kordell. I never called him any names, I don't even know if he's gay but I do think it's one the reasons why he never became the player he could be. I think it was hard on him mentally.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...d.a/index.html
Nice to read that on the rumors of Kordell's sexual orientation Plax was such a great teammate that he never called Kordell any names - and here I thought Kordell's problems were due to poor throwing mechanics and an inability to read defenses