Dolphins Rookie Cries During Practice

[Buddha]

Dolphins rookie Wright cries during practice

July 26, 2005
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports

DAVIE, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins rookie Manuel Wright apparently is having a difficult time adjusting to the NFL, and was in tears Tuesday.

The 6-foot-6, 290-pound defensive tackle from Southern California -- the only pick in this month's supplemental draft -- broke down during an afternoon practice session.

Exactly why Wright lost his composure was unclear. Team policy does not allow reporters access to players following a midday interview period.

"As you well know, young players need to develop the kind of mental toughness and attitude that they need to be professionals," coach Nick Saban said. "So we are trying to help him with that, too, which may be why we need to get on him a little at times."

Wright was eligible for the supplemental draft because he is three years out of high school. As a sophomore at USC last season, he had 23 tackles, including six for losses, and recovered two fumbles.

Saban said the rookie has struggled a bit so far with muscle soreness and other issues, and believes Wright is "probably not in as good of shape as he needs to be in."

Wright was able to finish the workout, Miami's third of this year's training camp.

"I got on him about what we wanted him to try to do at least today, to try
and work himself through it, and he responded well to it," Saban said.
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[SkinsHokieFan]

Thats just terrible

Didn't this guy go through high school and college ball?

[bubba9497]

there's no crying in football

[OrangeSkin]

Not sure why this is a story...I honestly feel for the guy, and now every football fan in America is going to poke fun at him.

Saban must be running one hell of a difficult program to make a guy break down and cry.

[bubba9497]

Originally posted by OrangeSkin


Saban must be running one hell of a difficult program to make a guy break down and cry.

"As you well know, young players need to develop the kind of mental toughness and attitude that they need to be professionals," coach Nick Saban said. "So we are trying to help him with that, too, which may be why we need to get on him a little at times."

:coach:

[Westbrook36]

The Eagles are going to regret not using a third on him. Remember? :laugh:

[mooby]

poor guy. i don't know whether to say football is for men, not cryboys, or just feel sorry for him. i feel sorry for him, but if he's crying cuz practice is too hard, he might not be in the right league.

[Walking Deadman]

Alot of stress in football, I suppose.

I know HS football training camp was hard when I played.....I don't remember really crying (even when I got my knees injured) but I know there where days where the coaches would run you ragged.

I guess the pros is just as hard, if not harder.

[Mooka]

reminds me of someone
*cough*Kwame*cough*

big softy
6'6" 290 crying :) must be quite a site

[dragon_mikal]

Originally posted by goskins
Alot of stress in football, I suppose.

I know HS football training camp was hard when I played.....I don't remember really crying (even when I got my knees injured) but I know there where days where the coaches would run you ragged.

I guess the pros is just as hard, if not harder.

Not when Dave Campo is the coach of your team.:laugh:






:doh:

[Tom [Giants fan]]

That's it, no free agent is going to sign with the Dolphins now because their head coach makes the players cry.

[KingTaylor22]

what a women! Plain and simple

[OldTownFan]

*****

[Mr. S]

haha, loser, seems like a me-first player on the horizon "I need money, the emotional pain I suffer in training camps is enough to make anyone cry"

[dg28daman]

I feel bad for that guy. Makes you wonder what kind of camp Saben is running over there...

[ryerye05]

saban seems like an ass, still no excuse to be crying though

[HeHateMe]

Originally posted by Westbrook36
The Eagles are going to regret not using a third on him. Remember? :laugh:

Yep.

His career is over.

What a nice run he had. :rolleyes:

[bulldog]

and didn't I read where some writers were thinking this guy was a decent bet to be taken as high as the third round of the supplemental draft? :laugh:

say all you want about Derrick Dockery's inconsistent play at OG, but as a #3 pick he came in and finished training camp without falling over like a sack of potatoes and then crying about it ;)

[Leonard Washington]

Originally posted by dg28daman
I feel bad for that guy. Makes you wonder what kind of camp Saben is running over there...

ya know i was thinking the same thing. i'm sure this guy has gone through some intense camps from hs to collge. maybe saban has weights attached to guy's nipples or something. or maybe it was tears of joy?

[ciresolstice]

Well...it's not for everyone. He may not be cut out for that kind of life/occupation. I'm not gonna sit here and judge the guy's manhood though. Not the place for it(crying) though, not from soreness or coaches riding you. hmmm. Shouldn't have even made the press/an article on it. They report any and everything now.

[flexxskins]

This will follow this man for the rest of his career (if he even has a career after Saban is done with him). For the rest of his life he will be known as a crybaby. I feel sorry for his children...if and when he has any.

[bnacpa]

Fresh Fish ...

[NYFootballGIANTS]

No matter how tough Coughlin's camp was, I don't think he ever made anyone cry.

[Kilmer]

This is the type of **** that really just does not need to be reported.

I mean who really cares about a football player crying and all this does is embarrass the crap out of him.

[panel]

No one can call him a cry baby, if you don't even know him, or the circunstances.

Sounds like Saben did it on purpose with that one quote.
"As you well know, young players need to develop the kind of mental toughness and attitude that they need to be professionals," coach Nick Saban said. "So we are trying to help him with that, too, which may be why we need to get on him a little at times."

[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

So, he's 6-6 and 290? I bet he was crying because someone stole his Zebra Cake.

[Baculus]

Well, I bet he'll never feel a need to breakdown after he reads the press coverage on this. Who knows, maybe he just needed to get it out once, and he'll develop some football toughness. But you never know what's happening behind the scenes in his life, and maybe it just came out at the wrong time.

Come on, kid, take it out on that tackling dummy! Or the next guy that's in front of ya in camp!

[Spaceman Spiff]

puss.

[dannyboy70]

Originally posted by bubba9497
there's no crying in football

LOL! Perfect. This was the correct answer.

[SamSneed36]

wow thats tough to live down

[D'Pablo]

To quote Jack Handy: It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

[Renegade7]

"Yo mama's sooo fat..."

:cry:

[scottlo34]

I feel bad for the guy but what I really want to see is Redskins opponents crying their eyes out in '05 with Taylor and Arrington standing over them............now that would be a sweet sight indeed!!!!!!!!

[Thinking Skins]

Watch, tomorrow, we'll find out that this guy's sister or some close family member passed.

Or that there was a misquote on Saben, and he really meant "made some little kids cry" or something like that.

[Eparadox]

Please, we've all seen great champions like Michael Jordan and Pete Sampras cry their guts out. If the kid is a good player, then it makes him look like he's got a lot of heart. If he sucks, well then he's just a big fat crybaby, hehe.

[B&GPride44]

Suck it up sissy!

[Chris Worthy]

I think the last thing a rookie needs is to have a story like this get out. If you think teammates and if he makes the team, opposing teams will not use that to get under his skin and mess up what mental state the kid has then you dont watch football.
I can see the baby formula in his locker every time he opens it up.

[BogeyMan]

I could see rookies getting pretty frustrated and emotional - it's got to be pretty confusing to come in and get used to a new system, plus deal with guys that are a lot bigger and stronger than you had to face in college. I doubt it's really that big a deal.

Better to cry on the field than crap your pants like the Dallas defensive lineman did a few years ago.

[Sknzfan]

He was Crying because he was JUST HAPPY to be in the NFL !

[G-Prime]

I cried when I read that story :cry:

[ATLANTASKINSFAN]

Originally posted by OrangeSkin
Not sure why this is a story...I honestly feel for the guy, and now every football fan in America is going to poke fun at him.

Saban must be running one hell of a difficult program to make a guy break down and cry.

Oh come on! You know you want to poke fund at him too!!!



Nevermind your probably right I should feel for the guy to. In fact I can hear him now. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I hurt Waaaaaaaaaaa I'm only going to make a million dollars Waaaaaaaaaaaa I've got my family to take care of. (Oops wrong guy) Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa
It's to hot out here Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Coach is picking on me Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


:helmet:

[SkinsNatsFan]

I don't see it as an issue at all. He got overwhelmed or frustrated. He cried. Big deal. Not worth reporting, and won't mean a thing in the future. The issue is whether or not he's able to handle being in the NFL. If he does well and cries all the time, who cares?

[G-Prime]

Originally posted by ATLANTASKINSFAN
[B]

Oh come on! You know you want to poke fund at him too!!!


I'm not going to pay him to cry.

[red zone]

Thank God he is not a 'Skin. We'd never hear the end of it.

It seems the Dolphins have had a ton of head cases in the last several years. Ricky Williams plight is well documented.

Cecil Collins would break into homes to watch people sleep. http://www.phins.com/news99/News_9912161006.html.

Dimitrius Underwood slashed his own throat and then wanted to become a preacher. http://www.sptimes.com/News/92899/Sports/Police_say_Underwood_.shtml

The crying kid seems to just be upholding a Dolphin training camp tradition.

Must be the heat? :whoknows:

[airborneskins]

Good Luck Manuel Wright.. You're gonna need it..

[halter91]

That is too damn funny!

[G-Prime]

Originally posted by airborneskins
Good Luck Manuel Wright.. You're gonna need it..

I think I'd be wishing Nick Saban luck more.

[G-Prime]

ehhh.

[airborneskins]

Originally posted by Gothtimus


I think I'd be wishing Nick Saban luck more.

Not really, because he can always cut the guy.. Mr Wright has a long way to go to prove himself to not be a crybaby.

Edit.. Can you imagine being lined up against somebody and all they do is make fun of you for crying. WAAAAAA!! WAAAAAA!!!!!

[Beaudry]

Unavailable for comment..

[dks1240]

Originally posted by KingTaylor36
what a women! Plain and simple


:nono:

just having watched my older sister have her first baby, i resent this statement.


And i agree that this isnt news at all. The media is so desperate sometimes.

[slackermike]

There's nothing wrong with crying. I agree with OrangeSkin, that story shouldn't have even been reported. It's not news.

[codeorama]

At least he didn't crap his pants like the cowboys player did a couple years ago while they were filming the Training Camp show on HBO...

[codeorama]

Originally posted by skinsfan56
There's nothing wrong with crying. I agree with OrangeSkin, that story shouldn't have even been reported. It's not news.

Totally agree.

[wskin44]

It's interesting how different people respond to pressure. Some cry. Some pull a gun. Either way it's immaturity, which is curable.

[GSF]

Dudes cry in football all the time after losses and what not. Cedric Benson was crying like a baby when he got drafted and the guys were saying it showed how much heart he had. Sounds like Saban just broke this guy down to get it out of his system. Non story. I agree w/ Code that this is much less embarassing than pooping yourself on TV.:doh:

[ATLANTASKINSFAN]

Originally posted by GSF
I agree w/ Code that this is much less embarassing than pooping yourself on TV.:doh:

I think most of us would agree with you on that. Crapping your pants on T.V now that's funny.

:logo:

[TaylorPickSix]

Originally posted by bubba9497
there's no crying in football
There's no crying in shipping either.
....ok, end bad commercial reference.

[G-Prime]

Originally posted by airborneskins


Not really, because he can always cut the guy.. Mr Wright has a long way to go to prove himself to not be a crybaby.

Edit.. Can you imagine being lined up against somebody and all they do is make fun of you for crying. WAAAAAA!! WAAAAAA!!!!!

Can you imagine what he'll hear in the locker room..

[RF4L]

I can relate.

Every morning when the alarm clock goes off, I cry, realizing that I have to get up and go to work.

What's the big deal?



;)

[Monkart]

Originally posted by B&GPride44
Suck it up sissy!

You never know what could of caused these tears, he could have been soooo upset that he broke down trying to restain himself from killing someone, or he could already be an emotional wreck from something in his personal life. :whoknows:

But I'll bet that most, if not ALL would not stand in front of this monster and say the crap to his face that their saying here. That's when we would find out who the real sissy is!!!!:rolleyes:

[ntotoro]

Originally posted by Monkart


But I'll bet that most, if not ALL would not stand in front of this monster and say the crap to his face that their saying here.

He'd probably just start crying again... ;) :laugh:

[Khun Kao]

http://myspace-591.vo.llnwd.net/00167/19/58/167858591_l.jpg

[TimFolk]

It's not that big of a deal.

[Jody]

Originally posted by dg28daman
I feel bad for that guy. Makes you wonder what kind of camp Saben is running over there...

I didn't hear about anyone else crying. Must not be too bad.

[RunPortisRun]

I dont feel sorry for him. This is freaking football!!!

[footballhenry]

I am more irritated at the fact this it was actually reported than anything. Its sad that the most trivial things are reported. This does nothing but embarrass the kid. We dont know why he broke down, and its wrong to judge him accordingly...

[stupidsuck]

here's a link to photos and video of the event........I felt bad before but now that there's video of it, I feel worse for him (mind you that I feel bad not because the coach made him cry, but because he is not the butt of jokes across the nation)

http://www.local10.com/sports/4776246/detail.html


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