Malcolm Kelly interview on Lavar and Dukes

[S.T.real,lights,out]

I really don't care about what a guy who has played in 5 games in 3 years thinks about anything.

Get real, Malcolm.

What a disaster that draft was.

Yea, who ever would have thought the Davis would have been the best pick.

What i would do to get those 3 picks back.

[DC9]

Yea, who ever would have thought the Davis would have been the best pick.

What i would do to get those 3 picks back.

Hmmmm.... I've been looking for someone to go halfsies with....

What do you think?

http://www.timemachineforsale.com/

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

I don't think he's going to say anything controversial, that's just Lavar and Duke trying to get ratings. He's probably going to say how he's felt this whole time and how hard it's been for him, that the media doesn't understand that side of it. He's been bashed non-stop for his injury issues and there's no reason to believe he did it to himself. Both Zorn and Mike have stated he was as hard a worker as any guy on the team, and wanted to be a Redskin. That's why Mike kept him on the team last year even after the mistake he made by practicing and re-aggravating his injury. Sometimes we fans need to understand these guys are humans, they're not just football players that exist solely for our entertainment.

His body couldn't handle the rigours of the NFL. That's not his fault, he tried. Let's stop murdering his character for it and insulting his manhood.

Great post.

[ConcordNCSkinsFan]

In Lavar's mind he will always have 6.5 million reasons to hate on the Skins.

[DexterSackMachine]

All Malcolm is upset about is that the team said he was healthy enough to play and he felt that he wasn't.

[HapHaszard]

The interview is up on BRBN for those who want to hear it, its under CBS Wash - (audio) Malcolm Kelly Discusses Shanahan

[DeaconTheVillain]

He is going to reveal his true identity as "Mr. Glass"

Nice!

[justice98]

What could possibly be the "real" reason. If he could play, he'd have been playing. If he's not healthy enough to play, then he deserved to finally get cut. Now, last year I believe the team mishandled the situation, which basically cost him the season. But that's got nothing to do with this year.

[Ernie5]

Why does Lavar always go after the ex-Redskins?? Trying to get dirt?

Perhaps. I think he's mostly just trying to be edgy. If he were always negative about the Skins, I'd say he has an axe to grind, but I think he's simply trying to establish an on-air identity.

[wrecker]

I am really sorry we had to part with the Comb.

[jflow78]

I think the other poster is incorrect. It would have been to the Redskins benefit to have Kelly cleared to practice and back on the field then we could have just waived him with no settlement. Below is the best definition I could find with a quick Google seach - its wiki answers so not the last word in accuracy but I am 99% sure its right....

I think I'm the "other poster" Cali was talking about, maybe. I had said Kelly didn't get an injury settlement, and he hasn't. You are correct that he's on "waived injured" status, but what the WP says that means, and what your link says that means are slightly different:

"The exact term for Kelly’s release is “waived injured.” Under collective bargaining agreement rules, Kelly — as a player released while injured — would be added to an injured reserve list if he clears waivers, as expected. Once Kelly is physically sound in the judgement of team physicians, he would be released."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...1FqJ_blog.html

In Malcolm's case, I think the team believes his sore foot will be good enough to obtain another job in a week or less, where-in an injury settlement might cost more than just holding onto him until he says "I'm good".

Normally, I believe a team reaches an injury settlement and THEN waives the player. In Malcolm's case, the injury may not have been large enough (or diagnosable enough) to be considered for a settlement, and they might just be willing to wait and see if: 1. The doctors can figure out what the **** is going on, or 2. Kelly ever gets better, though if he continues to say "my foot is sore", and they can't find any proof that his foot is injured in any way after running an enormous amount of neurological tests (since the physical testing hasn't shown any results) then it will turn into a legal issue and it could drag on longer.

I doubt it does, but if Malcolm continues to say he's hurt and the doctors can't find any reason for it (not to say either group is wrong or right), then that will probably be the road. And the injury settlement will be based on someone finding out what's going on with his "sore foot".

That's my best guess.

[Morning Wood]

Man, some of ya'll are real sweethearts. People get hit with uncontrollable, unwanted health or medical issues all the time... even professional athletes. His body hasn't been durable enough. That's all. Some of you make it sound as though he's asked for this. Now if it comes out that he self-inflicted a Nancy Kerrigan, I'll change my tune. But that seems pretty damn silly.

A close friend of mine was fairly recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis... Guess I should berate her and constantly point out how completely useless she is? Oh, you fell down the stairs again? Idiot. Jeez, what a ****ing stupid ***** for having it.

[hawgboy]

Hmmm.... I'll wait and see what he "reveals in a few days" before I go too hard on him. Who knows, he may be waiting for test results/ second opinion on some degenerative bone disease.

[halter91]

Why does Lavar always go after the ex-Redskins?? Trying to get dirt?

Seems like it's always the teams or coaches fault and not the players fault.

[Skinsinparadise]

I would presume its what Chris Russell from the other radio station, 980, says like a broken record about Kelly which is he's furious that they stashed him on injured reserved last year, and Kelly thinks its wasn't right considering he was healthy from about game 3 on. So I'd guess its a combination of Kelly thinking they didn't properly go by the spirit of rules with how the injured reserved system should work -- meaning its not supposed to be used as a way to stash players away -- and Kelly could have shown the NFL he could play last year, etc.