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Posted by Mike Florio on June 23, 2013, 1:37 PM EDT
The Chargers got their Mt. Rushmore on Friday. And the greatest running back in team history didn’t get a spot on it.
Sure, PFT Planet opted to give LaDainian Tomlinson one of the four positions. For me, however, L.T. ended up at No. 5.
It didn’t help that he played for a franchise that has included men like Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner, Lance Alworth, and Junior Seau, my four choices. It also didn’t help that Tomlinson’s teams never made it to a Super Bowl, despite having more talent than Fouts’ Chargers and less intense competition than those San Diego teams faced.
Cementing the decision was Tomlinson’s opinion, as expressed last year on NBCSN, that he’d rather have a Hall of Fame career than a championship. While his accomplishments are worthy of Canton, that mindset hurts him when it’s time to pick the men who are the faces of a franchise that, based on his own admission, ultimately took a back seat to Tomlinson’s individual goals and ambitions. The full segment from Friday’s show appears below, along with the L.T. debate and the outcome of the voting process
Posted by Mike Florio on June 23, 2013, 1:37 PM EDT
The Chargers got their Mt. Rushmore on Friday. And the greatest running back in team history didn’t get a spot on it.
Sure, PFT Planet opted to give LaDainian Tomlinson one of the four positions. For me, however, L.T. ended up at No. 5.
It didn’t help that he played for a franchise that has included men like Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner, Lance Alworth, and Junior Seau, my four choices. It also didn’t help that Tomlinson’s teams never made it to a Super Bowl, despite having more talent than Fouts’ Chargers and less intense competition than those San Diego teams faced.
Cementing the decision was Tomlinson’s opinion, as expressed last year on NBCSN, that he’d rather have a Hall of Fame career than a championship. While his accomplishments are worthy of Canton, that mindset hurts him when it’s time to pick the men who are the faces of a franchise that, based on his own admission, ultimately took a back seat to Tomlinson’s individual goals and ambitions. The full segment from Friday’s show appears below, along with the L.T. debate and the outcome of the voting process
Lol, Florio is just an idiot. LT never made it to a SB so that hurts him? So Leslie O'Neil should be on it instead? Maybe Stanley Richard?
Sorry Florio, I too love Charlie Joiner but LT is more deserving and Joiner never played in a SB either.
Dumb hack!
So us fans don't get to vote on this? It's douchebags like Florio who have no real clue about our team?
The fans did get a chance to vote on it, but PFT buried it behind all that Hernandez stuff, and didn't update the features section. The voters are too young to remember Alworth, but he's in the top 3 of all receivers to play the game, in my opinion... and I didn't see him play either. Alworth played when DBs could actually headhunt receivers in the open field.
Cementing the decision was Tomlinson’s opinion, as expressed last year on NBCSN, that he’d rather have a Hall of Fame career than a championship. While his accomplishments are worthy of Canton, that mindset hurts him when it’s time to pick the men who are the faces of a franchise that, based on his own admission, ultimately took a back seat to Tomlinson’s individual goals and ambitions.
That's just asinine. He was asked the question AFTER he retired without a Super Bowl, what the fuck is he supposed to say? I'm sure he wanted a championship as much as anyone, it just didn't happen. Fuck Florio!
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