Is this true about Big Ben????
by nycsteelerfan on Feb 11, 2010 10:06 AM EST
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I live in NYC and don't hear all the gossip about BB and others in black and gold. I hear that BB is a creep to reporters(who cares) and the fans too??? Is that true? I find it hard to believe and frankly, DON'T! I hear that his teamates don't like him either, especially Hines. I understand the jealousy, the money, the early fame and success but really, is he that bad? This team was in the wilderness without him and we suffered heartbreaking defeats for 26years before him...Anyone remember the wegie thompson days? Please tell me this is all nonsense! My hubby bought me an official Number 7 jersey in 2005 for the superbowl run..
thanx
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I liked your old avatar better, this one seems a bit more conservative…..
"We'll continue to search for the ceiling"
Nice play on words
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by WVPiratesfan on Feb 11, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
Sorry, I think that was my fault it got changed
I called her an attention whore a while back, and she took it a bit too personally.
"OOH! A piece of candy. OOH! A piece of candy."
-James Woods
Don't give yourself too much credit!
You don’t deserve it!
by nycsteelerfan on Feb 12, 2010 8:40 AM EST up reply actions
True Story!
I was at a Gold Star Chili joint with a friend of mine who HATES Ben,(He’s a Bens-Gals fan!), and in comes Ben & 2 guys bigger than him by far, They order & sit down. When their food comes, my friend says, “Hey Ben! You’d think a guy who makes millions for a living could afford some better food than Gold Star!”, Ben, without missing a beat, picks up one of his chili dogs as if toasting him & says, “Never forget where you come from babe!”, and almost sticks the whole thing in his mouth laughing!
It was classic! He paid for our lunches as well. I’m a die hard Steeler Nation type, but that instant made me understand that we, as Steeler fans, have a very special young man at the helm! I love tellin’ that story! :-)
"You never stand so tall as to when you reach down to pick someone up."
now if your friend was a guy- Ben wouldnt have looked, right?
If I ever have a chance to get Bens autograph, Ill be sure to get a huge blonde hairdo wig, horse teeth inserts, and watermelons under my shirt.
His friend IS a guy
Hey, I think Ben went after that girl in Vegas because she looked like his idol….John Elway.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
It wouldn't shock me if it were true, I just somehow doubt he is
He seems like a nice guy that is very personable and would sit down and have a beer with a fan if there were at the Bar
Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
"the earth moves when Sean Payton walks...Because his balls are just that huge." Anarchon after Super Bowl XLIV
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Well
I don’t think that Ben’s teammates dislike him. As for the thing with Hines, what two friends have never fought before. Really I think the media blew that whole thing out of proportion. As for the fans and media, it has been said that he dislikes being in the limelight, and that would explain any past hostility to reporter. I havent heard any reports of him being unkind to fans, but I don’t know Ben personally so I can’t say for sure.
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OldManSteeler, ominously died two days before Superbowl 123 where the Ravens are set to attempt their 7th superbowl win, facing the Detroit Lions on Sunday. He was 86. His last words are believed to be "MALOR CAN SUCK IT!!!". Like friends and family, we can only guess what this could mean.
by Tim Mullhaupt (HSS) on Feb 11, 2010 10:29 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Some friends of mine in another state
met him at some charity event, and said that he was nice enough, but not really interested in much of anything non-sports related. Someone else on this site related a story about his dad sitting next to him on a plane, and said that Ben talked to him the whole flight, and was very friendly.
There’s always going to be the stories about somebody famous acting like a jerk. We all have bad days when we act like a jerk – it’s just that nobody gives a hoot except our nearest and dearest. And as a society we love to elevate people to god-like status, and then look for any opportunity to rip them down as soon as possible – see Brittany Spears. I don’t think she is particularly talented, and I don’t think she is very smart, but the poor child had way too much money and way too much fame way too early in life, and apparently no sensible adults to help her deal with it, so it is hardly surprising that sooner or later she would screw up big time.
"You learn more in failure than you do in success." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Feb 11, 2010 10:36 AM EST reply actions
I've had people say I'm a jerk
people I am close to get wind of it and say, “No way, unless you knew him before 1997.” I think people have an image of what I should be all the time and if I don’t live up to it, I’m a jerk. Anyone can be a jerk at times and not everyone is going to like you. Some people say bad things about you because they feel rejection or jealousy. There are plenty of reasons why.
When you are in the puplic eye you have to have some kind of defense. You always have the chance of a person feeling they can just step into your life because they feel they know you. You have to check people’s angles all the time. Everyone handles it differently. People (fans) don’t think about these things at times because the world is about them and their feelings. All I can say is, some people need to lighten up.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
by PixburghArn on Feb 11, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
A lot of those stories come from people running into him in daily life. He is a notoriously bad person to wait on, horrible tips, very demanding and often downright rude. He will blow hot and cold, some days being very approachable others he blows people off.
Some guys are like that, I mean it isn’t like he dances with flowers for a living. You are going to get great stories about him and horrible ones, just like you get great games and horrible ones from him.
I don’t expect the guys to be nice all the time. To kids or at public events he should put on a show if he feels like being a jerk, but if he’s a jerk in a bar or restaurant, that’s his own time and I don’t really care. Micheal Jordan was a huge jerk, it was part of the same attitude that made him one of the best ever, but he knew how to put on a nice show for his image. I don’t expect Steelers to be role-models, I expect them to win.
by Phantaskippy on Feb 11, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
win-models?
Steelers football is 60 mins.
by tannofsteel84 on Feb 11, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
Dang straight. I’d point to Ben as an example of a QB to emulate, in his on the field passion, not as a person.
by Phantaskippy on Feb 11, 2010 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
Jordan
You’re right about Jordan. I lived next door to a friend of his and he told me some things. I was shocked, but after the intiial shock I said, “Ok I could se that.”
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
Jordan used to cheat on his wife all the time
As well as having huge gambling debts, which might have played a role in his father’s death.
Jordan is notorious for being an a-hole, but that’s also what makes him the greatest basetball player ever.
by StoneColdSteel on Feb 12, 2010 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
cheating?
Is that it? Ok, gambling, but that makes him have “issues” – how does that make him a dick?
Maybe
punching your teammate in practice can be considered a dick move….
Steelers football is 60 mins.
by tannofsteel84 on Feb 12, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
At least he didn't choke his coach...
I’m looking at you Sprewell.
"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preperation."
-Arthur Ashe
by NYSteelersFan4 on Feb 12, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
All of the above are pretty well known
I’m not going to share more than that, but I am going to ask a question. Do any of you think, by seeing him in the public eye that he was a racist?
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
I dont know, he played a pick up game with a bunch of High School white kids.
We increased our offensive production by 1,000 yards but our points by only 3 touchdowns?
-Johnny_S
Who Dey?
JETS DEY!
Good pr
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
by PixburghArn on Feb 13, 2010 11:24 PM EST up reply actions
Michael Jordan is not a jerk, I played basketball with him.
100% ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY. Gotta find the pics, their buried in photo albums from before the time of digital cameras.
Longs story short, his brother lives (lived? Dont know if he is still there) on the street right by me. I graduated High School with his niece, one of my friends. I ended up getting invited to a family BBQ, and he was there. We played a game of pick up in their back yard (had a half court), I got be on his team, and it was easily one of the greatest moments of my life. The guy is a real class act and can still ball like no other. It’s surreal actually playing with him.
BTW, Fayetteville NC. Seventy-First High School. It was years ago so I dont remember his nieces name, but you should be able to verify at least the first part of my story.
We increased our offensive production by 1,000 yards but our points by only 3 touchdowns?
-Johnny_S
Who Dey?
JETS DEY!
I'll give ot to him
He adjusted well. By the way…I have a picture he signed for me wearing number 45. Any buyers?
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
by PixburghArn on Feb 13, 2010 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
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I have no personal experience with Ben. I have never met him. A couple girls I know from Pittsburgh said he is rude when out in the bars. A couple other stories have circulated about the entitled athlete since high school and arrogance.
Personally I don’t care. Ben is not my idol. He is QB of my favorite football team. As long as he continues to deliver W’s, playoff appearances and Lombardi’s I do not care if he doesn’t always show class when circulating with us…the commoners.
When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen
by 5020 on Feb 11, 2010 10:47 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I might have trouble watching that
much like Doctor Manhattan
Bad Andy, Good Pizza.
by count'em_six on Feb 11, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
You know you couldn't take your eyes off it
The only managing Ben does is he manages to WIN games
by chewiesteeler on Feb 12, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
Reminds me a bit
of the casual friday SB ad.
"You learn more in failure than you do in success." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Feb 11, 2010 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
A lot of stories have circulated like the ones you mention, 5020. And if he didn’t have a little bit of that cocky/confident air, we probably wouldn’t see him so confident out there, making plays all over the place.
By the way, 50, I saw your post about Rubin’s Deli in Parkersburg. I’ve worked in Parkersburg for the past six months, but had never tried it. The day I read your post, I had to stop there on the way home. Good food. Though I may never go again because there’s definitely a racist undertone there. Anti-Muslim jokes litter that wall.
He is by all accounts an egotistical jerk - but who cares
I’ve heard several stories from people who met him that he wouldn’t give them the time of day or made rude comments or just flat-out ignored anyone in the room except the good-looking women. One person I know works at the private airport where the Stillers fly in and out of, and after Ben’s facial reconstruction, she didn’t recognize him and asked who he was, prompting the response “Fred Flintstone” and a dissmissive tossing of his keys to her to park his car for him. This is one arrogant, classless guy.
BUT
He’s our quarterback and I would want no one else on the field for the Black and Gold!
As 5020 said, he’s not my idol (that would be Drew Brees), but he is my QB.
good looking women?
no way….
Steelers football is 60 mins.
by tannofsteel84 on Feb 11, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
They want an autograph . . .
He gives them one, and more. My buddy and his MR brother want an autograph from the same guy at the same event, no deal. He just sat on a golf cart ignoring people until the hotties showed up.
by sylvansteeler on Feb 11, 2010 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
Depends on how drunk he is. He likes the women.
by Phantaskippy on Feb 11, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
He likes bunny wabbits.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
+1
My girlfriend asked him for a picture in the Plainum Club at a Cavs game. He said “only if you sit on my lap”. She got the photo! I wasn’t there but found it funny. His track record with the ladies isn’t all that great. When his shit went down in Tahoe I was not surprised.
That is beside the point though. Number 7 is paid to be our qb and get Ws. I could care less what he does with his personal life or how he acts in public unless it affects performance on the field(i.e. 90’s Cowboys). Attitudes and egos are common place in the nfl, think of their circumstances with money, women, and media. The exception is a rarity.
Read “Boys will be Boys” by Jeff Pearlman. It is a great read. It details the chronicals of the Cowboys dynasty. You wouldn’t believe he shit these guys were doing. Ask any Cowboys fan though and there is no way in hell they trade any W let alone 3 rings for a team of standup individuals.
by TheCommish on Feb 11, 2010 2:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
who gives a fat rat's ass...
i’m with thefolks who just want the clutch play and the Lombardi trophies.
Didn't someone on this site post about going to the same school as Ben?
He comes from the upper crust family, father is a rich dude at some plant in Findley. He is the exact prototypical asshole jock that we all knew in HS. Why that bothers people, Ill never figure out. We cant all have winning personalities. I know that people have fantasies that our star players have hearts of gold and would give anyone a minute of their time. Very few rich/famous types are like that- just about every rich person I know is a prick in some way, either they are chiselers, misers, or rude, expecting, etc. I think it goes with the territory.
Yep, graduated two years ahead of him
Only ran into him a couple times at Miami when I was living on the quad located near the stadium. He appeared to be the typical jock absorbed in football and chicks. Nothing unusual there. Can’t say we had any deep conversations, though I’m not so sure he’s all that capable in that department. He did graduate with a degree in Phys Ed after all.
by SteelerBoy86 on Feb 11, 2010 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
It is true that his team mates hate him.
In fact, they hate him so much, they named him team MVP.
The only managing Ben does is he manages to WIN games
I seem to remember you talking about Ben
As if he were a saint and the best QB ever. You mean to tell me you knew nothing about him being a douchebag?
Is he really any different then any other celebrity?
Most if not all celebrities act in similar ways. I mean they preach to us about being moral and responsible and yet they are amoral themselves. Look at Tiger Woods and John Edwards, etc . They ask us to donate money for charity and they themselves only give 1 million dollars yet they make 20 million per movie.
I have to say Ben is my favorite QB and will always be my favorite QB but he is not my role model. Anyone makes an athlete or celebrity as their role model is just setting themselves up for disappointment.
by steeler_in_maryland on Feb 11, 2010 5:38 PM EST reply actions
Unless said celebrity or athlete is in fact an honest to god upstanding citizen
Like our very own Troy Polamalu, Hines Ward, or St. Jerome.
(Notice I didn’t put any actual celebrities up there? It’s cause I can’t think of a single one that can stand up to Troy, Hines, or The Bus.)
"OOH! A piece of candy. OOH! A piece of candy."
-James Woods
If you look hard enough
you can find someone that has something negative to say about every single person. (Meanwhile passing up the 1000’s that say wonderful things about that same person). If you look for negative, you’ll find it.
I chose to be a homer and focus on the positive. :o)
When the tailgate drops, the BS stops. Shut up and play!
"Choose" even.
Sorry… just wanted to give some fuel to the fire of someone who wants to say something negative about me. “See! That 1BlkGldfan is grammatically incorrect, too! What a jerk!”
When the tailgate drops, the BS stops. Shut up and play!
It's true
Ben will be a Raider in 3 years after he socks someone from the Pittsburgh Gazette.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
it appears to me
that the majority of people saying that ben is a jerk or classless or whatever come from ohio. And who can blame them? The best QB to come out of there in awhile, and he goes to the hated Steelers and remains undefeated in his home state for 5 years or so (this year sucked) and wins two Superbowls… yeah those people are jealous and that’s how rumors grow.
I gave a good try to meet the Big Boy during the buildup to XLIII (I did get two feet from Batch, small consolation), and supposedly I just missed he and Ward one night at their hotel, but all I would say to him is “thank you and good luck” and get the heck out of there before he had a chance to say or do anything bad. He doesn’t care what some idiot like me has to say. He has important business to attend to. Winning Lombardi’s, drinking bourbon, and banging chicks. And he’s entitled to as much of all that as he can get his big hands around. If I heard he was building a turkish pleasure palace on the shores of the Monongahela with a 500 strong harem culled from all corners of the realm I’d be happy to hear it. That’s the spoils of war.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
False
I’m from Ohio and I know he’s a dick. Have you ever been to Miami University?
by StoneColdSteel on Feb 12, 2010 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
You can say that about a whole lot of college students
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
If the shoe fits....
If not don’t mind me.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
by PixburghArn on Feb 13, 2010 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
When I was in my 20s
I was doing the same crap, I just wasn’t famous – yet. People are just jealous.
The only managing Ben does is he manages to WIN games
Seems like they hate him:
OL
Hines
LeBeau
Tone
The Bus
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
I know hate when I see it
and that’s a lot of hate pictured up there.
Hey, I just noticed, you may want to edit your signature.
The only managing Ben does is he manages to WIN games
by chewiesteeler on Feb 12, 2010 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
Whats wrong with the signature?
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Feb 12, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
Ooops, reply button FAIL
“I want they bury me”
The only managing Ben does is he manages to WIN games
by chewiesteeler on Feb 12, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
I think that's what he said
I copied and pasted, I guess I will make an editors correction. Thanks
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Feb 12, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
Gotcha
Sorry, usually I’m not the grammar police around here. I love that line. Don’t know what made me look at it so closely today.
The only managing Ben does is he manages to WIN games
by chewiesteeler on Feb 12, 2010 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
I remember when he first said it
It was vintage Bobby Knight.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
Ward is the 3rd one down
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Feb 14, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
i must have missed it scrolling through
if you hadn’t labeled it I really would have no clue who that was
I can just about see the big grin on his face
His eyes light up like no one elses.
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Feb 15, 2010 8:18 AM EST up reply actions
Even Mr. Rogers can't be nice all of the time.
We all have good days and we all have bad days. It’s going to happen that he get called a Dick today by Joe Blow, and tomorrow a Saint by Joe Blue.
Can’t win all of the time, and he shouldn’t sweat it.
From the Trib via YouTube: A little interaction with the fans
And this after a hot day of camp. Sure, they’re “supposed” to sign autographs and such, and he DOES lay down some “rules”, but he does make some small talk with a few fans. Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4A0gDBkld0&NR=1&feature=fvwp
You make your own judgements… there are plenty of other videos out there where it could be viewed either way. As a fan who hasn’t yet sought BB’s autograph but only winning plays from my favorite team’s QB, BB is everything I could (and do) ask for.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Give a man a poisonous fish, feed him for a lifetime.
If he keeps winning football games, he'll keep winning hearts in Pittsburgh, no matter how he acts in public.
I mean, so what if the guy is a jerk? Do you REALLY need to have a conversation with him? Tell him you appreciate what he does and walk away if you see him somewhere public.
He’s a pro athlete. Surely you guys realize his shit doesn’t stink in his opinion. It comes from having people tell you how great you are every day of your life because you can throw a ball.
We increased our offensive production by 1,000 yards but our points by only 3 touchdowns?
-Johnny_S
Who Dey?
JETS DEY!
good point
It comes from having people tell you how great you are every day of your life because you can throw a ball.
This is necessary if you want the guy to throw into triple coverage with less than a minute left to win a Superbowl when an easy field goal could tie the game. Then again maybe you don’t want your QB throwing into triple coverage to win a SB!
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
Well ya,
But I still like to keep things in perspective.
For what its worth, he’s very good at throwing a ball.
We increased our offensive production by 1,000 yards but our points by only 3 touchdowns?
-Johnny_S
Bungles
Tank
Stupidly like
Clockwork
Well, it's king of like going into a fight
If you have any doubt in your mind that you might lose, you have, in effect, already lost. You must go in to that contest with all confidence that you will beat the crap out of your opponent and emerge victorious.
You cannot be humble in your arena and become a champion. Just doesn’t happen. You must have that “killer” instinct, and that doesn’t come from being meek.
Ben might be an asshole, but I, for one, would rather have an asshole and a couple more SB’s than a nice guy and only 4…
"OOH! A piece of candy. OOH! A piece of candy."
-James Woods
by Steel Spike on Feb 15, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
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