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Reading this I get the feeling that it's not some fluke thing of numbers that the Colts have taken so many Ohio State players since Dungy landed there. Dungy and Tressel are like two peas in a pod.
If this had been Tom Coughlin or Bill Parcels, Pitcock's career would be over -- no changing his mind about it. That said, that makes this whole thing just all the more surprising. When you have a coach like Tony Dungy who covers his players' rears, doesn't air the teams' dirty laundry in public, falls on the sword like he had to do a million times in Tampa, and seems to genuinely care for his players and not treat them like interchangeable parts in the machine or pieces of meat ... How can a player not want to play for a coach like that?
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Buckeneye
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That's just wierd, I was talking to a friend about the 05-06 roster today and mentioned Quinn. Now he's taking his calling back up - just awesome. If I remember right the Colts were giving him some solid PT and he was very well entrenced in the starting rotation when he decided to call it quites for the time being...
I just hope the old boy' hasn't lost it...
I just hope the old boy' hasn't lost it...
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OregonBuckeye
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Can't help but wonder where he would be right now if not for that concussion.
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OregonBuckeye
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Sweet. The Seahawks may be actually worth watching this year.
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Buckskin86
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As we reported earlier, the Seahawks signed defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock, who practiced this morning. To make room for Pitcock the ream released receiver Mike Hass.
We got to talk to Pitcock afterward, and he was frank in discussing his reasons for retiring from the league in 2008 while with Indianapolis at the age of 24, saying he was suffering from bouts of depression, and that he had used video games as an outlet.
Pitcock said his video game playing eventually became an addiction that he needed help with, along with the depression. Pitcock said he still lived in Indianapolis after he stepped away from the game.
The Seahawks are working Pitcock, a third-round pick by the Colts who was an All-American at Ohio State, at the 3-tech position inside.
?I?m having a fun time out here today and the guys are very welcoming,? Pitcock said. ?I think some guys don?t know my story, they just thought I got released by Indy. And that?s fine. I?m not trying to make it a big deal. I left quietly and I?d like to come in quietly and just show what I can accomplish with the team.?
On deciding to retire from football in 2008, Pitcock had this to say:
?I didn?t think I was good enough mentally for the team. So I thought it was best for the team and myself at the time that I left because I didn?t think I mentally ready for the game.?
Pitcock said he's motivated to help a team now and just wants to get in there and show the Seahawks' coaching staff what he can do.
Read more: Curry misses fourth day of practice, DT Pitcock in the fold | Seahawks Insider
Newest Seahawk: 'I was a hermit for a year'
New Seahawks defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock (99) stands aside line coach Dan Quinn during Thursday's morning practice. (Rod Mar/Seattle Seahawks)
Two years ago, as he headed for training camp with the Indianapolis Colts, Quinn Pitcock decided he didn't want to do it anymore.
Sure, he was making good cash as a third-round draft pick, a former All-American defensive tackle from Ohio State with a nice future with a Super Bowl contender.
But something wasn't right. Something was missing. And a day later, that something missing was Pitcock himself, who went underground after never showing up at Colts' camp.
"I'm introverted. I cast myself away from everybody and became almost a hermit," Pitcock said Thursday after his first practice with the Seahawks, who are giving him a chance at a comeback. "I was a hermit for a year. No one knew where I was at. I just sat in my apartment and did nothing."
Nothing except play video games, which became his addiction. Who needs real life when you've got Play Station?
"I got sucked into that," said the 26-year-old. "I'm going to be working soon starting some sort of charity to help kids who are addicted to video games because that turned into my way out and I got lost to the world. It took me awhile to get myself back and get my bearings and get back into society.
"You always say, 'I'm fine, I'm fine.' Then finally you just have an awakening where you say, 'What am I doing?' I got to the point where I broke and burned many video games trying to quit. That was my outing. Once I got rid of that and realized I could slowly start eating healthy, exercising and doing all that, I got back on track."
http://blog.seattlepi.com/football/archives/217049.asp
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